History Trivia / DoctorWhoS27E3TheUnquietDead

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: The original story had the Doctor and Rose visiting a hotel for psychics run by a Mrs. Plumchute. This was how they were supposed to meet Sneed, who was called Noah. However, Gatiss felt this version wasn’t good enough, so he heavily rewrote it. During that time, Plumchute and her hotel were ditched, more focus was on Gwyneth, and generally trying to lighten the episode’s tone due to Davies’ suggestion.

* AwesomeDearBoy: Creator/EveMyles was initially not supposed to film the episode as she was booked for another role in theatre. However, her agent notified Myles of the role and Myles' was keen to audition for the series due to its reputation and Christopher Eccleston being "one of my favourite actors of all time".

* NeverWorkWithChildrenOrAnimals: Small pieces of paper were sprayed as snow, which caused a problem as it scared the horses.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen:
** Gatiss' original script was bleaker and more frightening, including details about the previous death of Gwyneth's younger brother. He was advised by Creator/RussellTDavies to "make it more of a romp."
* WorkingTitle: ''The Crippingwell Horror'' and ''The Angels Of Crippingwell''.

** According to Creator/MarkGatiss, there was originally going to be a scene in which the Doctor was mistaken for Sneed's new cleaner. Someone would have stated, "I thought you'd be a woman" to which the Doctor replies "No, not yet", hinting that Time Lords can change sex. Would've become HilariousInHindsight when it turned out [[Creator/JodieWhittaker the 13th Doctor would be a woman]].

** At an early stage, under the title of "The Crippingwell Horror", the adventure was set at a "spiritualist hotel" owned by a Mrs Plumchute, and involved a psychic named Noah Sneed contacting the Gelth. The maid, Gwyneth, was a much more minor character at this stage; her brother, Davy, was interred at the nearby Crippingwell Cemetery.
** Gabriel Sneed was initially conceived to be a younger character, with Creator/DavidTennant in mind for the role (which would have been HilariousInHindsight as well).
** Several characters were introduced and subsequently excised, including Mrs Sneed (who became superfluous as Gatiss strived to focus on Gwyneth) and a fake medium named Gideon Mortlock (who survived only in Gwyneth's mention of learning how to conduct a séance from a Madame Mortlock).
** During the scene in which the Doctor and Dickens are talking in the coach, the driver was supposed to shout down to them (referencing a Dickens work) and the coach was to crash, but this was too expensive.
** There was originally a scene where the Doctor responds to Rose's assertion that recorded history can't be altered by taking her to a devastated 2005, inspired by a similar scene in "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS13E3PyramidsOfMars Pyramids of Mars]]". Drawing the eerie depiction of George's travel through time in ''Film/TheTimeMachine1960'', Gatiss scripted this to show the TARDIS scanner filling with Gelth-animated zombies as time marched on. However, it was ultimately felt that the return to the TARDIS interrupted the flow of the story too much and so the scene was removed, with the threat to the future now established through dialogue between the Doctor and Rose.

* CaliforniaDoubling: Despite the main studio for BBC Wales being in Cardiff, this episode, set in Cardiff, was actually filmed in Swansea.

* IronyAsSheIsCast: Location variant. Despite the main studio for BBC Wales being in Cardiff, this episode, set in Cardiff, was actually filmed in Swansea.

* RecastAsARegular: Creator/EveMyles plays Gwyneth Cooper and then became a future relative of that character as ''Series/{{Torchwood}}'' lead Gwen.

** Gabriel Sneed was initially conceived to be a younger character, with Creator/DavidTennant in mind for the role.

** Several characters were introduced and subsequently excised, including Mrs Sneed (who became superfluous as Gatiss strived to focus on Gwyneth) and a fake medium named Gideon Mortlock (who survived only in Gwyneth's mention of learning how to conduct a seance from a Madame Mortlock).

* CastingGag: Simon Callow is a Dickensian scholar and has played Creator/CharlesDickens on several other programs.

* CompletelyDifferentTitle: The hungarian title of this episode is the ''Testrablók'' (Body Robbers).

** There was originally a scene where the Doctor responds to Rose's assertion that recorded history can't be altered by taking her to a devastated 2005, inspired by a similar scene in "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS13E3PyramidsOfMars Pyramids of Mars]]". Drawing the eerie depiction of George's travel through time in ''Film/TheTimeMachine1960'', Gatiss scripted this to show the TARDIS scanner filling with Gelth-animated zombies as time marched on. However, it was ultimately felt that the return to the TARDIS interrupted the flow of the story too much and so the scene was removed, with the threat to the future now established through dialogue between the Doctor and Rose.

* CompletelyDifferentTitle: The hungarian title of this episode is the ''Testrablók'' (Body Robbers)

* DevelopmentGag: The RunningGag about Cardiff being a FateWorseThanDeath is an affectionate little jab, since they film in Cardiff.

** According to Creator/MarkGatiss, there was originally going to be a scene in which the Doctor was mistaken for Sneed's new cleaner. Someone would have stated, "I thought you'd be a woman" to which the Doctor replies "No, not yet", hinting that Time Lords can change sex. Would've become HilariousInHindsight when it turned out [[Creator/JodieWhitaker the 13th Doctor would be a woman]].

** According to Creator/MarkGatiss, there was originally going to be a scene in which the Doctor was mistaken for Sneed's new cleaner. Someone would have stated, "I thought you'd be a woman" to which the Doctor replies "No, not yet", hinting that Time Lords can change sex. Would've become HilariousInHindsight when it turned out [[Creator/JodieWhitakker the 13th Doctor would be a woman]].

** According to Creator/MarkGatiss, there was originally going to be a scene in which the Doctor was mistaken for Sneed's new cleaner. Someone would have stated, "I thought you'd be a woman" to which the Doctor replies "No, not yet", hinting that Time Lords can change sex. Would've become HilariousInHindsight when it turned out the 13th Doctor would be a woman.

** According to Creator/MarkGatiss, there was originally going to be a scene in which the Doctor was mistaken for Sneed's new cleaner. Someone would have stated, "I thought you'd be a woman" to which the Doctor replies "No, not yet", hinting that Time Lords can change sex.

* DevelopmentGag: The RunningGag about Cardiff being a FateWorseThanDeath is an affectionate little jab, since they film in Cardiff.

* CastingGag: Simon Callow is a Dickensian scholar and has played Creator/CharlesDickens on several other programs.