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* This story was a replacement for a six-part story by [[David Whitaker]] which would have been set at the time of the [[Spanish Armada]]. | * This story was a replacement for a six-part story by [[David Whitaker]] which would have been set at the time of the [[Spanish Armada]]. | ||
* [[William Russell]] originally suggested the idea of a story set during the French Revolution. | * [[William Russell]] originally suggested the idea of a story set during the French Revolution. | ||
* Hungarian director [[Henric Hirsch]], inexperienced in working for television, had difficulty coping with the cramped Lime Grove studios, out-of-order shooting sequences and [[William Hartnell]]'s lack of respect for him. As a result, he was taken ill and collapsed during the shooting of the third episode, "A Change of Identity". As [[Verity Lambert]] and production assistant [[Timothy Combe]] both felt unable to run a studio, a short-term replacement for Hirsch was found; Combe believes this to have been [[John Gorrie]], who previously directed ''[[The Keys of Marinus (TV story)|The Keys of Marinus]]'' (although Gorrie stated that he has no memory of directing that episode), or possibly associate producer [[Mervyn Pinfield]] | * Hungarian director [[Henric Hirsch]], inexperienced in working for television, had difficulty coping with the cramped Lime Grove studios, out-of-order shooting sequences and [[William Hartnell]]'s lack of respect for him. As a result, he was taken ill and collapsed during the shooting of the third episode, "A Change of Identity". As [[Verity Lambert]] and production assistant [[Timothy Combe]] both felt unable to run a studio, a short-term replacement for Hirsch was found; Combe believes this to have been [[John Gorrie]], who previously directed ''[[The Keys of Marinus (TV story)|The Keys of Marinus]]'' (although Gorrie stated that he has no memory of directing that episode), or possibly associate producer [[Mervyn Pinfield]]. Hirsch recovered in time for the filming of the fourth episode, "The Tyrant of France", with his troubles eased by the production moving to Television Centre; Combe taking on some of the director's duties and Hartnell being more considerate of his manner towards the director. | ||
* The three shots of the Doctor walking through Paris were the first instance of location filming for ''Doctor Who''. The location filming actually took place at Denham and Gerrards Cross in Buckinghamshire. In these shots, [[Brian Proudfoot]] had to double for [[William Hartnell]] as the Doctor. Brian Proudfoot attended the studio recording so he could shadow [[William Hartnell]] to study his movements and walk so he could double for him in the location shoot. According to [[Carole Ann Ford]], this annoyed the actor immensely. | * The three shots of the Doctor walking through Paris were the first instance of location filming for ''Doctor Who''. The location filming actually took place at Denham and Gerrards Cross in Buckinghamshire. In these shots, [[Brian Proudfoot]] had to double for [[William Hartnell]] as the Doctor. Brian Proudfoot attended the studio recording so he could shadow [[William Hartnell]] to study his movements and walk so he could double for him in the location shoot. According to [[Carole Ann Ford]], this annoyed the actor immensely. | ||
* [[William Russell]] was on holiday during the filming of "Guests of Madame Guillotine" and "A Change of Identity" and appeared only in pre-recorded film sequences. | * [[William Russell]] was on holiday during the filming of "Guests of Madame Guillotine" and "A Change of Identity" and appeared only in pre-recorded film sequences. | ||
