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Let's Kill Hitler

Key crew

Writer:

Steven Moffat

Director:

Richard Senior

Producer:

Marcus Wilson

Release details

Story number:

219

Premiere broadcast:

27 August 2011

Premiere network:

BBC One

Format:

1x50 minute episode

Memorable moment

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Behind the scenes video

More behind the scenes stuff

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Let's Kill Hitler was the eighth episode and mid-series premiere of series 6 of Doctor Who.

It was the first episode in the autumn half of the sixth series. It was, in a sense, the second episode of a two-part story, preceded by A Good Man Goes to War. Like A Good Man Goes to War, it revealed much about River Song's origins, also dealing with Amy and Rory's childhood and how they became a couple. Additionally, it explained why the Silence had been trying to kill the Doctor and it is stated that the Doctor's death at Lake Silencio is a fixed point in time. At the end of the episode and in following episodes, the Doctor is occasionally seen looking at the information he downloaded from the Teselecta on his death.

The episode featured the first "Time Lord-style" regeneration of a female that showed the complete change in physical appearance from old to new incarnation on-screen. Previously, such regenerations were shown with the change from an old form already completed or cut out before the physical change even began. Let's Kill Hitler also dealt with other aspects of regeneration, such as being able to rapidly heal from otherwise fatal injuries while the regenerative cycle was still in process, and a capability to donate some amount of regeneration energy to another at will.

This was the first televised Doctor Who story to feature the personal appearance of the tyrant dictator Adolf Hitler. However, although the title of this episode suggested the story might revolve around him, in truth he received close to five minutes of screen time and was quickly ejected from the plot. A few references to World War II and Nazism were present, but much of the episode focused on the first appearance of the Justice Department and the strange types of technology they utilised. Instead, the title comes from Mels' demand to be taken back in time to kill Hitler in the cornfield at the beginning.

In this episode, the shapeshifting robot known as the Teselecta is introduced. The Teselecta and her crew make a return in The Wedding of River Song where they play an important role in the plot. Unknown until the events of The Wedding of River Song, the Teselecta also appeared at the beginning of The Impossible Astronaut and played a major role there where the two episodes events were connected to each other.

Additionally, the episode introduces The Question which is described as "the oldest question in the universe, hidden in plain sight." While the Doctor learns of the Question from the Teselecta, he does not learn what it is or its significance to him. The Question is revisited in The Wedding of River Song where the Doctor learns what the Question is from Dorium Maldovar and why it means he must die and in The Time of the Doctor where the true nature of the Question and its meaning are revealed.

Synopsis[[edit] | [edit source]]

In the desperate search for Melody Pond, the TARDIS crash lands in Thirties Berlin, as the time-travelling drama returns for the second half of the series shown earlier in the year. The Doctor comes face to face with the greatest war criminal in the Universe. And Hitler. Old friendships are tested to their limits as the Doctor suffers the ultimate betrayal and learns a harsh lesson in the cruellest warfare of all. As precious time ebbs away, the Doctor must teach his adversaries that time travel has responsibilities. And he must succeed before an almighty price is paid.

Plot[[edit] | [edit source]]

Amy and Rory's way of contacting the Doctor.

Rory drives through a wheat field wildly as Amy gives directions poorly. She is telling him how to trace letters by mowing down the wheat with the car that will spell out a name, trying to summon the Doctor in the loudest manner possible, so that he cannot avoid contact with them any longer by dodging Amy's phone calls. Stopping their car, they find the Doctor standing by his TARDIS in a new green pea coat.

"Seriously?"

He holds a newspaper with a photo of the crop circle reading "Doctor" they have just made, commenting "Seriously?" with an incredulous smirk on his face. Rory replies that the Doctor had not been answering his phone and this was the only way they could really get his attention. She asks if he has found Melody over the summer. The Doctor makes the bad news easier to deliver by asking Rory if he can give Amy a hug. Once he has permission, he embraces Amy and tells her "You know who she grows up to be, so you know I will find her." Amy notices that this is a polite way of saying he failed to track down her baby. Rory then examines the picture and notices a line in the message that they didn't make.

The trio suddenly learns what caused the unknown stroke in the message when they hear the high-powered engine of a sports car revving through the field and shredding a new line down the middle of their crop circle. All of them start screaming for their lives. They dodge out of the way as a Corvette almost runs them over. Out steps Amy and Rory's best friend, Mels, who flirts with the Doctor and fondles the TARDIS. With police sirens prophesying her arrest for car theft, she points a gun at the Doctor and demands he take her to kill Hitler.

A flashback shows Mels is a childhood friend of Amy and Rory and a troublemaker at school. She gets in more trouble than anyone except boys, insults teachers, continually references the Doctor, steals buses and points out to Amy and Rory that they're in love. Back in the present, the TARDIS flies wildly because Mels has shot the time rotor. He barks at the delinquent, "You shot it! You shot my TARDIS! You shot the console!" Mels accusingly remarks, "It's your fault!" He inquires, "How is it my fault?" She replies, "You said guns didn't work in this place. You said we're in a state of temporal grace." Angry that she fired her gun out of foolish curiosity, he snarks, "Oh, that was a clever lie, you idiot! Anyone could tell that was a clever lie!"

In 1938 Berlin, a janitor watches a Nazi officer. In a futuristic control room, the crew discuss copying the officer as the janitor follows him. In the control room, a woman complains that the last time they relied on the computer, it "made Rasputin green". She goes to "the top level", where an electronic voice politely threatens her until she adjusts a device on her wrist. She looks through a viewport, which is the eye of the janitor, actually a highly advanced ship, the Teselecta. She relays colour codes to the control room. The janitor becomes the officer's double and beams him aboard with a miniaturisation ray. Learning the officer's identity as a war criminal, the crew leave him to the antibodies. They politely threaten the officer before killing him.

The Teselecta enters Adolf Hitler's office while the captain complains about the shock-absorbers malfunctioning. Hitler asks why his officer has entered without permission. The Teselecta activates "justice mode" and paralyses him with a beam of light from its mouth. However, one of the crew says they arrived too early in his timeline, just before the TARDIS crashes through a window and knocks over the Teselecta.

The TARDIS occupants stagger out in a cloud of smoke caused by Mels' havoc. Hitler thanks the dumbfounded travellers for saving him and asks what the TARDIS is. The Doctor advances on him, saying it's a police box and "The British are coming!" The Teselecta picks itself up and a panicky Hitler fires at it. Rory punches Hitler and takes his gun.

The Doctor and Amy help up the Teselecta. Rory shoves Hitler in the cupboard while the Teselecta goes into observation mode — "fainting". Mels staggers forward. She calls Hitler a lousy shot and collapses; she was hit by a bullet. Rory tries to help her and the Doctor tries keeping her conscious by talking to her. Mels says she wanted to marry the Doctor and he promises to ask her parents when they fix her up. Mels says they're right there, then begins to glow. The Doctor, who recognises that Mels is starting to regenerate, pulls the others away from her.

Mels comments about regenerating once before as a child in New York and reveals her actual name to be Melody. Amy says she named her daughter after her, but the Doctor explains, "You named your daughter after your daughter" and Mels finally regenerates with a scream.

The crew of the Teselecta look in bewilderment at a criminal whose crimes dwarf Hitler's: Melody Pond. Melody ends her regeneration in an incarnation that the Doctor, Amy and Rory recognise as River Song. She chatters on about her new look before going off to weigh herself.

The three time travellers talk, realising that Melody is River Song right at the beginning. Melody asks who River is, but the Doctor refuses to tell her "spoilers". She pulls out a gun, "getting back to business", points it at the Doctor and pulls the trigger. The gun, emptied by the Doctor during the regeneration, clicks uselessly. A scintillating conversation ensues and Melody pulls a banana at the Doctor, who had turned the fruit bowl she had left the gun in, then Melody swings a letter opener at him but is disarmed. The Doctor asks why she didn't kill him in the field and receives the reply that they'd only just met — she's a psychopath, not rude.

An impatient Melody asks if killing him will take all day. The Doctor inquires if she was busy and, an explanation that the Silence tailored Melody as the Doctor's "own bespoke psychopath" later, Melody kisses him with poisoned lipstick and jumps out a window to go shopping. The Doctor gives Amy his sonic screwdriver and tells her to find Melody. Dying, he stumbles into the TARDIS.

Melody weaponises her regeneration cycle.

Outside, Melody enrages soldiers into shooting her. Rory who is horrified, cries out, "No!" as his daughter is pelted by automatic gunfire. However, she is within the first fifteen hours of her regeneration; she produces a shock wave that heals her and knocks out the guards. She steals a motorcycle. Amy and Rory steal another and follow her.

Inside the TARDIS, the Doctor turns on the voice interface as a hologram of himself. He asks for someone he likes. In succession, it offers images of Rose Tyler, Martha Jones and Donna Noble, all of whom induce wails of guilt. Finally, it offers young Amelia Pond, who tells the Doctor that he will shortly be dead. The poison comes from the Judas tree, and regeneration is not available. The Doctor tries to get "Amelia" to help him gather his strength. It insists it is not Amelia, but a hologram. He collapses, gasping for help, then hears Amelia the hologram say "Fish fingers and custard". He finds the strength to drag himself to the console.

"Ladies and gentlemen: I don't have a thing to wear. Take off your clothes."

Elsewhere, Melody enters a restaurant and orders the patrons at gunpoint to take off their clothes. Outside, Amy and Rory wonder where she is. They see the screaming restaurant patrons run out in their undergarments and hurry in just as the Teselecta, now in Amy's form, arrives.

Melody is working on her ensemble when Amy — actually the Teselecta — runs in. Amy and Rory wake up where the Nazi officer did. They are threatened politely by the antibodies until a crew member gives wrist devices to ward them off. They are taken to the bridge, where they are told that their memories of these events will be erased later.

Outside, the Teselecta asks Melody why she killed the Doctor on behalf of the Silence. Melody really doesn't know. Her past is all a blur. It captures Melody as it did Hitler. The Doctor arrives in evening clothes. He asks whom she killed. He uses a sonic cane to scan the Teselecta and learns Amy and Rory are inside it.

Melody tries to flee but is recaptured. The Doctor demands they leave her alone and asks who they are. The Teselecta explains that as a form of justice, they visit unpunished criminals at the ends of their lives and "give them hell", agonising pain, while the timeline continues. The Doctor asks who wants him dead and Amy persuades the captain to tell him. It says the Silence are behind the plot to kill him. They are a religious cult who believe "silence will fall" when the oldest question in the universe is asked. It does not know what the question is. The Teselecta resumes torturing Melody.

The Doctor tells Amy to save her daughter. She uses the sonic screwdriver to turn off the crew's security clearances. The antibodies attack them and they teleport to safety. Amy uses a microphone to ask the Doctor for help. The antibodies are politely threatening Rory and her again. The Doctor struggles against his painful death. He crawls towards the TARDIS, shocking Melody that he still cares. The Doctor asks for her help, using her name, River. Melody demands to know who River is.

Inside the Teselecta, Amy and Rory are cornered by the antibodies. They accept their doom. Suddenly, the TARDIS materialises around them. They begin to thank the Doctor. Instead, they find a shaken Melody at the console, saying she flew the TARDIS. It taught her how.

They go to the Doctor, but he says there is no way for him to survive. He asks to speak to Melody. He asks her to find River Song, whispers something in her ear and dies. Melody asks who "River Song" is. Amy orders the Teselecta to show them. It shifts into the form of Melody's current incarnation.

"Hello sweetie." Melody Pond becomes River Song.

Melody learns that she is River Song. Amy and Rory ask Melody what the Doctor whispered in her ear. She does not answer this, but asks her parents if the Doctor is "worth it". They don't understand her question but agree he is. Melody kisses the Doctor and gives up all her regenerations to save him.

Melody wakes in the greatest hospital in the universe. The Doctor leaves her a TARDIS blue diary. They must leave her to find her own way back to them.

In 5123, Melody, now calling herself River Song, applies to study at the Luna University. When asked why she wants a degree in archaeology, she says she is "looking for a good man".

