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** The scene in which the Doctor and Martha share a room was originally written to have the Doctor casually undress down to his underwear; and still obliviously invite Martha to share the bed. It was rewritten as the producers and Creator/DavidTennant thought it would be inappropriate.
** For the villains, Gareth Roberts proposed drawing upon either the three witches of ''Theatre/{{Macbeth}}'' or the fairies of ''Theatre/AMidsummerNightsDream''. It was felt that the former were more iconic, and so Roberts created the Carrionites (originally spelt “Karyonites”).
** Initially, Bloodtide and Doomfinger were referred to as Lilith's sisters rather than her mothers. Their despatching of Peter Streete was at one point envisioned as being much more complex, with Streete being sucked down into his bed.
** Shakespeare's daughter, Susanna, was to have appeared at one stage.

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** The scene in which the where Doctor and Martha share a room was originally written to have had the Doctor casually undress down undressing to his underwear; and still obliviously invite Martha to share the bed. underwear, without understanding how awkward it appeared. It was rewritten as the producers and Creator/DavidTennant thought it would be changed for being considered inappropriate.
** For The Carrionites (originally spelt “Karyonites”) were supposed to be based on the villains, Gareth Roberts proposed drawing upon either the three witches of ''Theatre/{{Macbeth}}'' or ''Theatre/{{Macbeth}}'', but Roberts also thought of basing them on the fairies of ''Theatre/AMidsummerNightsDream''. It was He felt that the former were more iconic, and so Roberts created the Carrionites (originally spelt “Karyonites”).
** Initially, Bloodtide and Doomfinger were referred to as Lilith's sisters rather than her mothers. Their despatching of Peter Streete was at one point envisioned as being much more complex, with Streete being sucked down into his bed.
** Shakespeare's daughter, Susanna, was to have appeared at one stage.
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** Bloodtide and Doomfinger were originally Lilith's sisters rather than her mothers. Their despatching of Peter Streete was also different, with Streete being sucked into his bed.
** Shakespeare's daughter, Susanna, was to have appeared at one stage.
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** The Doctor and Lilith were originally intended to have a sword fight. This was dropped after Tennant's stunt double got grievously injured during rehearsal and the scene rewritten to just be Lilith casting spells on the Doctor and Martha.
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* CompletelyDifferentTitle: The French title is "Peines d'amour gagnées" (Love's Labours Won).



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** The Doctor acts like he's meeting Shakespeare for the first time - originally there was a line acknowledging that [[Recap/DoctorWhoS17E2CityOfDeath he's]] [[Recap/DoctorWhoS13E2PlanetOfEvil met]] [[Recap/DoctorWhoS22E3TheMarkOfTheRani Will Shakespeare]] before but [[HaveWeMetYet Will hasn't actually met him before.]] It ended up being cut.

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** The Doctor acts like he's meeting Shakespeare for the first time - originally there was a line acknowledging that [[Recap/DoctorWhoS17E2CityOfDeath he's]] [[Recap/DoctorWhoS13E2PlanetOfEvil met]] [[Recap/DoctorWhoS22E3TheMarkOfTheRani Will Shakespeare]] before but [[HaveWeMetYet Will hasn't actually met him before.]] before]]. It ended up being cut.



** For the villains, Gareth Roberts proposed drawing upon either the Three Witches of ''Theatre/{{Macbeth}}'' or the Fairies of ''Theatre/AMidsummerNightsDream''. It was felt that the former were more iconic, and so Roberts created the Carrionites (originally spelt “Karyonites”).

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** For the villains, Gareth Roberts proposed drawing upon either the Three Witches three witches of ''Theatre/{{Macbeth}}'' or the Fairies fairies of ''Theatre/AMidsummerNightsDream''. It was felt that the former were more iconic, and so Roberts created the Carrionites (originally spelt “Karyonites”).



* WorkingTitle: ''Love's Labours Won'', ''Theatre of Doom''.

