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=== Foods and beverages === | === Foods and beverages === | ||
* Captain Cook serves [[tea]] to [[ | * Captain Cook serves [[tea]] to [[Mags]], the [[Seventh Doctor]] and [[Ace]] at his campsite and at the circus. | ||
=== The Doctor's items === | === The Doctor's items === | ||
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== Story notes == | == Story notes == | ||
* This was the debut performance for [[Jessica Martin]] as [[ | * This was the debut performance for [[Jessica Martin]] as [[Mags]] the [[Werewolf]]. Her first line in the role was: ''"Captain."'' She'd later reprise the role for [[Big Finish Productions|Big Finish]]'s audio adventures. | ||
* After the location filming had been completed, the studio sessions were cancelled because of asbestos contamination. At first it was thought that the serial would have to be abandoned, but eventually it was found possible to erect a tent in the car park at Elstree Studios and film there. (It was actually very fortuitous that they were working on this particular serial because the tents made this arrangement possible. With any other story around that time they might have had to simply throw out the location footage, but [[John Nathan-Turner]] was desperate to avoid another ''[[Shada (TV story)|Shada]]'' debacle and arranged the makeshift solution. Indeed, it has often been remarked that what they ended up with looked better than the original intention would have done, because they actually were in a tent rather than a mock-up of one in a studio.) | * After the location filming had been completed, the studio sessions were cancelled because of asbestos contamination. At first it was thought that the serial would have to be abandoned, but eventually it was found possible to erect a tent in the car park at Elstree Studios and film there. (It was actually very fortuitous that they were working on this particular serial because the tents made this arrangement possible. With any other story around that time they might have had to simply throw out the location footage, but [[John Nathan-Turner]] was desperate to avoid another ''[[Shada (TV story)|Shada]]'' debacle and arranged the makeshift solution. Indeed, it has often been remarked that what they ended up with looked better than the original intention would have done, because they actually were in a tent rather than a mock-up of one in a studio.) | ||
* This story was originally a three-parter but was expanded, at the request of the producers, to four episodes. | * This story was originally a three-parter but was expanded, at the request of the producers, to four episodes. | ||
