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== Story notes == | == Story notes == | ||
* During the production of this story, [[Janet Fielding]] and [[Peter Davison]] both announced their decision to leave later in the year. According to [[TCH 38|volume 38]] of ''[[The Complete History]]'', Fielding and Davison had planned to leave ''Doctor Who'' by the end of the [[season 21|1984 season]] before production began in June 1983, and there were already auditions being held for the [[Peri Brown|new companion]] to replace Fielding by May. | * During the production of this story, [[Janet Fielding]] and [[Peter Davison]] both announced their decision to leave later in the year. According to [[TCH 38|volume 38]] of ''[[The Complete History]]'', Fielding and Davison had planned to leave ''Doctor Who'' by the end of the [[season 21 (Doctor Who 1963)|1984 season]] before production began in June 1983, and there were already auditions being held for the [[Peri Brown|new companion]] to replace Fielding by May. | ||
* In part three, there is a comical scene where Solow attempts to fight the Myrka by dealing it a karate kick and is electrocuted as a result. It was this footage, amongst others, that was later to be presented by BBC executives who wanted to axe ''Doctor Who''. [[Ingrid Pitt]] came up with the idea herself. | * In part three, there is a comical scene where Solow attempts to fight the Myrka by dealing it a karate kick and is electrocuted as a result. It was this footage, amongst others, that was later to be presented by BBC executives who wanted to axe ''Doctor Who''. [[Ingrid Pitt]] came up with the idea herself. | ||
* Writer [[Johnny Byrne]] has stated that several elements of this story were not in his original script, including the deaths of Icthar and Vorshak at the story's end, the drop-kicking German female scientist and "nowhere did [he] describe [the Myrka] as a four-legged beast on loan from Panto-Horses-Are-Us." ([[REF]]: ''[[The Eighties]]'') | * Writer [[Johnny Byrne]] has stated that several elements of this story were not in his original script, including the deaths of Icthar and Vorshak at the story's end, the drop-kicking German female scientist and "nowhere did [he] describe [the Myrka] as a four-legged beast on loan from Panto-Horses-Are-Us." ([[REF]]: ''[[The Eighties]]'') | ||
