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This episode is also notable for introducing the [[Last Great Time War]]<ref>According to [[head writer]] and [[executive producer]] [[Russell T Davies]], who himself wrote ''[[Rose (TV story)|Rose]]'' and ''The End of the World'', the war mentioned in ''Rose'' where the [[Nestene Consciousness]] lost its [[protein planet]]s is also supposed to be the Time War, ([[DWM 356]], ''[[Doctor Who Annual 2006]]'') although on screen, the connection to the war between what is later revealed to be the [[Dalek]]s and the [[Time Lord]]s is not specified in ''Rose''.</ref>, although the war itself was not named until the following episode ''[[The Unquiet Dead (TV story)|The Unquiet Dead]]''. The Doctor reveals that [[Gallifrey|his home planet]] was destroyed because of the war, making him "the last of the [[Time Lord]]s". The [[survivor's guilt]] caused by his actions in the Time War would stick with the Doctor in his [[Tenth Doctor|tenth]], [[Eleventh Doctor|eleventh]], [[Twelfth Doctor|twelfth]] and [[Thirteenth Doctor|thirteenth incarnations]].
This episode is also notable for introducing the [[Last Great Time War]]<ref>According to [[head writer]] and [[executive producer]] [[Russell T Davies]], who himself wrote ''[[Rose (TV story)|Rose]]'' and ''The End of the World'', the war mentioned in ''Rose'' where the [[Nestene Consciousness]] lost its [[protein planet]]s is also supposed to be the Time War, ([[DWM 356]], ''[[Doctor Who Annual 2006]]'') although on screen, the connection to the war between what is later revealed to be the [[Dalek]]s and the [[Time Lord]]s is not specified in ''Rose''.</ref>, although the war itself was not named until the following episode ''[[The Unquiet Dead (TV story)|The Unquiet Dead]]''. The Doctor reveals that [[Gallifrey|his home planet]] was destroyed because of the war, making him "the last of the [[Time Lord]]s". The [[survivor's guilt]] caused by his actions in the Time War would stick with the Doctor in his [[Tenth Doctor|tenth]], [[Eleventh Doctor|eleventh]], [[Twelfth Doctor|twelfth]] and [[Thirteenth Doctor|thirteenth incarnations]].


''The End of the World'' was [[director]] [[Euros Lyn]]'s first work on the series. At the time of broadcast, it featured the most extensive use of [[CGI]] yet seen on ''Doctor Who''.
''The End of the World'' was [[Director (crew)|director]] [[Euros Lyn]]'s first work on the series. At the time of broadcast, it featured the most extensive use of [[CGI]] yet seen on ''Doctor Who''.


This was also the first time [[Jimmy Vee]] had a role as a character on the series, playing the [[Moxx of Balhoon]]. He would also play the [[space pig]] in the Series 1 story ''[[Aliens of London (TV story)|Aliens of London]]'' and eventually become a regular puppeteer and actor for the compact aliens and monsters seen in the BBC Wales era of the show.
This was also the first time [[Jimmy Vee]] had a role as a character on the series, playing the [[Moxx of Balhoon]]. He would also play the [[space pig]] in the Series 1 story ''[[Aliens of London (TV story)|Aliens of London]]'' and eventually become a regular puppeteer and actor for the compact aliens and monsters seen in the BBC Wales era of the show.
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