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* [[Wilfred Mott]] is the one who explains to the Doctor that "everyone thinks they're right" rather than the man standing in front of the car. | * [[Wilfred Mott]] is the one who explains to the Doctor that "everyone thinks they're right" rather than the man standing in front of the car. | ||
* A scene is added explaining that the nuclear launch codes have been sealed in with a UNIT soldier in a bunker underneath a bunker with six other UNIT guards stationed outside. The President of the United States is determined to break in and acquire the codes for himself. | * A scene is added explaining that the nuclear launch codes have been sealed in with a UNIT soldier in a bunker underneath a bunker with six other UNIT guards stationed outside. The President of the United States is determined to break in and acquire the codes for himself. | ||
* The Toymaker's musical number is reduced to the generic "La-La-La" notes, after Ms Pockleton informs him that he doesn't have the rights to use "[[Spice Up Your Life]]". The Toymaker also reveals that he has trapped [[Spice Girls|the Spice Girls]] in the song. There are also references to the songs "[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Despacito Despacito]" and "[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_House_of_the_Rising_Sun]]" during this sequence. | * The Toymaker's musical number is reduced to the generic "La-La-La" notes, after Ms Pockleton informs him that he doesn't have the rights to use "[[Spice Up Your Life]]". The Toymaker also reveals that he has trapped [[Spice Girls|the Spice Girls]] in the song. There are also references to the songs "[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Despacito Despacito]" and "[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_House_of_the_Rising_Sun|The House of the Rising Sun]]" during this sequence. | ||
* The crew of the Galvanic beam were turned into a bouncing ball, a wooden peg doll and a rattle and dropped off the platform. The Toymaker controlled their fall, therefore explaining why they were not heard to have hit the ground until a while after the Toymaker had taken control of the platform in the televised episode. | * The crew of the Galvanic beam were turned into a bouncing ball, a wooden peg doll and a rattle and dropped off the platform. The Toymaker controlled their fall, therefore explaining why they were not heard to have hit the ground until a while after the Toymaker had taken control of the platform in the televised episode. | ||
* It is explained that the Doctor bought the house at the end of the story by using money that had been paid into his account by [[UNIT]] over the years. | * It is explained that the Doctor bought the house at the end of the story by using money that had been paid into his account by [[UNIT]] over the years. | ||
