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** One of the chairs in Lamia's room is the same as one of the chairs at Mehendri Solon's table in "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS13E5TheBrainOfMorbius The Brain of Morbius]]".

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** One of the chairs in Lamia's room is the same as one of the chairs a different chair at Mehendri Solon's table in "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS13E5TheBrainOfMorbius The Brain of Morbius]]".



* WhatCouldHaveBeen: David Fisher had hoped that Tara might be populated by animals resembling creatures of legend, such as unicorns (which might be natural or mechanical), and originally envisaged Till as a dwarf rather than a hunchback.

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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: David Fisher had hoped that the planet Tara might be populated was inhabited by animals resembling creatures of legend, such as unicorns (which might be natural or mechanical), and that looked like legendary creatures, including Unicorns. This was dropped for being too expensive, along with direct references to it's inspiration ''Literature/ThePrisonerOfZenda''. Till was also originally envisaged Till as a dwarf rather than instead of a hunchback.

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* ActingForTwo: Mary Tamm plays four roles in this story: Romana, Princess Strella and their respective android doubles.
* ActorInspiredElement: Mary Tamm herself designed Romana's distinctive purple outfit after the originally planned costume by Doreen James proved to be made of scratchy tweed.

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* ActingForTwo: Mary Tamm Creator/MaryTamm plays four roles in this story: Romana, Princess Strella and their respective android doubles.
* ActorInspiredElement: Mary Tamm Creator/MaryTamm herself designed Romana's distinctive purple outfit after the originally planned costume by Doreen James proved to be made of scratchy tweed.



* StuntDouble: Although Mary Tamm was a skilled horse-rider, she refused to do the horse-riding sequence herself because she could not wear a helmet and felt that the potential of an accident was too great.

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* StuntDouble: Although Mary Tamm Creator/MaryTamm was a skilled horse-rider, she refused to do the horse-riding sequence herself because she could not wear a helmet and felt that the potential of an accident was too great.
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* CreatorsFavorite: David Fisher was very proud of Count Grendel, and decided to have him escape death at the climax so that he might potentially be brought back for a return appearance (although, in the event, no such story was ever formally planned).

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* CreatorsFavorite: CreatorsFavourite: David Fisher was very proud of Count Grendel, and decided to have him escape death at the climax so that he might potentially be brought back for a return appearance (although, in the event, no such story was ever formally planned).

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* ActingForTwo: Mary Tamm plays four roles in this story: Romana, Princess Strella and their android doubles.

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* ActingForTwo: Mary Tamm plays four roles in this story: Romana, Princess Strella and their respective android doubles.

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* InspirationForTheWork: The story was heavily inspired by ''Literature/ThePrisonerOfZenda''.


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* StuntDouble: Although Mary Tamm was a skilled horse-rider, she refused to do the horse-riding sequence herself because she could not wear a helmet and felt that the potential of an accident was too great.
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* ActorInspiredElement: Mary Tamm designed Romana's distinctive purple outfit after the originally planned costume proved unsuitable.

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* ActorInspiredElement: Mary Tamm herself designed Romana's distinctive purple outfit after the originally planned costume by Doreen James proved unsuitable.to be made of scratchy tweed.
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* The imperial throne is Tim’s chair from Series/TheGoodies.

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* ** The imperial throne is Tim’s chair from Series/TheGoodies.
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* The imperial throne is Tim’s chair from Series/TheGoodies.
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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: David Fisher had hoped that Tara might be populated by animals resembling creatures of legend, such as unicorns (which might be natural or mechnical), and originally envisaged Till as a dwarf rather than a hunchback.

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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: David Fisher had hoped that Tara might be populated by animals resembling creatures of legend, such as unicorns (which might be natural or mechnical), mechanical), and originally envisaged Till as a dwarf rather than a hunchback.

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* WorkingTitle: ''The Androids Of Zenda'', ''The Androids Of Zend'', ''The Prisoners Of Zend'' and ''The Seeds of Time''.

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* WorkingTitle: ''The Androids Of of Zenda'', ''The Androids Of of Zend'', ''The Prisoners Of of Zend'' and ''The Seeds of Time''.


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* CreatorsFavorite: David Fisher was very proud of Count Grendel, and decided to have him escape death at the climax so that he might potentially be brought back for a return appearance (although, in the event, no such story was ever formally planned).
* InspirationForTheWork: The story was heavily inspired by ''Literature/ThePrisonerOfZenda''.



** Simon Lack had previously appeared as [[Recap/DoctorWhoS8E2TheMindOfEvil Professor Kettering]].

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** Simon Lack had previously appeared as [[Recap/DoctorWhoS8E2TheMindOfEvil Professor Kettering]].Kettering]].
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* PropRecycling: One of the chairs in Lamia's room is the same as one of the chairs at Mehendri Solon's table in "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS13E5TheBrainOfMorbius The Brain of Morbius]]".

