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* TrollingCreator: Russell T Davies inserted a line of dialogue where Rose says to the Doctor, "You're so gay!", deliberately intending to set off a heated discussion about homosexuality within fan circles. For the record, Davies himself is gay.
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** Creator/RussellTDavies originally had the "alien" and its shuttle found in a construction site. However, he realized early on the capabilities of CGI, and used it to create the destructive entrance of the ship. The ''alien'' was also changed o more than essentially a corpse which would turn out to be nothing more than a shank of beef.
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** Early on, Creator/RussellTDavies originally had the "alien" and its shuttle found in a construction site. However, he realized early on the capabilities of CGI, and used it to create the destructive entrance of the ship. The ''alien'' story was also changed o more than essentially a corpse which would turn out made to be nothing more than a shank of beef.action-y.
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* SerendipityWritesThePlot: The production team had intended to suggest that the murdered Prime Minister was UsefulNotes/TonyBlair. On the DVDCommentary for "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS27E5WorldWarThree World War Three]]", the producer Phil Collinson explained that they had hired an actor to play the dead body on the understanding that the man was a Blair impersonator. When the resemblance proved disappointing, they decided to avoid showing the body clearly.
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* SerendipityWritesThePlot: The production team had intended to suggest that the murdered Prime Minister was implied to be UsefulNotes/TonyBlair. On the DVDCommentary for "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS27E5WorldWarThree World War Three]]", the producer According to Phil Collinson Collinson, explained that they had hired an the actor to play the dead body on the understanding that the man was a hired, Roderick Mair, didn’t look like Blair impersonator. When the resemblance proved disappointing, they decided to avoid showing the enough, so his body clearly.was kept not in focus.
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** Originally, this episode featured the discovery of a buried "alien" spacecraft in a construction lot in Tottenham. It was only as production loomed that Creator/RussellTDavies began to realise what could be achieved with CGI, and so rewrote his scripts to provide greater scope for originally had the introduction of the "alien", with the ship's destructive crashlanding now part of the narrative. Davies also elected to feature a live "alien" and its shuttle found in a construction site. However, he realized early on the story, rather capabilities of CGI, and used it to create the destructive entrance of the ship. The ''alien'' was also changed o more than just essentially a corpse which would turn out to be nothing more than a shank of beef.
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** The "Bad Wolf" reference [[ArcWords that would echo throughout the rest of the season]] wasn’t included until by Davies to make the story more realistic.
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* RecycledSet: Mickey's flat is the same set as Jackie's and Rose's.
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* RecycledSet: Mickey's flat is the same set as Jackie's and Rose's. Well justified, since it's a council estate and the apartments are all going to be built on the same few designs.
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* CompletelyDifferentTitle: the French title is "L'humanité en péril" (Mankind in Peril)
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* ActingForTwo: Rupert Vansittart plays both the real General Asquith, and the Slitheen impersonating him by wearing his skin.
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** One of the military representatives at the conference is long-running ''Magazine/DoctorWhoMagazine'' character Muriel Frost. She was originally going to be addressed by name, but the line was cut as unnecessary and the only evidence remaining that it's her is her name-tag. She also [[DeathByCameo gets killed]]. This would also have made her the first [[CanonImmigrant immigrant from the Wilderness Years]] by miles, beating out Kate Stewart who wouldn't appear for another decade.
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* AwesomeDearBoy: Andrew Marr -- at the time the BBC's political editor -- likened his NewscasterCameo to being asked to carry the torch in a previously lost Shakespeare play.
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** Originally, the TARDIS brought Rose back home just minutes after she departed, much to her surprise - rather than arriving a year too late.
** Jackie was originally meant to accompany the Doctor and Rose to 10 Downing Street. Such a concept would later be adapted into "Army of Ghosts" / "Doomsday" (where Jackie accompanies the Doctor and Rose to the Torchwood offices).
** Originally, this episode featured the discovery of a buried "alien" spacecraft in a construction lot in Tottenham. It was only as production loomed that Creator/RussellTDavies began to realise what could be achieved with CGI, and so rewrote his scripts to provide greater scope for the introduction of the "alien", with the ship's destructive crashlanding now part of the narrative. Davies also elected to feature a live "alien" in the story, rather than just a corpse which would turn out to be nothing more than a shank of beef.
** Jackie was originally meant to accompany the Doctor and Rose to 10 Downing Street. Such a concept would later be adapted into "Army of Ghosts" / "Doomsday" (where Jackie accompanies the Doctor and Rose to the Torchwood offices).
** Originally, this episode featured the discovery of a buried "alien" spacecraft in a construction lot in Tottenham. It was only as production loomed that Creator/RussellTDavies began to realise what could be achieved with CGI, and so rewrote his scripts to provide greater scope for the introduction of the "alien", with the ship's destructive crashlanding now part of the narrative. Davies also elected to feature a live "alien" in the story, rather than just a corpse which would turn out to be nothing more than a shank of beef.
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** Originally, the TARDIS brought Rose back home just minutes after she departed, much to her surprise - — rather than arriving a year too late.
** Jackie was originally meant to accompany the Doctor and Rose to 10 Downing Street. Such a concept would later be adapted into [[Recap/DoctorWhoS28E12ArmyOfGhosts "Army ofGhosts" / "Doomsday" Ghosts"]]/[[Recap/DoctorWhoS28E13Doomsday "Doomsday"]] (where Jackie accompanies the Doctor and Rose to the Torchwood offices).
** Originally, this episode featured the discovery of a buried "alien" spacecraft in a construction lot in Tottenham. It was only as production loomed that Creator/RussellTDavies began to realise what could be achieved with CGI, and so rewrote his scripts to provide greater scope for the introduction of the "alien", with the ship's destructive crashlanding now part of the narrative. Davies also elected to feature a live "alien" in the story, rather than just a corpse which would turn out to be nothing more than a shank ofbeef.beef.
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** Jackie was originally meant to accompany the Doctor and Rose to 10 Downing Street. Such a concept would later be adapted into "Army of Ghosts" / "Doomsday" (where Jackie accompanies the Doctor and Rose to the Torchwood offices).
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** Jackie was originally meant to accompany the Doctor and Rose to 10 Downing Street.
** Originally, this episode featured the discovery of a buried "alien" spacecraft in a construction lot in Tottenham. It was only as production loomed that Creator/RussellTDavies began to realise what could be achieved with CGI, and so rewrote his scripts to provide greater scope for the introduction of the "alien", with the ship's destructive crashlanding now part of the narrative. Davies also elected to feature a live "alien" in the story, rather than just a corpse which would turn out to be nothing more than a shank of beef.
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** Originally, the TARDIS brought Rose back home just minutes after she departed, much to her surprise - rather than arriving a year too late.
** Jackie was originally meant to accompany the Doctor and Rose to 10 Downing Street.
** Originally, this episode featured the discovery of a buried "alien" spacecraft in a construction lot in Tottenham. It was only as production loomed that Creator/RussellTDavies began to realise what could be achieved with CGI, and so rewrote his scripts to provide greater scope for the introduction of the "alien", with the ship's destructive crashlanding now part of the narrative. Davies also elected to feature a live "alien" in the story, rather than just a corpse which would turn out to be nothing more than a shank of beef.
