History Trivia / DoctorWhoS5E7TheWheelInSpace

* HostilityOnTheSet: Director Tristan de Vere Cole and producer Creator/PeterBryant clashed onset, reportedly because De Vere Cole preferred to talk to the writers and script editor to make changes and not the producer. He never directed for the show again.

* PropRecycling: The spacesuits worn by Jamie and Zoe, previously seen in [[Recap/DoctorWhoS4E2TheTenthPlanet "The Tenth Planet"]], later turned up as costumes in ''[[Film/ANewHope Star Wars]]'' and ''Film/TheEmpireStrikesBack''.

** Several characters were renamed to give the crew an international feel. Nell Corwyn became Gemma Corwyn; Tanya Lerner's surname was changed to the Russian Lernov[[note]]incorrect since female Russian surnames have gendered suffixes, it should be Lernova[[/note]]; Tom Stone gained a promotion when he was rechristened Captain Leo Ryan; Harry Carby became the Italianate Enrico Casali; and Ken was switched to the Asian Chang.

** Michael Goldie (Elton Laleham) previously played [[Recap/DoctorWhoS2E2TheDalekInvasionOfEarth Craddock]].

* HostilityOnTheSet: Director Tristan de Vere Cole and producer Creator/PeterBryant clashed onset, reportedly because De Vere Cole preferred to talk to the and writers and script editor to make changes and not the producer. He never directed for the show again.

** Several characters were renamed to give the crew an international feel. Nell Corwyn became Gemma Corwyn; Tanya Lerner's surname was changed to the Russian Lernov (incorrect since female Russian surnames have gendered suffixes, it should be Lernova); Tom Stone gained a promotion when he was rechristened Captain Leo Ryan; Harry Carby became the Italianate Enrico Casali; and Ken was switched to the Asian Chang.

** Several characters were renamed to give the crew an international feel. Nell Corwyn became Gemma Corwyn; Tanya Lerner's surname was changed to the Russian Lernov; Tom Stone gained a promotion when he was rechristened Captain Leo Ryan; Harry Carby became the Italianate Enrico Casali; and Ken was switched to the Asian Chang.

** Michael Goldie seems to be trying for a [[FakeAmerican|Dixie accent]] as Elton Laleham and misses by light years.

** Peter Laird puts on YellowFace and an excruciatingly fake AsianAsianSpeekeeEngrish to play Chinese crewmember Chang.

* FakeNationality: The multinational crew of the Wheel is played exclusively by British actors.

** Enrico Casali is played with a fake Italian accent by Creator/DonaldSumpter.

* HostilityOnTheSet: Director Tristan [=de Vere Cole=] and producer Creator/PeterBryant clashed onset, reportedly because De Vere Cole preferred to talk to the and writers and script editor to make changes and not the producer. He never directed for the show again.

* HostilityOnTheSet: Director Tristan [=de Vere Cole=] and producer Peter Bryant clashed onset, reportedly because De Vere Cole preferred to talk to the and writers and script editor to make changes and not the producer. He never directed for the show again.

* MissingEpisode: Only episodes three and six survive; it is one of the last stories to be missing episodes, as the majority of Season 6 stories survive in their entirety.

* BeamMeUpScotty: Sadly, despite it being one of the most common legends in fandom, Creator/PatrickTroughton did in fact ''not'' fluff his lines in Part 6 by referring to "sectional air supply" as "sexual air supply" -- listen to the line closely enough and you can tell that he actually is saying the as intended. That being said, Troughton did do the next best thing to fluffing the line, by getting it technically right but pronouncing it in a way so easy to mishear.

* {{Blooper}}: The Doctor confidently announces "We'll all be killed unless we switch over to sexual[[note]]sectional[[/note]] air supply." Neither he nor the other actor visibly react at all.

* PropRecycling: The spacesuits worn by Jamie and Zoe, previously seen in [[Recap/DoctorWhoS4E2TheTenthPlanet "The Tenth Planet"]], later turned up as costumes in ''Film/StarWars'' and ''Film/TheEmpireStrikesBack''.

* MissingEpisode: Only episodes three and six survive.

* PropRecycling: The spacesuits worn by Jamie and Zoe, previously seen in [[Recap/DoctorWhoS4E2TheTenthPlanet The Tenth Planet]], later turned up as costumes in ''Film/StarWars'' and ''Film/TheEmpireStrikesBack''.

** Michael Goldie (Elton Laleham) previously played [[Recap/DoctorWhoS2E2TheDalekInvasionOfEarth Craddock ]].

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Several characters were renamed to give the crew an international feel. Nell Corwyn became Gemma Corwyn; Tanya Lerner's surname was changed to the Russian Lernov; Tom Stone gained a promotion when he was rechristened Captain Leo Ryan; Harry Carby became the Italianate Enrico Casali; and Ken was switched to the Asian Chang.

* RaceLift: Several characters were renamed to give the crew an international feel. Nell Corwyn became Gemma Corwyn; Tanya Lerner's surname was changed to the Russian Lernov; Tom Stone gained a promotion when he was rechristened Captain Leo Ryan; Harry Carby became the Italianate Enrico Casali; and Ken was switched to the Asian Chang.

** Clare Jenkins (Tanya Lernov) had played [[Recap/DoctorWhoS3E9TheSavages Nanina]].

* YouLookFamiliar: Michael Goldie (Elton Laleham) previously played Craddock in [[Recap/DoctorWhoS2E2TheDalekInvasionOfEarth The Dalek Invasion of Earth]].
** Clare Jenkins (Tanya Lernov) had played Nanina in [[Recap/DoctorWhoS3E9TheSavages Savages]].

* AbsenteeActor: The Doctor is absent from the second episode in order to give Creator/PatrickTroughton a holiday.

* FakeShemp: A double plays the unconscious Doctor in the second episode.
** Similarly, Anne Ridler was not hired for episode six so the dead Gemma Corwyn is represented by a double and photographs of Ridler are used for close-ups of Corwyn's body.

* YouLookFamiliar: Michael Goldie (Elton Laleham)previously played Craddock in [[Recap/DoctorWhoS2E2TheDalekInvasionOfEarth The Dalek Invasion of Earth]].

* YouLookFamiliar: Michael Goldie (Elton Laleham)previously played Craddock in Recap/DoctorWhoS2E2TheDalekInvasionOfEarth The Dalek Invasion of Earth.
** Clare Jenkins (Tanya Lernov) had played Nanina in Recap/DoctorWhoS3E9TheSavages Savages.

* PropRecycling: The spacesuits worn by Jamie and Zoe, previously seen in Recap/DoctorWhoS4E2TheTenthPlanet The Tenth Planet, later turned up as costumes in ''Film/StarWars and Film/TheEmpireStrikesBack.

* YouLookFamiliar: Michael Goldie previously played Craddock in Recap/DoctorWhoS2E2TheDalekInvasionOfEarth The Dalek Invasion of Earth.
** Clare Jenkins had played Nanina in Recap/DoctorWhoS3E9TheSavages Savages.

* MissingEpisode: Only episodes three and six survive.