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2	* ActingForTwo: Rupert Vansittart plays both the real General Asquith, and the Slitheen impersonating him by wearing his skin.
3	* 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.
4	* CompletelyDifferentTitle: the French title is "L'humanité en péril" (Mankind in Peril)
5	* 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.
6	* SerendipityWritesThePlot: The murdered Prime Minister was implied to be UsefulNotes/TonyBlair. According to Phil Collinson, explained that the actor hired, Roderick Mair, didn’t look like Blair enough, so his body was kept not in focus.
7	* 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.
8	* WhatCouldHaveBeen:
9	** There was supposed to be no TimeSkip. Rose would’ve shown up a few minutes after she left rather than a year.
10	** 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 of Ghosts"]]/[[Recap/DoctorWhoS28E13Doomsday "Doomsday"]] (where Jackie accompanies the Doctor and Rose to the Torchwood offices).
11	** Early on, Creator/RussellTDavies 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 story was also made to be more action-y.
12	** 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.
13	** 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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