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After the success of {{cs|The Deadly Assassin (TV story)}}, [[Graham Williams]] wanted a [[Gallifrey]] story to be written to explore life outside [[the Capitol]], with an emphasis on the philosophy and morals of Time Lord society. Weir was commissioned for the slot by script editor [[Anthony Read]] on the basis of their earlier collaboration on {{wi|The Troubleshooters}}, which explored similar themes. The story would feature Cat-People native to Gallifrey, who would live in a culture similar to that of many Asian countries.<ref>[[DWMS Winter 1992|Doctor Who Magazine Winter Special 1992]]: "''The Invasion of Time'' Fact File", page 26.</ref> | After the success of {{cs|The Deadly Assassin (TV story)}}, [[Graham Williams]] wanted a [[Gallifrey]] story to be written to explore life outside [[the Capitol]], with an emphasis on the philosophy and morals of Time Lord society. Weir was commissioned for the slot by script editor [[Anthony Read]] on the basis of their earlier collaboration on {{wi|The Troubleshooters}}, which explored similar themes. The story would feature Cat-People native to Gallifrey, who would live in a culture similar to that of many Asian countries.<ref>[[DWMS Winter 1992|Doctor Who Magazine Winter Special 1992]]: "''The Invasion of Time'' Fact File", page 26.</ref> | ||
When Weir submitted the scripts for parts 1-5 on [[15 August (production)]] [[1977 (production)|1977]],<ref>[[DWMSE 8|Doctor Who Magazine Special Edition 8]], ''The Complete Fourth Doctor'', page 78.</ref> Williams and Read turned them down, as they believed the story would have been too expensive to film. Williams described in ''In-Vision'' #29,<ref>Quoted in ''[[Doctor Who: The Seventies]]''.</ref> | When Weir submitted the scripts for parts 1-5 on [[15 August (production)|15 August]] [[1977 (production)|1977]],<ref>[[DWMSE 8|Doctor Who Magazine Special Edition 8]], ''The Complete Fourth Doctor'', page 78.</ref> Williams and Read turned them down, as they believed the story would have been too expensive to film. Williams described in ''In-Vision'' #29,<ref>Quoted in ''[[Doctor Who: The Seventies]]''.</ref> | ||
{{quote|There were crowd scenes in [[Wembley Stadium]] stipulated which would have required something like 96,000 human-shaped cat costumes! In a way, that is text-book proof that some writers are more suited to ''Doctor Who'' than others, irrespective of their background and work on other shows. David Weir is a fine writer, and had obviously been brought in by Tony Read on the basis of work they had done together in the past. But I still remember Tony in my office, with his head in his hands, saying "I don't understand it. How can he have done this to me?"|[[Graham Williams]]}} | {{quote|There were crowd scenes in [[Wembley Stadium]] stipulated which would have required something like 96,000 human-shaped cat costumes! In a way, that is text-book proof that some writers are more suited to ''Doctor Who'' than others, irrespective of their background and work on other shows. David Weir is a fine writer, and had obviously been brought in by Tony Read on the basis of work they had done together in the past. But I still remember Tony in my office, with his head in his hands, saying "I don't understand it. How can he have done this to me?"|[[Graham Williams]]}} | ||
