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* Colourised footage from {{cs|The Celestial Toymaker (TV story)}} is shown when the Doctor identifies the Toymaker. One of the scenes appeared at the end of {{cs|The Daleks in Colour (TV story)}}. The footage was colourised by [[Rich Tipple]] and Kieran Highman.<ref name="FarFromAll">[https://x.com/farfromallover/status/1733159735531131210?s=20 Status post], ''Far From All Lover''. Accessed December 13, 2023</ref> | * Colourised footage from {{cs|The Celestial Toymaker (TV story)}} is shown when the Doctor identifies the Toymaker. One of the scenes appeared at the end of {{cs|The Daleks in Colour (TV story)}}. The footage was colourised by [[Rich Tipple]] and Kieran Highman.<ref name="FarFromAll">[https://x.com/farfromallover/status/1733159735531131210?s=20 Status post], ''Far From All Lover''. Accessed December 13, 2023</ref> | ||
* Davies revealed in his [[in-vision commentary]] that ''The Giggle'' almost included a scene which mentioned Wilfred Mott passing, saying "''It was immensely sad, it was beautiful, and it was very much a reaction to what had literally just happened, 'cause it felt very, very strange so I felt like we had to acknowledge it.''". He mentions that it was [[Phil Collinson]] who prevented the scene from happening, which Davies agreed was the right decision.<ref name="RadioTimesNews">[https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/sci-fi/doctor-who-wilfred-mott-passing-bernard-cribbins-newsupdate/ News Update], ''Radio Times''. Accessed December 12, 2023.</ref> Davies also revealed that the Toymaker's remark about turning the Doctor's life into a "[[jigsaw]]" was a reference to both the [[Timeless Child]] and [[The Doctor's species|half-human]] claims about the Doctor's origins, creating some ambiguity as to how much of the Doctor's past is true and how much was fabricated by the Toymaker. | * Davies revealed in his [[in-vision commentary]] that ''The Giggle'' almost included a scene which mentioned Wilfred Mott passing, saying "''It was immensely sad, it was beautiful, and it was very much a reaction to what had literally just happened, 'cause it felt very, very strange so I felt like we had to acknowledge it.''". He mentions that it was [[Phil Collinson]] who prevented the scene from happening, which Davies agreed was the right decision.<ref name="RadioTimesNews">[https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/sci-fi/doctor-who-wilfred-mott-passing-bernard-cribbins-newsupdate/ News Update], ''Radio Times''. Accessed December 12, 2023.</ref> Davies also revealed that the Toymaker's remark about turning the Doctor's life into a "[[jigsaw]]" was a reference to both the [[Timeless Child]] and [[The Doctor's species|half-human]] claims about the Doctor's origins, creating some ambiguity as to how much of the Doctor's past is true and how much was fabricated by the Toymaker. | ||
* In [[DWM 599|the 599th issue]] of ''[[Doctor Who Magazine]]'', an excerpt from the original script for ''The Giggle'' revealed a cut line of dialogue during the [[Fourteenth Doctor's bi-generation]] referenced {{cs|Time and the Rani (TV story)}}. When the Fourteenth Doctor's hand started glowing with [[regeneration energy]], Donna was to ask Mel if she had seen [[regeneration]] before, with Mel replying, "''No, I missed it, I was unconscious.''" (...) "''Well, the TARDIS was attacked, by [[the Rani]], she was this evil [[Time Lady]], although not evil, more like amoral, and she dragged the TARDIS down to this planet called [[Lakertya]]-''", at which point the Doctor would have interrupted her. | * In [[DWM 599|the 599th issue]] of ''[[Doctor Who Magazine]]'', an excerpt from the original script for ''The Giggle'' revealed a cut line of dialogue during the [[Fourteenth Doctor's bi-generation]] referenced {{cs|Time and the Rani (TV story)}}. When the Fourteenth Doctor's hand started glowing with [[regeneration energy]], Donna was to ask Mel if she had seen [[regeneration]] before, with Mel replying, "''No, I missed it, I was unconscious.''" (...) "''Well, the TARDIS was attacked, by [[the Rani]], she was this evil [[Time Lady]], although not evil, more like amoral, and she dragged the TARDIS down to this planet called [[Lakertya]]-''", at which point the Doctor would have interrupted her. The dialogue is retained in the [[The Giggle (novelisation)|novelisation]] by [[James Goss]]. | ||
* Davies considered bringing back [[Peter Purves]] as [[Steven Taylor]], but ultimately decided against it.{{source}} | * Davies considered bringing back [[Peter Purves]] as [[Steven Taylor]], but ultimately decided against it.{{source}} | ||
* [[Russell T Davies]] had previously worked with [[Neil Patrick Harris]] on ''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/It%27s_a_Sin_(TV_series) It's a Sin]''. | * [[Russell T Davies]] had previously worked with [[Neil Patrick Harris]] on ''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/It%27s_a_Sin_(TV_series) It's a Sin]''. | ||
