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|image = DalekBumpiness.jpg | |image = DalekBumpiness.jpg | ||
|doctor = Ninth Doctor (The Curse of Fatal Death){{!}}Ninth Doctor | |doctor = Ninth Doctor (The Curse of Fatal Death){{!}}Ninth Doctor | ||
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|enemy = {{Pryce|c}}, the [[Black Dalek (The Curse of Fatal Death)|Black Dalek]] | |enemy = {{Pryce|c}}, the [[Black Dalek (The Curse of Fatal Death)|Black Dalek]] | ||
|setting = {{il|[[Tersurus]]|A [[Dalek spaceship (The Curse of Fatal Death)|Dalek ship]]}} | |setting = {{il|[[Tersurus]]|A [[Dalek spaceship (The Curse of Fatal Death)|Dalek ship]]}} | ||
|writer = | |writer = Steven Moffat | ||
|director = [[John Henderson]] | |director = [[John Henderson]] | ||
|producer = [[Sue Vertue]] | |producer = [[Sue Vertue]] | ||
|broadcast date = | |broadcast date = 12 March 1999 | ||
|network = BBC One | |||
|format = 4x5-minute episodes | |format = 4x5-minute episodes | ||
|production code = | |production code = | ||
|series = [[List of Doctor Who television stories|''Doctor Who'' television episodes]] | |||
|prev = Doctor Who (TV story) | |prev = Doctor Who (TV story) | ||
|next = Rose (TV story) | |next = Rose (TV story) | ||
|made prev = Doctor Who (TV story) | |made prev = Doctor Who (TV story) | ||
|made next = | |made next = Introduction to the Night (TV story) | ||
|series2 = [[Comic Relief]] specials | |series2 = [[Comic Relief]] specials | ||
|next2 = From Raxacoricofallapatorius with Love (TV story) | |next2 = From Raxacoricofallapatorius with Love (TV story) | ||
|fullvid | |fullvid = Rowan Atkinson is Doctor Who - Classic Comic Relief | ||
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|epcount = 4}} | |epcount = 4 | ||
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'''''The Curse of Fatal Death''''' was a [[Comic Relief]] segment created for part of [[1999]]'s [[Red Nose Day]] Celebration. | '''''The Curse of Fatal Death''''' was a [[Comic Relief]] segment created for part of [[1999]]'s [[Red Nose Day]] Celebration. | ||
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This story also marked the first [[post-production]] work by [[the Mill]] who were the company most usually credited with [[visual effects]] from 2005 to 2013. It was also the last time that [[Roy Skelton]] lent his voice to the [[Dalek]]s, a role he was first credited with in 1967's ''[[The Evil of the Daleks (TV story)|The Evil of the Daleks]]''. Skelton's first work in ''Who'' was as the voice of the [[Monoid]]s in 1966's ''[[The Ark (TV story)|The Ark]]'' and he had also provided voices for the [[Cyberman|Cybermen]]. | This story also marked the first [[post-production]] work by [[the Mill]] who were the company most usually credited with [[visual effects]] from 2005 to 2013. It was also the last time that [[Roy Skelton]] lent his voice to the [[Dalek]]s, a role he was first credited with in 1967's ''[[The Evil of the Daleks (TV story)|The Evil of the Daleks]]''. Skelton's first work in ''Who'' was as the voice of the [[Monoid]]s in 1966's ''[[The Ark (TV story)|The Ark]]'' and he had also provided voices for the [[Cyberman|Cybermen]]. | ||
While discussing the special in [[DWM 510]], Moffat discussed how the intent of the special was to make a regular episode of ''Doctor Who'' which happened to also be funny, rather than just a blatant spoof, meaning that extreme steps were taken to have it fit within the then-existing [[canon]]; for instance, the Doctor is explicitly said to be in his ninth incarnation to make him a successor to [[Paul McGann]]'s previously seen [[Eighth Doctor]]. Moffat went on to add that, while it has since been disregarded, | While discussing the special in [[DWM 510]], Moffat discussed how the intent of the special was to make a regular episode of ''Doctor Who'' which happened to also be funny, rather than just a blatant spoof, meaning that extreme steps were taken to have it fit within the then-existing [[canon]]; for instance, the Doctor is explicitly said to be in his ninth incarnation to make him a successor to [[Paul McGann]]'s previously seen [[Eighth Doctor]]. Moffat went on to add that, while it has since been disregarded, it was seen as a legitimate continuation of the show at the time. | ||
