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2	* ActorInspiredElement: Professor Kettlewell's EinsteinHair was a suggestion from Edward Burnham, as his hair actually did go like that naturally if he grew it out long enough.
3	* {{Corpsing}}: Sarah has to stand still and look serious while the Doctor interrogates Kettlewell about the robot he thinks is killing people. Their conversation is serious but the Doctor is pulling ridiculously intense, bulging-eyed faces in order to make Sarah laugh, which she can't resist, and which he clearly gets a lot of pleasure out of.
4	* DevelopmentGag: The recently regenerated Doctor is happy to see his new nose, regarding it as an improvement. Creator/TerranceDicks added this in as a friendly jab at Creator/JonPertwee, who was hugely sensitive about his big nose and refused to be shot from certain angles because of it, so that Tom Baker's own beaky nose was still an improvement.
5	* FirstAppearance: Of Harry Sullivan.
6	* InspirationForTheWork: Creator/TerranceDicks was inspired by ''Film/{{King Kong\|1933}}'' to write a story about a sympathetic monster.
7	* PropRecycling: The King of Hearts outfit that the Doctor wears in his CostumeTestMontage originates from a 1972 musical version of ''Literature/AlicesAdventuresInWonderland'', although he's wearing it with the hat worn by the Knave of Hearts (presumably because of his unusually large hat size).
8	* RealitySubtext: Much as the Fourth Doctor enjoys fighting the robot, he is clearly bored out of his mind with having to be in UNIT, snoozing with his hat over his eyes or talking over everyone else during the exposition scenes and even having a mini-meltdown at the end about how he refuses to go on like this. The creators were getting sick of how [[ArcFatigue UNIT limited the space-time travel premise of the show]], and the Doctor's boredom is a metaphor for their own boredom and a plea to [[RevisitingTheRoots get the audience back into space again]].
9	* RecycledScript: Creator/TerranceDicks drew on ''Series/{{The Avengers\|1960s}}'' episode "The Mauritius Penny", which he co-wrote with Creator/MalcolmHulke, most notably for the scenes in which Sarah Jane infiltrates the meeting of the Scientific Reform Society.
10	* WhatCouldHaveBeen:
11	** [[Series/WaitingForGod Graham Crowden]] was the first choice for the [[Characters/DoctorWhoFourthDoctor Fourth Doctor]] before the casting of Creator/TomBaker. However, Crowden turned down the offer as he didn't wish to commit to a long-running series. Crowden would later go on to portray Soldeed in [[Recap/DoctorWhoS17E5TheHornsOfNimon "The Horns of Nimon"]].
12	*** Creator/JimDale, Creator/MichaelBentine, [[Series/{{Porridge}} Fulton Mackay]] and Creator/BernardCribbins were also considered for the role of the Fourth Doctor before the casting of Baker. Mackay and Cribbins previously played Dr. Quinn and [[{{Expy}} Tom]] in [[Recap/DoctorWhoS7E2DoctorWhoAndTheSilurians “Doctor Who and the Silurians”]] and ''Film/DaleksInvasionEarth2150AD'' respectively. Cribbins would go on to portray Wilfred Mott in the modern series.
13	** Creator/ColinBaker was considered for the part of Arnold Jellicoe. Baker would go on to portray the [[Characters/DoctorWhoSixthDoctor Sixth Doctor]].
14	** Creator/TomBaker thought it would be a great idea for the robot to sing "There's An Old Mill by the Breeze", as the actor, Michael Kilgarriff, had a lot of knowledge of music hall songs. He decided against suggesting this to Creator/BarryLetts.
15	** Harry Sullivan's character came about because the original intention for the Fourth Doctor was to go back to the First Doctor's archetype, a much older "thinker," who needed the help of the younger characters. Indeed, [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Hearne Richard "Mr. Pastry" Hearne]] was at the top of the list. When the 40-year-old Tom Baker was cast, however, the character of Harry slowly fell into irrelevance.
16	* WorkingTitle: ''The Giant Robot''.
17	* YouLookFamiliar:
18	** Creator/IanMarter had previously played Lt. Andrews in [[Recap/DoctorWhoS10E2CarnivalOfMonsters "Carnival of Monsters"]]
19	** Edward Burnham (Professor Kettlewell) previously played [[Recap/DoctorWhoS6E3TheInvasion Professor Watkins]].
20	** The part of the K1 robot is played by Michael Kilgarriff, who had played another robotic part as the Cyber Controller in [[Recap/DoctorWhoS5E1TheTombOfTheCybermen "The Tomb of the Cybermen"]].
21	** Alec Linstead (Arnold Jellicoe) previously played [[Recap/DoctorWhoS8E5TheDaemons Private Osgood]].
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