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* The Doctor tells Alison that [[Andy Warhol]] wanted to paint "all nine" of him.
* The Doctor tells Alison that [[Andy Warhol]] wanted to paint "all nine" of him.


== Story notes ==
== Notes ==
* If the viewer right clicks and selects play after the end of episode 3, an alternate version of the closing credits plays, followed by the final part of the episode.
* If the viewer right clicks and selects play after the end of episode 3, an alternate version of the closing credits plays, followed by the final part of the episode.
* To give the [[BBC Eighth Doctor Adventures]] an ongoing thread of foreshadowing to ''Scream of the Shalka'', [[Justin Richards]] introduced a disembodied version of the Master permanently trapped in the machinery of [[the Doctor's TARDIS]] in the novel ''[[Sometime Never... (novel)|Sometime Never...]]'', with the appearance of the ''Scream of the Shalka'' Master. The Eighth Doctor has several conversations with this Master in the later EDAs, with Richards intending that this Master would later be transferred into an android body by the Doctor. ([[DWM 338]])
* To give the [[BBC Eighth Doctor Adventures|BBC ''Eighth Doctor Adventures'']] an ongoing thread of foreshadowing to ''Scream of the Shalka'', [[Justin Richards]] introduced a disembodied version of the Master permanently trapped in the machinery of [[the Doctor's TARDIS]] in the novel {{cs|Sometime Never... (novel)}}, with the appearance of the ''Scream of the Shalka'' Master. The Eighth Doctor has several conversations with this Master in the later EDAs, with Richards intending that this Master would later be transferred into an android body by the Doctor.<ref>[[DWM 338]]{{which}}</ref>
* Around the time of providing the voice of Alison, [[Sophie Okonedo]] also filmed a role in the movie ''Hotel Rwanda'', for which she was nominated for an Academy Award; this makes Okonedo, to date, the only companion actor to have been nominated for an Oscar. Okonedo would eventually return to televised ''[[Doctor Who]]'' in [[Series 5 (Doctor Who)|the 2010 series]] as the recurring character [[Elizabeth X]].
* Around the time of providing the voice of Alison, [[Sophie Okonedo]] also filmed a role in the movie ''Hotel Rwanda'', for which she was nominated for an Academy Award; this makes Okonedo, to date, the only companion actor to have been nominated for an Oscar. Okonedo would eventually return to televised ''[[Doctor Who]]'' in [[Series 5 (Doctor Who)|the 2010 series]] as the recurring character [[Elizabeth X]].
* [[Richard E Grant]] previously played [[Tenth Doctor (The Curse of Fatal Death)|a Tenth Doctor]] in ''[[The Curse of Fatal Death (TV story)|The Curse of Fatal Death]]'' and would later play [[Walter Simeon]] in [[TV]]: ''[[The Snowmen (TV story)|The Snowmen]]''.
* [[Richard E Grant]] previously played [[Tenth Doctor (The Curse of Fatal Death)|a Tenth Doctor]] in {{cs|The Curse of Fatal Death (TV story)}} and would later play [[Walter Simeon]] in {{cs|The Snowmen (TV story)}}.
* This story was later released as part of ''[[The Animation Collection]]''.
* This story was later released as part of ''[[The Animation Collection]]''.
* Appearing in a cameo role in the serial was actor and ''Doctor Who'' fan [[David Tennant]], who would go on to play the [[Tenth Doctor]]. He was not originally cast in the production, but Tennant happened to be recording a Radio 4 adaptation of ''The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents'' in a neighbouring studio. When he discovered what was being recorded next door, he convinced the director to give him a small role. ([[DWM 336]])
* Appearing in a cameo role in the serial was actor and ''Doctor Who'' fan [[David Tennant]], who would go on to play the [[Tenth Doctor]]. He was not originally cast in the production, but Tennant happened to be recording a Radio 4 adaptation of ''The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents'' in a neighbouring studio. When he discovered what was being recorded next door, he convinced the director to give him a small role.<ref>[[DWM 336]]{{which}}</ref>
* This story marks the first time [[Derek Jacobi]] would play [[The Master]], he would later go on to play the [[War Master]] in the revived series ([[TV]]: [[Utopia (TV story)|Utopia]]) as well as in audio ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Beneath the Viscoid (audio story)|Beneath the Viscoid]]'', [[The Devil You Know (audio story)|The Devil You Know]] et al.) .
* This story marks the first time [[Derek Jacobi]] would play [[The Master]], he would later go on to play the [[War Master]] in the revived series, in {{cs|Utopia (TV story)}} as well as in audio, in {{cs|Beneath the Viscoid (audio story)}}, {{cs|The Devil You Know (audio story)}}, and so on.


=== Production background ===
=== Production background ===
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