The special's original edit went out of circulation for a time, before being re-released on [[24 March (releases)|24 March]] [[2017 (releases)|2017]] in honour of Comic Relief. | The special's original edit went out of circulation for a time, before being re-released on [[24 March (releases)|24 March]] [[2017 (releases)|2017]] in honour of Comic Relief. | ||
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[[File:Sofa of Comfort.jpg|thumb|left|The Doctor and Emma emerge on the Sofa of Reasonable Comfort.]] | [[File:Sofa of Comfort.jpg|thumb|left|The Doctor and Emma emerge on the Sofa of Reasonable Comfort.]] | ||
The Doctor and his assistant, [[Emma (The Curse of Fatal Death)|Emma]], land in the empty [[Castle Tersurus]]. He explains that the [[Tersuron]]s were a kindly, peace-loving race, but shunned and abhorred due to their [[Communication|communicating]] solely through precisely modulated [[farting]]. They [[Destruction|destroyed]] themselves after discovering [[fire]]. The Master pins them to the [[wall]] with energy pulses, and having arrived a [[century]] earlier to [[bribe]] [[Architect (The Curse of Fatal Death)|the castle's architect]], prepares to subject them to the [[Spikes of Doom]]. Instead they find themselves relaxing in the [[Sofa of Reasonable Comfort]], the Doctor having anticipated this and bribing the architect first. However, the Master declares that he anticipated this anticipation, and bribed the architect even earlier, and drops [[Block (The Curse of Fatal Death)|a giant block]] on their [[ | The Doctor and his assistant, [[Emma (The Curse of Fatal Death)|Emma]], land in the empty [[Castle Tersurus]]. He explains that the [[Tersuron]]s were a kindly, peace-loving race, but shunned and abhorred due to their [[Communication|communicating]] solely through precisely modulated [[farting]]. They [[Destruction|destroyed]] themselves after discovering [[fire]]. The Master pins them to the [[wall]] with energy pulses, and having arrived a [[century]] earlier to [[bribe]] [[Architect (The Curse of Fatal Death)|the castle's architect]], prepares to subject them to the [[Spikes of Doom]]. Instead they find themselves relaxing in the [[Sofa of Reasonable Comfort]], the Doctor having anticipated this and bribing the architect first. However, the Master declares that he anticipated this anticipation, and bribed the architect even earlier, and drops [[Block (The Curse of Fatal Death)|a giant block]] on their [[head]]s. The Doctor and Emma emerge from a [[door]] in the hollow block, with the Doctor saying he arrived even earlier. | ||
Emma interrupts to prompt the Doctor to announce what he has come to say: Emma and he are in [[love]], and the Doctor plans to [[retire]] from travelling through [[time]] and [[space]], having saved every planet in the [[universe]] a minimum of [[27 (number)|twenty-seven]] times, and settle down in domestic [[bliss]]. | Emma interrupts to prompt the Doctor to announce what he has come to say: Emma and he are in [[love]], and the Doctor plans to [[retire]] from travelling through [[time]] and [[space]], having saved every planet in the [[universe]] a minimum of [[27 (number)|twenty-seven]] times, and settle down in domestic [[bliss]]. Horrified and nauseated by this prospect, the Master announces that he will go back in time, buy the architect an expensive [[dinner]] and persuade him to place a [[lever]] next to where he is [[standing]] and a [[trap door]] where the Doctor and Emma are standing. He prepares to plunge them into the vast and disgusting [[sewers of Tersurus]], warning them to prepare themselves for "[[500 (number)|five hundred]] [[mile]]s of [[fear]] and [[faeces]]!" | ||
