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At the time of its release, it was unique amongst BBC Wales series finales as the first series-ender with significant [[principal photography]] outside [[Wales]]. It was also the first to have been the ''Doctor Who'' debut of its [[Director (crew)|director]] and [[cinematographer]]. It was the first finale to have used major guest actors — aside from [[companion]]s — who had featured in previous single episodes of the series. Finally, it featured the largest number of individual alien species seen in a single episode of ''Doctor Who'' ever. | At the time of its release, it was unique amongst BBC Wales series finales as the first series-ender with significant [[principal photography]] outside [[Wales]]. It was also the first to have been the ''Doctor Who'' debut of its [[Director (crew)|director]] and [[cinematographer]]. It was the first finale to have used major guest actors — aside from [[companion]]s — who had featured in previous single episodes of the series. Finally, it featured the largest number of individual alien species seen in a single episode of ''Doctor Who'' ever. | ||
In ''[[Doctor Who Confidential]]'', [[Steven Moffat]] noted that | In ''[[Doctor Who Confidential]]'', [[Steven Moffat]] noted that the first time [[Russell T Davies]] was the head writer, he always made his season finales bigger and bigger than the previous year. Steven took this into consideration when writing the two part finale of Series 5, hoping it would continue the tradition. | ||
== Synopsis == | == Synopsis == |