History Trivia / DoctorWhoS22E5Timelash

** In the original script, the necklace was given by the First Doctor, and thus had a picture of Susan. Creator/EricSaward replaced this with a picture of Jo Grant from a publicity photo "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS9E1DayOfTheDaleks Day of the Daleks]]".

* TroubledProduction: As a result of the money eaten up by the previous two serials, Creator/JohnNathanTurner ordered Creator/EricSaward to put the script into production next, as it could be done on a low budget. Saward objected to this, as he had wanted to move it back to the following year due to the writer's glaringly obvious inexperience, but Nathan-Turner overruled him. Making things worse, Saward didn't have much time to mentor the writer, as he himself was busy writing "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS22E6RevelationOfTheDaleks Revelation of the Daleks]]", and further budget cuts to "Timelash" ended up resulting in an infamously cheap, poorly-regarded story. Then, just to ''really'' stick the knife in, Creator/TheBBC told the production team that they were pulling the plug on the show, as they felt it had gone too far off the rails...

** In the original script, it was the First Doctor, along with Ian, Barbara and Susan, who visited Karfel. This creates an OrphanedReference in the final version, as Tekker inquires about the Doctor having only one companion with him.
** In the original scripts, Katz's amulet — given to her grandfather by the Third Doctor — was to contain a reference to Gallifrey, which Peri identified as the Doctor's home planet in order to gain Sezon's trust. Creator/EricSaward replaced this with a picture of Jo Grant (actually a publicity still taken during the making of "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS9E1DayOfTheDaleks Day of the Daleks]]").
** The script gave an explanation for the destruction of the Bandril (originally "Gurdel") missile — that the bendalypse was neutralised via contact with the TARDIS's time field — to replace it only with the Doctor's vague assurance that he will explain it to Peri later (and off-screen).
** In the original script, Maylin Tekker undergoes no change of heart and is instead murdered by the Borad in the process of shooting the Doctor.
** The original script had the Borad reject his earlier inclination of mating with Peri because he can now make as many clones of himself as he desires.

** Creator/PaulDarrow had previously played [[Recap/DoctorWhoS7E2DoctorWhoAndTheSilurians Captain Hawkins]].
** Denis Carey previously played [[Recap/DoctorWhoS17E6Shada Professor Chronotis]] and [[Recap/DoctorWhoS18E6TheKeeperOfTraken the Keeper]].

* HistoricalDomainCharacter: [[Creator/HGWells Herbert George Wells]], although his identity isn't revealed until the very end.