=== Part two === | === Part two === | ||
However, when the Master pulls said lever, the trap door opens under his own [[feet]], the Doctor having already bought the architect an expensive dinner. As they go to leave, the front doors burst open and the Master appears, significantly [[ | However, when the Master pulls said lever, the trap door opens under his own [[feet]], the Doctor having already bought the architect an expensive dinner. As they go to leave, the front doors burst open and the Master appears, significantly [[age]]d, having spent [[312 (number)|three hundred and twelve years]] [[climbing]] through the [[sewer]]s, locating his TARDIS and [[Time travel|travelling back in time]] to the current [[day]]. Accompanying him are the [[Dalek]]s, the only creatures not repulsed by the Master's [[smell]], having no [[nose]]s. The Master boasts that his [[body]] has been augmented by [[Dalek technology]]; he now has a [[plunger]] in place of a [[right hand]], though Emma quickly figures out that he doesn't know what it can do. | ||
[[File:Room of Daleks.jpg|thumb|A room full of Daleks!]] | [[File:Room of Daleks.jpg|thumb|A room full of Daleks!]] | ||
The Daleks prepare to [[Extermination|exterminate]] them, but the Master decides he will [[Murder|kill]] them with his bare hands. He charges forward, but the Doctor steps aside and the Master plunges straight through the trap door again. He comes in again, another three hundred and twelve years older. The Daleks pursue the Doctor and Emma through the numerous and very similar looking [[Corridors (The Curse of Fatal Death)|corridors]], but one Dalek accidentally bumps into the Master, causing him to fall through the trap door yet again. An extremely old Master then walks into view, complaining about having spent a grand total of [[936 (number)|nine hundred and thirty six]] years in a sewer. The Doctor and Emma find what they believe to be the way out of the castle, but in fact turns out to be | The Daleks prepare to [[Extermination|exterminate]] them, but the Master decides he will [[Murder|kill]] them with his bare hands. He charges forward, but the Doctor steps aside and the Master plunges straight through the trap door again. He comes in again, another three hundred and twelve years older. The Daleks pursue the Doctor and Emma through the numerous and very similar looking [[Corridors (The Curse of Fatal Death)|corridors]], but one Dalek accidentally bumps into the Master, causing him to fall through the trap door yet again. An extremely old Master then walks into view, complaining about having spent a grand total of [[936 (number)|nine hundred and thirty six]] years in a sewer. The Doctor and Emma find what they believe to be the way out of the castle, but in fact turns out to be a room full of Daleks. | ||
=== Part three === | === Part three === | ||
The Daleks have captured the Doctor and Emma rather than exterminating them and tied them to [[Chair (The Curse of Fatal Death)|chairs]], much to Emma's confusion. They've also restored the Master to his original age and augmented him further to have [[Sense globe|Dalek sensor bumps]] on his [[chest]]. The Master insists that these are [[etheric beam locator]]s and they're very firm, but the Doctor mocks him over the sensors' resemblance to [[ | The Daleks have captured the Doctor and Emma rather than exterminating them and tied them to [[Chair (The Curse of Fatal Death)|chairs]], much to Emma's confusion. They've also restored the Master to his original age and augmented him further to have [[Sense globe|Dalek sensor bumps]] on his [[chest]]. The Master insists that these are [[etheric beam locator]]s and they're very firm, but the Doctor mocks him over the sensors' resemblance to [[breast]]s. The Master announces that in exchange he has given the Daleks the [[secret]] to controlling a [[Zectronic beam|Zectronic energy beam]], which will give them [[power]] over the entire universe in only [[minute]]s. | ||