Cast[[edit] | [edit source]]

Uncredited cast[[edit] | [edit source]]

Teselecta workers - Claudio Laurini, Dennis Gregory, Victoria Tomas, Jon Davey, Richard Knott, Kristian Arthur^[4]
Teselecta officers - Rachel Bond, Luke Grahame, Darius Walker^[4]
Nazi janitor - John Jenner^[4]

Crew[[edit] | [edit source]]

Executive Producers Steven Moffat, Piers Wenger and Beth Willis


Written by Steven Moffat	Produced by Marcus Wilson	Directed by Richard Senior	Director of Photography Tim Palmer	Production Designer Michael Pickwoad	Visual Effects The Mill

Make-up Designer Barbara Southcott	Casting Director Andy Pryor CDG	Music Murray Gold	Costume Designer Barbara Kidd	Edited by Will Oswald	Special Effects Real SFX
Original theme music by Ron Grainer • With thanks to the BBC National Orchestra of Wales • Conducted and orchestrated by Ben Foster • Recorded by Gerry O'Riordan • Mixed by Jake Jackson

General production staff

Script department

Camera and lighting department

Art department

Costume department

Make-up and prosthetics

Movement

Casting

Casting Associate - Alice Purser

General post-production staff

Special and visual effects

Sound


Not every person who worked on this adventure was credited. The absence of a credit for a position doesn't necessarily mean the job wasn't required. The information above is based solely on observations of the actual end credits of the episodes as broadcast, and does not relay information from IMDB or other sources.
Jay Harley was credited under their deadname as assistant director.

Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]

The Doctor makes a joke about female indecisiveness.

Clothing[[edit] | [edit source]]

River mentions Jodhpurs.

The Doctor[[edit] | [edit source]]

The Doctor covertly switches a gun for a banana.
The Doctor adds to his rules:

Rule 1: The Doctor lies.
Rule 7: Never run when you are scared.
Rule 27: Never knowingly be serious.
Rule 408: Time is not the boss of you.

The Doctor's items[[edit] | [edit source]]

The Doctor gives Amy his sonic screwdriver.
The Doctor uses a sonic cane.
The Doctor gives River a brand new TARDIS-shaped diary to prepare her for the anachronistic meetings that are going to happen between them.

Companions of the Doctor[[edit] | [edit source]]

Rose Tyler, Martha Jones and Donna Noble all appear as holograms of the TARDIS voice interface.

Foods and beverages[[edit] | [edit source]]

The TARDIS' projection of Amelia mentions fish fingers and custard.

Locations[[edit] | [edit source]]

River is confronted by the Teselecta at the Hotel Adlon.

Religion[[edit] | [edit source]]

The Silence are not a species, but a religious organisation of sorts.

TARDIS[[edit] | [edit source]]

The temporal grace in the TARDIS, which supposedly prevents weapons fire, is said by the Doctor to be a "clever lie".
The TARDIS has extractor fans which work, much to the Doctor's surprise.

Culture[[edit] | [edit source]]

Before punching out the Nazi and taking his bike, Rory shouts 'Heil!'
River deliberately provokes a group of Nazis by flippantly mentioning that she was on her way to a "gay gypsy Bar Mitzvah for the disabled", referencing the Nazi's targeted categories of the victims in the Holocaust.
Melody Pond says, "Hello, Benjamin!", to the Doctor. The Doctor previously claimed Scotland Yard's code name for her was Mrs Robinson. (TV: The Impossible Astronaut) Both reference The Graduate, in which a younger man, Benjamin, is seduced by an older woman, Mrs Robinson.

Influences[[edit] | [edit source]]

The layout of the Teselecta's bridge is reminiscent of that of the Enterprise and other Federation starships from the television series Star Trek.
Steven Moffat wanted to show Hitler in a comedic light and "take the mickey out of him" instead of making him "an icon of evil". He cited Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade as an influence.

Story notes[[edit] | [edit source]]

A week and a day before this episode was broadcast in the US and two days before it was broadcast in the UK, the Torchwood episode Immortal Sins was broadcast. In it, a Brainspawn attempted to rewrite history by enabling the Third Reich to win the Second World War.
This is the first episode of the autumn half of the series. The spring half concluded on 4 June with A Good Man Goes to War. In addition, Amy says the Doctor has had all summer to find Melody, making the in-universe present day synchronised with real time.
This is the first episode since the first episode of The Leisure Hive to air in August.
This was Richard Senior's television directorial debut.
This is the second time that companions of the previous two Doctors have been mentioned or seen in a proper episode since The End of Time; Rose Tyler was previously seen (briefly) in The Lodger.
The images of all the former companions are taken from publicity shots. The projections of Rose and Donna are publicity images from Series 4. That of Martha is from a publicity image for Series 3.
The Doctor makes the "Doctor Who?" running joke.
The car Mels steals is a Chevrolet Corvette, third generation (68-82). It is the same model of car featured in the film Apollo 13 and the mini-series From the Earth to the Moon.
The TARDIS's voice interface tells the Doctor he will be dead in thirty-two minutes. Coincidentally in-universe, the invitation the future Doctor sent out to everyone in The Impossible Astronaut, to meet at Lake Silencio for the Doctor's death, was for 4:30 pm and according to the biographical information the Doctor is shot during regeneration and killed at 5:02 pm.
The handgun that Mels pulls out is an IMI Jericho 941.
Harriet mentions the Teselecta having transformed into Rasputin. Tom Baker played Rasputin in the movie Nicholas and Alexandra and the Master impersonates him in The Power of the Doctor.
In Mels' first scene in the episode, her face cannot be seen due to the sun's glare behind her. She moves her body to block the sun and her face is shown, much like the first scene of River in The Impossible Astronaut.
In the Leadworth Chronicle, a story with the headline "BACK OF THE NECK" can be seen. This is a reference to the weakness of the Sontarans. (TV: The Poison Sky)
This episode introduces a new article of clothing for the Eleventh Doctor that he continues to wear for most of the remainder of Series 6 - a green, double-breasted moleskin coat with six pockets and six gold buttons.
Arthur Candy was introduced in the short story Continuity Errors, roughly fifteen years earlier. As such, this marks the first televised appearance of a character introduced elsewhere.
Mels' regeneration marks the first time a regeneration has been shown onscreen where the person has short sleeves instead of long sleeves, proving that the body gives off regeneration energy, and not just the hands and head.
The first BBC America broadcast of the episode includes an extra scene which aired during a commercial break. It was sponsored by AT&T. As written by Steven Moffat, it is an extension of the motorcycle chase sequence with Rory and Amy. It is presented in animation/motion comic format. Lasting sixty seconds and produced by Double Barrel Motion Labs, the scene was originally promoted as intended for inclusion in the Series 6 DVD/Blu-ray releases, but as of early November 2011, this has not happened. The ad/motion comic was only seen in America.^[5]^[6]
Paul Bentley would later play High Septon on Game of Thrones. Matt Smith would later play Daemon Targeryren on the prequel series House of the Dragon.
As the crew of the Teselecta witness the poisoning of the Doctor, despite record of him dying in 2011, one crewmember mentions an individual called "Kennedy" whose timeline was rewritten. While not stated, this is possibly a reference to US President John F. Kennedy or the Kennedy family in general.
Steven Moffat wanted an episode that would draw in viewers after a twelve-week break and be tonally different from The Impossible Astronaut.
Steven Moffat wanted the narrative's true focus to be on the relationship between Amy, Rory and River. In particular, the revelation that Amy and Rory's childhood friend Mels was another incarnation of Melody/River was intended to temper the darker implications of the baby's abduction, since Amy and Rory would now be shown to have played an integral role in their daughter's formative years.
Steven Moffat originally envisaged the Anti-Bodies as humanoid robots with featureless chrome heads. However, it was eventually felt that this design hewed too closely to the look of the Handbots, so they became floating, tentacular automatons.
The episode comprised Block Eight of season six, formally dubbed “Block Seven-A”.
Jenna Coleman auditioned for the role of Mels. Less than a year later, she would be cast as Clara Oswald.
By casting Nina Toussaint-White as Mels, the production team definitively established that race was another characteristic which could change via the process of regeneration. Indeed, Steven Moffat had previously explored the possibility of selecting a non-white actor to portray the Eleventh Doctor.
Filming on the set for Hitler's office was delayed because of the complexity of achieving the TARDIS crashing through the windows.
The opening sequence in the cornfield was the last scene to be shot. It was filmed two and half months after the rest of production because there was a delay until midsummer before the crops had reached an appropriate height. It was the last scene of season six to be filmed.
Steven Moffat enjoyed writing Mels' regeneration scene, finding comedy in her checking out her new body.
The cast and crew felt that the costume and make-up artists did a good job with Albert Welling, as he looked so much like Hitler it was a "surreal" experience.
Arthur Darvill was pleased that Rory was more of an "action hero" in the episode.
Before broadcast, Matt Smith stated that it was "maybe [his] favorite episode to date...it just rockets along".
Matt Smith wanted to wear a long coat because of the cold weather.
Vintage vehicles from the period were used. Arthur Darvill loved the motorbike, although he was not allowed to ride it as it was the job of the stuntman.
Hitler's office was one of the biggest sets that had been built for the show. Typically it would have been filmed in a real building, but the TARDIS had to crash through the wall and thus the set had to be destroyed with an air cannon.
The Large Hadron Collider was the inspiration for the design of the Teselecta corridors.
One scene involving the Teselecta (disguised as a German soldier) chasing Amy and Rory on motorcycles through Berlin was cut from filming due to budget issues.
When Steven Moffat wrote the episode, he was simultaneously overseeing Doctor Who and Sherlock, as well as co-writing The Adventures of Tintin. As a result, he was too exhausted to rewrite this episode, so his only option was to hand the cast a first draft and hope for the best.
The famously clumsy Matt Smith was worried about ruining his suit jacket, so he put it on a nearby table - right into a jug of grape juice.
This was the last time Caitlin Blackwood played Amelia Pond, although The God Complex was made first.

Ratings[[edit] | [edit source]]

UK Overnight: 6.2 million
UK Final: 8.1 million^[7]

Myths[[edit] | [edit source]]

The Daily Mirror reported that Rose Tyler, Martha Jones and Donna Noble would appear in this episode.^[8] This was partially true. Images of all three appeared but these were avatars for a TARDIS interface, rather than the characters themselves. All images used were promotional images.
Some viewers speculated that when River resurrected the Doctor, he absorbed all of River Song's remaining regenerations. If this is true, as River only regenerated twice, the Doctor might now have twenty-two regenerations, instead of the standard twelve. This was proven incorrect by the Doctor himself in The Time of the Doctor, as he confirmed he had reached the natural end of his regeneration cycle and could not change for a thirteenth time.

Filming locations[[edit] | [edit source]]

Swansea, Wales.
Temple of Peace (Hotel Adlon interior)

Production errors[[edit] | [edit source]]

If you'd like to talk about narrative problems with this story — like plot holes and things that seem to contradict other stories — please go to this episode's discontinuity discussion.

When the Doctor and the TARDIS make their first appearance, they point right, towards Amy and Rory's car. However, when the camera zooms out, the Doctor and TARDIS are looking down, and not towards Amy and Rory. This also causes an error when Mels drives through the word Doctor.
During the sequences of flashbacks explaining how River and the Doctor obtained and swapped guns right after the former's regeneration, River's uttering of the lines sound a bit more rushed, making it obvious that the original and flashback shots of the scene are two different takes.
When Rory asks, "How can they just disappear?" two antibodies appear, but in the next shot, there are three.
When the poisoned Doctor is in the TARDIS he has one of his arms up on the bannister; in the next shot, he has it by his side.
When the Teselecta's shock absorbers are malfunctioning, the captain's cup falls and can be heard smashing, but when the camera zooms out, there is no evidence of this.
Although Mels is shot by Adolf Hitler, resulting in her regeneration, when she stands up there is no sign of blood or a hole in her dress as the regeneration begins.

Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]

The Doctor mentions "Vampires in Venice". (TV: The Vampires of Venice)
The Doctor speaks about River at Demon's Run. (TV: A Good Man Goes to War)
The Doctor has previously suffered poisoning serious enough to necessitate regeneration. (TV: The Caves of Androzani) However, on that occasion, he still had regenerations to use, whereas here the Doctor has already exhausted all twelve of his regenerations (TV: The Time of the Doctor) due to varying circumstances. (TV: The Night of the Doctor, Journey's End)
The Doctor has been searching for River for six months. (TV: A Good Man Goes to War)
The Doctor once again asks Rory for permission to hug Amy. (TV: A Good Man Goes to War)
Teenage Amy tells teenage Mels that the Doctor was a "stupid dream [she] had as a kid". The Doctor was made a dream of hers in TV: The Big Bang, when the timeline was restored but was changed so the Doctor didn't exist.
When the Teselecta takes on the form of River Song, she is wearing the same dress she wore in America and at Demons Run. (TV: Day of the Moon, A Good Man Goes to War)
Rory punches two people in the jaw to knock them to the ground. Rory (as an Auton) previously did this to the Doctor when he deliberately provoked his anger to test if he really was the original Rory. (TV: The Big Bang)
It's revealed that River is the person who "killed" the Doctor at Lake Silencio and it is a fixed point in time. This also confirms that the man River is in prison for killing (TV: The Time of Angels, Flesh and Stone) is the Doctor.
River begins studying archaeology. (TV: Silence in the Library)
The TARDIS's projection of Amelia mentions fish fingers and custard. (TV: The Eleventh Hour)
Melody mentions regenerating into the toddler form of Mels in New York. (TV: Day of the Moon)
The Doctor switches Melody's gun for a banana, as he previously did to Jack Harkness. (TV: The Doctor Dances)
River reveals she learned how to pilot the TARDIS from the TARDIS herself. (TV: The Time of Angels)
A group of soldiers aim their guns at River, echoing how it happened likewise for the Doctor several times. (TV: Aliens of London, World War Three, Dalek, Army of Ghosts, Victory of the Daleks)
The Doctor tells Melody, "Rule one: the Doctor lies." (TV: The Big Bang) One of the first things the Doctor hears River say is "I'm always lying." (TV: Silence in the Library)
The Doctor leaves a diary by River's bedside as a gift. Here, it is seen to be brand new. By the time the Doctor first encounters it, years later from River's perspective, the diary has been used and roughed up so much that it is on the verge of falling apart. (TV: Silence in the Library)
The Teselecta data console states the Doctor's TARDIS is a Type 40 Mk 3 TT Capsule, very similar to its official Time Lord designation. (TV: The Deadly Assassin)
The Megara, who appeared in The Stones of Blood, functioned as "justice machines".
It is mentioned twice that River uses her "remaining" regenerations to revive the Doctor, implying that she has a fixed amount. The ability to transfer regeneration energy from one regeneration-capable individual to another has been suggested before. (TV: Mawdryn Undead, Doctor Who (TV story), The Ultimate Foe)
River has previously used a type of lipstick to her advantage. (TV: The Time of Angels, The Big Bang) This time, she uses a version made from the poison of a Judas tree. Captain John Hart previously used a similar poisonous lip gloss that caused paralysis, and if left untreated for longer than two hours, death. John claimed that he may have even learned about the poison lip gloss from Jack Harkness. (TV: Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang) River's parting words to The Doctor before jumping out the window were also, "Kiss, kiss!"
River recovers completely after being shot several times by German soldiers; she is still within the first fifteen hours of her regeneration. The Tenth Doctor recovered from a severed hand while fighting a Sycorax under similar circumstances. (TV: The Christmas Invasion) Romana tried several forms after her first regeneration. (TV: Destiny of the Daleks)
When first detecting there are life forms inside the Teselecta, the Doctor wonders if it is bigger on the inside.
The TARDIS has materialised before inside a smaller object containing miniaturised life forms in a compression field. (TV: Carnival of Monsters)
Mels says, "See you later, Time Boy" during a flashback. Donna Noble called the Doctor, "Time Boy". (TV: Journey's End)
The Doctor says, "Spoilers", when Melody asked who River was, a word frequently used by River herself later in her timeline. (TV: Silence in the Library, et al.)
The Doctor previously said that "Time is not the boss of me." (TV: The Time of Angels)
Amy had a picture of herself and (apparently) Mels on a table in her bedroom. (TV: Flesh and Stone)
Teselecta Amy tells the Doctor that the Silence is not a species. The Slitheen said a similar thing to the Doctor. (TV: World War Three)
The Fourth Doctor has previously asserted that someone he was leaving behind will be more than "fine." (TV: Warriors' Gate)
The Eleventh Doctor changes his clothing in the midst of a long and painful death. The Tenth Doctor apparently did the same thing just before regenerating, changing into an undamaged version of his brown suit, along with a new tie, before dropping off Wilfred Mott. (TV: The End of Time)
While lecturing Mels, Amy asks her, "Who steals a bus?!" Sarah Jane Smith and Lady Christina de Souza have. (TV: Invasion of the Bane, Planet of the Dead)
The Doctor tells Rory to put Hitler in the cupboard. A similar exchange was once shared between Claire and George: "What do we do with things we don't like?" "We put them in the cupboard." (TV: Night Terrors)
When asked by the Doctor about why he never met her at Amy's wedding, Mels replies "I don't do weddings". She attends the wedding as River Song who apparently doesn't do weddings and leaves her blank diary for Amy. (TV: The Big Bang)
The Ninth Doctor had previously been shown to anticipate and effectively neutralise assassination attempts against him by Blon Fel-Fotch Passameer-Day Slitheen. (TV: Boom Town)
Amy states that the sonic screwdriver can be used by "pointing and thinking". The Tenth Doctor previously indicated that the Vashta Nerada could use Proper Dave's Neural relay by simply pointing and thinking. (TV: Forest of the Dead)
Melody materialises the TARDIS around her parents, causing them to appear in the console room. This has been done before to various people and objects:

The Fourth Doctor materialised his TARDIS around the Master's TARDIS while it was disguised as a police box. (TV: Logopolis)
The Fifth Doctor proposed doing such again to the Master's TARDIS while it was disguised as a Concorde. (TV: Time-Flight)
The Ninth Doctor materialised around Rose Tyler and a Dalek. (TV: The Parting of the Ways)
The Tenth Doctor may have done the same in order to save the crew of Bowie Base One before it exploded. (TV: The Waters of Mars)
The Doctor would again materialise the TARDIS around Amy and Rory (along with Rory's father, Brian). (TV: Dinosaurs on a Spaceship)

Because the Doctor did not answer his phone, Amy and Rory get the Doctor's attention by creating a crop circle in Leadworth that spells out his name. (WC: Prequel (Let's Kill Hitler)) River Song took similar measures to contact the Doctor by defacing a cliffside on Planet One with writing that translated into, "HELLO SWEETIE ΘΣ Φ ΓΥΔϟ" (ΘΣ Theta Sigma) for not answering her calls. (TV: The Pandorica Opens)
The Doctor feels guilt regarding his previous companions Rose Tyler, Martha Jones, and Donna Noble.
The Fourth Doctor told Eldrad that the TARDIS interior was "in a state of temporal grace", so weapons would not work inside of it. (TV: The Hand of Fear) When asked about this seeming to not always be the case, the Fifth Doctor simply said that "nobody's perfect". (TV: Arc of Infinity)
The Doctor tells the TARDIS's hologram of Amelia to, "Come along, Pond." (TV: Victory of the Daleks, The Big Bang, Death of the Doctor, A Christmas Carol)
Melody believes the reason Hitler rose to power was because the Doctor didn't stop him. Unbeknownst to her, the Seventh Doctor was instrumental in Hitler's rise to power. (PROSE: Timewyrm: Exodus)

Home video releases[[edit] | [edit source]]

Series 6, part 2 DVD cover

DVD & Blu-ray releases[[edit] | [edit source]]

Let's Kill Hitler was released in Series 6 Part Two on DVD and Blu-Ray in region 1/A on 8 November 2011, in region 2/B on 10 October 2011 and in region 4/B on 3 November 2011.
The episode was later released in the Complete Sixth Series boxset on both DVD and Blu-ray, in region 1/A on 22 November 2011, in region 2/B on 21 November 2011 and in region 4/B on 1 December 2011.

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In the United Kingdom, this story is available on BBC iPlayer.

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Footnotes[[edit] | [edit source]]

↑ Gillan also plays the Teselecta that assumed the appearance of Amy.
↑ Kingston also plays the Teselecta that assumed the appearance of River.
↑ Rham also plays the Teselecta that assumed the appearance of Zimmerman.
↑ ^4.0 ^4.1 ^4.2 http://guide.doctorwhonews.net/role.php?code=5003&detail=listing&pg=dwm
↑ Doctor Who Motion Comic, SciFi FX, 26 August 2011, accessed 2nd November 2011
↑ AT&T to Help Tell Story of Doctor Who, Double Barrel Motion Labs webpage, accessed 2 November 2011
↑ Doctor Who Ratings - UK final
↑ Mark Jefferies (17/08/2011). Billie Piper, Freema Agyeman and Catherine Tate all come back for cameo roles in Doctor Who. Daily Mirror. Retrieved on 28th August 2011.

[1] Gillan also plays the Teselecta that assumed the appearance of Amy.

[2] Kingston also plays the Teselecta that assumed the appearance of River.

[3] Rham also plays the Teselecta that assumed the appearance of Zimmerman.

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[5] Doctor Who Motion Comic, SciFi FX, 26 August 2011, accessed 2nd November 2011

[6] AT&T to Help Tell Story of Doctor Who, Double Barrel Motion Labs webpage, accessed 2 November 2011

[7] Doctor Who Ratings - UK final

[8] Mark Jefferies (17/08/2011). Billie Piper, Freema Agyeman and Catherine Tate all come back for cameo roles in Doctor Who. Daily Mirror. Retrieved on 28th August 2011.

