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== Story notes ==
== Story notes ==
* [[Peter Davison]] also played Omega in part four when Omega's body becomes a replica of the Doctor's, but was credited on-screen only as "The Doctor".
* [[Peter Davison]] also played Omega in part four when Omega's body becomes a replica of the Doctor's, but was credited on-screen only as "The Doctor".
* Sean Arnold  and [[Patrick Stewart]] were considered for the role of the Castellan; [[Glyn Owen]], [[William Lucas]] and [[Maurice Denham]] were considered for Hedin; and Pierce Brosnan was considered for Maxil. [[Colin Baker]] was cast as Maxil after [[assistant floor manager]] [[Lynn Richards]] recalled seeing Baker in ''[[w:c:blakes7:City at the Edge of the World (episode)|City at the Edge of the World]]'', a 1980 episode of ''[[Blake's 7 (series)|Blake's 7]]''. ([[TCH 36]])
* Sean Arnold  and [[Patrick Stewart]] were considered for the role of the Castellan; [[Glyn Owen]], [[William Lucas]] and [[Maurice Denham]] were considered for Hedin; [[Peter Cushing]] was considered for Borusa; and Pierce Brosnan was considered for Maxil. [[Colin Baker]] was cast as Maxil after [[assistant floor manager]] [[Lynn Richards]] recalled seeing Baker in ''[[w:c:blakes7:City at the Edge of the World (episode)|City at the Edge of the World]]'', a 1980 episode of ''[[Blake's 7 (series)|Blake's 7]]''. ([[TCH 36]])
* [[Maya Woolfe]] (Hostel Receptionist) is credited as "First Receptionist" in the combined ''[[Radio Times]]'' cast for parts three/four.
* [[Maya Woolfe]] (Hostel Receptionist) is credited as "First Receptionist" in the combined ''[[Radio Times]]'' cast for parts three/four.
* Crowd control in Amsterdam proved to be a major issue throughout the shoot, with Dutch viewers recognising Peter Davison from ''[[All Creatures Great and Small]]''. [[John Nathan-Turner]] tried to assist [[Ron Jones]] in dealing with the onlookers, and indeed is visible in the transmitted version of ''Arc of Infinity'', gesturing away a group of onlookers in the background of the part four scene of the Doctor and Nyssa at the telephone box. At one point, Nathan-Turner's attempts at crowd control became dangerous when an elderly woman assumed he was a thief and attacked him.
* Crowd control in Amsterdam proved to be a major issue throughout the shoot, with Dutch viewers recognising Peter Davison from ''[[All Creatures Great and Small]]''. [[John Nathan-Turner]] tried to assist [[Ron Jones]] in dealing with the onlookers, and indeed is visible in the transmitted version of ''Arc of Infinity'', gesturing away a group of onlookers in the background of the part four scene of the Doctor and Nyssa at the telephone box. At one point, Nathan-Turner's attempts at crowd control became dangerous when an elderly woman assumed he was a thief and attacked him.
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