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* ''[[Radio Times]]'' credits [[Ellis Jones]] (Technician) as "UNIT Technician", [[Prentis Hancock]] (2nd Reporter) as "Reporter", [[Betty Bowden]] (Meg) as "Meg Seeley", [[Clifford Cox]] (Sergeant) as "UNIT Sergeant", and [[Edmund Bailey]] (Attendant) as "Waxworks Attendant". | * ''[[Radio Times]]'' credits [[Ellis Jones]] (Technician) as "UNIT Technician", [[Prentis Hancock]] (2nd Reporter) as "Reporter", [[Betty Bowden]] (Meg) as "Meg Seeley", [[Clifford Cox]] (Sergeant) as "UNIT Sergeant", and [[Edmund Bailey]] (Attendant) as "Waxworks Attendant". | ||
* There are scenes featuring real waxworks, shot at [[Madame Tussauds]] in London. | * There are scenes featuring real waxworks, shot at [[Madame Tussauds]] in London. | ||
* The actor playing the Doctor is credited for the first time as "Doctor Who" in the closing credits, as opposed to "Dr. Who", which had been the norm since 1963. This form of credit would continue until the end of the [[Tom Baker]] era in 1981, after which the character would be more appropriately credited as "the Doctor" (though the Revival Series would switch back to the "Doctor Who" credit for [[Series 1 (Doctor Who)|its first season]], only switching to "The Doctor" again from [[Series 2 (Doctor Who)|Series 2]]-onwards at the request of [[David Tennant]]). | * The actor playing the Doctor is credited for the first time as "Doctor Who" in the closing credits, as opposed to "Dr. Who", which had been the norm since 1963. This form of credit would continue until the end of the [[Tom Baker]] era in 1981, after which the character would be more appropriately credited as "the Doctor" (though the Revival Series would switch back to the "Doctor Who" credit for [[Series 1 (Doctor Who 2005)|its first season]], only switching to "The Doctor" again from [[Series 2 (Doctor Who)|Series 2]]-onwards at the request of [[David Tennant]]). | ||
* Among the props seen on the Doctor's workbench is the [[Morok]] freezing machine from ''[[The Space Museum (TV story)|The Space Museum]]'' (which was recycled previously as an x-ray laser in ''[[The Wheel in Space (TV story)|The Wheel in Space]]''), and a control panel from one of [[Tobias Vaughn]]'s machines from ''[[The Invasion (TV story)|The Invasion]]''. In addition, one of the original studio models of the [[Cyber-ship]] from ''The Invasion'' appears as a large piece of lab equipment in this story. | * Among the props seen on the Doctor's workbench is the [[Morok]] freezing machine from ''[[The Space Museum (TV story)|The Space Museum]]'' (which was recycled previously as an x-ray laser in ''[[The Wheel in Space (TV story)|The Wheel in Space]]''), and a control panel from one of [[Tobias Vaughn]]'s machines from ''[[The Invasion (TV story)|The Invasion]]''. In addition, one of the original studio models of the [[Cyber-ship]] from ''The Invasion'' appears as a large piece of lab equipment in this story. | ||
* This was the first of two occasions that a new incarnation fought the [[Auton]]s; and this was the first of three occasions the Autons appeared in a season opener (along with the following season's ''[[Terror of the Autons (TV story)|Terror of the Autons]]'' and [[Series 1 (Doctor Who)|the first season of the 2005 revival's]] ''[[Rose (TV story)|Rose]]''). The [[Dalek]]s are the only other adversary to have started at least three seasons (''[[Day of the Daleks (TV story)|Day of the Daleks]]'' for [[Season 9 (Doctor Who 1963)|Season 9]], ''[[Destiny of the Daleks (TV story)|Destiny of the Daleks]]'' for [[Season 17 (Doctor Who 1963)|Season 17]], ''[[Remembrance of the Daleks (TV story)|Remembrance of the Daleks]]'' for [[Season 25 (Doctor Who 1963)|Season 25]], and arguably ''[[Asylum of the Daleks (TV story)|Asylum of the Daleks]]'' for [[Series 7 (Doctor Who)|Series 7]] and ''[[The Magician's Apprentice (TV story)|The Magician's Apprentice]]''/''[[The Witch's Familiar (TV story)|The Witch's Familiar]]'' for [[Series 9 (Doctor Who)|Series 9]], as ''[[The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe (TV story)|The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe]]'' and ''[[Last Christmas (TV story)|Last Christmas]]'' can be counted as being separate from the start of the "regular" series). | * This was the first of two occasions that a new incarnation fought the [[Auton]]s; and this was the first of three occasions the Autons appeared in a season opener (along with the following season's ''[[Terror of the Autons (TV story)|Terror of the Autons]]'' and [[Series 1 (Doctor Who 2005)|the first season of the 2005 revival's]] ''[[Rose (TV story)|Rose]]''). The [[Dalek]]s are the only other adversary to have started at least three seasons (''[[Day of the Daleks (TV story)|Day of the Daleks]]'' for [[Season 9 (Doctor Who 1963)|Season 9]], ''[[Destiny of the Daleks (TV story)|Destiny of the Daleks]]'' for [[Season 17 (Doctor Who 1963)|Season 17]], ''[[Remembrance of the Daleks (TV story)|Remembrance of the Daleks]]'' for [[Season 25 (Doctor Who 1963)|Season 25]], and arguably ''[[Asylum of the Daleks (TV story)|Asylum of the Daleks]]'' for [[Series 7 (Doctor Who)|Series 7]] and ''[[The Magician's Apprentice (TV story)|The Magician's Apprentice]]''/''[[The Witch's Familiar (TV story)|The Witch's Familiar]]'' for [[Series 9 (Doctor Who)|Series 9]], as ''[[The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe (TV story)|The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe]]'' and ''[[Last Christmas (TV story)|Last Christmas]]'' can be counted as being separate from the start of the "regular" series). | ||
* This serial is the first time it is established that the Doctor has [[Binary vascular system|two hearts]]. | * This serial is the first time it is established that the Doctor has [[Binary vascular system|two hearts]]. | ||
* Despite its 1970 airdate, this serial and [[Doctor Who and the Silurians (TV story)|the one immediately following]] were the final ones filmed during the 1960s (filming of Season 7 having begun in September of 1969), and, by extension, are the only stories made in the 1960s that were shot in colour.{{Note|''Spearhead from Space'' DVD production subtitles, 2011}} | * Despite its 1970 airdate, this serial and [[Doctor Who and the Silurians (TV story)|the one immediately following]] were the final ones filmed during the 1960s (filming of Season 7 having begun in September of 1969), and, by extension, are the only stories made in the 1960s that were shot in colour.{{Note|''Spearhead from Space'' DVD production subtitles, 2011}} | ||