[[File:Final message.jpg|thumb|left|The Doctor delivers his final message to Emma in Tersuran.]] | [[File:Final message.jpg|thumb|left|The Doctor delivers his final message to Emma in Tersuran.]] | ||
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=== Part four === | === Part four === | ||
The result of the Doctor's regeneration is [[Tenth Doctor (The Curse of Fatal Death)|a quite handsome, if a bit vain, persona]]. He confirms that Emma is still very much interested in marrying him and prepares to leave with her, but the Daleks beg the Doctor to help deactivate the Zectronic beam generator in exchange for his life, to which he agrees as a perfect way to finish his "[[career]]." However, an [[explosion]] causes him to regenerate again, this time into [[Eleventh Doctor (The Curse of Fatal Death)|a shy persona]], very nervous around [[ | The result of the Doctor's regeneration is [[Tenth Doctor (The Curse of Fatal Death)|a quite handsome, if a bit vain, persona]]. He confirms that Emma is still very much interested in marrying him and prepares to leave with her, but the Daleks beg the Doctor to help deactivate the Zectronic beam generator in exchange for his life, to which he agrees as a perfect way to finish his "[[career]]." However, an [[explosion]] causes him to regenerate again, this time into [[Eleventh Doctor (The Curse of Fatal Death)|a shy persona]], very nervous around [[girl]]s, and the Master with his oddly-placed etheric beam locators, and Emma is visibly disheartened by this new version, finding him nowhere near as attractive as his [[2 (number)|two]] predecessors. He goes to try again to deactivate the beam, when another burst of [[energy]] causes him to regenerate yet again. | ||
[[File:Female Doctor and Master.jpg|thumb|The Doctor and the Master walk off together.]] | [[File:Female Doctor and Master.jpg|thumb|The Doctor and the Master walk off together.]] | ||
[[Twelfth Doctor (The Curse of Fatal Death)|The new Doctor]], very handsome and charming indeed, is rather embarrassed that he wasted [[3 (number)|three]] bodies in under a minute simply because he forgot to unplug the generator first. The [[crisis]] appears to be over, and Emma is quite looking forward to getting to know this new Doctor, when a residual burst of pure Zectronic energy knocks him down. With the Zectronic energy preventing his regeneration, the Doctor appears to die permanently. The Master and the Daleks resolve to permanently forswear [[evil]] to honour the Doctor's [[sacrifice]]. Yet, to everyone's amazement, the Doctor's features begin to change and he regenerates, this time into [[Thirteenth Doctor (The Curse of Fatal Death)|a very buxom woman]]. Emma, however, calls the wedding off, due to the Doctor being, in a very literal sense, "no longer the man [she] fell in love with". The new Doctor is quite excited to discover that her [[the Doctor's sonic screwdriver (The Curse of Fatal Death)|sonic screwdriver]] has three [[ | [[Twelfth Doctor (The Curse of Fatal Death)|The new Doctor]], very handsome and charming indeed, is rather embarrassed that he wasted [[3 (number)|three]] bodies in under a minute simply because he forgot to unplug the generator first. The [[crisis]] appears to be over, and Emma is quite looking forward to getting to know this new Doctor, when a residual burst of pure Zectronic energy knocks him down. With the Zectronic energy preventing his regeneration, the Doctor appears to die permanently. The Master and the