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+| series          = [[Doctor Who television stories|''Doctor Who'' television stories]]
-| series          =[[Doctor Who television stories|''Doctor Who'' television stories]]|
+| season number   = Series 6 (Doctor Who 2005)
-| season number          = [[Series 6 (Doctor Who)|Series 6]]
+|series episode number = 8
-| story number    = 218b
+| story number    = 219
-| doctor          = [[Eleventh Doctor]]
+| doctor          = Eleventh Doctor
 | companions      = [[Amy Pond|Amy]], [[Rory Williams|Rory]]
-| enemy           = [[River Song|River]], [[Teselecta Antibodies]]
+| featuring       = River Song{{!}}Melody
+| featuring2      = Mels Zucker
+| featuring3      = Adolf Hitler
+| featuring4      = Arthur Candy{{!}}Candy
+| enemy           = [[Captain]] [[Carter (Let's Kill Hitler)|Carter]]
 | setting         = [[Berlin]], [[1938]]
-|confidential     = [[River Runs Wild]]
+|confidential     = River Runs Wild (CON episode)
-| writer          = [[Steven Moffat]]
+| writer          = Steven Moffat
 | director        = [[Richard Senior]]
 | producer        = [[Marcus Wilson]]
-| broadcast date  = [[27 August]] [[2011]]
+| broadcast date  = 27 August 2011
-|network=[[BBC One]]|
+|network          = BBC One
-| format          = 1x 50 minute episode
+| format          = 1x50 minute episode
-| production code = 6.8
+| production code = 2.8
-| prev  = A Good Man Goes to War (TV story)
+| prev            = A Good Man Goes to War (TV story)
-| next      = Night Terrors (TV story)
+| next            = Night Terrors (TV story)
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 | made next       = The Wedding of River Song (TV story)
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-'''''Let's Kill Hitler''''' was the eighth episode in the [[series 6 (Doctor Who)|sixth series]] of ''[[Doctor Who]]'' and the first episode in the Autumn half. Much like ''[[A Good Man Goes to War]]'', it revealed much about [[River Song]]'s origins. We also learn more about [[Amy Pond|Amy]] and [[Rory Williams|Rory]]'s childhood and how they became a couple. It also explained why [[the Silence]] have been trying so hard to kill [[the Doctor]] all this time.
+'''''Let's Kill Hitler''''' was the eighth episode and mid-series premiere of [[Series 6 (Doctor Who 2005)|series 6]] of ''[[Doctor Who]]''.
-== Synopsis ==
+It was the first episode in the autumn half of the sixth series. It was, in a sense, the second episode of a two-part story, preceded by ''[[A Good Man Goes to War (TV story)|A Good Man Goes to War]]''. Like ''A Good Man Goes to War'', it revealed much about [[River Song]]'s origins, also dealing with Amy and Rory's childhood and how they became a couple. Additionally, it explained why [[the Silence]] had been trying to kill [[the Doctor]] and it is stated that the Doctor's death at [[Lake Silencio]] is a [[fixed point in time]]. At the end of the episode and in following episodes, the Doctor is occasionally seen looking at the information he downloaded from the ''[[Teselecta]]'' on his death.
-Hijacked at gunpoint, the TARDIS crash-lands in 1930's [[Berlin]]. There, [[Eleventh Doctor|the Doctor]] comes face to face with the greatest war criminal in all of history - and [[Hitler]]. To save the life of one of those dear to him, the Doctor must teach his adversaries that time travel has responsibilities. In doing so, he learns a lesson in the cruellest warfare of all, the hard way.
+The episode featured the first "[[Time Lord]]-style" [[regeneration]] of a female that showed the complete change in physical appearance from old to new incarnation on-screen. Previously, such regenerations were shown with the change from an old form already completed or cut out before the physical change even began. ''Let's Kill Hitler'' also dealt with other aspects of regeneration, such as being able to rapidly heal from otherwise fatal injuries while the regenerative cycle was still in process, and a capability to donate some amount of [[regeneration energy]] to another at will.
+This was the first televised ''Doctor Who'' story to feature the personal appearance of the tyrant dictator [[Adolf Hitler]]. However, although the title of this episode suggested the story might revolve around him, in truth he received close to five minutes of screen time and was quickly ejected from the plot. A few references to [[World War II]] and [[Nazi]]sm were present, but much of the episode focused on the first appearance of the [[Justice Department]] and the strange types of technology they utilised. Instead, the title comes from [[Mels]]' demand to be taken back in time to kill Hitler in the cornfield at the beginning.
-== Plot ==
+In this episode, the shapeshifting robot known as the ''[[Teselecta]]'' is introduced. The ''Teselecta'' and her crew make a return in ''[[The Wedding of River Song (TV story)|The Wedding of River Song]]'' where they play an important role in the plot. Unknown until the events of ''The Wedding of River Song'', the ''Teselecta'' also appeared at the beginning of ''[[The Impossible Astronaut (TV story)|The Impossible Astronaut]]'' and played a major role there where the two episodes events were connected to each other.
-[[Amy Pond|Amy]] is having [[Rory Williams|Rory]] drive through a corn field as she gives directions poorly. Upon stopping their car, they find, much as they expected, [[File:LetsKillHitlerCropCircle.jpg|thumb|left|Amy and Rory's way of contacting the Doctor.]] [[Eleventh Doctor|the Doctor]] standing by [[The Doctor's TARDIS|his TARDIS]]. Getting out of their car, the Doctor holds up a newspaper and asks "seriously?" while a zoom out shows that they made a crop circle reading "Doctor". Rory explains they did this because he wouldn't answer his phone. Amy then changes the subject, asking if he has found Melody yet as they gave him all summer. Getting Rory's permission, the Doctor hugs and reminds her that Melody grows up to be River Song, assuring Amy that he will find her. Amy immediately interrupts this as he hasn't yet. Rory, holding the paper, has Amy and the Doctor examine it; there is a line in the message that ''they'' didn't make.
-As they ponder what it means, they hear a vehicle approaching and dodge out of the way as a Corvette pulls up to them. Out of the car comes Amy and Rory's best friend [[Mels]], who immediately finds the Doctor attractive before gawking at the sight of the TARDIS and going on about how Amy told her about it. The Doctor is confused as he didn't see her at [[The Big Bang (TV story)|the wedding]]; Mel's isn't a wedding person. Amy then asks Mels where she got the Corvette, learning she "borrowed" it. With the sound of police sirens approaching, Mels points a gun at the Doctor, telling him that she needs out of there. When asked where she'd like to go, Mels says "I've got a gun, you've got a time machine. What the hell? Let's kill [[[Hitler]]".
+Additionally, the episode introduces [[The Question]] which is described as "the oldest question in the universe, hidden in plain sight." While the Doctor learns of the Question from the ''[[Teselecta]]'', he does not learn what it is or its significance to him. The Question is revisited in ''[[The Wedding of River Song (TV story)|The Wedding of River Song]]'' where the Doctor learns what the Question is from [[Dorium Maldovar]] and why it means he must die and in ''[[The Time of the Doctor (TV story)|The Time of the Doctor]]'' where the true nature of the Question and its meaning are revealed.
-Flashback: Mels is shown to be a childhood friend of Amy and Rory, taking delight in picking on him with her. She constantly questions Amy about the Doctor and is a frequent troublemaker at school. She gets in more trouble than anyone except boys. She insults teachers, continually references the Doctor and steals.
+== Synopsis ==
+In the desperate search for Melody Pond, the TARDIS crash lands in Thirties Berlin, as the time-travelling drama returns for the second half of the series shown earlier in the year. The Doctor comes face to face with the greatest war criminal in the Universe. And Hitler. Old friendships are tested to their limits as the Doctor suffers the ultimate betrayal and learns a harsh lesson in the cruellest warfare of all. As precious time ebbs away, the Doctor must teach his adversaries that time travel has responsibilities. And he must succeed before an almighty price is paid.
-By the time they're grown up, Mels has stolen a bus and Amy is chiding her for it. Rory tries excusing himself as Mels points out that even if the Doctor was a figment of Amy's imagination, she still has him. Amy quickly realizes that Rory has been harboring a crush on her all these years and runs after him; she originally thought he was gay by mistake.
+== Plot ==
+[[File:LetsKillHitlerCropCircle.jpg|thumb|left|Amy and Rory's way of contacting the Doctor.]]
+[[Rory Williams|Rory]] drives through a wheat field wildly as [[Amy Pond|Amy]] gives directions poorly. She is telling him how to trace letters by mowing down the wheat with the car that will spell out a name, trying to summon [[the Doctor]] in the loudest manner possible, so that he cannot avoid contact with them any longer by [[Prequel (Let's Kill Hitler)|dodging Amy's phone calls]]. Stopping their car, they find the Doctor standing by [[The Doctor's TARDIS|his TARDIS]] in a new green pea coat.
-Back in the present, the TARDIS begins to fly wildly as Mels has shot the time rotor. The Doctor yells at her for damaging his TARDIS, which is now billowing out poisonous smoke, but Mels defends herself by saying the Doctor claimed they were in a state of [[Temporal grace]]. However, the Doctor points out that it was a clever lie and anybody could have figured it out. Screaming in teror, Amy asks where they are as the TARDIS continues to fly madly.
+[[File:Doctor sees ridiculous Leadworth Crop Circle.jpg|thumb|left|"Seriously?"]]
+He holds a newspaper with a photo of the crop circle reading "Doctor" they have just made, commenting "Seriously?" with an incredulous smirk on his face. Rory replies that the Doctor had not been answering his phone and this was the only way they could really get his attention. She asks if he has found Melody over the summer. The Doctor makes the bad news easier to deliver by asking Rory if he can give Amy a hug. Once he has permission, he embraces Amy and tells her "You know who she grows up to be, so you know I will find her." Amy notices that this is a polite way of saying he failed to track down her baby. Rory then examines the picture and notices a line in the message that ''they'' didn't make.
+The trio suddenly learns what caused the unknown stroke in the message when they hear the high-powered engine of a sports car revving through the field and shredding a new line down the middle of their crop circle. All of them start screaming for their lives. They dodge out of the way as a Corvette almost runs them over. Out steps Amy and Rory's best friend, [[Mels Zucker|Mels]], who flirts with the Doctor and fondles the TARDIS. With police sirens prophesying her arrest for car theft, she points a gun at the Doctor and demands he take her to kill [[Adolf Hitler|Hitler]].
-In [[1938]] [[Berlin]], a janitor watches a [[Nazi]] [[Erich Zimmerman|officer]] enter his office. In a futuristic control room, the crew discuss copying the officer as the janitor enters the officer's office. In the control room, [[Harriet (Let's Kill Hitler)|a woman]] complains that the last time they relied on the computer, it "made [[Rasputin]] green". She goes to 'the top level', where an electronic voice politely threatens her after a device on her wrist briefly deactivates. She looks through a view port, which is the eye of the janitor, actually a highly advanced ship, the ''[[Teselecta]]''. She relays color codes to the control room. The janitor becomes the officer's double and beams him aboard with a miniaturization ray. Upon learning the officer's identity, the crew leave him to the "antibodies". The voice politely threatens the officer and kills him.
+A flashback shows Mels is a childhood friend of Amy and Rory and a troublemaker at school. She gets in more trouble than anyone except boys, insults teachers, continually references the Doctor, steals [[bus]]es and points out to Amy and Rory that they're in love. Back in the present, the TARDIS flies wildly because Mels has shot the [[time rotor]]. He barks at the delinquent, "You shot it! You shot my TARDIS! You shot the console!" Mels accusingly remarks, "It's your fault!" He inquires, "How is it my fault?" She replies, "You said guns didn't work in this place. You said we're in a state of temporal grace." Angry that she fired her gun out of foolish curiosity, he snarks, "Oh, that was a clever lie, you idiot! Anyone could tell that was a clever lie!"
-The ''Teselecta'' enters [[Adolf Hitler]]'s office while the captain complains about the shock-absorbers malfunctioning. Hitler wonders why his officer has entered without permission and tries calling his guards. However, the ''Teselecta'' says the room has been sound-screened, to prevent anyone from hearing him cry for help, and that he has been found guilty. The ''Teselecta'' activates "justice mode" and paralyzes him with a beam of light from its mouth. However, one of the crew finds out that they arrived too earlier in his timeline.
