History Trivia / DoctorWhoS6E1TheDominators

** Haisman and Lincoln got a lot of bad blood over their story being rewritten and not even being able to give it an ending. Their attempt to make "the next Daleks" also made them get into debate over who had the merchandising rights to the Quarks. It ended with the duo never returning to write for ''Who'' and denying the use of their characters for [[Recap/DoctorWhoS6E3TheInvasion "The Invasion"]], a SequelEpisode to [[Recap/DoctorWhoS5E5TheWebOfFear "The Web of Fear"]]. This resulted in Professor Watkins and Isobel as {{Suspiciously Similar Substitute}}s.

* AlanSmithee: Mervyn Haisman and Henry Lincoln were so unhappy with the rewrites by Creator/DerrickSherwin that they took their names off the story and used the pseudonym "Norman Ashby".

** Original writers Mervyn Haisman and Henry Lincoln disliked the end result enough to take their names off the transmitted episodes; they never wrote another broadcast story again (they were in talks to write a third Yeti story, but negotiations broke down). The fallout of this (and disputes with the BBC over the ownership of the Quarks) also led to the pair refusing permission to let Professor Travers and Anne reappear in [[Recap/DoctorWhoS6E3TheInvasion "The Invasion"]], a SequelEpisode to [[Recap/DoctorWhoS5E5TheWebOfFear "The Web of Fear"]], resulting in them being replaced with Professor Watkins and Isobel as {{Suspiciously Similar Substitute}}s.

* CrossDressingVoices: Robot child example — the Quarks are CuteMachines portrayed by little boys. They were voiced by an adult woman doing a childlike voice with something of a public schoolboy sound.

** Was slated to be six episodes, but reduced to five because of major budget [=SNAFUs=] on the serial.[[note]]Originally as planned, the serial was supposed to be four episodes, and was to be a BottleEpisode to boot. However, Creator/TheBBC warmed to the story and expanded it to six episodes. However, the set design and costuming departments were still originally given a BottleEpisode budget -- according to the production note subtitles on the DVD, possibly as low as 450 pounds an episode, about the budget level of a period drama (which could draw from existing BBC wardrobe and stock sets, something Doctor Who usually couldn't). While Auntie Beeb later infused money into the serial to help realize the ambitious sets and the new Quark suits, there was no way to make six episodes financially viable. Haisman and Lincoln were basically told to stop writing Episode Six halfway through, which pissed them off no end, leading to the AlanSmithee situation, and to Derrick Sherwin and Terrance Dicks writing the majority of Episode Five to make it the finale after Haisman and Lincoln essentially pulled a ScrewThisImOutOfHere due to the BBC's demands.[[/note]] The resulting scramble to fill the slot resulted in the BottleEpisode approach of Episode One of [[Recap/DoctorWhoS6E2TheMindRobber "The Mind Robber"]].

* YouLookFamiliar: Brian Cant (Chairman Tensa) had previously played [[Recap/DoctorWhoS3E4TheDaleksMasterPlan Kert Gantry]].

** Original writers Mervyn Haisman and Henry Lincoln disliked the end result enough to take their names off the transmitted episodes; they never wrote another broadcast story again (they were in talks to write a third Yeti story, but negotiations broke down). The fallout of this also led to the pair refusing permission to let Professor Travers and Anne reappear in [[Recap/DoctorWhoS6E3TheInvasion "The Invasion"]], a SequelEpisode to [[Recap/DoctorWhoS5E5TheWebOfFear "The Web of Fear"]], resulting in them being replaced with Professor Watkins and Isobel as {{Suspiciously Similar Substitute}}s.

* CreatorBacklash: Original writers Mervyn Haisman and Henry Lincoln disliked the end result enough to take their names off the transmitted episodes, and never wrote another broadcast story again (they were in talks to write a third Yeti story, but negotiations broke down). Creator/PatrickTroughton himself didn't care for the story, either, even agreeing with a fan who found it dull. He reportedly warmed to it in his later years, to the point where he even requested that it be shown at the convention where he ultimately suffered a fatal heart attack.