Daleks resolve to permanently forswear [[evil]] to honour the Doctor's [[sacrifice]]. Yet, to everyone's amazement, the Doctor's features begin to change and he regenerates, this time into [[Thirteenth Doctor (The Curse of Fatal Death)|a very buxom woman]]. Emma, however, calls the wedding off, due to the Doctor being, in a very literal sense, "no longer the man [she] fell in love with". The new Doctor is quite excited to discover that her [[the Doctor's sonic screwdriver (The Curse of Fatal Death)|sonic screwdriver]] has three [[setting]]s, but then she and the Master lock [[eye]]s. The two express their mutual [[Sexuality|attraction]] and go off together, the Master [[Laughter|laughing]] maniacally again. | ||
== Cast == | == Cast == | ||
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* [[Emma (The Curse of Fatal Death)|Emma]] - [[Julia Sawalha]] | * [[Emma (The Curse of Fatal Death)|Emma]] - [[Julia Sawalha]] | ||
* [[The Master (The Curse of Fatal Death)|The Master]] - [[Jonathan Pryce]] | * [[The Master (The Curse of Fatal Death)|The Master]] - [[Jonathan Pryce]] | ||
* [[Dalek]]'s Voices - [[Roy Skelton]], [[Dave Chapman]] | * [[Dalek]]'s Voices - [[Roy Skelton]], [[Dave Chapman (actor)|Dave Chapman]] | ||
=== Uncredited cast === | === Uncredited cast === | ||
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|CraneOperator=Dave Foster | |CraneOperator=Dave Foster | ||
}} | }} | ||
== | == Worldbuilding == | ||
=== The Doctor === | === The Doctor === | ||
* The Doctor is initially in his ninth incarnation. | * The Doctor is initially in his ninth incarnation. | ||
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* The Ninth Doctor claims that with a [[zectronic beam]] the Daleks could conquer the universe in [[minute]]s. | * The Ninth Doctor claims that with a [[zectronic beam]] the Daleks could conquer the universe in [[minute]]s. | ||
* The [[Zectronic Beam Controller]] contains [[zectronic energy]]. | * The [[Zectronic Beam Controller]] contains [[zectronic energy]]. | ||
* The Thirteenth Doctor uses [[The Doctor's sonic screwdriver (The Curse of Fatal Death)|her sonic screwdriver]], which she remarks has three settings. | * The Thirteenth Doctor uses [[The Doctor's sonic screwdriver (The Curse of Fatal Death)|her sonic screwdriver]], which she remarks has three settings. | ||
=== Culture === | === Culture === | ||
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[[File:The Curse of Fatal Death title card.jpg|thumb]] | [[File:The Curse of Fatal Death title card.jpg|thumb]] | ||
[[File:The Curse of Fatal Death logo 2.jpg|thumb]] | [[File:The Curse of Fatal Death logo 2.jpg|thumb]] | ||
* In his column for [[DWM 417]], [[Steven Moffat]] said that [[Richard Curtis]], who would later write ''[[Vincent and the Doctor (TV story)|Vincent and the Doctor]]'' was the person who invited him to write the segment. | * In his column for [[DWM 417]], [[Steven Moffat]] said that [[Richard Curtis]], who would later write ''[[Vincent and the Doctor (TV story)|Vincent and the Doctor]]'' was the person who invited him to write the segment. | ||
* Filming took place between [[22 February (production)|22nd]] and [[24 February|24th February]] [[1999 (production)|1999]] at [[Pinewood Studios]]. ([[DWM 560]]) | * Filming took place between [[22 February (production)|22nd]] and [[24 February|24th February]] [[1999 (production)|1999]] at [[Pinewood Studios]]. ([[DWM 560]]) | ||
* Under the Master's cloak, [[Jonathan Pryce]] wore his costume from ''[[Tomorrow Never Dies|Tomorrow Never Dies.]]'' | * Under the Master's cloak, [[Jonathan Pryce]] wore his costume from ''[[Tomorrow Never Dies|Tomorrow Never Dies.]]''{{Fact}} | ||
* [[Louise Jameson]] gave [[Julia Sawalha]] advice on playing the Doctor's companion. | * [[Louise Jameson]] gave [[Julia Sawalha]] advice on playing the Doctor's companion. {{fact}} | ||