+In [[1938]] [[Berlin]], a janitor watches a [[Nazi]] [[Erich Zimmerman|officer]]. In a futuristic control room, the crew discuss copying the officer as the janitor follows him. In the control room, [[Harriet (Let's Kill Hitler)|a woman]] complains that the last time they relied on the computer, it "made [[Grigori Rasputin|Rasputin]] green". She goes to "the top level", where an electronic voice politely threatens her until she adjusts a device on her wrist. She looks through a viewport, which is the eye of the janitor, actually a highly advanced ship, the ''[[Teselecta]]''. She relays colour codes to the control room. The janitor becomes the officer's double and beams him aboard with a miniaturisation ray. Learning the officer's identity as a war criminal, the crew leave him to the [[Teselecta antibody|antibodies]]. They politely threaten the officer before killing him.
-A crew member says they've detected an incoming object and turn to face it.
-The TARDIS crashes through the window and knocks over the ''Teselecta''.  The TARDIS occupants stagger out in a cloud of smoke caused by Mels' destruction. The Doctor takes Mels gun from her and puts it in a fruit bowl before noticing someone is behind the desk. Apologizing for the mess, the Doctor's sentence trails off upon noticing it's Hitler. Hitler thanks the dumbfounded travelers for saving him and asks what the TARDIS is. The Doctor advances on him, saying it's a police box and "The British are coming!" The ''Teselecta'' picks itself up and a panicky Hitler fires at it. Rory punches out Hitler and takes his gun.
+The ''Teselecta'' enters [[Adolf Hitler]]'s office while the captain complains about the shock-absorbers malfunctioning. Hitler asks why his officer has entered without permission. The ''Teselecta'' activates "justice mode" and paralyses him with a beam of light from its mouth. However, one of the crew says they arrived too early in his timeline, just before the TARDIS crashes through a window and knocks over the ''Teselecta''.
-The Doctor and Amy help up the ''Teselecta'' as it lies about Hitler missing it. On the Doctor's orders, Rory puts Hitler in the cupboard while the ''Teselecta'' goes into observation mode - "fainting". Mels then staggers forward, calling Hitler a lousy shot before collapsing; she got hit by one of the bullets. Rory tries to help her while the Doctor tries keeping Mels conscious by talking to her. Mels says she wanted to marry the Doctor and he promises he'll ask her parents when they fix her up. However, Mels says they're right there with them.
+The TARDIS occupants stagger out in a cloud of smoke caused by Mels' havoc. Hitler thanks the dumbfounded travellers for saving him and asks what the TARDIS is. The Doctor advances on him, saying it's a [[police box]] and "The British are coming!" The ''Teselecta'' picks itself up and a panicky Hitler fires at it. Rory punches Hitler and takes his gun.
-The Doctor immediately realizes her identity as Mels begins glowing. Forcing Amy and Rory away from her, the Doctor asks Mels what her name is short for; Melody. Amy says she named her daughter after her, but the Doctor explains "you named your daughter after your daughter", cuing both of them in on what's happening. Rory begins to ask about the situation, but Mels begins regenerating with a scream. The crew of the ''Teselecta'' watch in bewilderment as they now know there's a criminal whose crimes dwarf Hitler's - Melody Pond. Completing her regeneration, Melody is now in her River Song incarnation. She madly begins going around, babbling about her new look and goes off to weigh herself.
+The Doctor and Amy help up the ''Teselecta''. Rory shoves Hitler in the cupboard while the ''Teselecta'' goes into observation mode — "fainting". Mels staggers forward. She calls Hitler a lousy shot and collapses; she was hit by a bullet. Rory tries to help her and the Doctor tries keeping her conscious by talking to her. Mels says she wanted to [[marriage|marry]] the Doctor and he promises to ask her parents when they fix her up. Mels says they're right there, then begins to glow. The Doctor, who recognises that Mels is starting to [[regenerate]], pulls the others away from her.
-All three time travelers discuss that this is River Song right at the beginning; she doesn't even know her name yet. Overhearing, Melody asks who River is, but the Doctor refuses to tell her. She then pulls out another gun, "getting back to business", which the Doctor saw coming. However, the Doctor had disarmed it. Knowing he would do this, Melody toke her other gun from the fruit bowl. However, the Doctor switched it with a [[banana]]; "Goodness, is killing you going to take all day?" The Doctor questions why she is in a hurry as she could have killed him back in Leadworth, revealing he disarmed the other gun.
+Mels comments about regenerating once before [[Day of the Moon (TV story)|as a child in New York]] and reveals her actual name to be Melody. Amy says she named her daughter after her, but the Doctor explains, "You named your daughter after your daughter" and Mels finally regenerates with a scream.
-Melody claims she's a psychopath, not rude; killing him when they just met would be rude. Amy wonders why she would be a psychopath as Melody explains that she was kidnapped and trained to kill the Doctor. The Doctor confirms that the purpose of [[Demons Run]] was to create his bespoke psychopath. Melody kisses him and calls him "Sweetie", but the Doctor tells her only River Song can call him that, calling her an old friend. Melody looks out at Berlin and decides to leave, warning her parents not to following her.
+The crew of the ''Teselecta'' look in bewilderment at a criminal whose crimes dwarf Hitler's: Melody Pond. Melody ends her regeneration in an incarnation that the Doctor, Amy and Rory recognise as River Song. She chatters on about her new look before going off to weigh herself.
-However, when the Doctor asks why he's not getting a warning, Melody reveals that her lipstick was poison, leaving them behind. The Doctor gives Amy his [[sonic screwdriver]], instructing her to find Melody. Amy wonders what's wrong with her daughter as she is contradicting herself. The Doctor explains it's because of her brainwashing "plus she's a woman". Upon seeing Amy is annoyed, he tells her to shut up as he's dying. Entering the TARDIS, he orders the extractor fans on to remove the smoke.
+The three [[time travel]]lers talk, realising that Melody is River Song right at the beginning. Melody asks who River is, but the Doctor refuses to tell her "spoilers". She pulls out a gun, "getting back to business", points it at the Doctor and pulls the trigger. The gun, emptied by the Doctor during the regeneration, clicks uselessly. A scintillating conversation ensues and Melody pulls a [[banana]] at the Doctor, who had turned the fruit bowl she had left the gun in, then Melody swings a letter opener at him but is disarmed. The Doctor asks why she didn't kill him in the field and receives the reply that they'd only just met — she's a psychopath, not rude.
-Outside, Melody is confronted by guards, who she bluntly tells of her intention to kill Hitler; they shoot her However, Melody is unharmed as she is still within the first 15 hours of her regeneration, allowing her  to send out a shock wave that heals her and knock out the guards. As she mounts a bike, Melody tells her approaching parents she's going shopping. Another guard approaches and Rory tries to explain what happened. However, seeing he can't, Rory knocks him down and steals his bike, heading off after Melody with Amy. However, the guard quickly gets back up and is revealed to be the ''Teselecta'' in a new form; it copies the bike and goes after them.
+An impatient Melody asks if killing him will take all day. The Doctor inquires if she was busy and, an explanation that [[the Silence]] tailored Melody as the Doctor's "own bespoke psychopath" later, Melody [[kiss]]es him with poisoned [[lipstick]] and jumps out a window to go shopping. The Doctor gives Amy his [[the Doctor's sonic screwdriver|sonic screwdriver]] and tells her to find Melody. Dying, he stumbles into the TARDIS.
-Inside the TARDIS, the Doctor  activates the voice interface as a hologram of himself. However, he asks for someone he likes. It offers images of [[Rose Tyler]], [[Martha Jones]] and [[Donna Noble]], all of whom induce wails of guilt. It offers young Amelia Pond, who tells the Doctor that the poison comes from the [[Judas tree]] and prevents regeneration. The Doctor tries to get "Amelia" to help him gather his strength but it insists it is not Amelia, but a hologram. He collapses, whimpering for help, then hears "Fish fingers and custard" and drags himself to the console to confront the ''Teselecta''.
+[[File:Regeneration Attack.jpg|thumb|right|Melody weaponises her regeneration cycle.]]
+Outside, Melody enrages soldiers into shooting her. Rory who is horrified, cries out, "No!" as his daughter is pelted by automatic gunfire. However, she is within the first fifteen hours of her regeneration; she produces a shock wave that heals her and knocks out the guards. She steals a [[motorcycle]]. Amy and Rory steal another and follow her.
-Elsewhere, Melody enters a restaurant and orders the patrons, at gunpoint, to leave their clothes behind and flee.
+Inside the TARDIS, the Doctor turns on the [[voice interface]] as a hologram of himself. He asks for someone he likes. In succession, it offers images of [[Rose Tyler]], [[Martha Jones]] and [[Donna Noble]], all of whom induce wails of guilt. Finally, it offers young Amelia Pond, who tells the Doctor that he will shortly be dead. The poison comes from the [[Judas tree]], and regeneration is not available. The Doctor tries to get "Amelia" to help him gather his strength. It insists it is not Amelia, but a hologram. He collapses, gasping for help, then hears Amelia the hologram say "Fish fingers and custard". He finds the strength to drag himself to the console.
-Outside, Amy and Rory are wondering where she is and are looking for signs. Upon seeing the patrons of the restaurant exit in their undergarments, they realize Melody is inside. However, much to their shock, the ''Teselecta'' arrives, now in Amy's form.
+[[File:Melody with MP40s.jpg|thumb|left|"Ladies and gentlemen: I don't have a thing to wear. Take off your clothes."]]
+Elsewhere, Melody enters a restaurant and orders the patrons at gunpoint to take off their clothes. Outside, Amy and Rory wonder where she is. They see the screaming restaurant patrons run out in their undergarments and hurry in just as the ''Teselecta'', now in Amy's form, arrives.
-Inside, Melody is working on her outfit. She then notices Amy run inside, sighing that she warned her not to come.
+Melody is working on her ensemble when Amy — actually the ''Teselecta'' — runs in. Amy and Rory wake up where the Nazi officer did. They are threatened politely by the antibodies until a crew member gives wrist devices to ward them off. They are taken to the bridge, where they are told that their memories of these events will be erased later.
-However, it is revealed that is actually the ''Teselecta'' as Amy and Rory wake up in the same place as the Nazi officer did.  [[File:Teselecta_(Amy).png|thumb|left|The ''[[Teselecta]]'' as Amy]] They are nearly killed by the antibodies until a member of the crew gives wrist devices to ward off the antibodies. They are taken to the bridge, where they are told that their memories will be erased of this event when its over.
+Outside, the ''Teselecta'' asks Melody why she killed the Doctor on behalf of [[the Silence]]. Melody really doesn't know. Her past is all a blur. It captures Melody as it did Hitler. The Doctor arrives in evening clothes. He asks whom she killed. He uses a [[sonic cane]] to scan the ''Teselecta'' and learns Amy and Rory are inside it.
-Outside, Melody comments of her appearance and speculates what to do with it. The ''Teselecta'' informs Melody that she killed the Doctor on behalf of [[the Silence]]. Melody admits that she really doesn't know as her past is all a big blur. It then captures Melody as it did Hitler. The Doctor arrives in evening clothes, asking who she killed. Melody is shocked that he would waste the time he has left to change his clothes. The Doctor uses a [[sonic cane]] to scan the ''Teselecta'' and learns Amy and Rory are inside it, getting a signal form his sonic screwdriver.
+Melody tries to flee but is recaptured. The Doctor demands they leave her alone and asks who they are. The ''Teselecta'' explains that as a form of justice, they visit unpunished criminals at the ends of their lives and "give them hell", agonising pain, while the [[timeline]] continues. The Doctor asks who wants him dead and Amy persuades the captain to tell him. It says [[the Silence]] are behind the plot to kill him. They are a religious cult who believe "silence will fall" when [[The Question|the oldest question in the universe]] is asked. It does not know what the question is. The ''Teselecta'' resumes torturing Melody.
-Melody tries fleeing, but is captured again. The Doctor demands that they leave her alone and to know who they are. The ''Teselecta'' explains that as a form of justice, they visit war criminals at the ends of their lives, and "give them hell", agonizing pain, while the timeline continues. The Doctor asks who wants him dead and Amy persuades the captain to tell him. It says [[the Silence]] are behind the plot to kill him. They are a religious cult who believe "silence will fall" when [[The Question|the oldest question in the Universe]] is asked. It does not know what the question is. The ''Teselecta'' resumes torturing Melody.
