History Trivia / DoctorWhoS13E3PyramidsOfMars

** Lewis Greifer's original script was radically different. In that story, the Doctor, Sarah Jane and TheBrigadier (who was suggested to be killed off) visited the British Museum. There, a new type of grain is unveiled which can survive on the surface of the Moon was shown off. During the conference however, they are attacked by the crocodile-like Egyptian god Sebek and his legion of mummies. The once-imprisoned Sebek and his master, Seth, plan to use the grain to destroy the moon. The Doctor then has to team-up with fellow Egyptian Gods Horus and Isis to defeat the two before they reached the moon.

* DeletedScene: Several scenes were deleted from the final broadcast. A model shot of the TARDIS landing in the landscape on a barren, alternative 1980 Earth was to be used in Part Two, but director Paddy Russell decided viewers would feel more impact if the first scene of the new Earth was Sarah's reaction as the TARDIS doors opened. Three scenes of effects such as doors opening and the Doctor materializing from the sarcophagus were removed from the final edit of Part Four because Russell felt the mixes were not good enough. These scenes were included on the DVD, along with an alternate version of the poacher being hunted down in Part Two, and a full version of the Osirian rocket explosion.

** Lewis Greifer's original script saw the Doctor and his companion (generically referred to as "Jane") attend a conference on food reserves at the British Museum, along with TheBrigadier (who it was suggested might be killed off during the adventure). The Doctor's friend Professor Fawzi and his partner, Dr Robertson, are there to unveil their work on a new type of grain which can flourish on the surface of the Moon, thereby solving the world's hunger problems. However, the conference is soon attacked by the crocodile-like Egyptian god Sebek and his army of mummies. Sebek and his master, Seth, are aliens who came to Earth millennia ago intent on conquest, but were placed in suspended animation via a powerful artefact called the Eye wielded by Horus, another of their kind. Having reawakened, they now intend to replace Fawzi and Robertson's grain with one which will result in the Moon's disintegration -- which, in turn, will have catastrophic effects on Earth. The Doctor manages to locate Seth's resting place beneath an Egyptian pyramid, and is assisted by Horus and another deity, Isis, in defeating Seth and destroying the probe in mid-flight.

* EnforcedMethodActing: That really is Creator/TomBaker in the mummy costume. Director Paddy Rusell insisted, much to Tom's dismay.

** Lewis Greifer's original script saw the Doctor and his companion (generically referred to as “Jane”) attend a conference on food reserves at the British Museum, along with TheBrigadier (who it was suggested might be killed off during the adventure). The Doctor's friend Professor Fawzi and his partner, Dr Robertson, are there to unveil their work on a new type of grain which can flourish on the surface of the Moon, thereby solving the world's hunger problems. However, the conference is soon attacked by the crocodile-like Egyptian god Sebek and his army of mummies. Sebek and his master, Seth, are aliens who came to Earth millennia ago intent on conquest, but were placed in suspended animation via a powerful artefact called the Eye wielded by Horus, another of their kind. Having reawakened, they now intend to replace Fawzi and Robertson's grain with one which will result in the Moon's disintegration -- which, in turn, will have catastrophic effects on Earth. The Doctor manages to locate Seth's resting place beneath an Egyptian pyramid, and is assisted by Horus and another deity, Isis, in defeating Seth and destroying the probe in mid-flight.

** Creator/MichaelSheard (Laurence) previously played [[Recap/DoctorWhoS3E6TheArk Rhos]] and [[Recap/DoctorWhoS8E2TheMindOfEvil Dr Roland Summers]].

* DeletedScene: Several scenes were deleted from the final broadcast. A model shot of the TARDIS landing in the landscape of a barren, alternative 1980 Earth was to be used in Part Two, but director Paddy Russell decided viewers would feel more impact if the first scene of the new Earth was Sarah's reaction as the TARDIS doors opened. Three scenes of effects such as doors opening and the Doctor materializing from the sarcophagus were removed from the final edit of Part Four because Russell felt the mixes were not good enough. These scenes were included on the DVD, along with an alternate version of the poacher being hunted down in Part Two, and a full version of the Osirian rocket explosion.

** Bernard Archard (Marcus) previously played [[Recap/DoctorWhoS4E3ThePowerOfTheDaleks Bragen]].

* EnforcedMethodActing: That really is Creator/TomBaker in the mummy costume. Director Paddy Roberts insisted, much to Tom's dismay.

** Lewis Greifer's original script saw the Doctor and his companion (generically referred to as “Jane”) attend a conference on food reserves at the British Museum, along with the Brigadier (who it was suggested might be killed off during the adventure). The Doctor's friend Professor Fawzi and his partner, Dr Robertson, are there to unveil their work on a new type of grain which can flourish on the surface of the Moon, thereby solving the world's hunger problems. However, the conference is soon attacked by the crocodile-like Egyptian god Sebek and his army of mummies. Sebek and his master, Seth, are aliens who came to Earth millennia ago intent on conquest, but were placed in suspended animation via a powerful artefact called the Eye wielded by Horus, another of their kind. Having reawakened, they now intend to replace Fawzi and Robertson's grain with one which will result in the Moon's disintegration -- which, in turn, will have catastrophic effects on Earth. The Doctor manages to locate Seth's resting place beneath an Egyptian pyramid, and is assisted by Horus and another deity, Isis, in defeating Seth and destroying the probe in mid-flight.

