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* Ben drinks some [[beer]]. | * Ben drinks some [[beer]]. | ||
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* Polly is the only female character in this story. [[Anneke Wills]] pointed this out in the DVD commentary of ''[[The War Machines (TV story)|The War Machines]] ''and remarked that she was rather annoyed about it. This occurs again in ''[[The Moonbase (TV story)|The Moonbase]]'', after which the next story to have a situation like this was the [[Third Doctor]] story ''[[The Mutants (TV story)|The Mutants]]'' in which [[Jo Grant]] is the only female character. | * Polly is the only female character in this story. [[Anneke Wills]] pointed this out in the DVD commentary of ''[[The War Machines (TV story)|The War Machines]] ''and remarked that she was rather annoyed about it. This occurs again in ''[[The Moonbase (TV story)|The Moonbase]]'', after which the next story to have a situation like this was the [[Third Doctor]] story ''[[The Mutants (TV story)|The Mutants]]'' in which [[Jo Grant]] is the only female character. | ||
* [[Anneke Wills]] named this as her and [[Michael Craze]]'s favourite story, partly thanks to its extended location shooting in Cornwall. She said it was a "super story", as she got to wear breeches. | * [[Anneke Wills]] named this as her and [[Michael Craze]]'s favourite story, partly thanks to its extended location shooting in Cornwall. She said it was a "super story", as she got to wear breeches. | ||
* [[Michael |Michael Craze]] fell through a trapdoor which had not been properly secured, but fortunately suffered only a minor injury to his right shoulder. | * [[Michael|Michael Craze]] fell through a trapdoor which had not been properly secured, but fortunately suffered only a minor injury to his right shoulder. | ||
* As a result of splitting the TARDIS prop apart for ''[[The Massacre (TV story)|The Massacre]]'', a major refit was initiated in response to the show's ever-increasing requirements for location filming away from the confines of the studio. Location filming had now become commonplace and meant that transporting the prop in its complete form was difficult and knowing that it would be required at the bottom of a cliff on the Cornwall coast for this story. The refit would ensure that the prop could now be disassembled and flat packed for transportation. This then resulted in changing the whole geometry of the prop, making it no longer square in plan view, but slightly rectangular. Another knock on effect to this was that the roof was remade slightly wider, overhanging at the front and rear, while it under hung on the two sides and only just balanced on the top of the structure. The prop height also needed to be cut-down during location filming for ''The Smugglers'', as it was too high to fit in the cave chosen for its landing sequence. | * As a result of splitting the TARDIS prop apart for ''[[The Massacre (TV story)|The Massacre]]'', a major refit was initiated in response to the show's ever-increasing requirements for location filming away from the confines of the studio. Location filming had now become commonplace and meant that transporting the prop in its complete form was difficult and knowing that it would be required at the bottom of a cliff on the Cornwall coast for this story. The refit would ensure that the prop could now be disassembled and flat packed for transportation. This then resulted in changing the whole geometry of the prop, making it no longer square in plan view, but slightly rectangular. Another knock on effect to this was that the roof was remade slightly wider, overhanging at the front and rear, while it under hung on the two sides and only just balanced on the top of the structure. The prop height also needed to be cut-down during location filming for ''The Smugglers'', as it was too high to fit in the cave chosen for its landing sequence. | ||
* [[Julia Smith]] recalled: "[[William Hartnell]] was remarkable. As a director, you work out actors' moves before going into rehearsal, in order to get a variety of shots, and I remember asking William Hartnell to cross to the TARDIS and press a particular button and he went raving mad. "I can't. If I do that, this'll happen to the TARDIS and that'll happen to the TARDIS!" And he gave me a quarter of an hour's dissertation of why he couldn't press that button. I stood there, very young and very nervous and took this broadside about the insanity of women drivers almost. It was obviously so real to him. He'd committed himself to the character and acquainted himself with all the machinery, which in those days was very much simpler than it is now". | * [[Julia Smith]] recalled: "[[William Hartnell]] was remarkable. As a director, you work out actors' moves before going into rehearsal, in order to get a variety of shots, and I remember asking William Hartnell to cross to the TARDIS and press a particular button and he went raving mad. "I can't. If I do that, this'll happen to the TARDIS and that'll happen to the TARDIS!" And he gave me a quarter of an hour's dissertation of why he couldn't press that button. I stood there, very young and very nervous and took this broadside about the insanity of women drivers almost. It was obviously so real to him. He'd committed himself to the character and acquainted himself with all the machinery, which in those days was very much simpler than it is now". | ||
* Part of the reason [[Julia Smith]] was chosen to direct was her familiarity with the Cornish coast. | * Part of the reason [[Julia Smith]] was chosen to direct was her familiarity with the Cornish coast. | ||
* Several members of the cast and crew suffered from seasickness. | * Several members of the cast and crew suffered from seasickness. | ||
* According to [[Derek Ware]], in the original script, the Spaniard was a speaking part but his lines were cut before filming. | * According to [[Derek Ware]], in the original script, the Spaniard was a speaking part but his lines were cut before filming. | ||
* Jamaica was originally named Crow. | * Jamaica was originally named Crow. | ||
* The production in Cornwall was assisted by numerous local extras, notably members of the Sea Cadets. | * The production in Cornwall was assisted by numerous local extras, notably members of the Sea Cadets. | ||
* It was during production of this serial that [[William Hartnell]] met with [[Innes Lloyd]] to discuss his future with the series. It was mutually (but reluctantly on Hartnell's part) decided that Hartnell should leave the role. | * It was during production of this serial that [[William Hartnell]] met with [[Innes Lloyd]] to discuss his future with the series. It was mutually (but reluctantly on Hartnell's part) decided that Hartnell should leave the role. | ||
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