** Was slated to be six episodes, but reduced to five because of major budget [=SNAFUs=] on the serial.[[note]]Originally as planned, the serial was supposed to be four episodes, and was to be a BottleEpisode to boot. However, Creator/TheBBC warmed to the story and expanded it to six episodes. However, the set design and costuming departments were still originally given a BottleEpisode budget -- according to the production note subtitles on the DVD, possibly as low as 450 pounds an episode, about the budget level of a period drama (which could draw from existing BBC wardrobe and stock sets, something Doctor Who usually couldn't). While Auntie Beeb later infused money into the serial to help realize the ambitious sets and the new Quark suits, there was no way to make six episodes financially viable. Haisman and Lincoln were basically told to stop writing Episode Six halfway through, which pissed them off no end, leading to the AlanSmithee situation, and to Derrick Sherwin and Terrance Dicks writing the majority of Episode Five to make it the finale after Haisman and Lincoln essentially pulled a ScrewThisImOutOfHere due to the BBC's demands.[[/note]] The resulting scramble to fill the slot resulted in the BottleEpisode approach of episode one of [[Recap/DoctorWhoS6E2TheMindRobber "The Mind Robber"]].

** Was slated to be six episodes, but reduced to five because of major budget [=SNAFUs=] on the serial.[[note]]Originally as planned, the serial was supposed to be four episodes, and was to be a BottleEpisode to boot. However, Creator/TheBBC warmed to the story and expanded it to six episodes. However, the set design and costuming departments were still originally given a BottleEpisode budget -- according to the production note subtitles on the DVD, possibly as low as 450 pounds an episode, about the budget level of a period drama (which could draw from existing BBC wardrobe and stock sets, something Doctor Who usually couldn't). While Auntie Beeb later infused money into the serial to help realize the ambitious sets and the new Quark suits, there was no way to make six episodes financially viable. Haisman and Lincoln were basically told to stop writing Episode Six halfway through, which pissed them off no end, leading to the AlanSmithee situation, and to Derrick Sherwin and Terrance Dicks writing the majority of Episode Five to make it the finale after Haisman and Lincoln essentially pulled a ScrewThisImOutOfHere due to the BBC's demands.[[/note]] The resulting scramble to fill the slot gave us one of the best ''Doctor Who'' episodes ever.
** When the BBC stopped junking episodes in 1978, part three was this. However, it was very quickly returned from the British Film Institute.

* AlanSmithee: Mervyn Haisman and Henry Lincoln were so unhappy with the rewrites by Derrick Sherwin that they took their names off the story and used the pseudonym "Norman Ashby".

** Was slated to be six episodes, but reduced to five because of major budget [=SNAFUs=] on the serial.[[note]]Originally as planned, the serial was supposed to be four episodes, and was to be a BottleEpisode to boot. However, Creator/TheBBC warmed to the story and expanded it to six episodes. However, the set design and costuming departments were still originally given a BottleEpisode budget -- according to the production note subtitles on the DVD, possibly as low as 450 pounds an episode, about the budget level of a period drama (which could draw from existing BBC wardrobe and stock sets, something Doctor Who usually couldn't). While Auntie Beeb later infused money into the serial to help realize the ambitious sets and the new Quark suits, there was no way to make six episodes financially viable. Haisman and Lincoln were basically told to stop writing episode six halfway through, which pissed them off no end, leading to the AlanSmithee situation, and to Derrick Sherwin and Terrance Dicks writing the majority of Episode Five to make it the finale after Haisman and Lincoln essentially pulled a ScrewThisImOutOfHere due to the BBC's demands.[[/note]] The resulting scramble to fill the slot gave us one of the best ''Doctor Who'' episodes ever.

* CreatorBacklash: Original writers Mervyn Haisman and Henry Lincoln disliked the end result enough to take their names off the transmitted episodes, and never wrote another broadcast story again (they were in talks to write a third Yeti story, but negotiations broke down). Creator/PatrickTroughton himself didn't care for the story, either, although he reportedly warmed to it in his later years, to the point where he even requested that it be shown at the convention where he ultimately suffered a fatal heart attack.

* CreatorBacklash: Original writers Mervyn Haisman and Henry Lincoln disliked the end result enough to take their names off the transmitted episodes, and never wrote another broadcast story again (they were in talks to write a third Yeti story, but negotiations broke down). Troughton himself didn't care for the story, either, although he reportedly warmed to it in his later years, to the point where he even requested that it be shown at the convention where he ultimately suffered a fatal heart attack.

** Was slated to be six episodes, but reduced to five because of major budget [=SNAFUs=] on the serial.[[note]]Originally as planned, the serial was supposed to be four episodes, and was to be a BottleEpisode to boot. However, the BBC warmed to the story and expanded it to six episodes. However, the set design and costuming departments were still originally given a BottleEpisode budget -- according to the production note subtitles on the DVD, possibly as low as 450 pounds an episode, about the budget level of a period drama (which could draw from existing BBC wardrobe and stock sets, something Doctor Who usually couldn't). While Auntie Beeb later infused money into the serial to help realize the ambitious sets and the new Quark suits, there was no way to make six episodes financially viable. Haisman and Lincoln were basically told to stop writing episode six halfway through, which pissed them off no end, leading to the AlanSmithee situation, and to Derrick Sherwin and Terrance Dicks writing the majority of Episode Five to make it the finale after Haisman and Lincoln essentially pulled a ScrewThisImOutOfHere due to the BBC's demands.[[/note]] The resulting scramble to fill the slot gave us one of the best ''Doctor Who'' episodes ever.

