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=== Myths === | === Myths === | ||
* ''Doctor Who'' was under serious threat of being cancelled at the end of this season. ''(Although this is [[Terrance Dicks]]{{'}}s recollection, it has been denied by both [[Peter Bryant]] and [[Derrick Sherwin]] and is not borne out by contemporary evidence, although the viewership numbers were considerably lower than they would be at the time of the original series' cancellation in 1989. The series would, however, face the threat of cancellation at the end of the [[Season 7|following season]].)'' | * ''Doctor Who'' was under serious threat of being cancelled at the end of this season. ''(Although this is [[Terrance Dicks]]{{'}}s recollection, it has been denied by both [[Peter Bryant]] and [[Derrick Sherwin]] and is not borne out by contemporary evidence, although the viewership numbers were considerably lower than they would be at the time of the original series' cancellation in 1989. The series would, however, face the threat of cancellation at the end of the [[Season 7 (Doctor Who 1963)|following season]].)'' | ||
* At his trial, the Doctor is charged with having stolen the TARDIS. ''(This occurs in [[Doctor Who and the War Games (novelisation)|this story's novelisation]], in the prologue to ''[[Doctor Who and the Auton Invasion (novelisation)|Doctor Who and the Auton Invasion]]'' and in an account in the 1972 book ''The Making of Doctor Who'', but not in the televised version, although the Doctor and the War Chief do discuss the said theft in episode eight.)'' | * At his trial, the Doctor is charged with having stolen the TARDIS. ''(This occurs in [[Doctor Who and the War Games (novelisation)|this story's novelisation]], in the prologue to ''[[Doctor Who and the Auton Invasion (novelisation)|Doctor Who and the Auton Invasion]]'' and in an account in the 1972 book ''The Making of Doctor Who'', but not in the televised version, although the Doctor and the War Chief do discuss the said theft in episode eight.)'' | ||
* In episode seven, the voice of the officer ordering the Doctor's second firing squad to fire was none other than Patrick Troughton himself. ''(This is claimed by the DVD release's Production Subtitles, but even a casual listener can hear that this is [[Esmond Webb]] as Sergeant Major Burns giving the order.)'' | * In episode seven, the voice of the officer ordering the Doctor's second firing squad to fire was none other than Patrick Troughton himself. ''(This is claimed by the DVD release's Production Subtitles, but even a casual listener can hear that this is [[Esmond Webb]] as Sergeant Major Burns giving the order.)'' | ||
