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* [[Colin Baker]] ad-libbed the "No 'arm in trying" gag after Davros' arm is shot off. | * [[Colin Baker]] ad-libbed the "No 'arm in trying" gag after Davros' arm is shot off. | ||
* Planned shots of the Daleks being blown into the sky had to be abandoned because they couldn't get the equipment to the location. | * Planned shots of the Daleks being blown into the sky had to be abandoned because they couldn't get the equipment to the location. | ||
* Eric Saward considers this to be his best work. | * [[Eric Saward]] considers this to be his best work. | ||
* [ | * [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joss_Ackland Joss Ackland], [[Tom Adams (actor)|Tom Adams]], [[George Baker]], [[Ray Brooks]], [[John Carson]], [[James Ellis]], [[Frank Finlay]], [[John Fraser]], [[Peter Gilmore]], [[Julian Glover]], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Gothard Michael Gothard], [[Del Henney]], [[Peter Jeffrey]], [[Denis Lill]], [[T. P. McKenna]], [[Philip Madoc]], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrick_Mower Patrick Mower], [[Clifford Rose]], [[Patrick Stewart]], [[Nigel Stock]], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthony_Valentine Anthony Valentine], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Vaughan Peter Vaughan], [[David Warner]] and [[Frank Windsor]] were considered for Orcini. | ||
* Real life DJs such as [ | * Real life DJs such as [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Freeman Alan Freeman], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Peel John Peel], [[Jimmy Savile]] and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dave_Lee_Travis Dave Lee Travis] were seriously considered for The DJ. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phil_Collins Phil Collins], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robbie_Coltrane Robbie Coltrane], [[Kenneth Cranham]], [[The Who|Roger Daltrey]] and [[Nicky Henson]] were also considered. According to [[REF]]: ''[[The Eighties]]'', [[David Bowie]] was also considered. | ||
* Robbie Coltrane and [ | * [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robbie_Coltrane Robbie Coltrane] and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pat_Roach Pat Roach] were considered for Takis. | ||
* There were talks of [[Laurence Olivier]] playing the mutant. | * There were talks of [[Laurence Olivier]] playing the mutant. | ||
* Years prior to this story, [[Alexei Sayle]] impersonated a Dalek in ''The Young Ones ''episode "Boring". Colin Baker made a guest appearance in one episode's skit that was cut from the final broadcast. | * Years prior to this story, [[Alexei Sayle]] impersonated a Dalek in ''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Young_Ones_(TV_series) The Young Ones] ''episode "Boring". [[Colin Baker]] made a guest appearance in one episode's skit that was cut from the final broadcast. | ||
* Eric Saward thought up the idea of blue 'mourning' suits for Necros in order to cover up Colin Baker's costume, which he considered inappropriate for a drama series. | * [[Eric Saward]] thought up the idea of blue 'mourning' suits for Necros in order to cover up Colin Baker's costume, which he considered inappropriate for a drama series. | ||
* [[Jonathan Powell]] reacted badly to [[Jenny Tomasin]]'s portrayal of Tasambeker. As such, both episodes were edited to reduce her screen time. | * [[Jonathan Powell]] reacted badly to [[Jenny Tomasin]]'s portrayal of Tasambeker. As such, both episodes were edited to reduce her screen time. | ||
* Eric Saward spent a holiday in [[Rhodes]] and this influenced the development of his scripts in several respects. Most notably, Orcini was inspired by the Knights Hospitaller who had occupied the island in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries. Several names were also derived from Saward's time in Rhodes: Tasambeker from the saint Tsambeker (to whom barren women prayed in the hope of conceiving a child), Kara from a local potato called cara, and the planet Necros itself from the Greek word ''nekros'' meaning “corpse”. Other names were adapted from ''The Loved One'', in particular Mr Jobel from Waugh's odious mortician Mr Joyboy. Vogel and Bostock were suggested by Mrs Bogolov and Mrs Komstock, while Arthur Stengos was taken from the cosmetician Aimée Thanatogenos (by way of a ferry boat owner whom Saward met in Rhodes). | * [[Eric Saward]] spent a holiday in [[Rhodes]] and this influenced the development of his scripts in several respects. Most notably, Orcini was inspired by the Knights Hospitaller who had occupied the island in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries. Several names were also derived from Saward's time in Rhodes: Tasambeker from the saint Tsambeker (to whom barren women prayed in the hope of conceiving a child), Kara from a local potato called cara, and the planet Necros itself from the Greek word ''nekros'' meaning “corpse”. Other names were adapted from ''The Loved One'', in particular Mr Jobel from Waugh's odious mortician Mr Joyboy. Vogel and Bostock were suggested by Mrs Bogolov and Mrs Komstock, while Arthur Stengos was taken from the cosmetician Aimée Thanatogenos (by way of a ferry boat owner whom Saward met in Rhodes). | ||
* Orcini and Bostock were modelled on [ | * Orcini and Bostock were modelled on [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Quixote Don Quixote] and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sancho_Panza Sancho Panza]. | ||
* Terry Molloy was ill with flu while taping. | * [[Terry Molloy]] was ill with flu while taping. | ||
* The DJ came about when Eric Saward was driving home from a dinner and listening to a boring DJ on the radio. It led to him wondering how people in cryogenic suspension kept up to date with current events. | * The DJ came about when [[Eric Saward]] was driving home from a dinner and listening to a boring DJ on the radio. It led to him wondering how people in cryogenic suspension kept up to date with current events. | ||
* Graeme Harper later said that if he'd known it was going to snow on location he would have utilised it more. | * [[Graeme Harper]] later said that if he'd known it was going to snow on location he would have utilised it more. | ||
* According to [[Clive Swift]], Jobel's wig falling off as he dies was the designer's idea. | * According to [[Clive Swift]], Jobel's wig falling off as he dies was the designer's idea. | ||
* Graeme Harper was appalled when he was told how early the story went out on Saturday and felt that the violence shown would not be allowed today. | * [[Graeme Harper]] was appalled when he was told how early the story went out on Saturday and felt that the violence shown would not be allowed today. | ||
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