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1	* PlayingAgainstType: At the time this was made, Creator/PeterCapaldi was best known for playing AntiHero Malcolm Tucker in ''Series/TheThickOfIt'' -- a man with no scruples or shame over the corrupt government he works for. He plays John Frobisher, a ButtMonkey AntiVillain who is so ashamed of his government's acts he [[spoiler:commits suicide after murdering his family]] to spare his family from [[spoiler:being turned over to the 456]]. The two characters are polar opposites.
2	* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Martha Jones and Mickey Smith were supposed to appear (Martha in all the episodes and Mickey in the last two), but Creator/FreemaAgyeman was [[Series/LawAndOrderUK busy]], as was Creator/NoelClarke for a film shoot. They hoped Martha could still make a cameo in the first episode, but even that was eventually scrapped. The two are [[WrittenInAbsence explained away as being on their honeymoon]] (though we don't know it's them married until ''Doctor Who'''s ''[[Recap/DoctorWhoS30E17E18TheEndOfTime The End of Time]]'' - we are led to assume it was [[Recap/DoctorWhoS29E13LastOfTheTimeLords Tom Milligan]] up to the reveal that [[PairTheSpares Martha actually married Mickey]]) and unable to help the team. As a result, Lois Habiba was created as a SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute for Martha, spying on the government officials for Torchwood using the Eye-5s.

* PlayingAgainstType: At the time this was made, Creator/PeterCapaldi was best known for playing AntiHero Malcolm Tucker in ''Series/TheThickOfIt'' -- a man with no scruples or shame over the corrupt government he works for. He plays John Frobisher, a ButtMonkey AntiVillain who is so ashamed of his government's acts he [[spoiler:commits suicide after murdering his family]] to spare his family from [[spoiler:being turned over to the 456]]. The two characters are polar opposites.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Martha Jones and Mickey Smith were supposed to appear (Martha in all the episodes and Mickey in the last two), but Creator/FreemaAgyeman was [[Series/LawAndOrderUK busy]], as was Creator/NoelClarke for a film shoot. They hoped Martha could still make a cameo in the first episode, but even that was eventually scrapped. The two are [[WrittenInAbsence explained away as being on their honeymoon]] (though we don't know it's them married until ''Doctor Who'''s ''[[Recap/DoctorWhoS30E17E18TheEndOfTime The End of Time]]'' - we are led to assume it was [[Recap/DoctorWhoS29E13LastOfTheTimeLords Tom Milligan]] up to the reveal that [[PairTheSpares Martha actually married Mickey]]) and unable to help the team. As a result, Lois Habiba was created as a SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute for Martha, spying on the government officials for Torchwood using the Eye-5s.

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