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The story was originally commissioned as ''Planet of the Daleks'', but during production it briefly changed to ''Destination: Daleks''.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/4scrVNf2Vxl2Qc0zLHMS7v8/the-fourth-dimension |title=The Fourth Dimension |publisher=BBC |access-date=16 July 2015}}</ref> Episodes 2 & 4 do not feature a reprise of the previous episode's cliffhanger ending, while the reprises in Episodes 3 and 5 are re-performances. Though this latter technique was commonplace in 1960s episodes, by this time in the programme's history it was an approach almost never used.
The [[Dalek variants#Dalek Supreme|Dalek Supreme]] in this story was a modified prop from the film ''[[Daleks' Invasion Earth 2150 A.D.]]'' (1966) that had been given to Terry Nation. Its eyestalk has been replaced with a conventional torch, which flashes when it speaks.<ref>https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/4scrVNf2Vxl2Qc0zLHMS7v8/the-fourth-dimension</ref>
For many years Episode 3 of the serial existed in the BBC Archives only as a black-and-white 16mm [[telerecording]], as the 625-line colour [[PAL]] transmission master videotape for that episode was wiped for reuse by the BBC in 1976. Episode 3 was restored to full colour in 2008, using a combination of computer colourisation by [[Legend Films]] with software developed by the Colour Recovery Working Group.<ref>http://colour-recovery.wikispaces.com Colour Recovery Working Group website</ref> This version was released on DVD in 2009. The colour masters for the other five episodes are still extant.<ref>
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