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* BillingDisplacement: The Doctor doesn't appear, yet Creator/WilliamHartnell is still credited. Creator/PeterPurves and Creator/MaureenOBrien are not. (Hartnell's contract stipulated that he would be credited every week, even if he did not appear in that episode. Purves and O'Brien did not have the same clause, although they ''were'' credited in the Radio Times listing).

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* BillingDisplacement: The Despite the Doctor doesn't appear, yet not starring, Creator/WilliamHartnell is still credited. Creator/PeterPurves and Creator/MaureenOBrien are not. (Hartnell's His contract stipulated that he would be credited every week, even if he did not appear in that episode. Purves and O'Brien did not have the same clause, although they ''were'' credited in the Radio Times listing).listing.



* WhatCouldHaveBeen:
** The episode was originally set on the planet Varga. The Varga plants themselves retained their original name, but now became artificial creations of the Daleks, brought to Kembel from Skaro, as opposed to a natural, indigenous form of life.
** The alien delegate Zephon was deleted from the script, presumably due to financial concerns.

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* WhatCouldHaveBeen:
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WhatCouldHaveBeen: The episode was originally set on reason the planet Varga. The Varga plants themselves retained their original are called such is because the planet was supposed to have the same name, but now became artificial creations of the Daleks, brought to Kembel from Skaro, as opposed to and be a natural, indigenous form of life.
** The alien delegate Zephon was deleted from the script, presumably due to financial concerns.
regular plant species.
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** Jeremy Young had previously played Kal in "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS1E1AnUnearthlyChild An Unearthly Child]]".
** Barry Jackson had previously appeared as Ascaris in "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS2E4TheRomans The Romans]]"
** Robert Cartland voiced the Rills in the preceding story "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS3E1Galaxy4 Galaxy 4]]"

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** Jeremy Young (Gordon Lowery) had previously played Kal in "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS1E1AnUnearthlyChild An Unearthly Child]]".
** Barry Jackson (Jeff Garvey) had previously appeared as Ascaris in "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS2E4TheRomans The Romans]]"
Romans]]".
** Robert Cartland (Malpha) voiced the Rills in the preceding story "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS3E1Galaxy4 Galaxy 4]]"4]]".

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* YouLookFamiliar: Barry Jackson had previously appeared as Ascaris in "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS2E4TheRomans The Romans]]" and Jeremy Young had previously played Kal in "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS1E1AnUnearthlyChild An Unearthly Child]]".

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* YouLookFamiliar: Barry Jackson had previously appeared as Ascaris in "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS2E4TheRomans The Romans]]" and YouLookFamiliar:
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Jeremy Young had previously played Kal in "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS1E1AnUnearthlyChild An Unearthly Child]]".
** Barry Jackson had previously appeared as Ascaris in "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS2E4TheRomans The Romans]]"
** Robert Cartland voiced the Rills in the preceding story "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS3E1Galaxy4 Galaxy 4]]"

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* BillingDisplacement: The Doctor doesn't appear, yet Creator/WilliamHartnell is still credited. Creator/PeterPurves and Maureen O'Brien are not. (Hartnell's contract stipulated that he would be credited every week, even if he did not appear in that episode. Purves and O'Brien did not have the same clause, although they ''were'' credited in the Radio Times listing.)

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* BillingDisplacement: The Doctor doesn't appear, yet Creator/WilliamHartnell is still credited. Creator/PeterPurves and Maureen O'Brien Creator/MaureenOBrien are not. (Hartnell's contract stipulated that he would be credited every week, even if he did not appear in that episode. Purves and O'Brien did not have the same clause, although they ''were'' credited in the Radio Times listing.)listing).
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* BillingDisplacement: The Doctor doesn't appear, yet Creator/WilliamHartnell is still credited. Peter Purves and Maureen O'Brien are not. (Hartnell's contract stipulated that he would be credited every week, even if he did not appear in that episode. Purves and O'Brien did not have the same clause, although they ''were'' credited in the Radio Times listing.)

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* BillingDisplacement: The Doctor doesn't appear, yet Creator/WilliamHartnell is still credited. Peter Purves Creator/PeterPurves and Maureen O'Brien are not. (Hartnell's contract stipulated that he would be credited every week, even if he did not appear in that episode. Purves and O'Brien did not have the same clause, although they ''were'' credited in the Radio Times listing.)
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** The unique status of "Mission to the Unknown" as a single-episode story featuring none of the main cast and only a handful of characters in total allowed for it to become the only missing episode to be completely recreated in live-action. For any other serial, this course of action would be prohibitively infeasible compared to animation or telesnap reconstructions.