* When he was interviewed on the set, [[Jonathan Pryce]] remained in character as the Master. | * When he was interviewed on the set, [[Jonathan Pryce]] remained in character as the Master. | ||
* This story reuses music from previous stories such as ''[[Meglos (TV story)|Meglos]]'', ''[[Logopolis (TV story)|Logopolis]]'', ''[[Warriors of the Deep (TV story)|Warriors of the Deep]]'' and ''[[Resurrection of the Daleks (TV story)|Resurrection of the Daleks]]''. | * This story reuses music from previous stories such as ''[[Meglos (TV story)|Meglos]]'', ''[[Logopolis (TV story)|Logopolis]]'', ''[[Warriors of the Deep (TV story)|Warriors of the Deep]]'' and ''[[Resurrection of the Daleks (TV story)|Resurrection of the Daleks]]''. | ||
* The opening credits and logo from the 1974-80 era are reused. During the original broadcast on Red Nose Day, the spherical Red Nose logo was superimposed over the "O" in "WHO." | * The opening credits and logo from the 1974-80 era are reused. During the original broadcast on Red Nose Day, the spherical Red Nose logo was superimposed over the "O" in "WHO." | ||
* Visual effects footage of the TARDIS from the opening credits of the [[Doctor Who (TV story)|1996 TV movie]] is reused for the opening scene in which the Master views the exterior of the Doctor's TARDIS on his scanner. As the TV Movie had not been released in the US on home video at this time, the 1999 US VHS release of the segment constitutes the first time footage from that movie appeared on any official US home video release. | * Visual effects footage of the TARDIS from the opening credits of the [[Doctor Who (TV story)|1996 TV movie]] is reused for the opening scene in which the Master views the exterior of the Doctor's TARDIS on his scanner. As the TV Movie had not been released in the US on home video at this time, the 1999 US VHS release of the segment constitutes the first time footage from that movie appeared on any official US home video release. | ||
* The [[TARDIS console]], TARDIS walls, and Dalek props were provided by a group of fans who had made them for their fan-film ''[[Devious]]''.<ref name="Devious" /> | * The [[TARDIS console]], TARDIS walls, and two Dalek props were provided by a group of fans who had made them for their fan-film ''[[Devious]]''.<ref name="Devious" /> | ||
* The music from [[Tom Baker]]'s regeneration scene in [[TV]]: ''[[Logopolis (TV story)|Logopolis]]'' can be heard briefly during the first regeneration sequence when Rowan Atkinson regenerates into Richard E. Grant. | * The music from [[Tom Baker]]'s regeneration scene in [[TV]]: ''[[Logopolis (TV story)|Logopolis]]'' can be heard briefly during the first regeneration sequence when Rowan Atkinson regenerates into Richard E. Grant. | ||
* [[Gabe Cronelly]] was the [[stunt double]] for [[Jonathan Pryce]] and stood in for him during the scene where the Master falls through the trapdoor. ([[DOC]]: ''[[Comic Relief Doctor Who Uncovered]]'') | * [[Gabe Cronelly]] was the [[stunt double]] for [[Jonathan Pryce]] and stood in for him during the scene where the Master falls through the trapdoor. ([[DOC]]: ''[[Comic Relief Doctor Who Uncovered]]'') | ||
* An ad-lib by [[Jonathan Pryce]] in which {{Pryce}} calling [[Emma (The Curse of Fatal Death)|Emma]] "Mrs. Who" was vetoed in an effort for the special to fit within the established [[canon]]. | * An ad-lib by [[Jonathan Pryce]] in which {{Pryce}} calling [[Emma (The Curse of Fatal Death)|Emma]] "Mrs. Who" was vetoed in an effort for the special to fit within the established “[[canon]]”. | ||
* [[Joanna Lumley]] becomes the first woman to play the Doctor in an officially licenced production. The idea of the Doctor changing | * [[Joanna Lumley]] becomes the first woman to play the Doctor in an officially licenced production. | ||
