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* This is the only story credited to [[Eric Saward]] that didn't feature a recurring villain, apart from a mention to the [[Mara]]. | * This is the only story credited to [[Eric Saward]] that didn't feature a recurring villain, apart from a mention to the [[Mara]]. | ||
* The opening sequence in the TARDIS follows on directly from ''[[Kinda (TV story)|Kinda]]''. Since ''The Visitation'' was filmed before ''Kinda'', [[Peter Davison]] and [[Matthew Waterhouse]] had to act out their characters' responses to the events of ''Kinda'' based solely on the script. | * The opening sequence in the TARDIS follows on directly from ''[[Kinda (TV story)|Kinda]]''. Since ''The Visitation'' was filmed before ''Kinda'', [[Peter Davison]] and [[Matthew Waterhouse]] had to act out their characters' responses to the events of ''Kinda'' based solely on the script. | ||
* ''Radio Times'' credits [[John Savident]] (The Squire) as "Squire John", and [[Michael Melia]] (Terileptil) as "Terileptil Leader". | * ''[[Radio Times]]'' credits [[John Savident]] (The Squire) as "Squire John", and [[Michael Melia]] (Terileptil) as "Terileptil Leader". | ||
* The Terileptil masks, produced by freelance firm [[Imagineering]], marks the first use of animatronics in the series. | * The Terileptil masks, produced by freelance firm [[Imagineering]], marks the first use of animatronics in the series. | ||
* Eric Saward attributes the name 'Terileptil' to the words "territorial reptiles" in ''[[Doctor Who: The Making of a Television Series]]''. | * [[Eric Saward]] attributes the name 'Terileptil' to the words "territorial reptiles" in ''[[Doctor Who: The Making of a Television Series]]''. | ||
* One part of the Terileptil's laboratory re-uses a [[Hymetusite]] crystal from ''[[The Horns of Nimon (TV story)|The Horns of Nimon]]''. | * One part of the Terileptil's laboratory re-uses a [[Hymetusite]] crystal from ''[[The Horns of Nimon (TV story)|The Horns of Nimon]]''. | ||
* [[Director]] [[Peter Moffatt]] strongly disliked [[Paddy Kingsland]]'s [[incidental music]] for this serial, saying it was replete with "turgid chords". ([[DCOM]]: ''The Visitation'') However, Kingsland called Moffatt his "favourite director to work with". ([[DOC]]: ''[[Scoring The Visitation]]'') | * [[Director]] [[Peter Moffatt]] strongly disliked [[Paddy Kingsland]]'s [[incidental music]] for this serial, saying it was replete with "turgid chords". ([[DCOM]]: ''The Visitation'') However, Kingsland called Moffatt his "favourite director to work with". ([[DOC]]: ''[[Scoring The Visitation]]'') | ||
* Eric Saward disliked [[Michael Robbins]]' performance as Richard Mace, largely because he kept changing his lines. Robbins, for his part, is said to have hated working on this story. | * [[Eric Saward]] disliked [[Michael Robbins]]' performance as Richard Mace, largely because he kept changing his lines. Robbins, for his part, is said to have hated working on this story. | ||
* Peter Davison named this serial as a favourite. Matthew Waterhouse recalled Davison entering the rehearsal room shaking the script with excitement. | * [[Peter Davison]] named this serial as a favourite. Matthew Waterhouse recalled Davison entering the rehearsal room shaking the script with excitement. | ||
* The Terileptils, and the pioneering animatronic masks used to bring them to life, were intended to return. Those plans fell through. One mask did end up being reused in modified form on a delegate from [[Posikar]] in ''[[Season 23|The Trial of a Time Lord]]''. | * The Terileptils, and the pioneering animatronic masks used to bring them to life, were intended to return. Those plans fell through. One mask did end up being reused in modified form on a delegate from [[Posikar]] in ''[[Season 23|The Trial of a Time Lord]]''. | ||
* The story was inspired by the work of a former girlfriend of [[Eric Saward]]'s, who had been studying the architecture which arose in the wake of the Great Fire of London. She observed that the black rats which carried the plague became virtually extinct within months of the Great Fire, and Saward thought that this would provide an effective science-fiction “hook” for a story about social conditions in mediaeval England. | * The story was inspired by the work of a former girlfriend of [[Eric Saward]]'s, who had been studying the architecture which arose in the wake of the Great Fire of London. She observed that the black rats which carried the plague became virtually extinct within months of the Great Fire, and Saward thought that this would provide an effective science-fiction “hook” for a story about social conditions in mediaeval England. | ||
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ian_Bannen Ian Bannen], [[Brian Blessed]], [[John Carson]], [[Ronald Fraser]], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Houston Donald Houston], [[William Lucas]], [[Glyn Owen]] and [[Donald Pleasence]] were considered for Richard Mace. | * [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ian_Bannen Ian Bannen], [[Brian Blessed]], [[John Carson]], [[Ronald Fraser]], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Houston Donald Houston], [[William Lucas]], [[Glyn Owen]] and [[Donald Pleasence]] were considered for Richard Mace. | ||
* [[Peter Davison]] was late for the first rehearsal because the family cat had taken a live mole into the house and he had to return it safely. | * [[Peter Davison]] was late for the first rehearsal because the family [[cat]] had taken a live [[mole]] into the house and he had to return it safely. | ||
* Filming at Black Park took place on a [[Heathrow Airport]] flight path and the noise of approaching aircraft regularly disrupted recording. An air traffic controller's strike put an end to these disturbances. | * Filming at Black Park took place on a [[Heathrow Airport]] flight path and the noise of approaching aircraft regularly disrupted recording. An air traffic controller's strike put an end to these disturbances. | ||
* [[Peter Davison]] drove himself to the location in his Volkswagen Scirocco. | * [[Peter Davison]] drove himself to the location in his [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volkswagen_Scirocco Volkswagen Scirocco]. | ||
*[[Eric Saward]] originally submitted the script for [[Season 18]]. [[John Nathan-Turner]] felt the narrative was too similar to [[The Talons of Weng-Chiang (TV story)|''The Talons of Weng-Chiang'']] and that Richard Mace verged on the kind of whimsy he wanted to discourage. | |||
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