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* [[Peter Moffatt]] described this story as the worst serial he ever did. [[Eric Saward]] felt the script was lousy, "but it started as a half-decent idea". | * [[Peter Moffatt]] described this story as the worst serial he ever did. [[Eric Saward]] felt the script was lousy, "but it started as a half-decent idea". | ||
* [[John Nathan-Turner]] and [[Eric Saward]] had different ideas as to what the Sixth Doctor's debut story should be. Nathan-Turner wanted a straightforward adventure pitting the Doctor against a strong villain, while Saward felt that the new Doctor's personality would be better showcased in a more unusual storyline. This would only serve to be the beginning of mounting tensions between the two of them (Saward having never been keen on [[Colin Baker]]'s casting in the first place) that would ultimately lead to Saward resigning as script editor by the end of Season 23. | * [[John Nathan-Turner]] and [[Eric Saward]] had different ideas as to what the Sixth Doctor's debut story should be. Nathan-Turner wanted a straightforward adventure pitting the Doctor against a strong villain, while Saward felt that the new Doctor's personality would be better showcased in a more unusual storyline. This would only serve to be the beginning of mounting tensions between the two of them (Saward having never been keen on [[Colin Baker]]'s casting in the first place) that would ultimately lead to Saward resigning as script editor by the end of Season 23. | ||
* [[Anthony Steven]]'s progress on the scripts was very slow, and he began offering the production team fantastical excuses such as his typewriter exploding. He eventually fell ill, leaving [[Eric Saward]] to heavily restructure the scripts, which [[Peter Moffatt]] felt had serious logistical and storytelling problems. | * [[Anthony Steven]]'s progress on the scripts was very slow, and he began offering the production team fantastical excuses such as his electric typewriter exploding. He eventually fell ill, leaving [[Eric Saward]] to heavily restructure the scripts, which [[Peter Moffatt]] felt had serious logistical and storytelling problems. | ||
* [[Ian Levine]] suggested that Azmael be the Doctor's old hermit mentor, referred to in [[The Time Monster (TV story)|''The Time Monster'']] and [[State of Decay (TV story)|''State of Decay'']]. Unfortunately, [[Anthony Steven]] misunderstood the nature of the Doctor's relationship with the character, and made him a tutor at the Prydonian Academy instead. | * [[Ian Levine]] suggested that Azmael be the Doctor's old hermit mentor, referred to in [[The Time Monster (TV story)|''The Time Monster'']] and [[State of Decay (TV story)|''State of Decay'']]. Unfortunately, [[Anthony Steven]] misunderstood the nature of the Doctor's relationship with the character, and made him a tutor at the Prydonian Academy instead. | ||
* [[John Nathan-Turner]] was encouraged to cast two more experienced female actors as Romulus and Remus, but chose male actors because he believed it was crucial the characters be boys for the script to work. | * [[John Nathan-Turner]] was encouraged to cast two more experienced female actors as Romulus and Remus, but chose male actors because he believed it was crucial the characters be boys for the script to work. | ||
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=== Production errors === | === Production errors === | ||
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* The uncredited person providing the service of [[continuity supervisor|wardrobe continuity]] makes an error in the first | * The uncredited person providing the service of [[continuity supervisor|wardrobe continuity]] makes an error in the first moment of part one. After the Doctor regenerates, a smudge of mud disappeared from his sweater. | ||
* The [[director]] commits a sin of blocking. Because of where he has [[Gavin Conrad|Gavin]] and [[Andrew Conrad]] sit in one scene, the actors must be awkwardly repositioned in another. When the twins are playing equations, they suddenly move about a metre apart so that they have room to turn around and face each other. | * The [[director]] commits a sin of blocking. Because of where he has [[Gavin Conrad|Gavin]] and [[Andrew Conrad]] sit in one scene, the actors must be awkwardly repositioned in another. When the twins are playing equations, they suddenly move about a metre apart so that they have room to turn around and face each other. | ||
* The silver computer terminal in the safe house on Titan III is prone to wobbling — most obviously when Peri spots the bomb and the Doctor walks away to have a look. | * The silver computer terminal in the safe house on Titan III is prone to wobbling — most obviously when Peri spots the bomb and the Doctor walks away to have a look. | ||
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* The Doctor paraphrases [[Sarah Jane Smith]] when he says "I don't know if I'm coming or gone or even been." ([[TV]]: ''[[The Hand of Fear (TV story)|The Hand of Fear]]'') | * The Doctor paraphrases [[Sarah Jane Smith]] when he says "I don't know if I'm coming or gone or even been." ([[TV]]: ''[[The Hand of Fear (TV story)|The Hand of Fear]]'') | ||
* Azmael initiates a thirteenth regeneration which ends his life. The [[Eleventh Doctor]] was later shown to possess some [[regeneration energy]] despite having expended his lives. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Angels Take Manhattan (TV story)|The Angels Take Manhattan]]'', ''[[The Time of the Doctor (TV story)|The Time of the Doctor]]'') | * Azmael initiates a thirteenth regeneration which ends his life. The [[Eleventh Doctor]] was later shown to possess some [[regeneration energy]] despite having expended his lives. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Angels Take Manhattan (TV story)|The Angels Take Manhattan]]'', ''[[The Time of the Doctor (TV story)|The Time of the Doctor]]'') | ||
* When the Doctor says " | * When the Doctor says "Brave heart, Tegan," we hear Tegan's theme composed by Malcolm Clarke first heard in ''Resurrection of the Daleks'' as it played as Tegan said goodbye to the Doctor and Turlough at the end of the story. | ||
== Home video and audio releases == | == Home video and audio releases == | ||
