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* As with this story, Earth-born diseases were the bane of the aliens in ''[[The War of the Worlds]]''. | * As with this story, Earth-born diseases were the bane of the aliens in ''[[The War of the Worlds]]''. | ||
* The unique [[incidental music]] for this episode, "Deadly Siren" is reused thrice after this episode; the adventurous swashbuckling-themed section of the track plays when Captain Avery and his son make a brief cameo in ''[[A Good Man Goes to War (TV story)|A Good Man Goes to War]]'', and the part of the track where the Siren vocally sings is played during [[WC]]: ''[[The Making of the Gunslinger (webcast)|The Making of the Gunslinger]]'' as well as in [[TV]]: ''[[The Night of the Doctor (TV story)|The Night of the Doctor]]''. | * The unique [[incidental music]] for this episode, "Deadly Siren" is reused thrice after this episode; the adventurous swashbuckling-themed section of the track plays when Captain Avery and his son make a brief cameo in ''[[A Good Man Goes to War (TV story)|A Good Man Goes to War]]'', and the part of the track where the Siren vocally sings is played during [[WC]]: ''[[The Making of the Gunslinger (webcast)|The Making of the Gunslinger]]'' as well as in [[TV]]: ''[[The Night of the Doctor (TV story)|The Night of the Doctor]]''. | ||
* The exterior of the pirate ship was filmed at a dock in [[Cornwall]], while the lower decks were built from a set at the studio. The principal challenge to film at the dock was to ensure the audience would not see it. The crew set up smoke machines to simulate fog. To create the storm the crew used wind and rain machines, the latter of which went through 15,000 litres of water. | |||
* The episode was also made to allow the Doctor and his companions to "kick back and have some fun." | |||
* Anticipating they would get soaked, the cast present on the deck wore dry suits underneath their clothes. | |||
* A significant continuity error was introduced in editing, when the removal of scenes involving the Boatswain - in which he was manacled to the ship's bulkhead and then cut himself trying to escape, resulting in his capture by the Siren - meant that the character abruptly vanished from the narrative, only to reappear as a patient on the spaceship at the end of the story. | |||
* The sickbay set was built in a studio. Because the beds were attached to strings, they were prone to swaying. | |||
* [[Lee Ross]] had previously starred in [[Steven Moffat]]'s series ''Press Gang''. | |||
* The cast members who were asked to lie on the beds were instructed to stay still and not breathe heavily to limit movement. | |||
* [[Karen Gillan]] was allowed to perform several of her own stunts in the episode. She was excited to learn that her character would fight pirates with swords, and was taught how to handle one with basic moves. She was also allowed to swing across the ship. However, a stunt double was required to film the sequence where Amy is thrown across the deck by the Siren. | |||
* This episode is notable both in that none of the guest cast die and there is no villain of the piece. | |||
* One late deletion from the script was the idea that the Siren would appear to Toby Avery as a young girl. This would have given the Doctor a clue as to the entity's true nature. | |||
* [[Steve Thompson]] was inspired by a popular Cornish legend about "the Mermaid of Zennor", which apparently dated from the fifteenth century. The story concerned a mermaid with a beautiful singing voice who tempted a human man to come live with her in the sea. It is associated with an ancient chair bearing a carving of a mermaid, which can still be found at St Senara's Church in Zennor. | |||
* The scenes in which [[Lily Cole]] appeared on the ship were done by using a harness as if she was flying. Because she wore green dress and makeup, the normal greenscreen was replaced by bluescreens in the studio. Cole felt it was fun to fly on the harness, but found it painful after a few hours. | |||
* Before filming began on the storm sequences, [[Arthur Darvill]] heard that he would perform the stunt where he is thrown into the sea, and was willing to perform it. The stunt would later be performed by a double. | |||
* In [[2019]], it was rumoured that [[Karen Gillan]] would replace [[Johnny Depp]] in a reboot of ''[[Pirates of the Caribbean]].'' | |||
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