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*As of today, this story has the most [https://allthetropes.fandom.com/wiki/Title_Drop title-drops] of any ''[[Doctor Who]]'' story, at [[72 (number)|72]]. | *As of today, this story has the most [https://allthetropes.fandom.com/wiki/Title_Drop title-drops] of any ''[[Doctor Who]]'' story, at [[72 (number)|72]]. | ||
* [[Robert La'Bassiere]] — billed as playing one of the Krotons in the closing credits for episodes two to four — was actually a pseudonym for Robert Grant, who had requested that he be credited under this name both on-screen and in the ''Radio Times'' programme listings. | * [[Robert La'Bassiere]] — billed as playing one of the Krotons in the closing credits for episodes two to four — was actually a pseudonym for Robert Grant, who had requested that he be credited under this name both on-screen and in the ''Radio Times'' programme listings. | ||
* This is the first collaboration between writer [[Robert Holmes]] and [[script editor]] [[Terrance Dicks]]. It was only Dicks's second story in that capacity. In a neat bit of symmetry, ''[[Horror of Fang Rock]]'' was one of ''script editor'' Robert Holmes's last stories, written by Terrance Dicks. | * This is the first collaboration between writer [[Robert Holmes]] and [[script editor]] [[Terrance Dicks]]. It was only Dicks's second story in that capacity. In a neat bit of symmetry, ''[[Horror of Fang Rock (TV story)|Horror of Fang Rock]]'' was one of ''script editor'' Robert Holmes's last stories, written by Terrance Dicks. | ||
* [[David Maloney]] called the story "a disaster" and felt it was his fault, while [[Frazer Hines]] didn't care for it either, calling it "horrible". [[Terrance Dicks]] felt that it worked as a story, but not as a monster, feeling the Krotons themselves were useless and non-threatening. | * [[David Maloney]] called the story "a disaster" and felt it was his fault, while [[Frazer Hines]] didn't care for it either, calling it "horrible". [[Terrance Dicks]] felt that it worked as a story, but not as a monster, feeling the Krotons themselves were useless and non-threatening. | ||
* The Krotons were written with the intent of replacing the [[Dalek]]s as the Doctor's principle nemesis, as [[Terry Nation]] had asked The BBC to stop using them so that he could pitch his own Dalek series to US TV networks, which ultimately fell through. Unfortunately, the Krotons didn't have the same impact the Daleks had, and they faded into obscurity, with Nation eventually allowing the Daleks to return to this series midway through the [[Third Doctor]]'s era. | * The Krotons were written with the intent of replacing the [[Dalek]]s as the Doctor's principle nemesis, as [[Terry Nation]] had asked The BBC to stop using them so that he could pitch his own Dalek series to US TV networks, which ultimately fell through. Unfortunately, the Krotons didn't have the same impact the Daleks had, and they faded into obscurity, with Nation eventually allowing the Daleks to return to this series midway through the [[Third Doctor]]'s era. | ||
