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* Like other classic series stories, ''Invasion of the Dinosaurs'' was broadcast in the United States by [[PBS]] as episodes or in an omnibus format with the episodes combined into a movie-length show. Before ''Invasion'' part one was recovered, both formats used the extant episodes with the story joined in progress at the start of part two. For episodic broadcasts, the episodes' opening titles were re-numbered as parts one to five. Later broadcasts in either format incorporated the 16mm black-and-white film telerecording of ''Invasion'' part one. | * Like other classic series stories, ''Invasion of the Dinosaurs'' was broadcast in the United States by [[PBS]] as episodes or in an omnibus format with the episodes combined into a movie-length show. Before ''Invasion'' part one was recovered, both formats used the extant episodes with the story joined in progress at the start of part two. For episodic broadcasts, the episodes' opening titles were re-numbered as parts one to five. Later broadcasts in either format incorporated the 16mm black-and-white film telerecording of ''Invasion'' part one. | ||
* A brief clip from this story was used in the [[BBC Four]] documentary, {{wi|Dinosaurs, Myths and Monsters}}. | * A brief clip from this story was used in the [[BBC Four]] documentary, {{wi|Dinosaurs, Myths and Monsters}}. | ||
* At one point, Sarah states she is twenty-three. This would make the date of this story 1974, based on her date of birth given in the ''[[The Sarah Jane Adventures]]'' episode ''[[Whatever Happened to Sarah Jane? (TV story)|Whatever Happened to Sarah Jane?]]''. | * At one point in ''Invasion'' part one, Sarah states she is twenty-three. This would make the date of this story 1974, based on her date of birth given in the ''[[The Sarah Jane Adventures]]'' episode ''[[Whatever Happened to Sarah Jane? (TV story)|Whatever Happened to Sarah Jane?]]''. | ||
* From a certain point of view, Sarah is not really the Doctor's companion until the end of the story. She was merely on her way back to present day London after she stowed away in the TARDIS on its [[The Time Warrior (TV story)|previous voyage]]. Indeed, she at least feigns discomfort at the idea of travelling in the TARDIS again. The Doctor's offer to take Sarah to [[Florana]] leads into the next story ''[[Death to the Daleks]]''. This invitation, which included a long and vivid description of the wonders of Florana, prefigures a penchant of his [[Ninth Doctor|ninth]] and [[Tenth Doctor|tenth]] selves to describe a wonder of the universe in glorious detail to encourage a companion to stick around. ([[TV]]: ''[[World War Three]]'', ''[[Last of the Time Lords]]'', ''[[The Sontaran Stratagem]]'') | * From a certain point of view, Sarah is not really the Doctor's companion until the end of the story. She was merely on her way back to present day London after she stowed away in the TARDIS on its [[The Time Warrior (TV story)|previous voyage]]. Indeed, she at least feigns discomfort at the idea of travelling in the TARDIS again. The Doctor's offer to take Sarah to [[Florana]] leads into the next story ''[[Death to the Daleks]]''. This invitation, which included a long and vivid description of the wonders of Florana, prefigures a penchant of his [[Ninth Doctor|ninth]] and [[Tenth Doctor|tenth]] selves to describe a wonder of the universe in glorious detail to encourage a companion to stick around. ([[TV]]: ''[[World War Three]]'', ''[[Last of the Time Lords]]'', ''[[The Sontaran Stratagem]]'') | ||
* The BBC Classic Who website's ''Party Politics'' states that Operation Golden Age caused the collapse of the Jeremy Thorpe government.<ref>http://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/classic/episodeguide/partypolitics.shtml</ref> | * The BBC Classic Who website's ''Party Politics'' states that Operation Golden Age caused the collapse of the Jeremy Thorpe government.<ref>http://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/classic/episodeguide/partypolitics.shtml</ref> | ||
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* [[Terrance Dicks]] thought that Yates might be killed off during the story's events, but [[Barry Letts]] felt they might revisit the character in a forthcoming serial. | * [[Terrance Dicks]] thought that Yates might be killed off during the story's events, but [[Barry Letts]] felt they might revisit the character in a forthcoming serial. | ||
* [[Elisabeth Sladen]] vexed the production team by cutting her hair short during the summer, contradicting the notion that this was following on directly from the narrative of [[The Time Warrior (TV story)|''The Time Warrior'']]. Sladen would grow her hair back out during the making of this serial but this, in turn, would create further continuity issues. | * [[Elisabeth Sladen]] vexed the production team by cutting her hair short during the summer, contradicting the notion that this was following on directly from the narrative of [[The Time Warrior (TV story)|''The Time Warrior'']]. Sladen would grow her hair back out during the making of this serial but this, in turn, would create further continuity issues. | ||
* Private | * The character of Private Bryson was added to parts five and six when [[George Bryson]], who played Private Ogden in ''Invasion'' part one and ''Invasion of the Dinosaurs'' part two was unavailable for the studio recording. | ||
*[[Nicholas Courtney]] and [[John Bennett (actor)|John Bennett]] had previously appeared in ''[[The Saint]]'' episode "The Contract". | *[[Nicholas Courtney]] and [[John Bennett (actor)|John Bennett]] had previously appeared in ''[[The Saint]]'' episode "The Contract". | ||
*[[Malcolm Hulke]] named this as his | *[[Malcolm Hulke]] named this as his favourite script - "I decide what I wanted to do, and came up with a lovely idea of The Golden Age with all these people behind it who just didn’t fit in. There were lots of rather sad people always living in the past, and who wanted to turn back the clock. I think they were totally wrong in their thinking, but I liked the story – it’s easily my favourite – because I felt that it was the way a lot of people feel, left out of left behind by things changing". | ||
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