* CreatorBacklash: Original writers Mervyn Haisman and Henry Lincoln disliked the end result enough to take their names off the transmitted episodes, and never wrote another broadcast story again (they were in talks to write Creator/PatrickTroughton's regeneration story, but negotiations broke down). Troughton himself didn't care for the story, either, although he reportedly warmed to it in his later years, to the point where he even requested that it be shown at the convention where he ultimately suffered a fatal heart attack.

** Was originally intended to be six episodes, but reduced to five because of major budget [=SNAFUs=] on the serial.[[note]]Originally as planned, the serial was supposed to be four episodes, and was to be a BottleEpisode to boot. However, the BBC warmed to the story and expanded it to six episodes. However, the set design and costuming departments were still originally given a BottleEpisode budget -- according to the production note subtitles on the DVD, possibly as low as 450 pounds an episode, about the budget level of a period drama (which could draw from existing BBC wardrobe and stock sets, something Doctor Who usually couldn't). While Auntie Beeb later infused money into the serial to help realize the ambitious sets and the new Quark suits, there was no way to make six episodes financially viable. Haisman and Lincoln were basically told to stop writing episode six halfway through, which pissed them off no end, leading to the AlanSmithee situation, and to Derrick Sherwin and Terrance Dicks writing the majority of Episode Five to make it the finale after Haisman and Lincoln essentially pulled a ScrewThisImOutOfHere due to the BBC's demands.[[/note]] The resulting scramble to fill the slot gave us one of the best ''Doctor Who'' episodes ever.

** Was originally intended to be six episodes, but reduced to five because the production team got fed up with all the {{Author Filibuster}}s about how hippies were stupid. The resulting scramble to fill the slot gave us one of the best ''Doctor Who'' episodes ever.

* CrossDressingVoices: Robot child example - the Quarks are CuteMachines portrayed by little boys. They were voiced by an adult woman doing a childlike voice with something of a public schoolboy sound.
* MissingEpisode: Was originally intended to be six episodes, but reduced to five because the production team got fed up with all the {{Author Filibuster}}s about how hippies were stupid. The resulting scramble to fill the slot gave us one of the best ''Doctor Who'' episodes ever.

* CrosscastVoices: Robot child example - the Quarks are CuteMachines portrayed by little boys. They were voiced by an adult woman doing a childlike voice with something of a public schoolboy sound.

* YouLookFamiliar: Brian Cant (Chairman Tensa) had previously played [[Recap/DoctorWhoS3E4TheDaleksMasterPlan Kert Gantry]].

* CreatorBacklash: Original writers Mervyn Haisman and Henry Lincoln disliked the end result enough to take their names off the transmitted episodes, and never worked on the series again. Creator/PatrickTroughton didn't care for the story, either, although he reportedly warmed to it in his later years, to the point where he even requested that it be shown at the convention where he suffered a fatal heart attack.

* CreatorBacklash: See above.
** Creator/PatrickTroughton didn't care for the story, either.

* YouLookFamiliar: Brian Cant (Chairman Tensa) had previously played in [[Recap/DoctorWhoS3E4TheDaleksMasterPlan Kert Gantry]].

* YouLookFamiliar: Brian Cant (Chairman Tensa) had previously played Kert Gantry in [[Recap/DoctorWhoS3E4TheDaleksMasterPlan The Daleks' Master Plan]].

* AlanSmithee: Mervyn Haisman and Henry Lincoln were so unhappy with the rewrites by Derrick Sherwin that they took their names off the story and used the pseoudonym "Norman Ashby".

* FakeShemp: Creator/PatrickTroughton wasn't present for location filming; a body double, Chris Jeffries, filled in for a few scenes. His face is briefly visible in the final episode.

* YouLookFamiliar: Brian Cant (Chairman Tensa) had previously played Kert Gantry in the story Recap/DoctorWhoS3E4TheDaleksMasterPlan The Daleks' Master Plan.

* YouLookFamiliar: Brian Cant (Chairman Tensa) had previously played Kert Gantry in the story [[Recap/DoctorWho/S3E4TheDaleksMasterPlan The Daleks' Master Plan]].

** When the BBC stopped junking episodes in 1978, part three was this. However, it was very quickly returned from the British Film Institute.