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[[File:FourAndLeelaCrackSafe.jpg|thumb|right|Safe tumblers or ''[[The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy|Hitchhiker's Guide]]''?]] | [[File:FourAndLeelaCrackSafe.jpg|thumb|right|Safe tumblers or ''[[The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy|Hitchhiker's Guide]]''?]] | ||
*Unusually, [[Paddy Kingsland]] did the [[special sounds]] on this episode. He was also responsible for special sounds on the radio adaptation of ''[[The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy]]''. Hence, as [[Louise Jameson]] pointed out in the DVD commentary, there was some crossover of sounds. Most notably, the sound of the Doctor fiddling with the combination lock in part four is the same as the sound of the ''Guide'' being consulted in the original ''Hitchhiker's'' radio drama. | *Unusually, [[Paddy Kingsland]] did the [[special sounds]] on this episode. He was also responsible for special sounds on the radio adaptation of ''[[The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy]]''. Hence, as [[Louise Jameson]] pointed out in the DVD commentary, there was some crossover of sounds. Most notably, the sound of the Doctor fiddling with the combination lock in part four is the same as the sound of the ''Guide'' being consulted in the original ''Hitchhiker's'' radio drama. | ||
*At one point in scripting, the scene in which Leela is stunned when entering the large safe was to have been her death scene. However, the production team decided against killing Leela, in part because to have [[Tom Baker]]'s Doctor shown grieving midway through a story would have been inappropriate both for the story and Baker's version of the character. ([[INFO]]: ''The Sun Makers'') | *At one point in scripting, the scene in which Leela is stunned when entering the large safe was to have been her death scene. However, the production team decided against killing Leela, in part because to have [[Tom Baker]]'s Doctor shown grieving midway through a story would have been inappropriate both for the story and Baker's version of the character. ([[INFO]]: ''The Sun Makers'') This suggests the story might have also been originally intended to air later in the season; Leela would return in the next two serials broadcast before leaving (alive) in ''[[The Invasion of Time (TV story)|The Invasion of Time]]''. | ||
* The joke involving the Doctor accidentally [[Hypnotise|hypnotising]] Leela was devised on the set by the two actors. ([[INFO]]: ''The Sun Makers'') | * The joke involving the Doctor accidentally [[Hypnotise|hypnotising]] Leela was devised on the set by the two actors. ([[INFO]]: ''The Sun Makers'') | ||
*When the story was first screened by the ABC in [[Australia]] in 1979, a small edit was made to part one by the Australian Film Censorship Board (now the Australian Classification Board) to remove the "Stuff the Company!" insult delivered by Mandrel in response to Cordo's rather nervous "Praise the Company!" Strangely, a repeat transmission of the story in 1979 was in uncut form — i.e. with Mandrel's line intact — as well as subsequent screenings in 1982 and the late 1980s. | *When the story was first screened by the ABC in [[Australia]] in 1979, a small edit was made to part one by the Australian Film Censorship Board (now the Australian Classification Board) to remove the "Stuff the Company!" insult delivered by Mandrel in response to Cordo's rather nervous "Praise the Company!" Strangely, a repeat transmission of the story in 1979 was in uncut form — i.e. with Mandrel's line intact — as well as subsequent screenings in 1982 and the late 1980s. | ||
