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* During production of ''The Talons of Greel,'' Hinchcliffe's successor, [[Graham Williams]], gradually took over the reins, his first concern being the character of Leela. Williams approached Louise Jameson with an offer for the actress to stay on for Season Fifteen. This was a decision at odds with a promise Hinchcliffe had made to Tom Baker that Leela would be written out of the show at the conclusion of Season Fourteen. Baker was of the opinion that the character was too violent for the show, and would have preferred to carry on without a companion at all. Jameson was initially reluctant to continue, mainly because of her frosty relationship with Baker, but also due to the brown contact lenses she was compelled to wear. When Williams offered to relinquish the need for contact lenses, Jameson agreed to sign a contract for the whole of season fifteen. | * During production of ''The Talons of Greel,'' Hinchcliffe's successor, [[Graham Williams]], gradually took over the reins, his first concern being the character of Leela. Williams approached Louise Jameson with an offer for the actress to stay on for Season Fifteen. This was a decision at odds with a promise Hinchcliffe had made to Tom Baker that Leela would be written out of the show at the conclusion of Season Fourteen. Baker was of the opinion that the character was too violent for the show, and would have preferred to carry on without a companion at all. Jameson was initially reluctant to continue, mainly because of her frosty relationship with Baker, but also due to the brown contact lenses she was compelled to wear. When Williams offered to relinquish the need for contact lenses, Jameson agreed to sign a contract for the whole of season fifteen. | ||
** The lenses were removed at the end of ''Horror of Fang Rock'', when Leela's eye pigmentation is changed from brown to blue (Jameson's natural eye colour) when she watches the [[Rutan Mothership|Rutan mothership]] explode. ([[TV]]: ''[[Horror of Fang Rock (TV story)|Horror of Fang Rock]]'') | ** The lenses were removed at the end of ''Horror of Fang Rock'', when Leela's eye pigmentation is changed from brown to blue (Jameson's natural eye colour) when she watches the [[Rutan Mothership|Rutan mothership]] explode. ([[TV]]: ''[[Horror of Fang Rock (TV story)|Horror of Fang Rock]]'') | ||
* This is not the only historically-based story of the Fourth Doctor's era (e.g. ''[[The Masque of Mandragora]]'', ''[[Horror of Fang Rock]], [[Pyramids of Mars]]'').'' ''After the two-pronged approach of "historicals" set in the past and science fiction stories set in the future was abandoned (when [[Patrick Troughton]] was the Doctor, after ''[[The Highlanders]]'') fewer historical stories were made. This is one of those handful of stories. [[Jon Pertwee]], whose stories were frequently set in the present, had only one story set in real history: ''[[The Time Warrior]]''. [[Peter Davison]] had ''[[The Visitation]]'' and a pair of two-parters: ''[[Black Orchid]]'' and ''[[The King's Demons| | * This is not the only historically-based story of the Fourth Doctor's era (e.g. ''[[The Masque of Mandragora (TV story)|The Masque of Mandragora]]'', ''[[Horror of Fang Rock (TV story)|Horror of Fang Rock]], [[Pyramids of Mars (TV story)|Pyramids of Mars]]'').'' ''After the two-pronged approach of "historicals" set in the past and science fiction stories set in the future was abandoned (when [[Patrick Troughton]] was the Doctor, after ''[[The Highlanders (TV story)|The Highlanders]]'') fewer historical stories were made. This is one of those handful of stories. [[Jon Pertwee]], whose stories were frequently set in the present, had only one story set in real history: ''[[The Time Warrior (TV story)|The Time Warrior]]''. [[Peter Davison]] had ''[[The Visitation (TV story)|The Visitation]]'' and a pair of two-parters: ''[[Black Orchid (TV story)|Black Orchid]]'' and ''[[The King's Demons (TV story)|The King's Demons]]'' (the former being a pure historical). [[Colin Baker]] had one in ''[[The Mark of the Rani (TV story)|The Mark of the Rani]]'' and [[Sylvester McCoy]] had several including ''[[Delta and the Bannermen (TV story)|Delta and the Bannermen]], [[Battlefield (TV story)|Battlefield]], [[Remembrance of the Daleks (TV story)|Remembrance of the Daleks]]'' and ''[[The Curse of Fenric (TV story)|The Curse of Fenric]]''. | ||
* The later comic book story ''[[The Time Machination (comic story)|The Time Machination]]'' revealed that the Doctor and Leela's arrival in London occurred immediately after the departure of the [[Tenth Doctor]], who had just shared an adventure with [[H. G. Wells]] against the [[Torchwood Institute]]; according to the comic, Wells witnesses their arrival. | * The later comic book story ''[[The Time Machination (comic story)|The Time Machination]]'' revealed that the Doctor and Leela's arrival in London occurred immediately after the departure of the [[Tenth Doctor]], who had just shared an adventure with [[H. G. Wells]] against the [[Torchwood Institute]]; according to the comic, Wells witnesses their arrival. | ||
* The audio stories ''[[The Butcher of Brisbane (audio story)|The Butcher of Brisbane]]'', ''[[The Talents of Greel (audio story)|The Talents of Greel]]'' and the short story ''[[Under Reykjavik (short story)|Under Reykjavik]]'' serve as both prequels and sequels to this story: | * The audio stories ''[[The Butcher of Brisbane (audio story)|The Butcher of Brisbane]]'', ''[[The Talents of Greel (audio story)|The Talents of Greel]]'' and the short story ''[[Under Reykjavik (short story)|Under Reykjavik]]'' serve as both prequels and sequels to this story: | ||
