History Trivia / DoctorWhoS13E6TheSeedsOfDoom

* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: The exchange about the seeds "travelling in pairs like policemen" — a normal safety precaution then, since discarded as inefficient.[[note]]Though in many places, police officers still do travel in pairs out of convenience.[[/note]]

* PropRecycling: As a cost-saving maneuver, the costume for the humanoid version of the Krynoid was adapted from an Axon outfit originally created for [[Recap/DoctorWhoS8E3TheClawsOfAxos "The Claws of Axos"]].

* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: The exchange about the seeds "travelling in pairs like policeman" — a normal safety precaution then, since discarded as inefficient.[[note]]Though in many places, police officers still do travel in pairs out of convenience.[[/note]]

* CreatorsPest: Philip Hinchcliffe disliked the character of Amelia Ducat, feeling that the subplot featuring her was largely padding. When given the opportunity to novelise the scripts, he largely removed the character. Some fans objected vocally to this decision.

* RecycledScript: Noticeably recycled from an episode of ''Series/TheAvengers'' (not by the same writer). Also strong similarities to ''Series/TheQuatermassExperiment''.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: There were talks of bringing the Brigadier and Benton back for the final episode, but due to the miniscule role, it was decided to be not worth the effort. Creator/NicholasCourtney was offered the chance to reprise his role, but he was unavailable. When he watched the story and saw that it was a UNIT story without the regulars, his reaction was, "Oh, well."

* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: The exchange about the seeds 'travelling in pairs like policeman' — a normal safety precaution then, since discarded as inefficient.[[note]]Though in many places, police officers still do travel in pairs out of convenience[[/note]]
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: There were talks of bringing the Brigadier and Benton back for the final episode, but due to the miniscule role, it was decided to be not worth the effort. Creator/NicholasCourtney was offered the chance to reprise his role, but he was unavailable. When he watched the story and saw that it was a UNIT story without the regulars, his reaction was, "Oh, well".

* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: The exchange about the seeds 'travelling in pairs like policeman' — a normal safety precaution then, since discarded as inefficient.

* WhoWritesThisCrap: Creator/TomBaker jokingly threw a few pages of the script into the "compost machine" prop. Unfortunately, the story's writer, Robert Banks Stewart, was present on that day...

* MeanCharacterNiceActor: John Challis, who plays the decidedly unsavory Scorby, comes off as incredibly nice on the DVD extras.

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* FatalMethodActing: A near miss - the roof of the TARDIS prop collapsed onto Creator/ElisabethSladen. Naturally, this would be the last time the original was used.
* PropRecycling: As a cost-saving maneuver, the costume for the humanoid version of the Krynoid was adapted from an Axon outfit originally created for [[Recap/DoctorWhoS8E3TheClawsOfAxos The Claws Of Axos]].

* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: The exchange about the seeds 'travelling in pairs like policeman' - a normal safety precaution then, since discarded as inefficient.

* WhoWritesThisCrap: Creator/TomBaker jokingly threw a few pages of the script into the "compost machine" prop. Unfortunately, the story's writer, Robert Banks Stewart, was present on that day...

* RealLife/MeanCharacterNiceActor: John Challis, who plays the decidedly unsavory Scorby, comes off as incredibly nice on the DVD extras.

* MeanCharacterNiceActor: John Challis, who plays the decidedly unsavory Scorby, comes off as incredibly nice on the DVD extras.

* FatalMethodActing: A near miss - the roof of the TARDIS prop collapsed onto Lis Sladen. Naturally, this would be the last time the original was used.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: There were talks of bringing the Brigadier and Benton back for the final episode, but due to the miniscule role, it was decided to be not worth the effort.
** Creator/NicholasCourtney was offered the chance to reprise his role, but he was unavailable. When he was the story and saw that it was a UNIT story without the regulars, his reaction was, "Oh, well".

* RealLifeWritesThePlot: The whole studio recording schedule had to be heavily reworked when one of the principal guest actors came down with chicken pox.

* HeyItsThatGuy: [[Series/OnlyFoolsAndHorses Boycie]] is a mercenary.

* WhoWritesThisCrap: Tom Baker jokingly threw a few pages of the script into the "compost machine" prop. Unfortunately, the story's writer, Robert Banks Stewart, was present on that day...

* FatalMethodActing: A near miss - the TARDIS prop collapsed onto Lis Sladen. Naturally, this would be the last time the original was used.
* RecycledScript: Noticeably recycled from an episode of ''Series/TheAvengers'' (not by the same writer). Also strong similarities to ''Series/TheQuatermassExperiment''.