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* The original outline concerned the Doctor returning to the present day to discover that aliens had invaded and ordered the evacuation of London, claiming provocation by humanity. A supplicant government remained in the city, in the manner of the Vichy government which nominally ruled France during the Second World War but was, in effect, a puppet regime controlled by Nazi Germany. The aliens planned to demand larger and larger swathes of territory to satisfy their needs; again, this paralleled the events of World War II, and specifically Adolf Hitler's policy of Lebensraum. Humanity would eventually be limited to Australia, which the aliens then intended to destroy. | * The original outline concerned the Doctor returning to the present day to discover that aliens had invaded and ordered the evacuation of London, claiming provocation by humanity. A supplicant government remained in the city, in the manner of the Vichy government which nominally ruled France during the Second World War but was, in effect, a puppet regime controlled by Nazi Germany. The aliens planned to demand larger and larger swathes of territory to satisfy their needs; again, this paralleled the events of World War II, and specifically Adolf Hitler's policy of Lebensraum. Humanity would eventually be limited to Australia, which the aliens then intended to destroy. | ||
* [[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 | * [[Elisabeth Sladen]] vexed the production team by having her hair cut 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 Bryson, as played by [[Colin Bell]], was added to parts five and six when [[George Bryson]], who appeared as Private Ogden in ''Invasion'' part one and ''Invasion of the Dinosaurs'' part two was unavailable for the studio recording. The new character was given Bryson's name as an in-joke. | ||
*[[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 favourite script | *[[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 and left behind by things changing". | ||
=== Ratings === | === Ratings === | ||
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* [[Robert Holmes]], who on this story made his uncredited debut as a script editor, accepted the post only reluctantly and after some persuasion. ''(He actually telephoned the production office to put himself forward as a candidate for the post, and was delighted to find that he was already under consideration for it.)'' | * [[Robert Holmes]], who on this story made his uncredited debut as a script editor, accepted the post only reluctantly and after some persuasion. ''(He actually telephoned the production office to put himself forward as a candidate for the post, and was delighted to find that he was already under consideration for it.)'' | ||
* The master | * The master 625 line PAL colour videotape of ''Invasion'' part one was mistakenly wiped when it was confused with episode one of [[season 6]]'s ''[[The Invasion (TV story)|The Invasion]]''. ''(There is no evidence to suggest that this is why the tape was wiped; all the tapes for ''The Invasion'' were wiped in 1972, more than two years before ''Invasion of the Dinosaurs'' was transmitted. In addition, the procedure for disposing of older episodes would have made such a mix-up highly unlikely. That said, it is not known why only ''Invasion'' part one was wiped, and not the others.)'' | ||
=== Filming locations === | === Filming locations === | ||
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== Home video and audio releases == | == Home video and audio releases == | ||
=== DVD release === | === DVD release === | ||
* ''Invasion of the Dinosaurs'' was released on DVD on [[9 January (releases)|9 January]] [[2012 (releases)|2012]] in the ''U.N.I.T Files Box Set'' with ''[[The Android Invasion (TV story)|The Android Invasion]]''. ''Invasion'' part one remains in black and white | * ''Invasion of the Dinosaurs'' was released on DVD on [[9 January (releases)|9 January]] [[2012 (releases)|2012]] in the ''U.N.I.T Files Box Set'' with ''[[The Android Invasion (TV story)|The Android Invasion]]''. ''Invasion'' part one remains in black-and-white, although heavily restored. However, as a DVD extra, an attempt at colourising ''Invasion'' part one using the chromadot colourisation recovery technique was also included. While it was included as a "best attempt" at showing what the episode would have looked like on initial broadcast, it is not up to the usual DVD standard due to the inability of fully colourising the episode. | ||
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=== VHS release === | === VHS release === | ||
* This was the final complete story to be released by [[BBC Worldwide]] on [[VHS]], in [[2003 (releases)|2003]]. ''Invasion'' part one was included in its then sole surviving black and white format. | * This was the final complete story to be released by [[BBC Worldwide]] on [[VHS]], in [[2003 (releases)|2003]]. ''Invasion'' part one was included in its then sole surviving black-and-white format. | ||
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