The name 'Adric' was an anagram of that of physicist John Dirac.
Tom Baker's first words on being introduced to new co-star Matthew Waterhouse were allegedly "P**s off!"
Romana: Doctor, I don't want to spend the rest of my life on Gallifrey, after all this! The Doctor: Well, you can't fight Time Lords, Romana. Romana: You did, once. The Doctor: And lost.
DVD: Doctor Who: Full Circle released (along with State of Decay and Warriors' Gate) as part of Doctor Who: The E-Space Trilogy box set (BBCDVD 1835) in January 2009. Video: Doctor Who: Full Circle (BBCV 6230) released as part of the Doctor Who: The E-Space Trilogy box set (BBCV 6229) in October 1997. Released in U.S.A./Canada (Warner Home Video E1421) in July 1998.
Novelisation: Doctor Who - Full Circle by Andrew Smith (ISBN 0 426 20150 7) first published by W H Allen in 1982.
The coordinates that the Doctor gives K-9 for Gallifrey are the same he gave to Sutekh in Pyramids of Mars.
The working title for this story was The Planet that Slept.
First of a linked trilogy of E-Space stories, all of which coincidentally feature grounded spaceships and stagnant and/or cyclical cultures.
Writer Andrew Smith was a fan of the show whose only previous writing experience had been in the field of radio comedy.
First appearance of Matthew Waterhouse as Adric.
S 26 : Ep 11
Aired 11/15/89
S 26 : Ep 10
Aired 11/8/89
S 26 : Ep 9
Aired 11/1/89
S 26 : Ep 8
Aired 10/25/89
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