+The Doctor tells Amy to save her daughter. She uses the sonic screwdriver to turn off the crew's security clearances. The antibodies attack them and they teleport to safety. Amy uses a microphone to ask the Doctor for help. The antibodies are politely threatening Rory and her again. The Doctor struggles against his painful death. He crawls towards the TARDIS, shocking Melody that he still cares. The Doctor asks for her help, using her name, River. Melody demands to know who River is.
-The Doctor tells Amy to save her daughter and Amy uses the [[sonic screwdriver]] to turn off the crew's security clearance . The antibodies attack them and they teleport to safety. Amy uses a microphone to ask the Doctor for help as they are now in danger of dying. The Doctor, struggling against the pain the poison fills him with, tries reaching the TARDIS, shocking Melody as to how he still cares for her parents. The Doctor asks for her help, calling her River. Melody becomes jealous, asking the Doctor to tell her who River is.
+Inside the ''Teselecta'', Amy and Rory are cornered by the antibodies. They accept their doom. Suddenly, the TARDIS materialises around them. They begin to thank the Doctor. Instead, they find a shaken Melody at the console, saying she flew the TARDIS. It taught her how.
-Inside the ''Teselecta'', Amy and Rory are cornered by the antibodies and accept they can;t be saved. Suddenly,the TARDIS materializes around Amy and Rory, who start congratulating the Doctor. However, they find a shaken Melody in his place, saying she flew the TARDIS; it taught her how.
+They go to the Doctor, but he says there is no way for him to survive. He asks to speak to Melody. He asks her to find River Song, whispers something in her ear and dies. Melody asks who "River Song" is. Amy orders the ''Teselecta'' to show them. It shifts into the form of Melody's current incarnation.
-They go to the Doctor, but he says there is no way for him to survive. He asks to speak to Melody. He asks her to find River Song, whispers something in her ear and dies. Melody asks who "River Song" is. Amy orders the ''Teselecta'' to show them. It shifts into the form of Melody's current incarnation. Having learned that ''she'' is the Doctor's "beloved friend", she asks her parents if the Doctor is "worth it". They don't understand her question, but agree he is. Melody gives up all her incarnations to save the Doctor.
+[[File:Melody_becomes_River.jpg|thumb|"Hello sweetie." Melody Pond becomes River Song.]]
+Melody learns that ''she'' is River Song. Amy and Rory ask Melody what the Doctor whispered in her ear. She does not answer this, but asks her parents if the Doctor is "worth it". They don't understand her question but agree he is. Melody [[kiss]]es the Doctor and gives up all her regenerations to save him.
-Melody wakes in [[Sisters of the Infinite Schism|the best hospital in the universe]]. The Doctor leaves her a [[River Song's diary|TARDIS blue diary]]. They must let her find her own way back to them.
+Melody wakes in [[Sisters of the Infinite Schism|the greatest hospital in the universe]]. The Doctor leaves her a [[River Song's diary|TARDIS blue diary]]. They must leave her to find her own way back to them.
-In [[5123]], Melody, now going by the name of River Song, applies at the [[Luna University]]. When asked why she wants a degree in [[archaeology]], she says she is "looking for a good man".
+In [[5123]], Melody, now calling herself River Song, applies to study at the [[Luna University]]. When asked why she wants a degree in [[archaeology]], she says she is "looking for a good man".
 == Cast ==
 * [[Eleventh Doctor|The Doctor]] - [[Matt Smith]]
-* [[Amy Pond]] - [[Karen Gillan]]
+* [[Amy Pond]] - [[Karen Gillan]]<ref>Gillan also plays [[Teselecta|the ''Teselecta'' that assumed the appearance of Amy]].</ref>
-* [[Rory Williams]] - [[Arthur Darvill]]
+* [[Rory Williams|Rory]] - [[Arthur Darvill]]
-* [[River Song]] - [[Alex Kingston]]
+* [[River Song]] - [[Alex Kingston]]<ref>Kingston also plays [[Teselecta|the ''Teselecta'' that assumed the appearance of River]].</ref>
-* [[River Song|Mels]] - [[Nina Toussaint-White]]
+* [[Mels Zucker|Mels]] - [[Nina Toussaint-White]]
-* [[Adolf Hitler]] - [[Albert Welling]]
 * [[Amy Pond|Amelia Pond]] - [[Caitlin Blackwood]]
-* [[River Song|Young Mels]] - [[Maya Glace-Green]]
+* [[Mels Zucker|Young Mels]] - [[Maya Glace-Green]]
 * [[Rory Williams|Young Rory]] - [[Ezekiel Wigglesworth]]
-* [[Erich Zimmerman|Zimmerman]] - [[Philip Rham]]
+* [[Erich Zimmerman|Zimmerman]] - [[Philip Rham]]<ref>Rham also plays [[Teselecta|the ''Teselecta'' that assumed the appearance of Zimmerman]].</ref>
 * [[Carter (Let's Kill Hitler)|Carter]] - [[Richard Dillane]]
 * [[Anita (Let's Kill Hitler)|Anita]] - [[Amy Cudden]]
 * [[Jim (Let's Kill Hitler)|Jim]] - [[Davood Ghadami]]
 * [[Harriet (Let's Kill Hitler)|Harriet]] - [[Ella Kenion]]
-* [[German Officer]] - [[Mark Killeen]]
+* [[Adolf Hitler]] - [[Albert Welling]]
-* [[Candy (Let's Kill Hitler)|Professor Candy]] - [[Paul Bentley]]
+* [[German officer (Let's Kill Hitler)|German officer]] - [[Mark Killeen]]
+* [[Arthur Candy|Professor Candy]] - [[Paul Bentley]]
 * [[Nurse (Let's Kill Hitler)|Nurse]] - [[Eva Alexander]]
-* [[Female Teacher (Let's Kill Hitler)|Female Teacher]] - [[Tor Clark]]
+* [[Mitchell (Let's Kill Hitler)|Female teacher]] - [[Tor Clark]]
+=== Uncredited cast ===
+* [[Teselecta]] workers - [[Claudio Laurini]], [[Dennis Gregory]], [[Victoria Tomas]], [[Jon Davey]], [[Richard Knott]], [[Kristian Arthur]]<ref name=":0">http://guide.doctorwhonews.net/role.php?code=5003&detail=listing&pg=dwm</ref>
+* [[Teselecta]] officers - [[Rachel Bond]], [[Luke Grahame]], [[Darius Walker]]<ref name=":0" />
+* Nazi janitor - [[John Jenner]]<ref name=":0" />
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-== References ==
+== Worldbuilding ==
-=== [[:Category:The Doctor|The Doctor]] ===
+* The Doctor makes a joke about female indecisiveness.
-* The Doctor covertly switches a gun for a [[banana]], leading [[River Song]] to pull the banana on him. The [[Ninth Doctor]] previously did this to [[Jack Harkness]].
-* The Doctor adds to his '''[[The Doctor's Rules|rules]]'''
+=== Clothing ===
+* River mentions [[Jodhpur]]s.
+=== The Doctor ===
+* The Doctor covertly switches a gun for a [[banana]].
+* The Doctor adds to his [[The Doctor's rules|rules]]:
 :* Rule 1: The Doctor lies.
 :* Rule 7: Never run when you are scared.
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 :* Rule 408: Time is ''not'' the boss of you.
-=== [[:Category:The Doctor's items|The Doctor's items]] ===
+=== The Doctor's items ===
-* The Doctor gives Amy his [[sonic screwdriver]].
+* The Doctor gives Amy his [[the Doctor's sonic screwdriver|sonic screwdriver]].
 * The Doctor uses a [[sonic cane]].
+* The Doctor gives River a brand new [[River Song's diary|TARDIS-shaped diary]] to prepare her for the anachronistic meetings that are going to happen between them.
-=== [[:Category:Companions of the Doctor|Companions]] ===
+=== Companions of the Doctor ===
-* [[Rose Tyler]], [[Martha Jones]] and [[Donna Noble]] all appear as projections for the TARDIS voice interface, after the Doctor rejects a projection of himself and asks for "someone he likes." He rejects all three projections because of increasingly strong feelings of guilt. Finally, the TARDIS settles on a projection of the child Amelia Pond.
+* [[Rose Tyler]], [[Martha Jones]] and [[Donna Noble]] all appear as holograms of the TARDIS voice interface.
-=== [[:Category:Foods and beverages|Foods and beverages]] ===
+=== Foods and beverages ===
 * [[The Doctor's TARDIS|The TARDIS']] projection of Amelia mentions [[fish finger]]s and [[custard]].
-=== [[:Category:Religion|Religion]] ===
+=== Locations ===
+* River is confronted by the Teselecta at the [[Hotel Adlon]].
+=== Religion ===
 * [[The Silence]] are ''not'' a [[:Category:species|species]], but a religious organisation of sorts.
-=== [[:Category:TARDIS|TARDISes]] ===
+=== TARDIS ===
 * The [[temporal grace]] in the TARDIS, which supposedly prevents weapons fire, is said by the Doctor to be a "clever lie".
+* The TARDIS has [[extractor fan]]s which work, much to the Doctor's surprise.
+=== Culture ===
+* Before punching out the Nazi and taking his bike, Rory shouts 'Heil!'
+* River deliberately provokes a group of Nazis by flippantly mentioning that she was on her way to a "[[gay]] [[Romany|gypsy]] [[Bar Mitzvah]] for the disabled", referencing the Nazi's targeted categories of the victims in [[Holocaust|the Holocaust]].
+* Melody Pond says, "Hello, [[Benjamin Braddock|Benjamin]]!", to the Doctor. The Doctor previously claimed Scotland Yard's code name for her was [[Mrs Robinson]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Impossible Astronaut (TV story)|The Impossible Astronaut]]'') Both reference ''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Graduate The Graduate]'', in which a younger man, Benjamin, is seduced by an older woman, Mrs Robinson.
+=== Influences ===
+* The layout of the ''Teselecta'''s bridge is reminiscent of that of the ''Enterprise'' and other Federation starships from the television series ''[[Star Trek]]''.
+* [[Steven Moffat]] wanted to show Hitler in a comedic light and "take the mickey out of him" instead of making him "an icon of evil". He cited ''[[Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade]]'' as an influence.
 == Story notes ==
-*This is the first episode of the Autumn half of the series. The Spring half concluded on [[4 June]] with ''[[A Good Man Goes to War]]''.
+* A week and a day before this episode was broadcast in the US and two days before it was broadcast in the UK, the [[Torchwood (TV series)|Torchwood]] episode ''[[Immortal Sins (TV story)|Immortal Sins]]'' was broadcast. In it, a [[Brainspawn]] attempted to rewrite history by enabling the Third Reich to win the [[World War II|Second World War]].
-*This is the second time in the Eleventh Doctor era that companions of the previous two Doctors have been mentioned or seen in a proper episode since ''[[The End of Time (TV story)|The End of Time]]''; Rose Tyler was previously seen (briefly) in ''[[The Lodger (TV story)|The Lodger]]''.
+* This is the first episode of the autumn half of the series. The spring half concluded on [[4 June (releases)|4 June]] with ''[[A Good Man Goes to War]]''. In addition, Amy says the Doctor has had all summer to find Melody, making the in-universe present day synchronised with real time.
-*The images of all the former companions are taken from publicity shots. The projections of [[Rose Tyler|Rose]] and [[Donna Noble|Donna]] are publicity images from [[Series 4 (Doctor Who)|Series 4]]. The projection of [[Martha Jones|Martha]] is from a publicity image for [[Series 3 (Doctor Who)|Series 3]].
+* This is the first episode since the first episode of ''[[The Leisure Hive (TV story)|The Leisure Hive]]'' to air in August.
-*The Doctor makes [[the "Doctor Who?" running joke]].
+* This was [[Richard Senior]]'s television directorial debut.
-*The car Mels steals is a Chevrolet Corvette, third generation (68-82).
+* This is the second time that companions of the previous two Doctors have been mentioned or seen in a proper episode since ''[[The End of Time (TV story)|The End of Time]]''; Rose Tyler was previously seen (briefly) in ''[[The Lodger (TV story)|The Lodger]]''.
-*The layout of the ''Teselecta'''s bridge is deliberately reminiscent of that of the ''Enterprise'' and other Federation starships from the television series ''[[Star Trek]].'' {{Fact}}
+* The images of all the former companions are taken from publicity shots. The projections of [[Rose Tyler|Rose]] and [[Donna Noble|Donna]] are publicity images from [[Series 4 (Doctor Who 2005)|Series 4]]. That of [[Martha Jones|Martha]] is from a publicity image for [[Series 3 (Doctor Who 2005)|Series 3]].
-*The TARDIS's voice interface tells the Doctor he will be dead in thirty-two minutes. Coincidentally in-universe, the invitation the future Doctor sent out to everyone in ''[[The Impossible Astronaut]]'', to meet at [[Lake Silencio]] for the Doctor's death was for 4:30pm and according to the biographical information the Doctor is shot during regeneration and killed at 5:02pm.
+* The Doctor makes the "Doctor Who?" running joke.
-*The hand gun that Mels pulls out is an IMI Jericho 941.
+* The car Mels steals is a Chevrolet Corvette, third generation (68-82). It is the same model of car featured in the film {{wi|Apollo 13 (film)|Apollo 13}} and the mini-series ''From the Earth to the Moon''.
-*Harriet mentions the Teselecta having transformed into [[Rasputin]]. [[Tom Baker]] played Rasputin in the movie ''Nicholas and Alexandra''.
+* The TARDIS's voice interface tells the Doctor he will be dead in thirty-two minutes. Coincidentally in-universe, the invitation the future Doctor sent out to everyone in ''[[The Impossible Astronaut (TV story)|The Impossible Astronaut]]'', to meet at [[Lake Silencio]] for the Doctor's death, was for 4:30 pm and according to the biographical information the Doctor is shot during regeneration and killed at 5:02 pm.
-*In Mels' first scene in the episode, her face cannot be seen due to the sun's glare behind her. She moves her body to block the sun and her face is shown, much like the first scene of River in ''[[The Impossible Astronaut]]''.
+* The handgun that Mels pulls out is an IMI Jericho 941.
-*Melody Pond says, "Hello Benjamin" to the Doctor. The Doctor previously claimed Scotland Yard's code name for her was Mrs Robinson. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Impossible Astronaut]]'') Both reference the movie ''The Graduate'' where a younger man, Benjamin, is seduced by an older woman, Mrs Robinson.
