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* CreatorBacklash: Bob Baker was unhappy at the inclusion of the Master, as he felt that he didn't fit well in the established plot.

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* CreatorBacklash: Bob Baker was unhappy at the inclusion of the Master, as he felt that he was shoehorned in and didn't fit well in the established plot.



** Bob Baker and Dave Martin originally pitched this as a seven-part story featuring the Second Doctor. It involved evil aliens who land in Hyde Park in a skull-shaped spacecraft, and featured spaceship battles and even a giant carrot crashing into the park. The production team loved the story, but had it scaled down on account of impracticality and budget.
** The use of Axonite was to have been demonstrated using a rat instead of a toad.

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** Bob Baker and Dave Martin originally pitched this as a seven-part story called ''The Gift'', featuring the Second Doctor. It involved evil aliens who land in Hyde Park in a skull-shaped spacecraft, and featured spaceship battles and even a giant carrot crashing into the park. The production team loved the story, but had it scaled down on account of impracticality and budget.
** The use of Axonite was to have been demonstrated using a rat instead of a toad.
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** John Hicks had previously operated [[Recap/DoctorWhoS6E1TheDominators a Quark]].
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* ActingForTwo: Bernard Holley (Axon Man) also provided the Voice of Axos, but was uncredited on-screen.

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* ActingForTwo: Bernard Holley (Axon Man) also provided the Voice of the Eye of Axos, but was uncredited on-screen.
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* FakeAmerican: Welsh Paul Grist as American Bill Filer.

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* FakeAmerican: Welsh actor Paul Grist as American Bill Filer.
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* SerendipityWritesThePlot: During location filming, the weather proved highly variable, ranging from snow at the start of the week, through fog and finally to sunshine on the final day. To explain the inconsistency, Creator/TerranceDicks assigned a new line of dialogue to Corporal Bell which noted that Axos' arrival had prompted “freak weather conditions”.

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** Bernard Holley had been last seen in [[Recap/DoctorWhoS5E1TheTombOfTheCybermen Tomb of the Cybermen]].
** Peter Bathurst had previously played [[Recap/DoctorWhoS4E3ThePowerOfTheDaleks Hensell]].

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** Bernard Holley had been last seen in [[Recap/DoctorWhoS5E1TheTombOfTheCybermen "The Tomb of the Cybermen]].
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** Peter Bathurst had previously played [[Recap/DoctorWhoS4E3ThePowerOfTheDaleks Hensell]].Hensell]].

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* ActingForTwo: Bernard Holley (Axon Man) also provided the Voice of Axos, but was uncredited on-screen.



* RealLifeWritesThePlot: During location filiming, the weather proved highly variable, ranging from snow at the start of the week, through fog and finally to sunshine on the final day. To explain the inconsistency, Creator/TerranceDicks assigned a new line of dialogue to Corporal Bell which noted that Axos' arrival had prompted “freak weather conditions”.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Bob Baker and Dave Martin originally pitched this as a seven-part story featuring the Second Doctor. It involved evil aliens who land in Hyde Park in a skull-shaped spacecraft, and featured spaceship battles and even a giant carrot crashing into the park. The production team loved the story, but had it scaled down on account of impracticality and budget.

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* RealLifeWritesThePlot: SerendipityWritesThePlot: During location filiming, filming, the weather proved highly variable, ranging from snow at the start of the week, through fog and finally to sunshine on the final day. To explain the inconsistency, Creator/TerranceDicks assigned a new line of dialogue to Corporal Bell which noted that Axos' arrival had prompted “freak weather conditions”.
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Bob Baker and Dave Martin originally pitched this as a seven-part story featuring the Second Doctor. It involved evil aliens who land in Hyde Park in a skull-shaped spacecraft, and featured spaceship battles and even a giant carrot crashing into the park. The production team loved the story, but had it scaled down on account of impracticality and budget.



* YouLookFamiliar: Bernard Holley had been last seen in [[Recap/DoctorWhoS5E1TheTombOfTheCybermen Tomb of the Cybermen]].
** Peter Bathurst had previously played Hensell in [[Recap/DoctorWhoS4E3ThePowerOfTheDaleks Power of the Daleks]].

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* YouLookFamiliar: YouLookFamiliar:
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Bernard Holley had been last seen in [[Recap/DoctorWhoS5E1TheTombOfTheCybermen Tomb of the Cybermen]].
** Peter Bathurst had previously played Hensell in [[Recap/DoctorWhoS4E3ThePowerOfTheDaleks Power of the Daleks]].Hensell]].
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* RealLifeWritesThePlot: During location filiming, the weather proved highly variable, ranging from snow at the start of the week, through fog and finally to sunshine on the final day. To explain the inconsistency, Creator/TerranceDicks assigned a new line of dialogue to Corporal Bell which noted that Axos' arrival had prompted “freak weather conditions”.

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* FakeAmerican: Welsh Paul Grist as American Bill Filer.

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* CreatorBacklash: Bob Baker was unhappy at the inclusion of the Master, as he felt that he didn't fit well in the established plot.
* FakeAmerican: Welsh Paul Grist as American Bill Filer.Filer.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Bob Baker and Dave Martin originally pitched this as a seven-part story featuring the Second Doctor. It involved evil aliens who land in Hyde Park in a skull-shaped spacecraft, and featured spaceship battles and even a giant carrot crashing into the park. The production team loved the story, but had it scaled down on account of impracticality and budget.
** The use of Axonite was to have been demonstrated using a rat instead of a toad.
** Scenes cut from the script include a MeetCute between Jo and Bill and the Brigadier daydreaming of having Chinn taken out the back and shot through the head.
* WorkingTitle: ''The Gift'', ''The Friendly Invasion'', ''The Axons'' and ''The Vampire From Space''.
* YouLookFamiliar: Bernard Holley had been last seen in [[Recap/DoctorWhoS5E1TheTombOfTheCybermen Tomb of the Cybermen]].
** Peter Bathurst had previously played Hensell in [[Recap/DoctorWhoS4E3ThePowerOfTheDaleks Power of the Daleks]].
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* FakeAmerican: Welsh Paul Grist as American Bill Filer.

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