This episode overran. To compensate, several segments were removed or trimmed, including some material from the courtroom. This included what should have been the second trial scene, in which the Valeyard observes the Doctor revealing confidential Gallifreyan information to Peri and the Inquisitor asks the Doctor why he visited Ravolox in the first place. A later loss was the Valeyard's pronouncement that Humker and Tandrell would have repaired the system problem themselves were it not for the Doctor's interference, and the Doctor noting that the situation on Ravolox had endangered the entire universe.
Glitz gets to repeat the Brigadier's immortal line from The Dæmons: Episode Five (1971), ...."Five rounds rapid".
After Doctor Who (2005) returned to television, Lynda Bellingham stated that she really enjoyed her time on the classic show, and would have loved to return playing the same character.
This episode was watched by 3.7 million viewers on its original transmission.
The 2019 Season 23 Blu Ray box set extended/alternate version of this episode (on Bonus Disc 1) is 25 minutes 45 seconds.