+* Harriet mentions the Teselecta having transformed into Rasputin. [[Tom Baker]] played Rasputin in the movie ''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicholas_and_Alexandra Nicholas and Alexandra]'' and [[Master|the Master]] impersonates him in ''[[The Power of the Doctor (TV story)|The Power of the Doctor]].''
-*On the'' [[Leadworth Chronicle]]'', a story with the headline "BACK OF THE NECK" can be seen. This is a reference to the [[Probic vent|weakness]] of the [[Sontaran]]s. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Poison Sky]]'')
+* In Mels' first scene in the episode, her face cannot be seen due to the sun's glare behind her. She moves her body to block the sun and her face is shown, much like the first scene of River in ''[[The Impossible Astronaut (TV story)|The Impossible Astronaut]]''.
-*Mels steals a corvette, the same model of car featured in the film ''[[Apollo 13]]'' and the mini-series ''From the Earth to the Moon''.  The car was a favorite model of astronauts in the 1960's and 70's.
+* In the ''[[Leadworth Chronicle]]'', a story with the headline "BACK OF THE NECK" can be seen. This is a reference to the [[Probic vent|weakness]] of the [[Sontaran]]s. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Poison Sky (TV story)|The Poison Sky]]'')
+* This episode introduces a new article of clothing for the Eleventh Doctor that he continues to wear for most of the remainder of Series 6 - a green, double-breasted moleskin coat with six pockets and six gold buttons.
+* Arthur Candy was introduced in the short story ''[[Continuity Errors (short story)|Continuity Errors]]'', roughly fifteen years earlier. As such, this marks the first televised appearance of a character introduced elsewhere.
+* Mels' regeneration marks the first time a regeneration has been shown onscreen where the person has short sleeves instead of long sleeves, proving that the body gives off [[regeneration energy]], and not just the hands and head.
+* The first BBC America broadcast of the episode includes an extra scene which aired during a commercial break. It was sponsored by AT&T. As written by Steven Moffat, it is an extension of the motorcycle chase sequence with Rory and Amy. It is presented in animation/motion comic format. Lasting sixty seconds and produced by Double Barrel Motion Labs, the scene was originally promoted as intended for inclusion in the Series 6 DVD/Blu-ray releases, but as of early November 2011, this has not happened. The ad/motion comic was only seen in America.<ref>[http://www.scififx.com/2011/08/doctor-who-motion-comic/ Doctor Who Motion Comic], SciFi FX, 26 August 2011, accessed 2nd November 2011</ref><ref>[http://www.doublebarrelmotionlabs.com/doctor-who-vision/ AT&T to Help Tell Story of Doctor Who], Double Barrel Motion Labs webpage, accessed 2 November 2011</ref>
+* [[Paul Bentley]] would later play High Septon on ''[[Game of Thrones]]''. [[Matt Smith]] would later play Daemon Targeryren on the prequel series ''[[House of the Dragon]]''.
+* As the crew of the ''Teselecta'' witness the poisoning of the Doctor, despite record of him dying in [[2011]], [[Anita (Let's Kill Hitler)|one crewmember]] mentions an individual called "Kennedy" whose timeline was rewritten. While not stated, this is possibly a reference to [[President of the United States|US President]] [[John F. Kennedy]] or the Kennedy family in general.
+* [[Steven Moffat]] wanted an episode that would draw in viewers after a twelve-week break and be tonally different from ''[[The Impossible Astronaut (TV story)|The Impossible Astronaut]].''
+* [[Steven Moffat]] wanted the narrative's true focus to be on the relationship between Amy, Rory and River. In particular, the revelation that Amy and Rory's childhood friend Mels was another incarnation of Melody/River was intended to temper the darker implications of the baby's abduction, since Amy and Rory would now be shown to have played an integral role in their daughter's formative years.
+* [[Steven Moffat]] originally envisaged the Anti-Bodies as humanoid robots with featureless chrome heads. However, it was eventually felt that this design hewed too closely to the look of [[Handbot|the Handbots]], so they became floating, tentacular automatons.
+* The episode comprised Block Eight of season six, formally dubbed “Block Seven-A”.
+* [[Jenna Coleman]] auditioned for the role of Mels. Less than a year later, she would be cast as [[Clara Oswald]].
+* By casting [[Nina Toussaint-White]] as Mels, the production team definitively established that race was another characteristic which could change via the process of regeneration. Indeed, [[Steven Moffat]] had previously explored the possibility of selecting a non-white actor to portray the Eleventh Doctor.
+* Filming on the set for Hitler's office was delayed because of the complexity of achieving the TARDIS crashing through the windows.
+* The opening sequence in the cornfield was the last scene to be shot. It was filmed two and half months after the rest of production because there was a delay until midsummer before the crops had reached an appropriate height. It was the last scene of season six to be filmed.
+* [[Steven Moffat]] enjoyed writing Mels' regeneration scene, finding comedy in her checking out her new body.
+* The cast and crew felt that the costume and make-up artists did a good job with [[Albert Welling]], as he looked so much like Hitler it was a "surreal" experience.
+* [[Arthur Darvill]] was pleased that Rory was more of an "action hero" in the episode.
+* Before broadcast, [[Matt Smith]] stated that it was "maybe [his] favorite episode to date...it just rockets along".
+* [[Matt Smith]] wanted to wear a long coat because of the cold weather.
+* Vintage vehicles from the period were used. [[Arthur Darvill]] loved the motorbike, although he was not allowed to ride it as it was the job of the stuntman.
+* Hitler's office was one of the biggest sets that had been built for the show. Typically it would have been filmed in a real building, but the TARDIS had to crash through the wall and thus the set had to be destroyed with an air cannon.
+* The [[Large Hadron Collider]] was the inspiration for the design of the Teselecta corridors.
+* One scene involving the Teselecta (disguised as a German soldier) chasing Amy and Rory on motorcycles through Berlin was cut from filming due to budget issues.
+* When [[Steven Moffat]] wrote the episode, he was simultaneously overseeing ''Doctor Who'' and ''Sherlock,'' as well as co-writing ''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Adventures_of_Tintin_(film) The Adventures of Tintin].'' As a result, he was too exhausted to rewrite this episode, so his only option was to hand the cast a first draft and hope for the best.
+* The famously clumsy [[Matt Smith]] was worried about ruining his suit jacket, so he put it on a nearby table - right into a jug of grape juice.
+* This was the last time [[Caitlin Blackwood]] played Amelia Pond, although [[The God Complex (TV story)|''The God Complex'']] was made first.
 === Ratings ===
-*UK Overnight: 6.2 million
+* UK Overnight: 6.2 million
-*UK Final: 8.1 million
+* UK Final: 8.1 million<ref>[http://guide.doctorwhonews.net/info.php?detail=ratings&type=date Doctor Who Ratings - UK final]</ref>
 === Myths ===
-*The ''[[Daily Mirror]]'' reported that [[Rose Tyler]], [[Martha Jones]] and [[Donna Temple-Noble|Donna Noble]] will appear in this episode.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mirror.co.uk/celebs/tv/2011/08/17/billie-piper-freema-agyeman-and-catherine-tate-all-come-back-for-cameo-roles-in-doctor-who-115875-23350006/ |title=Billie Piper, Freema Agyeman and Catherine Tate all come back for cameo roles in Doctor Who |author=Mark Jefferies |date of source=17/08/2011  |website name= Daily Mirror|accessdate=28th August 2011}}</ref> <span style="display: none"> </span>''This was half true as images of all three of them appeared but these<span id="cke_bm_43S" style="display: none"> </span> were avatars for a TARDIS interface, rather than the characters themselves.''
+* The ''[[Daily Mirror]]'' reported that [[Rose Tyler]], [[Martha Jones]] and [[Donna Noble]] would appear in this episode.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mirror.co.uk/celebs/tv/2011/08/17/billie-piper-freema-agyeman-and-catherine-tate-all-come-back-for-cameo-roles-in-doctor-who-115875-23350006/|title=Billie Piper, Freema Agyeman and Catherine Tate all come back for cameo roles in Doctor Who|author=Mark Jefferies|date of source=17/08/2011 |website name= Daily Mirror|accessdate=28th August 2011}}</ref> ''This was partially true. Images of all three appeared but these were avatars for a TARDIS interface, rather than the characters themselves. All images used were promotional images.''
+* Some viewers speculated that when River resurrected the Doctor, he absorbed all of River Song's remaining regenerations. If this is true, as River only regenerated twice, the Doctor might now have ''twenty-two'' regenerations, instead of the standard twelve. ''This was proven incorrect by the Doctor himself in [[The Time of the Doctor]], as he confirmed he had reached the natural end of his regeneration cycle and could not change for a thirteenth time.''
 === Filming locations ===
-*Swansea, Wales.
+* Swansea, Wales.
+* [[Temple of Peace]] (Hotel Adlon interior)
 === Production errors ===
 {{Discontinuity}}
-*When the Doctor and the TARDIS make their first appearance, they point right, towards Amy and Rory's car. However, when the camera zooms out, the Doctor and TARDIS are looking down, and not towards Amy and Rory. This also causes an error when Mels drives through the word Doctor.
+* When the Doctor and the TARDIS make their first appearance, they point right, towards Amy and Rory's car. However, when the camera zooms out, the Doctor and TARDIS are looking down, and not towards Amy and Rory. This also causes an error when Mels drives through the word Doctor.
-*Hitler shoots Mel in the stomach, but there is no blood or puncture hole on her dress.
+* During the sequences of flashbacks explaining how River and the Doctor obtained and swapped guns right after the former's regeneration, River's uttering of the lines sound a bit more rushed, making it obvious that the original and flashback shots of the scene are two different takes.
-*When Rory asks "How can they just disappear?" two antibodies appear, but in the next shot there are three.
+* When Rory asks, "How can they just disappear?" two antibodies appear, but in the next shot, there are three.
-*When the poisoned Doctor is in the TARDIS he has one of his arms up on the bannister; in the next shot he has it by his side.
+* When the poisoned Doctor is in the TARDIS he has one of his arms up on the bannister; in the next shot, he has it by his side.
+* When the Teselecta's shock absorbers are malfunctioning, the captain's cup falls and can be heard smashing, but when the camera zooms out, there is no evidence of this.
+* Although [[Mels]] is shot by [[Adolf Hitler]], resulting in her [[regeneration]], when she stands up there is no sign of blood or a hole in her dress as the regeneration begins.
 == Continuity ==
-* Images of [[Rose Tyler]], [[Martha Jones]], [[Donna Temple-Noble]] are seen. ([[DW]]: ''[[Rose (TV story)|Rose]]'', ''[[The Runaway Bride]]'', ''[[Smith and Jones]]'') The Doctor feels guilty for what he did to Rose, feels "more guilt" for what he did to Martha and "even more guilt" over Donna.
+* The Doctor mentions "[[Saturnyn|Vampires in Venice]]". ([[TV]]: ''[[The Vampires of Venice (TV story)|The Vampires of Venice]]'')
-* The Doctor mentions "[[Saturnynian|the Vampires in Venice]]". ([[DW]]: ''[[The Vampires of Venice]]'')
+* The Doctor speaks about River at [[Demon's Run]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[A Good Man Goes to War (TV story)|A Good Man Goes to War]]'')
-* The Doctor speaks about River at [[Demon's Run]]. ([[DW]]: ''[[A Good Man Goes to War]]'')
+* The Doctor has previously suffered poisoning serious enough to necessitate regeneration. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Caves of Androzani (TV story)|The Caves of Androzani]]'') However, on that occasion, he still had regenerations to use, whereas here the Doctor has already exhausted all twelve of his regenerations ([[TV]]: ''[[The Time of the Doctor (TV story)|The Time of the Doctor]]'') due to varying circumstances. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Night of the Doctor (TV story)|The Night of the Doctor]]'', ''[[Journey's End (TV story)|Journey's End]]'')
-* Rory punches two people in the jaw to knock them to the ground. Rory (as an Auton) previously did this to the Doctor. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Big Bang]]'')
+* The Doctor has been searching for River for six months. ([[TV]]: ''[[A Good Man Goes to War (TV story)|A Good Man Goes to War]]'')
-* River begins studying archaeology. ([[DW]]: ''[[Silence in the Library]]'')
+* The Doctor once again asks Rory for permission to hug Amy. ([[TV]]: ''[[A Good Man Goes to War (TV story)|A Good Man Goes to War]]'')
-* The TARDIS's projection of Amelia mentions fish fingers and custard. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Eleventh Hour]]'')
+* Teenage Amy tells teenage Mels that the Doctor was a "stupid dream [she] had as a kid". The Doctor was made a dream of hers in [[TV]]: ''[[The Big Bang (TV story)|The Big Bang]]'', when the timeline was restored but was changed so the Doctor didn't exist.
