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::''Take a bus to Regent's Park, make haste before it shuts,'' | ::''Take a bus to Regent's Park, make haste before it shuts,'' | ||
::''Next Monday I will come and bring you such a lot of nuts!'' | ::''Next Monday I will come and bring you such a lot of nuts!'' | ||
=== Foods and Beverages === | === Foods and Beverages === | ||
* Josiah offers a bowl with a [[banana]] to Matthews, who begins to turn into a [[monkey]]. | * Josiah offers a bowl with a [[banana]] to Matthews, who begins to turn into a [[monkey]]. | ||
* Mrs Grose gives Ace scrambled [[egg]], hot [[butter]]ed [[toast]], [[kedgeree]], [[kidney]], [[sausage]] and [[bacon]] for breakfast. Ironically, [[Sophie Aldred]] is a [[vegan]]. | * Mrs Grose gives Ace scrambled [[egg]], hot [[butter]]ed [[toast]], [[kedgeree]], [[kidney]], [[sausage]] and [[bacon]] for breakfast. Ironically, [[Sophie Aldred]] is a [[vegan]]. | ||
== | == Notes == | ||
* The story evolved out of an earlier, rejected script entitled ''Lungbarrow''. It was to be set on [[Gallifrey]] in the Doctor's ancestral home and deal with the Doctor's past, but producer [[John Nathan-Turner]] felt it revealed too much of the Doctor's origins. It was reworked to make evolution and the idea of an ancient house central to the story. [[Marc Platt]] used elements of his original idea for his [[Virgin New Adventures]] novel ''[[Lungbarrow (novel)|Lungbarrow]]''. Some story elements were amended - Inspector Mackenzie had originally been a character trapped in a transporter for three centuries, while Redvers Fenn-Cooper's invitation to Buckingham Palace had been a will for which some of the characters were vying. | * The story evolved out of an earlier, rejected script entitled ''Lungbarrow''. It was to be set on [[Gallifrey]] in the Doctor's ancestral home and deal with the Doctor's past, but producer [[John Nathan-Turner]] felt it revealed too much of the Doctor's origins. It was reworked to make evolution and the idea of an ancient house central to the story. [[Marc Platt]] used elements of his original idea for his [[Virgin New Adventures]] novel ''[[Lungbarrow (novel)|Lungbarrow]]''. Some story elements were amended - Inspector Mackenzie had originally been a character trapped in a transporter for three centuries, while Redvers Fenn-Cooper's invitation to Buckingham Palace had been a will for which some of the characters were vying. | ||
* Platt was one of only two writers in the entire history of the series (the other being [[Andrew Smith (writer)|Andrew Smith]]) to have a script accepted with no professional writing experience whatsoever, and no writing background beyond fanfiction. | * Platt was one of only two writers in the entire history of the series (the other being [[Andrew Smith (writer)|Andrew Smith]]) to have a script accepted with no professional writing experience whatsoever, and no writing background beyond fanfiction. | ||
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* Katharine Schlesinger's first name was misspelled as "Katherine" for the broadcast of parts one and two and for the whole serial in ''Radio Times''. (This on-screen misspelling has been corrected for the BBC Video, DVD and Blu-ray releases.) | * Katharine Schlesinger's first name was misspelled as "Katherine" for the broadcast of parts one and two and for the whole serial in ''Radio Times''. (This on-screen misspelling has been corrected for the BBC Video, DVD and Blu-ray releases.) | ||
* When Ace pushes the maid into the room and slams the door behind her in part three, there is a bad case of wobbly wall syndrome. The wall proves equally unstable a few scenes later when Gwendoline and the maid break out. | * When Ace pushes the maid into the room and slams the door behind her in part three, there is a bad case of wobbly wall syndrome. The wall proves equally unstable a few scenes later when Gwendoline and the maid break out. | ||
=== Influences === | |||
* The haunted house setting was inspired by [[Mervyn Peake]]'s [[1946]] fantasy novel {{wi|Titus Groan}} and its [[1950]] sequel {{wi|Gormenghast (novel)|Gormenghast}}.{{fact}} | |||
* Light was derived from the angels in the works of [[William Blake]]. Platt at one point hoped that the character could have wings, until this was deemed unfeasible.{{fact}} | |||
* Mrs Grose was lifted directly from another haunted house story, [[Henry James]]'s [[1898]] novella {{wi|The Turn of the Screw}}.{{fact}} In the novelisation, upon Mrs Grose's departure the Doctor tells her to say hi to Peter Quint, a reference to the novella. | |||
* Redvers Fenn-Cooper was based on [[Henry Rider Haggard|H Rider Haggard]]'s classic adventure character [[Allan Quatermain]], who debuted in {{wi|King Solomon's Mines}}.{{fact}} | |||
== Continuity == | == Continuity == | ||
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* The [[Third Doctor]] sang "[[Jabberwocky]]" to himself in [[TV]]: ''[[Doctor Who and the Silurians (TV story)|Doctor Who and the Silurians]]''. | * The [[Third Doctor]] sang "[[Jabberwocky]]" to himself in [[TV]]: ''[[Doctor Who and the Silurians (TV story)|Doctor Who and the Silurians]]''. | ||
* Ace would later tell the Doctor that her friend [[Manisha Purkayastha]] was killed when her flat was attacked by the firebomb attack which scorched her flat. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Blood Heat (novel)|Blood Heat]]'') | * Ace would later tell the Doctor that her friend [[Manisha Purkayastha]] was killed when her flat was attacked by the firebomb attack which scorched her flat. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Blood Heat (novel)|Blood Heat]]'') | ||
