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* The title of this episode is a reference to [[TARDIS phone|the phone]] incorporated into the [[The Doctor's TARDIS|TARDIS]] [[police box]] disguise, and to the "[[St John Ambulance]]" logo on the door of this version of the TARDIS. The "Bells" part is referring to the police box phone ringing. It is also a reference to the nursery rhyme [[Oranges and Lemons]]. | * The title of this episode is a reference to [[TARDIS phone|the phone]] incorporated into the [[The Doctor's TARDIS|TARDIS]] [[police box]] disguise, and to the "[[St John Ambulance]]" logo on the door of this version of the TARDIS. The "Bells" part is referring to the police box phone ringing. It is also a reference to the nursery rhyme [[Oranges and Lemons]]. | ||
* The title was originally announced as ''The Bells of St John'', in keeping with the actual abbreviated spelling of "St John" on the logo. The uncommon use of "Saint" spelled out in this context may have been due to the discrepancy in how different countries spell "St" -- in the US, Canada and elsewhere, it is commonplace for a full stop to be used: "St." | * The title was originally announced as ''The Bells of St John'', in keeping with the actual abbreviated spelling of "St John" on the logo. The uncommon use of "Saint" spelled out in this context may have been due to the discrepancy in how different countries spell "St" -- in the US, Canada and elsewhere, it is commonplace for a full stop to be used: "St." | ||
* This story gives a new logo for the second half of series seven, a weathered metallic texture. Unlike the first half of the | * This story gives a new logo for the second half of series seven, a weathered metallic texture. Unlike the first half of the series, in which the logo changed from episode to episode, the logo remained constant for the remainder of Series 7. | ||
** Similarly, the new [[Theme music|theme tune]] of the series is slightly modified from its previous arrangement, omitting the "shimmering" musical flourishes and electrical hissing noises heard in its first variation. This can be compared to the theme tune arrangement that debuted in the 2007 Christmas special [[TV]]: ''[[Voyage of the Damned]]'', which was edited into a new, rearranged version of itself that played in each episode for the remainder of [[David Tennant]]'s era. | ** Similarly, the new [[Theme music|theme tune]] of the series is slightly modified from its previous arrangement, omitting the "shimmering" musical flourishes and electrical hissing noises heard in its first variation. This can be compared to the theme tune arrangement that debuted in the 2007 Christmas special [[TV]]: ''[[Voyage of the Damned]]'', which was edited into a new, rearranged version of itself that played in each episode for the remainder of [[David Tennant]]'s era. | ||
* To keep the reappearance of the Great Intelligence a surprise, Richard E Grant was not credited in ''Radio Times''. He was, however, originally listed on the BBC website, but was subsequently taken down. | * To keep the reappearance of the Great Intelligence a surprise, Richard E Grant was not credited in ''Radio Times''. He was, however, originally listed on the BBC website, but was subsequently taken down. | ||