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* At the banquet scene, Cleitus accuses Alexander of hubris and is upset with him for now incorporating worship of Ammon (an Egyptian god) and Ishtar (a Persian goddess) as if he has not done so before. In reality, Alexander had been associating himself with Ammon, even possibly claiming ancestry from him, since his visit to the temple at Siwa in 332 BC, nine years previously. | * At the banquet scene, Cleitus accuses Alexander of hubris and is upset with him for now incorporating worship of Ammon (an Egyptian god) and Ishtar (a Persian goddess) as if he has not done so before. In reality, Alexander had been associating himself with Ammon, even possibly claiming ancestry from him, since his visit to the temple at Siwa in 332 BC, nine years previously. | ||
* Unusually for a ''Doctor Who'' story, Seleucus' status as one of the story's principal villains is never revealed to either the Doctor and his companions or Alexander. This is because the actual Seleucus survived Alexander's death and eventually established the Seleucid Empire. | * Unusually for a ''Doctor Who'' story, Seleucus' status as one of the story's principal villains is never revealed to either the Doctor and his companions or Alexander. This is because the actual Seleucus survived Alexander's death and eventually established the Seleucid Empire. | ||
* This story is a "pure historical" featuring no science fiction elements apart from the presence of the Doctor, Susan, Ian, Barbara and the TARDIS. | * This story is a "[[pure historical]]" featuring no science fiction elements apart from the presence of the Doctor, Susan, Ian, Barbara and the TARDIS. | ||
* This is the first ''Lost Story'' not to feature the [[Sixth Doctor]] and [[Peri Brown]]. | * This is the first ''Lost Story'' not to feature the [[Sixth Doctor]] and [[Peri Brown]]. | ||
* This audio drama was recorded on [[25 January (production)|25]], [[26 January (production)|26]], [[27 January (production)|27]] and [[28 January (production)|28 January]] [[2010 (production)|2010]]{{Fact}} at [[the Moat Studios]].<ref name=":0">https://www.bigfinish.com/releases/v/doctor-who-the-lost-stories-the-first-doctor-429</ref><ref name=":1">https://www.bigfinish.com/releases/v/doctor-who-farewell-great-macedon-dwm556-promo-2339</ref> | * This audio drama was recorded on [[25 January (production)|25]], [[26 January (production)|26]], [[27 January (production)|27]] and [[28 January (production)|28 January]] [[2010 (production)|2010]]{{Fact}} at [[the Moat Studios]].<ref name=":0">https://www.bigfinish.com/releases/v/doctor-who-the-lost-stories-the-first-doctor-429</ref><ref name=":1">https://www.bigfinish.com/releases/v/doctor-who-farewell-great-macedon-dwm556-promo-2339</ref> | ||
