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Synopsis

The Doctor confronts Magnus Greel with the key to Greel's Time Cabinet

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Notes

1. Working titles for this story included The Talons of Greel.
2. This was the final Doctor Who story to feature producer Philip Hinchcliffe, who went on to a successful television career. The Hinchcliffe era has been hailed by many fans to have been the Golden age of Doctor Who. Hinchcliffe was succeeded by Graham Williams as the series producer, who sat in on this story's production.
3. This story debuted John Nathan-Turner as the series production unit manager. JNT would eventually succeed Williams as the show's producer from 1979 to 1989.
4. A large pile of straw seen in one scene was placed there to cover a modern car that had not been moved off of the street.
5. Deep Roy, who played Mr. Sin, guest starred later in The Trial of a Time Lord: Mindwarp. He also played all the Oompa-Loompas in the 2005 film of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, and has had a number of other American film roles.
6. The Virgin Missing Adventures spin off novel The Shadow of Weng-Chiang by David A. McIntee is a sequel to this story, and again features Mr Sin.
7. The Doctor encounters Professor Litefoot again in the Eighth Doctor Adventures novel The Bodysnatchers by Mark Morris.
8. The production team briefly considered giving Jago and Litefoot their own spin-off series.
9. John Bennett makes a guest appearance as Chang. Bennett had previously appeared in Invasion of the Dinosaurs (1974).
10. Leela, who had been considered to be merely a recurring character at this point, was made a regular companion despite objections by Tom Baker who wanted to continue without an assistant.
11. This story was released on DVD in the UK in April of 2003 in a two-disc set as part of the Doctor Who 40th Anniversary Celebration releases, representing the Tom Baker years, with many extra features.

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External links

• Cast and Crew list, on the BBC website