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* WorkingTitle: ''Love's "Love's Labours Won'', ''Theatre Won", "Theatre of Doom''.Doom".
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* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: The discussion about ''Literature/HarryPotter'' that refers to the 7th book in future tense, obviously dating the episode now. Adding to the awkwardness is that the crew seemed to forget Martha was from a year in the future and would definitely have already read it.
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** Shakespeare's daughter, Susanna, was to have appeared at one stage.
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* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: The discussion about ''Literature/HarryPotter'' that refers to the 7th book in future tense, obviously dating the episode now. Adding to the awkwardness is that the crew seemed to forget Martha was from a year in the future and would definitely have already read it.
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** The Doctor acts like he's meeting Shakespeare for the first time - originally there was a line acknowledging that [[Recap/DoctorWhoS17E2CityOfDeath he's]] [[Recap/DoctorWhoS13E2PlanetOfEvil met [[Recap/DoctorWhoS22E3TheMarkOfTheRani Will Shakespeare]] before but [[HaveWeMetYet Will hasn't actually met him before.]] It ended up being cut.

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** The Doctor acts like he's meeting Shakespeare for the first time - originally there was a line acknowledging that [[Recap/DoctorWhoS17E2CityOfDeath he's]] [[Recap/DoctorWhoS13E2PlanetOfEvil met met]] [[Recap/DoctorWhoS22E3TheMarkOfTheRani Will Shakespeare]] before but [[HaveWeMetYet Will hasn't actually met him before.]] It ended up being cut.

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* ActorAllusion: Of ''course'' the Doctor would be a fan of [[Literature/HarryPotter good ol' J.K.]], given [[Literature/HarryPotterAndTheGobletOfFire he's served for Voldemort in the past]].



* WhatCouldHaveBeen: The Doctor acts like he's meeting Shakespeare for the first time - originally there was a line acknowledging that [[Recap/DoctorWhoS17E2CityOfDeath he's met Will Shakespeare before]] but [[HaveWeMetYet Will hasn't actually met him before.]] It ended up being cut.

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The Doctor acts like he's meeting Shakespeare for the first time - originally there was a line acknowledging that [[Recap/DoctorWhoS17E2CityOfDeath he's he's]] [[Recap/DoctorWhoS13E2PlanetOfEvil met [[Recap/DoctorWhoS22E3TheMarkOfTheRani Will Shakespeare before]] Shakespeare]] before but [[HaveWeMetYet Will hasn't actually met him before.]] It ended up being cut.cut.
** The scene in which the Doctor and Martha share a room was originally written to have the Doctor casually undress down to his underwear; and still obliviously invite Martha to share the bed. It was rewritten as the producers and Creator/DavidTennant thought it would be inappropriate.
** For the villains, Gareth Roberts proposed drawing upon either the Three Witches of ''Theatre/{{Macbeth}}'' or the Fairies of ''Theatre/AMidsummerNightsDream''. It was felt that the former were more iconic, and so Roberts created the Carrionites (originally spelt “Karyonites”).
** Initially, Bloodtide and Doomfinger were referred to as Lilith's sisters rather than her mothers. Their despatching of Peter Streete was at one point envisioned as being much more complex, with Streete being sucked down into his bed.
* WorkingTitle: ''Love's Labours Won'', ''Theatre of Doom''.
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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: The Doctor acts like he's meeting Shakespeare for the first time - originally there was a line acknowledging that [[Recap/DoctorWhoS17E2CityOfDeath he's met Will Shakespeare before]] but [[HaveWeMetYet Will hasn't actually met him this time.]] It ended up being cut.

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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: The Doctor acts like he's meeting Shakespeare for the first time - originally there was a line acknowledging that [[Recap/DoctorWhoS17E2CityOfDeath he's met Will Shakespeare before]] but [[HaveWeMetYet Will hasn't actually met him this time.before.]] It ended up being cut.
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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: The Doctor acts like he's meeting Shakespeare for the first time - originally there was a line acknowledging that [[Recap/DoctorWhoS17E2CityOfDeath he's met Will Shakespeare before]] but [[HaveWeMetYet Will hasn't actually met him this time.]] It ended up being cut.
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* RecursiveAdaptation: Loosely based on Gareth Roberts' earlier Ninth Doctor ''Magazine/DoctorWhoMagazine'' comic-strip story "A Groatsworth of Wit".
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* ActorAllusion: Of ''course'' the Doctor would be a fan of [[Literature/HarryPotter good ol' J.K.]], given [[Literature/HarryPotterAndTheGobletOfFire he's served for Voldemort in the past]].

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