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did you know she was married to the actor who plays the next incarnation of the Master (i.e. the crispy version in the Tom Baker story) at the time?

I didn't. Only that she was married and already pregnant while filming "Inferno".

Note that as opposed to the ST version, DW doesn't go for "everyone's evil selves are more sexualized"

I thought so as well, though I believe that the production team must definitely have watched "Mirror, Mirror" at some point, and then decided to do the exact opposite of Spock's beard thingie. Every character sporting a beard/mustache in the original verse (Stahlman, Sir Keith Gold, the Brigadier), is perfectly clean-shaven in the doomed AU. That can't be a coincidence ;)

As for Liz: Real world reasons for Caroline John's departure aside: I wonder how Liz would have reacted if she had ever gotten the chance to go into space with Three or one of the Doctor's later incarnations. Maybe Fivey taking her out for a spin, because he feels that he needs a sensible adult to co-parent... ;)