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Updated info for 'Warhead', as per information from researchers Paul Scoones and Jim Cooray-Smith
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== Story notes == | == Story notes == | ||
* This story had the working titles of ''The Return | * This story had the working titles of ''The Return'', ''Return of the Daleks'' and ''The Resurrection''. | ||
* Although recorded as four separate episodes, it was broadcast as two forty-five-minute episodes to free up transmission slots for the broadcast of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1984_Winter_Olympics the 1984 Winter Olympics]. | * Although recorded as four separate episodes, it was broadcast as two forty-five-minute episodes to free up transmission slots for the broadcast of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1984_Winter_Olympics the 1984 Winter Olympics]. | ||
* The forty-five minute episodes used the closing credits prepared for the twenty-minute parts one and three. Consequently, Kiston is uncredited on the forty-five minute part one as he does not appear until the twenty-five minute part two. | * The forty-five minute episodes used the closing credits prepared for the twenty-minute parts one and three. Consequently, Kiston is uncredited on the forty-five minute part one as he does not appear until the twenty-five minute part two. | ||
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=== Myths === | === Myths === | ||
* It was due to the success of the double-length episode format of this story that the BBC decided to adopt the format for the whole of the following season. ''(It had already been decided before this that season twenty-two would consist of thirteen episodes of approximately forty-five minutes each).'' | * It was due to the success of the double-length episode format of this story that the BBC decided to adopt the format for the whole of the following season. ''(It had already been decided before this that season twenty-two would consist of thirteen episodes of approximately forty-five minutes each).'' | ||
* The serial had a working title of ''Warhead''. It originates in an eyewitness account of a visit to JNT's office where it appears to have been one of those titles that the producer was fond of writing on his whiteboard to misdirect fans. | |||
* Dalek operators [[John Scott Martin]], [[Cy Town]], [[Tony Starr]] and [[Toby Byrne]] are not credited in ''Radio Times''. ''(They are credited in the ''Radio Times'' programme listings for both episodes, but the "Dalek Operators" credit is quite easy to miss as on both occasions it appears in smaller type alongside the production crew members.)'' | * Dalek operators [[John Scott Martin]], [[Cy Town]], [[Tony Starr]] and [[Toby Byrne]] are not credited in ''Radio Times''. ''(They are credited in the ''Radio Times'' programme listings for both episodes, but the "Dalek Operators" credit is quite easy to miss as on both occasions it appears in smaller type alongside the production crew members.)'' | ||