** The idea of the Doctor changing genders during regeneration is not new, having been postulated as early as [[Tom Baker]]'s time on the series.{{fact}} | |||
* In ''[[Talking 'Bout My Regeneration]]'', when asked if any other Doctors would be joining the lineup seen in ''[[The Sirens of Time (audio story)|The Sirens of Time]]'', [[Gary Russell]] said: "''It's certainly our intention, uh, to try to get as many Doctors as we can to do plays for us, um, it would be very foolish for us not to try to get [[Paul McGann]], [[Tom Baker]], hey, we may even go for [[Rowan Atkinson]], who knows.''" | * In ''[[Talking 'Bout My Regeneration]]'', when asked if any other Doctors would be joining the lineup seen in ''[[The Sirens of Time (audio story)|The Sirens of Time]]'', [[Gary Russell]] said: "''It's certainly our intention, uh, to try to get as many Doctors as we can to do plays for us, um, it would be very foolish for us not to try to get [[Paul McGann]], [[Tom Baker]], hey, we may even go for [[Rowan Atkinson]], who knows.''" | ||
* [[Richard E Grant]] would later play [[Ninth Doctor (Scream of the Shalka)|another Doctor]] in [[WC]]: ''[[Scream of the Shalka (webcast)|Scream of the Shalka]]''. | * [[Richard E Grant]] would later play [[Ninth Doctor (Scream of the Shalka)|another Doctor]] in [[WC]]: ''[[Scream of the Shalka (webcast)|Scream of the Shalka]]''. | ||
* In an episode of ''[[Doctor Who Confidential]]'', [[Russell T Davies]] | * In an episode of ''[[Doctor Who Confidential]]'', [[Russell T Davies]] says that Hugh Grant's Doctor is one of his favourites. | ||
* In 2021, | * In 2021, after [[Chris Chibnall]] had featured the "[[The Doctor (The Brain of Morbius)|Morbius Doctors]]" in ''[[The Timeless Children (TV story)|The Timeless Children]]'', Moffat remarked that he should email Chibnall and say, "while you're having flashes of ''Brain Of Morbius'', could you just get a frame of ''The Curse Of Fatal Death'' in?"<ref>https://www.comedy.co.uk/people/steven_moffat/features/steven-moffat-interview/</ref> | ||
=== Recurring | === Recurring === | ||
* Some themes presented here echo themes present in the [[2005 (releases)|2005]] revival, especially in episodes penned by [[writer]] [[Steven Moffat]]. These include: | * Some themes presented here echo themes present in the [[2005 (releases)|2005]] revival, especially in episodes penned by [[writer]] [[Steven Moffat]]. These include: | ||
** Romance between companions was briefly explored with [[Grace Holloway]] in 1996's ''[[Doctor Who (TV story)|Doctor Who]]'', but returned in the revival with people such as [[Rose Tyler]] and [[River Song]], as well as with [[Jeanne-Antoinette Poisson|Madame de Pompadour]]. Moffat wrote the latter two examples. The Doctor married River Song in 2011's ''[[The Wedding of River Song (TV story)|The Wedding of River Song]]''. | ** Romance between companions was briefly explored with [[Grace Holloway]] in 1996's ''[[Doctor Who (TV story)|Doctor Who]]'', but returned in the revival with people such as [[Rose Tyler]] and [[River Song]], as well as with [[Jeanne-Antoinette Poisson|Madame de Pompadour]]. Moffat wrote the latter two examples. The Doctor married River Song in 2011's ''[[The Wedding of River Song (TV story)|The Wedding of River Song]]''. | ||
** Aliens that [[fart]] would be realised in [[Series 1 (Doctor Who)|series 1]] with the [[Raxacoricofallapatorian]] [[Slitheen family]]. | ** Aliens that [[fart]] would be realised in [[Series 1 (Doctor Who 2005)|series 1]] with the [[Raxacoricofallapatorian]] [[Slitheen family]]. | ||
** Emma | ** Emma questions the use of a [[manipulator arm]]. This has been repeated multiple times, for example in 2005's ''[[Dalek (TV story)|Dalek]]''. | ||
** The [[Tenth Doctor]] promised to his companions that he would "explain later" in the Moffat-penned episode ''[[The Girl in the Fireplace (TV story)|The Girl in the