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* The [[serial]] features a brief, [[diegetic]] rendition of "[[Over the Rainbow]]" in episode two when Milo Clancey prepares a boiled egg for his breakfast aboard the ''LIZ 79''. This was an unscripted ad-lib by Gordon Gostelow. | * The [[serial]] features a brief, [[diegetic]] rendition of "[[Over the Rainbow]]" in episode two when Milo Clancey prepares a boiled egg for his breakfast aboard the ''LIZ 79''. This was an unscripted ad-lib by Gordon Gostelow. | ||
* ''[[A History of the Universe]]'' arbitrarily dates this story to [[2119]], but ''[[AHistory]]'', equally arbitrarily, dates it to [[2135]]. | * ''[[A History of the Universe]]'' arbitrarily dates this story to [[2119]], but ''[[AHistory]]'', equally arbitrarily, dates it to [[2135]]. | ||
* [[Derrick Sherwin]] | * [[Derrick Sherwin]] returned as script editor for this story before taking over as producer for the following serial. This was due to [[Terrance Dicks]] being busy re-writing ''[[The Seeds of Death (TV story)|The Seeds of Death]]'' and co-writing ''[[The War Games (TV story)|The War Games]].'' | ||
* [[Mary Thomas]] provided the uncredited vocals that accompanied [[Dudley Simpson]]'s musical score. ([[DWM 242]]) | * [[Mary Thomas]] provided the uncredited vocals that accompanied [[Dudley Simpson]]'s musical score. ([[DWM 242]]) | ||
* This is the only penultimate story in a Second Doctor season to not feature a companion departure. | * This is the only penultimate story in a Second Doctor season to not feature a companion departure. Both Zoe and Jamie would leave the Doctor – at the insistence of the [[Time Lord|Time Lords]] – at the conclusion of the final story of [[Season 6]], [[The War Games (TV story)|The War Games]]. | ||
* According to [[Patrick Troughton]]'s son [[Michael Troughton|Michael]], the actor | * According to [[Patrick Troughton]]'s son [[Michael Troughton|Michael]], the actor wasn't impressed by the slow-moving plot. "I remember my father arriving at our house after completing a producers' run-through for episode two of ''The Space Pirates''. He was angry, but anger born of frustration rather than aggression. I recall him complaining to my mother about how dull and unwatchable ''The Space Pirates'' was going to be: 'This is episode two and we're still trapped in that bloody awful spaceship set. I told them people will just turn off.' ".{{Fact}} | ||
* As revealed on a [[YouTube]] documentary by [[Josh Snares]], [[Wendy Padbury]] has no memory of working on this serial at all but would like to see it recovered. | * As revealed on a [[YouTube]] documentary by [[Josh Snares]], [[Wendy Padbury]] has no memory of working on this serial at all but would like to see it recovered. | ||
* This story was ranked as ''[[Doctor Who Magazine]]'' readers' least favourite [[Second Doctor]] story in all four of their polls. ([[DWM 589]]) | * This story was ranked as ''[[Doctor Who Magazine]]'' readers' least favourite [[Second Doctor]] story in all four of their polls. ([[DWM 589]]) | ||
