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(Watching the serial right now and looked up "Judas Goat" since it sounded interesting. Seems like the kind of reference that should definitely be on here in Worldbuilding, even thought they flubbed the definition.) |
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* The story was commissioned as ''The Ultimate Foe'' but no working title is recorded in production paperwork, though writers [[Pip & Jane Baker]] later recalled the story was called ''The Vervoids'' during production. | * The story was commissioned as ''The Ultimate Foe'' but no working title is recorded in production paperwork, though writers [[Pip & Jane Baker]] later recalled the story was called ''The Vervoids'' during production. | ||
* The ''Radio Times'' programme listing for part twelve was accompanied by a black-and-white publicity still of Professor Lasky, with the accompanying caption "Glamorous passenger on a space liner heading for disaster: [[Honor Blackman]] plays suspect scientist Professor Lasky / BBC1, 5.45 p.m. Doctor Who". ''(original published text)'' | * The ''Radio Times'' programme listing for part twelve was accompanied by a black-and-white publicity still of Professor Lasky, with the accompanying caption "Glamorous passenger on a space liner heading for disaster: [[Honor Blackman]] plays suspect scientist Professor Lasky / BBC1, 5.45 p.m. Doctor Who". ''(original published text)'' | ||
* This story was a replacement for an original submission, "[[Attack from the Mind]]" by | * This story was a replacement for an original submission, "[[Attack from the Mind (unproduced TV story)|Attack from the Mind]]" by {{w|David Halliwell}} set on the planet Penelope. Later drafts included "[[The Last Adventure (TV story)|The Last Adventure]]" by [[Christopher H. Bidmead]] and "[[Paradise 5 (audio story)|Paradise 5]]" by [[P.J. Hammond]]. | ||
* In keeping with the colour coding of the Doctor's outfit, he is seen in archival footage wearing a yellow cravat with a blue and green star pattern and a blue, green, and purple striped waistcoat. This outfit serves to visually aid the idea of the footage being from the Doctor's future, though he appears to switch back to his red check waistcoat and red cravat in ''[[Time and the Rani (TV story)|Time and the Rani]]''. | * In keeping with the colour coding of the Doctor's outfit, he is seen in archival footage wearing a yellow cravat with a blue and green star pattern and a blue, green, and purple striped waistcoat. This outfit serves to visually aid the idea of the footage being from the Doctor's future, though he appears to switch back to his red check waistcoat and red cravat in ''[[Time and the Rani (TV story)|Time and the Rani]]''. | ||
* For the episode nine cliffhanger, [[John Nathan-Turner]] asked [[Bonnie Langford]] to scream in the key of F, since this would segue perfectly into the closing theme music. | * For the episode nine cliffhanger, [[John Nathan-Turner]] asked [[Bonnie Langford]] to scream in the key of F, since this would segue perfectly into the closing theme music. | ||
