Trivia / Doctor Who S22 E6 "Revelation of the Daleks"

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• Actor-Inspired Element: Terry Molloy takes credit for getting Davros to hover, with an off-the-cuff remark to Graeme Harper.
• Cast the Runner-Up: Colin Spaull was initially cast as the mutant, but was subsequently recast as Lilt.
• Creator's Favourite Episode: Eric Saward considers this to be his best work.
• Edited for Syndication: Just like the rest of Season 22, this story was sold internationally as twenty-five-minute episodes. These included Natasha and Grigory hiding in the catacombs, and - depending on the version - either the Doctor telling Peri that she's in great danger, or Davros ordering his Daleks to kill the DJ. This edit was also used for the serial's 1993 repeat broadcast on BBC Two, and is the one that Pluto TV and Roku TV use in North America.
• Executive Meddling: Jonathan Powell reacted badly to Jenny Tomasin's portrayal of Tasambeker. As such, both episodes were edited to reduce her screentime.
• Inspiration for the Work: Eric Saward was inspired by The Loved One, especially it’s focus on the treatment of the dead.
• Missing Episode: The Doctor finishing the episode’s final line with "...Blackpool" (which was cut, being replaced by a freeze-frame in the finished programme) now no longer exists.
• No Adaptations Allowed: The fourth and final Doctor Who story from the original run not to receive a Target novelisation; as with the previous series' Resurrection of the Daleks, this is because an amount of the fee would have gone to Terry Nation to cover the rights for the Daleks and Eric Saward was dissatisfied by the reduced payment. Following their previous success with adapting the previously unnovelised Douglas Adams stories, this was the final classic Who story to receive a novelisation when BBC Books published one, written by Saward himself, in 2019.
• Reality Subtext: Happened unintentionally with Part 2's open ending; while it was meant to directly segue into the beginning of the ultimately unfilmed serial "The Nightmare Fair", this was almost the final Doctor Who story, as Michael Grade wanted to cancel the show before negotiations with staff pared it down to a double-length hiatus and a retool.
• Self-Adaptation: Eric Saward wrote the serial's eventual novelization in 2019.
• Stunt Casting: Alexei Sayle playing an in-universe Fake American radio DJ.
• Throw It In!: Colin Baker ad-libbed the "No 'arm in trying" gag after Davros' arm is shot off.
• What Could Have Been:
  • Plans were made for the Daleks to have a Villain Team-Up with another alien species, but it was immediately shot down by their creator Terry Nation.
  • Planned shots of the Daleks being blown into the sky had to be abandoned because they couldn't get the equipment to the location.
  • There were talks of having Laurence Olivier play the mutant.
  • Julian Glover, Philip Madoc, Patrick Stewart, Peter Vaughan and David Warner were considered for Orcini.
  • Real life DJs such as Jimmy Savile were seriously considered for The DJ. David Bowie, Phil Collins, Kenneth Cranham and Roger Daltrey were also considered. Savile would later appear As Himself in the non-canon Doctor Who/Jim'll Fix It crossover "A Fix with Sontarans".
  • Robbie Coltrane was considered for the DJ and Takis.
  • Pat Roach was considered for Takis.
• Working Title: The End of the Road.
• You Look Familiar: Eleanor Bron (Kara) had previously played a French art critic.

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