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== Notes == | == Notes == | ||
[[File:Monsters in Metropolis alternate cover.jpg|thumb|Alternate cover.]] | [[File:Monsters in Metropolis alternate cover.jpg|thumb|Alternate cover.]] | ||
* This was the first story in a performed medium in which the Ninth Doctor encounters the Cybermen. | * This was the first story in a performed medium in which the Ninth Doctor encounters the Cybermen. ''[[Supremacy of the Cybermen (comic story)|Supremacy of the Cybermen]], [[The Bidding War (comic story)|The Bidding War]]'' and ''[[The Patchwork Pierrot (short story)|The Patchwork Pierrot]]'' had previously made the match in print. The Ninth Doctor also came across the [[Cyberman (Dalek)|inert Cyberman helmet]] in ''[[Dalek (TV story)|Dalek]]'', a scene which [[Matt Fitton]] felt made their eventual encounter "inevitable". ([[VOR 152]]) | ||
* Although the synopsis claims that the story is set in [[1927]], dialogue within the story actually establishes the setting as [[1925]]. Likewise in the real world ''[[Metropolis (film)|Metropolis]]'' was filmed in 1925 but released in 1927. | * Although the synopsis claims that the story is set in [[1927]], dialogue within the story actually establishes the setting as [[1925]]. Likewise in the real world ''[[Metropolis (film)|Metropolis]]'' was filmed in 1925 but released in 1927. | ||
* [[John Dorney]]'s initial thoughts for the story were for it to be a celebrity historical in the style of the [[Russell T Davies|RTD-era]]. He knew very little about ''Metropolis'' or Fritz Lang upon being asked to submit some story ideas, although he had seen {{wi|M (1931 film)|M}}. He later watched ''Metropolis'' with friends for a podcast and formed further ideas around the film, leading him to conduct his own research into its director and production. Much of these details made it into the script. ([[VOR 152]]) | * [[John Dorney]]'s initial thoughts for the story were for it to be a celebrity historical in the style of the [[Russell T Davies|RTD-era]]. He knew very little about ''Metropolis'' or Fritz Lang upon being asked to submit some story ideas, although he had seen {{wi|M (1931 film)|M}}. He later watched ''Metropolis'' with friends for a podcast and formed further ideas around the film, leading him to conduct his own research into its director and production. Much of these details made it into the script. ([[VOR 152]]) | ||
