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* InspirationForTheWork: Ian Briggs drew on Norse Mythology, inspired by a vacation to Sweden. In particular, he drew upon the legend of the wolf-monster Fenrir, who was foretold to cause the death of the chief god Odin and so was mystically bound to a great stone until Ragnarok -- the "twilight of the gods".
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* InspirationForTheWork: Ian Briggs drew on Norse Mythology, got ideas from Myth/NorseMythology, inspired by a vacation to Sweden. In particular, he drew upon The largest influence was the legend of the wolf-monster giant wolf Fenrir, who was foretold prophesied to cause kill the death of the chief lead god Odin Odin, and so was mystically bound to a great magical stone until Ragnarok -- the "twilight of the gods".end times, also known as Ragnarök.
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* InspirationForTheWork: Ian Briggs drew on Norse Mythology, inspired by a vacation to Sweden. In particular, he drew upon the legend of the vast wolf-monster Fenrir or Fenrisúlfr, who was foretold to cause the death of the chief god Odin and so was mystically bound to a great stone until Ragnarok -- the "twilight of the gods".
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* InspirationForTheWork: Ian Briggs drew on Norse Mythology, inspired by a vacation to Sweden. In particular, he drew upon the legend of the vast wolf-monster Fenrir or Fenrisúlfr, Fenrir, who was foretold to cause the death of the chief god Odin and so was mystically bound to a great stone until Ragnarok -- the "twilight of the gods".
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* SelfAdaptation: Ian Briggs write both this episode and its novelization.
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* SelfAdaptation: Ian Briggs write wrote both this episode and its novelization.
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** Ian Briggs originally wanted Dr. Judson to be gay like Alan Turing. Because it was not considered appropriate to depict a character's struggle with homosexuality in a family programme, he transformed Turing's frustration at being unable to express his true sexual identity into Judson's frustration at being crippled.
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** Ian Briggs originally wanted Dr. Judson to be gay like his inspiration Alan Turing. Because it was not wasn't considered appropriate suitable to depict show a character's struggle with homosexuality being closeted in a family programme, he transformed an all-ages show, Turing's frustration at being unable to express his true sexual identity was channeled into Judson's frustration at resentment of being crippled.
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** There was going to be a coda in which an older Ace is putting a baby to bed when she catches a glimpse of the Doctor watching over her.
** Before Nicholas Parsons was cast as Reverend Wainwright, both Creator/ChristopherEccleston and Creator/PeterCapaldi (aka. the 9th and 12th Doctors) were reportedly among those considered for the role.
* WordOfGay: Ian Briggs stated that he intended to suggest that both Judson and Millington were gay and had a shared past, although this was not realised in the finished programme.
** Before Nicholas Parsons was cast as Reverend Wainwright, both Creator/ChristopherEccleston and Creator/PeterCapaldi (aka. the 9th and 12th Doctors) were reportedly among those considered for the role.
* WordOfGay: Ian Briggs stated that he intended to suggest that both Judson and Millington were gay and had a shared past, although this was not realised in the finished programme.
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** There was going to be originally a coda in which where an older Ace is putting a baby to bed when she catches a glimpse of the Doctor watching over her.
** Before Nicholas Parsons was cast as Reverend Wainwright, both Creator/ChristopherEccleston and Creator/PeterCapaldi (aka. the 9th and 12th Doctors) were reportedly among those considered for the role.
* WordOfGay: Ian Briggs stated that he intended wanted to suggest that both show the history between Judson and Millington were gay and had a shared past, although their love, but this was not realised in the finished programme.
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* CastTheRunnerUp: Dinsdale Laden had been up for roles at 4 prior points in the history of Doctor Who, with the earliest being the very second story. As the run was ending [[ThrowTheDogABone he finally got cast]] as Dr. Judson.
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* FakeRussian: Captain Sorin was played by the Polish Tomek Borak.
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* FakeRussian: Captain Sorin was played by the Polish Tomek Borak.Bork.
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** Before Nicholas Parsons was cast as Reverend Wainwright, both Creator/ChristopherEccleston and Creator/PeterCapaldi (aka. the 9th and 12th Doctors) were reportedly among those considered for the role.
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** Shooting on the serial went over-length to such a degree that consideration was briefly given to editing the story into five rather than four episodes. However, Briggs strongly opposed this, feeling that the narrative flow would be badly disrupted (it is not known if the BBC would have given permission for an extra episode, in any case).
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** Shooting on the serial went over-length to such a degree that consideration was briefly given to editing the story into five rather than four episodes.episodes, which would've made this the first serial to surpass four parts since [[Recap/DoctorWhoS16E6TheArmageddonFactor "The Armageddon Factor"]] a decade prior (discounting the then-unreleased [[Recap/DoctorWhoS17E6Shada "Shada"]]). However, Briggs strongly opposed this, feeling that the narrative flow would be badly disrupted (it is not known if the BBC would have given permission for an extra episode, in any case).
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** Tomek Borak had issues with the cod-Communist dialogue and had rows with the writer and director about changing them. Creator/JohnNathanTurner intervened and placated.
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** Tomek Borak Bork, who grew up in Soviet-controlled Poland, had issues with the cod-Communist dialogue and had rows with the writer and director about changing them. Creator/JohnNathanTurner intervened and placated.
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* OutOfOrder: This was intended to be shown as the season premiere, before "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS26E2GhostLight Ghost Light]]", so that Ace telling Kathleen about "the old house in Perivale" would have been {{foreshadowing}} for that story. But Creator/JohnNathanTurner wanted Curse to air around Halloween time, meaning it ran after "Ghost Light" had already gone out. It also had the side effect of removing what was supposed to be a major turning point that season: Sylvester [=McCoy=] is wearing a trench coat for most of the first episode, and removes it late on to reveal his new costume with a darker jacket, with the intention being to surprise the viewer with the reveal of the new costume, which was ruined by the fact that this story was no longer running first.
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* OutOfOrder: This was intended to be shown as the season premiere, before "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS26E2GhostLight Ghost Light]]", so that Ace telling Kathleen about "the old house in Perivale" would have been {{foreshadowing}} for that story. But Creator/JohnNathanTurner wanted Curse to air around Halloween time, meaning it ran after "Ghost Light" had already gone out. It also had the side effect of removing what was supposed to be a major turning point that season: Sylvester [=McCoy=] Creator/SylvesterMcCoy is wearing a trench coat for most of the first episode, and removes it late on to reveal his new costume with a darker jacket, with the intention being to surprise the viewer with the reveal of the new costume, which was ruined by the fact that this story was no longer running first.
