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* Winspit Quarry in [[Dorset]] was used for the planet Skaro, also used were the quarry's small stone cottage and two larger brick buildings, (which all stood side by side and were just empty derelict shells, with their roofs missing). [[BBC|The BBC]] added to the flooring of the two larger buildings a large number of silver-coloured cylinders and pipes, sticking out of the rubble; the cylinders transformed these two derelict shells into the external ruins of the long abandoned Dalek city and the disused Kaled bunkers.
* Winspit Quarry in [[Dorset]] was used for the planet Skaro, also used were the quarry's small stone cottage and two larger brick buildings, (which all stood side by side and were just empty derelict shells, with their roofs missing). [[BBC|The BBC]] added to the flooring of the two larger buildings a large number of silver-coloured cylinders and pipes, sticking out of the rubble; the cylinders transformed these two derelict shells into the external ruins of the long abandoned Dalek city and the disused Kaled bunkers.
* The serial was one of the first British productions to make use of a Steadicam; due to the high cost of such a set-up, nearly all the props and sets were reused, including the Davros mask.
* The serial was one of the first British productions to make use of a Steadicam; due to the high cost of such a set-up, nearly all the props and sets were reused, including the Davros mask.
* The instalments of this serial are credited on-screen as "episodes", rather than "parts" – the only serial made after ''[[The Green Death (TV story)|The Green Death]]'' to do so. In the next story it was returned to "parts".
* It was [[Lalla Ward]]'s idea for Romana to wear a costume similar to the Doctor's, because she thought that her ego was great enough for her to believe that she was on par with him.
* It was [[Lalla Ward]]'s idea for Romana to wear a costume similar to the Doctor's, because she thought that her ego was great enough for her to believe that she was on par with him.
* [[Graham Williams]] and [[Douglas Adams]] suggested that [[Terry Nation]] draw upon a short story apparently written by [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaac_Asimov Isaac Asimov] about two armies, each reliant upon a battle computer which was logically unable to outwit its counterpart.
* [[Graham Williams]] and [[Douglas Adams]] suggested that [[Terry Nation]] draw upon a short story apparently written by [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaac_Asimov Isaac Asimov] about two armies, each reliant upon a battle computer which was logically unable to outwit its counterpart.
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* After participating in the invasion of [[Kantra]], a Dalek vessel containing the [[Emperor's Personal Guard]] crash-landed on the [[Grade 3 planet]] [[Strellin]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Order of the Daleks (audio story)|Order of the Daleks]]'')
* After participating in the invasion of [[Kantra]], a Dalek vessel containing the [[Emperor's Personal Guard]] crash-landed on the [[Grade 3 planet]] [[Strellin]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Order of the Daleks (audio story)|Order of the Daleks]]'')
* The Movellans defeated the Daleks in a battle in [[Traxana]]'s sector of space during the Dalek-Movellan War. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Alien Heart (audio story)|Alien Heart]]'')
* The Movellans defeated the Daleks in a battle in [[Traxana]]'s sector of space during the Dalek-Movellan War. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Alien Heart (audio story)|Alien Heart]]'')
* The Doctor uses his [[hat]] to obscure a Dalek's [[eyepiece]], a tactic he previously used on [[Trodos]] in his [[second incarnation]]. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The Trodos Ambush (comic story)|The Trodos Ambush]]'')
* The Doctor and Davros both reference [[Napoléon Bonaparte]]. They would both later meet him during the Doctor's [[Sixth Doctor|sixth incarnation]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Curse of Davros (audio story)|The Curse of Davros]]'')
* The Doctor and Davros both reference [[Napoléon Bonaparte]]. They would both later meet him during the Doctor's [[Sixth Doctor|sixth incarnation]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Curse of Davros (audio story)|The Curse of Davros]]'')


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