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* PropRecycling: PropRecycling:
** The faceless android is based on the robot head used for the Sarah Jane robot in "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS13E4TheAndroidInvasion The Android Invasion]]".
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One of the chairs in Lamia's room is the same as one of the chairs at Mehendri Solon's table in "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS13E5TheBrainOfMorbius The Brain of Morbius]]".
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* NoBudget: The Taran woodbeast was due to there being no money in the budget for a bear costume to be made and costume designer Doreen James had to hire a bear costume from a costumer.

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* PropRecycling: One of the chairs in Lamia's room is the same as one of the chairs at Mehendri Solon's table in "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS13E5TheBrainOfMorbius The Brain of Morbius]]".



* YouLookFamiliar: Peter Jeffrey previously played the colony pilot in [[Recap/DoctorWhoS4E7TheMacraTerror The Macra Terror]].
** Declan Mulholland previously played Clark in [[Recap/DoctorWhoS9E3TheSeaDevils The Sea Devils]].

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* YouLookFamiliar: YouLookFamiliar:
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Peter Jeffrey previously played the colony pilot in [[Recap/DoctorWhoS4E7TheMacraTerror "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS4E7TheMacraTerror The Macra Terror]].Terror]]".
** Declan Mulholland previously played Clark in [[Recap/DoctorWhoS9E3TheSeaDevils The Sea Devils]].Clark]].



** Simon Lack had previously appeared as Professor Kettering in [[Recap/DoctorWhoS8E2TheMindOfEvil The Mind of Evil]].

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** Simon Lack had previously appeared as Professor Kettering in [[Recap/DoctorWhoS8E2TheMindOfEvil The Mind of Evil]].Professor Kettering]].
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* YouLookFamiliar: Peter Jeffrey previously played the colony pilot in [[Recap/DoctorWhoS4E7TheMacraTerrror The Macra Terror]].

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* YouLookFamiliar: Peter Jeffrey previously played the colony pilot in [[Recap/DoctorWhoS4E7TheMacraTerrror [[Recap/DoctorWhoS4E7TheMacraTerror The Macra Terror]].



** This is Cyril Shaps' fourth and final appearance in ''Doctor Who'', the others being [[Recap/DoctorWhoS5E1TheTombOfTheCybermen The Tomb of the Cybermen]], [[Recap/DoctorWhoS7E3TheAmbassadorsOfDeath The Ambassadors of Death]] and [[Recap/DoctorWhoS11E5PlanetOfTheSpiders Planet of the Spiders]]. It is his only appearance in which his character is not killed.

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** This The Archimandrite is Cyril Shaps' fourth and final appearance in ''Doctor Who'', Professor Clegg, the others being [[Recap/DoctorWhoS5E1TheTombOfTheCybermen The Tomb ill-fated psychic from the beginning of "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS11E5PlanetOfTheSpiders Planet of the Cybermen]], [[Recap/DoctorWhoS7E3TheAmbassadorsOfDeath Spiders]]". And Lennox, the ill-fated physicist from "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS7E3TheAmbassadorsOfDeath The Ambassadors of Death]] and [[Recap/DoctorWhoS11E5PlanetOfTheSpiders Planet Death]]". And Viner, the ill-fated archaeologist from "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS5E1TheTombOfTheCybermen The Tomb of the Spiders]]. It is his only appearance in which his character is not killed. Cybermen]]". Finding religion and steering clear of professors turns out to be a good move: he survives to the end of this one.
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* ActingForTwo: Mary Tamm plays four roles in this story: Romana, Princess Strella and their android doubles.
* ActorInspiredElement: Mary Tamm designed Romana's distinctive purple outfit after the originally planned costume proved unsuitable.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: David Fisher had hoped that Tara might be populated by animals resembling creatures of legend, such as unicorns (which might be natural or mechnical), and originally envisaged Till as a dwarf rather than a hunchback.
* WorkingTitle: ''The Androids Of Zenda'', ''The Androids Of Zend'', ''The Prisoners Of Zend'' and ''The Seeds of Time''.
* YouLookFamiliar: Peter Jeffrey previously played the colony pilot in [[Recap/DoctorWhoS4E7TheMacraTerrror The Macra Terror]].
** Declan Mulholland previously played Clark in [[Recap/DoctorWhoS9E3TheSeaDevils The Sea Devils]].
** This is Cyril Shaps' fourth and final appearance in ''Doctor Who'', the others being [[Recap/DoctorWhoS5E1TheTombOfTheCybermen The Tomb of the Cybermen]], [[Recap/DoctorWhoS7E3TheAmbassadorsOfDeath The Ambassadors of Death]] and [[Recap/DoctorWhoS11E5PlanetOfTheSpiders Planet of the Spiders]]. It is his only appearance in which his character is not killed.
** Simon Lack had previously appeared as Professor Kettering in [[Recap/DoctorWhoS8E2TheMindOfEvil The Mind of Evil]].

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