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* MissingEpisode: One of only two standalone episodes from the original run (and the only one in the 25-minute format -- the other was the 90-minute anniversary special "The Five Doctors"), and managed to become one of the missing due to tape wiping.

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* MissingEpisode: One of only two standalone episodes from the original run (and the only one in the 25-minute format -- the other was the 90-minute anniversary special [[Recap/DoctorWho20thASTheFiveDoctors "The Five Doctors"), Doctors"]]), and managed to become one of the missing due to tape wiping.



* YouLookFamiliar: Barry Jackson had previously appeared as Ascaris in "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS2E4TheRomans The Romans]]" and Jeremy Young had previously played Kal in "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS1E1AnUnearthlyChild An Unearthly Child]]".

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* YouLookFamiliar: Barry Jackson had previously appeared as Ascaris in "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS2E4TheRomans The Romans]]" and Jeremy Young had previously played Kal in "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS1E1AnUnearthlyChild An Unearthly Child]]".Child]]".

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* MissingEpisode: One of only two standalone episodes from the original run, and managed to become one of the missing due to tape wiping.

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* MissingEpisode: One of only two standalone episodes from the original run, run (and the only one in the 25-minute format -- the other was the 90-minute anniversary special "The Five Doctors"), and managed to become one of the missing due to tape wiping.
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* BillingDisplacement: The Doctor doesn't appear, yet Creator/WilliamHartnell is still credited. Peter Purves and Maureen O'Brien are not.

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* BillingDisplacement: The Doctor doesn't appear, yet Creator/WilliamHartnell is still credited. Peter Purves and Maureen O'Brien are not. (Hartnell's contract stipulated that he would be credited every week, even if he did not appear in that episode. Purves and O'Brien did not have the same clause, although they ''were'' credited in the Radio Times listing.)
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* AbsenteeActor: The Doctor and his companions don't appear at all.

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* BillingDisplacement: The Doctor doesn't appear, yet Creator/WilliamHartnell is still credited. Peter Purves and Maureen O'Brien are not.



* WhatCouldHaveBeen: The episode was originally set on the planet Varga. The Varga plants themselves retained their original name, but now became artificial creations of the Daleks, brought to Kembel from Skaro, as opposed to a natural, indigenous form of life.

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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: WhatCouldHaveBeen:
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The episode was originally set on the planet Varga. The Varga plants themselves retained their original name, but now became artificial creations of the Daleks, brought to Kembel from Skaro, as opposed to a natural, indigenous form of life.



* YouLookFamiliar: Barry Jackson had previously appeared as Ascaris in [[Recap/DoctorWhoS2E4TheRomans The Romans]] and Jeremy Young had previously played Kal in [[Recap/DoctorWhoS1E1AnUnearthlyChild An Unearthly Child]].

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* YouLookFamiliar: Barry Jackson had previously appeared as Ascaris in [[Recap/DoctorWhoS2E4TheRomans "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS2E4TheRomans The Romans]] Romans]]" and Jeremy Young had previously played Kal in [[Recap/DoctorWhoS1E1AnUnearthlyChild "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS1E1AnUnearthlyChild An Unearthly Child]].Child]]".
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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: The episode was originally set on the planet Varga. The Varga plants themselves retained their original name, but now became artificial creations of the Daleks, brought to Kembel from Skaro, as opposed to a natural, indigenous form of life.
** The alien delegate Zephon was deleted from the script, presumably due to financial concerns.

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* MissingEpisode: One of only two standalone episodes from the original run, and managed to become one of the missing due to tape wiping.

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* AbsenteeActor: The Doctor and his companions don't appear at all.
* MissingEpisode: One of only two standalone episodes from the original run, and managed to become one of the missing due to tape wiping.wiping.
* WorkingTitle: ''Dalek Cutaway''.
* YouLookFamiliar: Barry Jackson had previously appeared as Ascaris in [[Recap/DoctorWhoS2E4TheRomans The Romans]] and Jeremy Young had previously played Kal in [[Recap/DoctorWhoS1E1AnUnearthlyChild An Unearthly Child]].
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* MissingEpisode: One of only two standalone episodes from the original run, and managed to become one of the missing due to tape wiping.

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