Trivia / Doctor Who S10 E3 "Frontier in Space"

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• Character Outlives Actor: Roger Delgado was to make one last appearance after this serial as the Master in a story where he ultimately gives his life to save the Doctor and the universe. However, after completing this serial, Delgado was killed in a car crash in Turkey. The last we see of the Master is his dastardly escape after shooting the Doctor. The character would not be seen again until "The Deadly Assassin", when he would be an unrecognizably desiccated husk some four years later.
• Creator's Favourite: Jon Pertwee named the Draconians as his favourite monster, largely because of how expressionate they were and thus easier to act alongside than Daleks.
• Deleted Scene:
  • Sheila, assistant to the President of Earth, was supposed to have a scene with the president talking about the origins of their war with Draconia, which was caused by a young General Williams firing on an unarmed messenger ship. Her scene was trimmed to fit for time, though her actor Luan Peters kept an on-screen credit despite no longer having any lines.
  • Similarly, Bill Mitchell had the role of a newscaster introducing Congressman Brook. His appearance got edited out in the final story. It was a late-enough decision though for him to still be credited both on-screen and in Radio Times.
• Fan Vid: Pertwee's People.
• Prop Recycling: The same three Dalek casings used for "Day of the Daleks" appeared in Episode Six.
• What Could Have Been:
  • The ending was supposed to show the Ogron-eating monster, but director Paul Bernard didn’t like the costume and decided to film around it with just character’s reactions. Barry Letts and Terrance Dicks thought this was underwhelming, and decided to shoot a new ending for the next production block that led into "Planet of the Daleks". Unfortunately, Roger Delgado was not available to take part in the new ending, meaning that he abruptly disappears in the middle of the last scene, and this ultimately proved his last appearance as the Master before his tragic death later that year.
  • Malcolm Hulke wrote the Draconians (then called Andromedans) as Napoleon-era caricatures, rather than the Japanese shogunate design they ended up being. He also wrote the Ogron-eating monster as a giant reptile, before the design was turned into a blob creature.
  • The original outline had the Cybermen working with the Master, but they were swapped for the Ogrons before scripting started.
  • The human president was originally a man.
  • The Doctor finding out about the Ogrons’ attacks came much later, after the Master busted him out of prison.
• You Look Familiar: John Woodnutt (Draconian Emperor) had previously played Hibbert.

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