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(The era isn't at all like the medieval era (look at the fashion and sophisticated flintlock guns!), which is because it isn't. It is the sub-era of the modern era, called "early modern", which started around the fall of Constantinople and ended in the late 18th Century with the rise in industrialism and the French Revolution.) |
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== Story notes == | == Story notes == | ||
* The working titles for this story were ''The Invasion of the Plague Men'' and ''Plague Rats''. | * The working titles for this story were ''The Invasion of the Plague Men'' and ''Plague Rats''. The settled upon title seems to reference the Great Plague itself, "Visitation" being a term commonly used for it in Daniel Defoe's 'A Journal of the Plague Year'. | ||
* This is the only story credited to [[Eric Saward]] that didn't feature a recurring villain, apart from a mention to the [[Mara]]. | * This is the only story credited to [[Eric Saward]] that didn't feature a recurring villain, apart from a mention to the [[Mara]]. | ||
* The opening sequence in the TARDIS follows on directly from ''[[Kinda (TV story)|Kinda]]''. Since ''The Visitation'' was filmed before ''Kinda'', [[Peter Davison]] and [[Matthew Waterhouse]] had to act out their characters' responses to the events of ''Kinda'' based solely on the script. | * The opening sequence in the TARDIS follows on directly from ''[[Kinda (TV story)|Kinda]]''. Since ''The Visitation'' was filmed before ''Kinda'', [[Peter Davison]] and [[Matthew Waterhouse]] had to act out their characters' responses to the events of ''Kinda'' based solely on the script. | ||
