History Trivia / DoctorWhoS15E3ImageOfTheFendahl

* ReclusiveArtist: The director of this serial George Spenton-Foster (who also directed [[Recap/DoctorWhoS16E1TheRibosOperation The Ribos Operation]]) has never been interviewed about his contributions to Series/DoctorWho prior to his death in 1993.

* ReclusiveArtist: The director of this serial George Spenton-Foster (who also directed Recap/DoctorWhoS16E1TheRibosOperation) has never been interviewed about his contributions to Series/DoctorWho prior to his death in 1993.

** Wanda Ventham (Thea Ransome) had previously appeared in "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS4E8TheFacelessOnes The Faceless Ones]]".

* CreatorsFavouriteEpisode: Louise Jameson regards this as one of her best stories due to it being written by Creator/ChrisBoucher. It was however during the making of this serial that she decided to leave at the end of the series.

* RealLifeWritesTheHairstyle: Louise Jameson claims the reason her hair is done up in this story is because a BBC hairstylist had mistakenly cut six inches off her hair just prior to filming. Her final scene in the story was filmed some five weeks after this incident, by which time her hair had grown long enough to allow her to wear it down for a single scene.
* ThrowItIn: Leela kissing Adam Colby on the cheek was ad-libbed by Louise Jameson. The surprised look on his face is genuine.

* RealLifeWritesTheHairstyle: Louise Jameson claims the reason her hair is done up in this episode is because a BBC hairstylist had mistakenly cut six inches off her hair just prior to filming. Her final scene in the story was filmed some five weeks after this incident, by which time her hair had grown long enough to allow her to wear it down for a single scene.

* CreatorsFavoriteEpisode: Creator/LouiseJameson regards this as one of her best stories due to it being written by Creator/ChrisBoucher. It was however during the making of this serial that she decided to leave at the end of the series.

* TributeToFido: Creator/ChrisBoucher took inspiration from the work of archaeologist Louis Leakey, who had been excavating human remains for many years until his death in 1972. Boucher named Colby's dog Leakey as a tribute to him, although he later realised that people would miss the reference and assume the name came because "he pissed all over everything!" Creator/TerranceDicks' subsequent novelisation of the serial in fact gives both reasons for the name.

* InspirationForTheWork: Creator/ChrisBoucher was inspired by ''Film/QuatermassAndThePit'' and ''Literature/TheSirensOfTitan''. He also took inspiration from the work of archaeologist Louis Leakey, who had been excavating human remains for many years until his death in 1972. Boucher named Colby's dog Leakey as a tribute to him, although he later realised that people would miss the reference and assume the name came because "he pissed all over everything!" Creator/TerranceDicks' subsequent novelisation of the serial in fact gives both reasons for the name.

* InspirationForTheWork: Creator/ChrisBoucher was inspired by ''Film/QuatermassAndThePit'' and ''Literature/TheSirensOfTitan''. He also took inspiration from the work of archaeologist Louis Leakey who had been excavating human remains for many years until his death in 1972. Boucher named Colby's dog Leakey as a tribute to him, although later realised that people would miss the reference and assume the name came because "he pissed all over everything!" Creator/TerranceDicks' subsequent novelisation of the serial in fact gives both reasons for the name.

* CreatorBacklash: Creator/ChrisBoucher later admitted that there wasn't enough plot for four episodes.

** Scott Fredericks played a guerilla in "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS9E1DayOfTheDaleks Day of the Daleks]]".

** Creator/MichaelGough was amongst those considered for Dr. Fendahlman.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Max Stael was originally supposed to shoot himself on-camera, but this was rejected as being too dark.

** Wanda Ventham (Thea Ransome) had previously appeared in [[Recap/DoctorWhoS4E8TheFacelessOnes The Faceless Ones]].
** Scott Fredericks played a guerilla in [[Recap/DoctorWhoS9E1DayOfTheDaleks Day of the Daleks]].

* WrittenInAbsence: The script was written before it was known that K9 would be a main character. Rather than re-write the story to accommodate him, Creator/ChrisBoucher added a scene where he breaks down.

* YouLookFamiliar: Wanda Ventham (Thea Ransome) had previously appeared in [[Recap/DoctorWhoS4E8TheFacelessOnes The Faceless Ones]].