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*As well as being the only surviving episode, the original 35mm film inserts for episode two still exist in the BBC Archives, but the film inserts for all the other episodes is sadly thought to have been destroyed. | *As well as being the only surviving episode, the original 35mm film inserts for episode two still exist in the BBC Archives, but the film inserts for all the other episodes is sadly thought to have been destroyed. | ||
**For the latest DVD and Blu-ray release of the serial in animated form, the surviving episode has been remastered using these original inserts, making it not only one of few stories produced in the black and white era to have original surviving film elements, but one of few to use said elements to create a perfectly high picture quality for its home media release. | **For the latest DVD and Blu-ray release of the serial in animated form, the surviving episode has been remastered using these original inserts, making it not only one of few stories produced in the black and white era to have original surviving film elements, but one of few to use said elements to create a perfectly high picture quality for its home media release. | ||
*Co-writer Henry Lincoln | *Co-writer Henry Lincoln knew Patrick Troughton as they previously acted together in several plays. After Troughton had started on ''Doctor Who,'' Lincoln encountered him on the streets of Kew and learned that the actor was frustrated by the lack of stories set on Earth. Having read the completed scripts for this serial while on holiday in [[France]], Troughton sent Lincoln a postcard which read "Sooper Script Specially No 6. Very Happy. Thank you. Do some more please. Pat T". | ||
=== Changes in the animated version === | === Changes in the animated version === | ||
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*When Jamie and Victoria get sealed in the cave in Episode One, it is not made clear that the boulder is pushed across the entrance by a Yeti. | *When Jamie and Victoria get sealed in the cave in Episode One, it is not made clear that the boulder is pushed across the entrance by a Yeti. | ||
*Jamie puts the control sphere he finds in the cave in his pocket rather than his bag. | *Jamie puts the control sphere he finds in the cave in his pocket rather than his bag. | ||
* Padmasambhava | * Padmasambhava is faintly visible behind the curtain when speaking in the sanctum. | ||
*The control sphere rolls faster. | *The control sphere rolls faster. | ||
