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== Story notes == | == Story notes == | ||
* This story marks the beginning of the quest for the [[Key to Time]]. All stories in [[season 16]] were linked to this theme. This was the first time a story arc encompassed an entire season (all of the stories of [[season 8]] were related to | * This story marks the beginning of the quest for the [[Key to Time]]. All stories in [[season 16]] were linked to this theme. This was the first time a story arc encompassed an entire season (all of the stories of [[season 8]] were related to {{Delgado}}, but they were separate standalone stories). | ||
* The anarchic Robert Holmes makes his disdain for the concept of the arc clear early on; the White Guardian is characterised as an enigmatic bully dressed as a colonial gentleman who is willing to threaten the Doctor, who spends most of the episode befriending some honest criminals. This aspect would later be picked up upon by various areas of the Expanded Universe, most notably [[Big Finish]]'s [[Key 2 Time]] trilogy, a direct sequel to this arc, which has the [[Fifth Doctor]] outright call the White Guardian merely the lesser of two evils. | * The anarchic Robert Holmes makes his disdain for the concept of the arc clear early on; the White Guardian is characterised as an enigmatic bully dressed as a colonial gentleman who is willing to threaten the Doctor, who spends most of the episode befriending some honest criminals. This aspect would later be picked up upon by various areas of the Expanded Universe, most notably [[Big Finish]]'s [[Key 2 Time]] trilogy, a direct sequel to this arc, which has the [[Fifth Doctor]] outright call the White Guardian merely the lesser of two evils. | ||
* Working titles for this story include ''Operation'', ''The Galactic Conman''<ref>http://www.shannonsullivan.com/doctorwho/serials/5a.html</ref> and ''The Ribos File''.<ref>''[[Doctor Who Yearbook 1996]]''</ref> | * Working titles for this story include ''Operation'', ''The Galactic Conman''<ref>http://www.shannonsullivan.com/doctorwho/serials/5a.html</ref> and ''The Ribos File''.<ref>''[[Doctor Who Yearbook 1996]]''</ref> | ||
