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===Filming and post-production=== The exterior scenes were shot on the [[Stargroves]] estate in [[Hampshire]], a Victorian mansion noted for its ornate, [[Gothic revival architecture|Gothic revival]] style of architecture which was owned by [[Mick Jagger]] at the time.{{sfn|Wright|2016|p=51}} The interior shots, as well as model filming, took place in the [[BBC Television Centre]].{{sfn|Wright|2016|p=59}} Exterior scenes were filmed between 29 May and 2 June, and the interior shots between 7 May and 3 June.{{sfn|Wright|2016|p=59}} Tom Baker and Elisabeth Sladen improvised and added a number of moments in this story, most notably a scene in Part Four where the Doctor and Sarah Jane start to walk out of their hiding place and then when they see a mummy, quickly dart back into it. Baker based the scene on a [[Marx Brothers]] routine. {{sfn|Wright|2016|p=57}} Sarah Jane wears a dress which the Doctor says belonged to former companion [[Victoria Waterfield]].<ref name="BBC"/> A number of scenes used the [[colour-separation overlay]] (CSO) system, including the sarcophagus, which was made to look like it was pulsating with energy; to show the ravaged Earth and the Egyptians settings; and for Sutekh's monitoring systems. It was also used to insert eerie glowing as well as bizarre, swirling patterns to the background.{{sfn|Wright|2016|pp=57,58}} The flame effect at the end of the serial was achieved by using CSO effects, as well as a controlled fire, which was the largest staged fire in the studio at the time.{{sfn|Wright|2016|p=59}} Several scenes were deleted from the final broadcast. A model shot of the TARDIS landing in the landscape of a barren, alternative 1980 Earth was to be used in Part Two, but director Paddy Russell decided viewers would feel more impact if the first scene of the new Earth was Sarah's reaction as the TARDIS doors opened.{{sfn|Wright|2016|p=61}} Three scenes of effects such as doors opening and the Doctor materializing from the [[sarcophagus]] were also removed from the final edit of Part Four because Russell felt the mixes were not good enough.{{sfn|Wright|2016|p=60,61}}
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