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* [[Christopher Eccleston]] watched this serial to prepare for his role as the [[Ninth Doctor]]. | * [[Christopher Eccleston]] watched this serial to prepare for his role as the [[Ninth Doctor]]. | ||
* Robert Holmes made a rare visit to the set. He recalled - "A nice man called [[John Bennett (actor)|John Bennett]] was playing Weng-Chiang. While the horse muck was still being deployed a giggle of girls, craning from an upper window, sent down an autograph book for Tom Baker to sign. "And can John Bennett sign as well?" one of them asked. John Bennett raised his almond eyes skywards. "By the soul of my sainted grandfather", he said unprintably, "Why have I just spent three-something hours in makeup?"" | * Robert Holmes made a rare visit to the set. He recalled - "A nice man called [[John Bennett (actor)|John Bennett]] was playing Weng-Chiang. While the horse muck was still being deployed a giggle of girls, craning from an upper window, sent down an autograph book for Tom Baker to sign. "And can John Bennett sign as well?" one of them asked. John Bennett raised his almond eyes skywards. "By the soul of my sainted grandfather", he said unprintably, "Why have I just spent three-something hours in makeup?"" | ||
*[[Christopher Benjamin]] and [[Trevor Baxter]] recalled being overcome with a case of the giggles after both of them climbed inside the [[dumbwaiter]]. Aware that the door was shortly due to open from where the next scene would begin, they tried very hard to stifle the laughter and were able to bring it under control before the camera continued filming. Baxter claimed he managed it by imagining his mother being run over by eight steamrollers. ([[BFX]]: ''[[The Mahogany Murderers (audio story)|The Mahogany Murderers]]'') | |||
=== Racial overtones and issues === | === Racial overtones and issues === | ||