Fireplace]]''. | ** The [[Tenth Doctor]] promised to his companions that he would "[[I'll explain later|explain later]]" in the Moffat-penned episode ''[[The Girl in the Fireplace (TV story)|The Girl in the Fireplace]]''. | ||
** The Doctor retires from his travels in 2012's ''[[The Snowmen (TV story)|The Snowmen]]'', albeit not to get [[married]]. | ** The Doctor retires from his travels in 2012's ''[[The Snowmen (TV story)|The Snowmen]]'', albeit not to get [[married]]. | ||
** Emma's brief eulogy for the Doctor, "Never cruel, never cowardly" reappears in 2013's ''[[The Day of the Doctor]]'', also written by Moffat. In the anniversary episode, the phrase is given as part of the Doctor's promise to the universe. This phrase, however, first appeared in the 1972 reference book ''[[The Making of Doctor Who]]''. | ** Emma's brief eulogy for the Doctor, "[[Never cruel or cowardly|Never cruel, never cowardly]]" reappears in 2013's ''[[The Day of the Doctor]]'', also written by Moffat. In the anniversary episode, the phrase is given as part of the Doctor's promise to the universe. This phrase, however, first appeared in the 1972 reference book ''[[The Making of Doctor Who]]'' and was frequently used by Moffat's friend [[Paul Cornell]]. | ||
** Steven Moffat would later explore, through [[Rusty (Into the Dalek)|Rusty]] and | ** Steven Moffat would later explore, through [[Rusty (Into the Dalek)|Rusty]] and [[Missy]], the idea of the Daleks and the Master turning good. | ||
** The fact that the [[Dalek]]s possess [[chair]]s despite their lack of [[leg]]s reappears as a joke in 2015's ''[[The Magician's Apprentice (TV story)|The Magician's Apprentice]]''. | ** The fact that the [[Dalek]]s possess [[chair]]s despite their lack of [[leg]]s reappears as a joke in 2015's ''[[The Magician's Apprentice (TV story)|The Magician's Apprentice]]''. | ||
** The [[Thirteenth Doctor]] who debuted in 2017's ''[[Twice Upon a Time (TV story)|Twice Upon a Time]]'' and first regularly appeared in [[Series 11 (Doctor Who)|series 11]] was also a woman. | ** Moffat would later explore the idea of [[the Doctor's death]] in several storylines, with ''[[The Doctor Falls (TV story)|The Doctor Falls]]'' in particular showing the Doctor coming back from bodily death after his companion declares that he cannot die because the universe needs him too much. | ||
** The [[Thirteenth Doctor]] who debuted in 2017's ''[[Twice Upon a Time (TV story)|Twice Upon a Time]]'' and first regularly appeared in [[Series 11 (Doctor Who 2005)|series 11]] was also a woman. | |||
=== Appeal === | === Appeal === | ||
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== Continuity == | == Continuity == | ||
* The Doctor asks the Master to meet him on [[Tersurus]], the same planet where the [[Decayed Master]] was found by [[Goth]] | * The TARDISes use [[TARDIS console (An Unearthly Child)|the console layout]] used predominantly by the [[First Doctor|First]] and [[Second Doctor]]s on television. | ||
* The Master shouts, ''"Die, Doctor! Die!"'', in a similar vein as the [[Tremas Master]] did when interfering with the [[Fifth Doctor | * The Doctor's control room has the [[hatstand (The Invisible Enemy)|hatstand]] seen from [[TV]]: {{cs|The Invisible Enemy (TV story)}} to {{cs|Frontios (TV story)}}, as well as [[the Doctor's scarf]] and the [[Second Doctor's stovepipe hat]]. | ||
* The Doctor asks the Master to meet him on [[Tersurus]], the same planet where the [[Decayed Master]] was found by [[Goth]] in [[TV]]: ''[[The Deadly Assassin (TV story)|The Deadly Assassin]]''. | |||
* The Master shouts, ''"Die, Doctor! Die!"'', in a similar vein as the [[Tremas Master]] did when interfering with the [[Fifth Doctor's regeneration]] in [[TV]]: ''[[The Caves of Androzani (TV story)|The Caves of Androzani]]''. | |||
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