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** During the episode’s development, the Daleks weren’t allowed to be used thanks to Creator/TerryNation's estate, so Creator/RobertShearman had to write a different version of the script with an alternative monster in case negotiations went sour. The back-up was a childish sphere that killed for fun, the idea of which was recycled into the Toclafane in "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS29E12TheSoundOfDrums The Sound of Drums]]" and "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS29E13LastOfTheTimeLords Last of the Time Lords]]".
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** During the episode’s development, the BBC weren't sure whether they could use the Daleks weren’t allowed to be used thanks to as Creator/TerryNation's estate, so estate are partial owners of the monster's copyright and must approve of any story idea using them. In case negotiations failed, Creator/RobertShearman had to write a different version of the script with an alternative monster in case negotiations went sour. The back-up was a monster: A childish sphere that killed for fun, the idea of which was recycled into the Toclafane in "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS29E12TheSoundOfDrums The Sound of Drums]]" and "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS29E13LastOfTheTimeLords Last of the Time Lords]]".
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* SerendipityWritesThePlot: The Dalek's forcefield, enabling it to melt bullets before they even hit it, was added because the special effects team felt it was impractical to have BulletSparks for the possibly hundreds of individual times it gets shot in this episode.
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* SerendipityWritesThePlot: The Dalek's forcefield, enabling it to melt bullets before they even hit it, was added because the special effects team felt it was impractical to have BulletSparks for the possibly potentially hundreds of individual times it gets shot in this episode.