** Creator/MichaelSheard (Laurence) previously played "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS3E6TheArk Rhos]]" and "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS8E2TheMindOfEvil Dr Roland Summers]]".
** Michael Bilton (Collins) previously played "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS3E5TheMassacre Teligny]]".
** Bernard Archard (Marcus) previously played "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS4E3ThePowerOfTheDaleks Bragen]]."

* ThrowItIn: The Doctor and Sarah calmly turning in unison to walk out of sight of a mummy as it turns to face them was a gag Creator/TomBaker and Creator/ElisabethSladen thought up themselves and did without clearing it with the director. It was inspired by a Creator/TheMarxBrothers routine.

** Creator/MichaelSheard (Laurence) previously played Rhos in "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS3E6TheArk The Ark]]" and Dr Roland Summers in "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS8E2TheMindOfEvil The Mind of Evil]]".
** Michael Bilton (Collins) previously played Teligny in "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS3E5TheMassacre The Massacre]]".
** Bernard Archard (Marcus) previously played Bragen in "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS4E3ThePowerOfTheDaleks The Power of the Daleks]]."

** Creator/MichaelSheard previously played Rhos in "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS3E6TheArk The Ark]]" and Dr Roland Summers in "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS8E2TheMindOfEvil The Mind of Evil]]".

** Bernard Archard previously played Bragen in "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS4E3ThePowerOfTheDaleks The Power of the Daleks]]."

** Michael Bilton (Collins) previously played Teligny in "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS3E5TheMassacre The Massacre]]".

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Lewis Greifer's original script saw the Doctor and his companion (generically referred to as “Jane”) attend a conference on food reserves at the British Museum, along with the Brigadier (who it was suggested might be killed off during the adventure). The Doctor's friend Professor Fawzi and his partner, Dr Robertson, are there to unveil their work on a new type of grain which can flourish on the surface of the Moon, thereby solving the world's hunger problems. However, the conference is soon attacked by the crocodile-like Egyptian god Sebek and his army of mummies. Sebek and his master, Seth, are aliens who came to Earth millennia ago intent on conquest, but were placed in suspended animation via a powerful artefact called the Eye wielded by Horus, another of their kind. Having reawakened, they now intend to replace Fawzi and Robertson's grain with one which will result in the Moon's disintegration -- which, in turn, will have catastrophic effects on Earth. The Doctor manages to locate Seth's resting place beneath an Egyptian pyramid, and is assisted by Horus and another deity, Isis, in defeating Seth and destroying the probe in mid-flight.

* AlanSmithee: Lewis Greifer was so unhappy with Creator/RobertHolmes' re-writes that he took his name off the story. Hence Stephen Harris.

* ThrowItIn: The Doctor and Sarah calmly turning in unison to walk out of sight of a mummy as it turns to face them was a gag they'd thought up themselves and did without clearing it with the director.

* YouLookFamiliar: Michael Sheard previously played Rhos in [[Recap/DoctorWhoS3E6TheArk The Ark]] and Dr Roland Summers in [[Recap/DoctorWhoS8E2TheMindOfEvil The Mind of Evil]].
** Michael Bilton (Collins) previously played Teligny in [[Recap/DoctorWhoS3E5TheMassacre The Massacre]].

** Michael Bilton (Collins) previously played Teligny in [[Recap/DoctorWhoS3E5TheMassacre The Massacre]].

* WhatCouldHaveBeeen: Lewis Greifer's original script saw the Doctor and his companion (generically referred to as “Jane”) attend a conference on food reserves at the British Museum, along with the Brigadier (who it was suggested might be killed off during the adventure). The Doctor's friend Professor Fawzi and his partner, Dr Robertson, are there to unveil their work on a new type of grain which can flourish on the surface of the Moon, thereby solving the world's hunger problems. However, the conference is soon attacked by the crocodile-like Egyptian god Sebek and his army of mummies. Sebek and his master, Seth, are aliens who came to Earth millennia ago intent on conquest, but were placed in suspended animation via a powerful artefact called the Eye wielded by Horus, another of their kind. Having reawakened, they now intend to replace Fawzi and Robertson's grain with one which will result in the Moon's disintegration -- which, in turn, will have catastrophic effects on Earth. The Doctor manages to locate Seth's resting place beneath an Egyptian pyramid, and is assisted by Horus and another deity, Isis, in defeating Seth and destroying the probe in mid-flight.

** Michael Bilton (Collins) previously played Teligny in [[Recap/DoctorWhoS3E5TheMassacre The Massacre]].

* ThrowItIn: The Doctor and Sarah calmly turning in unison to walk out of sight of a mummy as it turns to face them was a gag they'd thought up themselves and did without clearing it with the director.