Grant Unto Him Eternal Rest his body works differently from other people". The executives were bemused by an incomplete story where one of the main characters was dead, but commissioned the series soon after receiving the full script. In retrospect, Linehan and Mathews noticed that the plot was very similar to that of the "Fawlty Towers" episode "The Kipper and the Corpse". Despite being fans of the show, they only noticed the parallels afterwards, and would likely have abandoned the episode if they had seen them earlier. Kevin Sharkey, who plays the black Donegal priest, was a friend of the writers', and was brought in
Corpse Marker Corpse Marker Corpse Marker is a BBC Books original novel written by Chris Boucher and based on the long-running British science fiction television series "Doctor Who". It features the Fourth Doctor and Leela. The concepts and characters are derived from the 1977 television serial "The Robots of Death" and reused in the spinoff audio series "Kaldor City". It is notable for acting as a crossover story, albeit a slight one, to "Blake's 7", which Boucher script-edited, as the Psychostrategist Carnell (who appeared in the series two episode "Weapon" in 1979) plays a prominent role. The events which took place on