-* Melody mentions regenerating into the toddler form of Mels in New York. ([[DW]]: ''[[Day of the Moon]]'')
+* When the ''[[Teselecta]]'' takes on the form of [[River Song]], she is wearing the same dress she wore in [[America]] and at [[Demons Run]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Day of the Moon (TV story)|Day of the Moon]]'', ''[[A Good Man Goes to War (TV story)|A Good Man Goes to War]]'')
-* The Doctor switches Melody's gun for a banana, similar to what he did to [[Jack Harkness]] in ''[[The Doctor Dances]]''.
+* Rory punches two people in the jaw to knock them to the ground. Rory (as an Auton) previously did this to the Doctor when he deliberately provoked his anger to test if he really was the original Rory. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Big Bang (TV story)|The Big Bang]]'')
-* River reveals she learned how to pilot the TARDIS from the TARDIS herself. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Time of Angels]]'')
+* It's revealed that River is the person who "killed" the Doctor at [[Lake Silencio]] and it is a [[fixed point in time]]. This also confirms that the man River is in prison for killing ([[TV]]: ''[[The Time of Angels (TV story)|The Time of Angels]]'', ''[[Flesh and Stone (TV story)|Flesh and Stone]]'') is the Doctor.
-* The Doctor tells Melody "Rule one: The Doctor lies." ([[DW]]: ''[[The Big Bang (TV story)|The Big Bang]]'') One of the first things the Doctor hears River say is "I'm always lying." ([[DW]]: ''[[Silence in the Library]]'')
+* River begins studying archaeology. ([[TV]]: ''[[Silence in the Library (TV story)|Silence in the Library]]'')
-* River's diary ([[DW]]: ''[[Silence in the Library]]'') makes its first chronological appearance in this episode, a gift from the Doctor himself.
+* The TARDIS's projection of Amelia mentions fish fingers and custard. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Eleventh Hour (TV story)|The Eleventh Hour]]'')
-* The ''Teselecta'' data console states The Doctor's TARDIS is a Type 40 Mk 3 TT Capsule.
+* Melody mentions regenerating into the toddler form of Mels in New York. ([[TV]]: ''[[Day of the Moon (TV story)|Day of the Moon]]'')
-* The ''Teselecta'' crew mentions something in "Kennedy"'s timeline is not a fixed point in time. While this is probably a reference to [[Kennedy assassination|the assassination]] of American President [[John F. Kennedy]] (an event witnessed by the Ninth Doctor), it could refer to the death of his brother, Senator Robert F. Kennedy, or another event involving a member of the Kennedy family.
+* The Doctor switches Melody's gun for a banana, as he previously did to [[Jack Harkness]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Doctor Dances (TV story)|The Doctor Dances]]'')
-* It is mentioned twice that River uses her "remaining" regenerations to revive the Doctor, implying that she has a fixed amount. It is unclear whether the Doctor gained that many new regenerations or if he still has only two remaining. Transferring future regenerations from one regeneration-capable individual to another has been offered before. ([[DW]]: ''[[Mawdryn Undead]]'', ''[[Doctor Who (1996)]]'', ''[[The Ultimate Foe]]'')
+* River reveals she learned how to pilot the TARDIS from the TARDIS herself. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Time of Angels (TV story)|The Time of Angels]]'')
-* River has previously used [[hallucinogenic lipstick|a type of lipstick]] to her advantage. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Time of Angels]]'', ''[[The Big Bang]]'') This time, she uses a poisonous version.
+* A group of soldiers aim their guns at River, echoing how it happened likewise for the Doctor several times. ([[TV]]: ''[[Aliens of London (TV story)|Aliens of London]]'', ''[[World War Three (TV story)|World War Three]]'', ''[[Dalek (TV story)|Dalek]]'', ''[[Army of Ghosts (TV story)|Army of Ghosts]]'', ''[[Victory of the Daleks (TV story)|Victory of the Daleks]]'')
-* River was able to completely recover after being shot several times by German soldiers. This was due to her still being within the first fifteen hours of her regeneration. The [[Tenth Doctor]] recovered from [[The Doctor's hand|a severed hand]] while fighting a [[Sycorax]] under comparable circumstances. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Christmas Invasion]]'')
+* The Doctor tells Melody, "Rule one: the Doctor lies." ([[TV]]: ''[[The Big Bang (TV story)|The Big Bang]]'') One of the first things the Doctor hears River say is "I'm always lying." ([[TV]]: ''[[Silence in the Library (TV story)|Silence in the Library]]'')
+* The Doctor leaves a diary by River's bedside as a gift. Here, it is seen to be brand new. By the time the Doctor first encounters it, years later from River's perspective, the diary has been used and roughed up so much that it is on the verge of falling apart. ([[TV]]: ''[[Silence in the Library (TV story)|Silence in the Library]]'')
+* The ''Teselecta'' data console states the Doctor's TARDIS is a Type 40 Mk 3 TT Capsule, very similar to its official [[Time Lord]] designation. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Deadly Assassin (TV story)|The Deadly Assassin]]'')
+* The [[Megara]], who appeared in ''[[The Stones of Blood (TV story)|The Stones of Blood]]'', functioned as "justice machines".
+* It is mentioned twice that River uses her "remaining" regenerations to revive the Doctor, implying that she has a fixed amount. The ability to transfer regeneration energy from one regeneration-capable individual to another has been suggested before. ([[TV]]: ''[[Mawdryn Undead (TV story)|Mawdryn Undead]]'', ''[[Doctor Who (TV story)]]'', ''[[The Ultimate Foe (TV story)|The Ultimate Foe]]'')
+* River has previously used [[hallucinogenic lipstick|a type of lipstick]] to her advantage. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Time of Angels (TV story)|The Time of Angels]]'', ''[[The Big Bang (TV story)|The Big Bang]]'') This time, she uses a version made from the poison of a Judas tree. [[John Hart (Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang)|Captain John Hart]] previously used a similar poisonous lip gloss that caused paralysis, and if left untreated for longer than two hours, death. John claimed that he may have even learned about the poison lip gloss from [[Jack Harkness]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang (TV story)|Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang]]'') River's parting words to The Doctor before jumping out the window were also, "Kiss, kiss!"
+* River recovers completely after being shot several times by German soldiers; she is still within the first fifteen hours of her regeneration. The [[Tenth Doctor]] recovered from [[The Doctor's hand|a severed hand]] while fighting a [[Sycorax]] under similar circumstances. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Christmas Invasion (TV story)|The Christmas Invasion]]'') [[Romana II|Romana]] tried several forms after her first regeneration. ([[TV]]: ''[[Destiny of the Daleks (TV story)|Destiny of the Daleks]]'')
 * When first detecting there are life forms inside the Teselecta, the Doctor wonders if it is [[Dimensionally transcendental|bigger on the inside]].
-* The TARDIS was previously able to materialise inside a smaller object containing miniaturised life forms in a compression field. ([[DW]]: ''[[Carnival of Monsters]]'')
+* The TARDIS has materialised before inside a smaller object containing miniaturised life forms in a compression field. ([[TV]]: ''[[Carnival of Monsters (TV story)|Carnival of Monsters]]'')
-* Mels says "See you later, Time Boy" during a flashback. [[Donna Noble]] called the Doctor "Time Boy". ([[DW]]: ''[[Journey's End]]'')
+* Mels says, "See you later, Time Boy" during a flashback. [[Donna Noble]] called the Doctor, "Time Boy". ([[TV]]: ''[[Journey's End (TV story)|Journey's End]]'')
-* The Doctor says "Spoilers" when Melody asked who River was, a word frequently used by River herself later. ([[DW]]: ''[[Silence in the Library]]'', et al)
+* The Doctor says, "Spoilers", when Melody asked who River was, a word frequently used by River herself later in her timeline. ([[TV]]: ''[[Silence in the Library (TV story)|Silence in the Library]]'', et al.)
-* The Doctor previously said that "Time is not the boss of me." ([[DW]]: ''[[The Time of Angels]]'')
+* The Doctor previously said that "Time is not the boss of me." ([[TV]]: ''[[The Time of Angels (TV story)|The Time of Angels]]'')
-* Amy had a picture of herself and (apparently) Mels on a table in her bedroom. ([[DW]]: ''[[Flesh and Stone]]'')
+* Amy had a picture of herself and (apparently) Mels on a table in her bedroom. ([[TV]]: ''[[Flesh and Stone (TV story)|Flesh and Stone]]'')
-* Teselecta Amy tells the Doctor that [[Silence|the Silence]] is not a species, the [[Slitheen]] say a similar thing to the Doctor. ([[DW]]: [[World War Three]])
+* Teselecta Amy tells the Doctor that [[the Silence]] is not a species. The [[Slitheen]] said a similar thing to the Doctor. ([[TV]]: ''[[World War Three (TV story)|World War Three]]'')
-* [[Fourth Doctor|The Doctor]] has previously asserted that [[Romana|someone]] he is leaving behind will be more than "fine." ([[DW]]: ''[[Warriors' Gate]]'')
+* The [[Fourth Doctor]] has previously asserted that [[Romana|someone]] he was leaving behind will be more than "fine." ([[TV]]: ''[[Warriors' Gate (TV story)|Warriors' Gate]]'')
+* The [[Eleventh Doctor]] changes his clothing in the midst of a long and painful death. The [[Tenth Doctor]] apparently did the same thing just before regenerating, changing into an undamaged version of his brown suit, along with a new tie, before dropping off [[Wilfred Mott]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The End of Time (TV story)|The End of Time]]'')
+* While lecturing Mels, Amy asks her, "Who steals a bus?!" [[Sarah Jane Smith]] and [[Lady Christina de Souza]] have. ([[TV]]: ''[[Invasion of the Bane (TV story)|Invasion of the Bane]]'', ''[[Planet of the Dead (TV story)|Planet of the Dead]]'')
+* The Doctor tells Rory to put Hitler in the cupboard. A similar exchange was once shared between [[Claire Thompson|Claire]] and [[George Thompson|George]]: "What do we do with things we don't like?" "We put them in the cupboard." ([[TV]]: ''[[Night Terrors (TV story)|Night Terrors]]'')
+* When asked by the Doctor about why he never met her at Amy's wedding, Mels replies "I don't do weddings". She attends the wedding as River Song who apparently doesn't do weddings and leaves her blank diary for Amy. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Big Bang (TV story)|The Big Bang]]'')
+* The [[Ninth Doctor]] had previously been shown to anticipate and effectively neutralise assassination attempts against him by [[Blon Fel-Fotch Passameer-Day Slitheen]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Boom Town (TV story)|Boom Town]]'')
+* Amy states that the sonic screwdriver can be used by "pointing and thinking". The [[Tenth Doctor]] previously indicated that the [[Vashta Nerada]] could use [[Proper Dave]]'s [[Neural relay]] by simply pointing and thinking. ([[TV]]: ''[[Forest of the Dead (TV story)|Forest of the Dead]]'')
+* Melody materialises the TARDIS around her parents, causing them to appear in the console room. This has been done before to various people and objects:
+::* The [[Fourth Doctor]] materialised his TARDIS around [[the Master's TARDIS]] while it was disguised as a [[police box]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Logopolis (TV story)|Logopolis]]'')
+::* The [[Fifth Doctor]] proposed doing such again to [[the Master]]'s TARDIS while it was disguised as a [[Concorde]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Time-Flight (TV story)|Time-Flight]]'')
+::* The [[Ninth Doctor]] materialised around [[Rose Tyler]] and a [[Dalek]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Parting of the Ways (TV story)|The Parting of the Ways]]'')
+::* The [[Tenth Doctor]] may have done the same in order to save the crew of [[Bowie Base One]] before it exploded. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Waters of Mars (TV story)|The Waters of Mars]]'')
+::* The Doctor would again materialise the TARDIS around Amy and Rory (along with Rory's father, [[Brian Williams (Dinosaurs on a Spaceship)|Brian]]). ([[TV]]: ''[[Dinosaurs on a Spaceship (TV story)|Dinosaurs on a Spaceship]]'')
+* Because the Doctor did not answer his phone, Amy and Rory get the Doctor's attention by creating a crop circle in Leadworth that spells out his name. ([[WC]]: ''[[Prequel (Let's Kill Hitler)]]'') River Song took similar measures to contact the Doctor by defacing a cliffside on [[Planet One]] with writing that translated into, "HELLO SWEETIE ΘΣ Φ ΓΥΔϟ" (ΘΣ Theta Sigma) for not answering her calls. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Pandorica Opens (TV story)|The Pandorica Opens]]'')
+* The Doctor feels guilt regarding his previous companions [[Rose Tyler]], [[Martha Jones]], and [[Donna Noble]].
+* The [[Fourth Doctor]] told [[Eldrad]] that the TARDIS interior was "in a state of temporal grace", so weapons would not work inside of it. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Hand of Fear (TV story)|The Hand of Fear]]'') When asked about this seeming to not always be the case, the [[Fifth Doctor]] simply said that "nobody's perfect". ([[TV]]: ''[[Arc of Infinity (TV story)|Arc of Infinity]]'')
+* The Doctor tells the TARDIS's hologram of Amelia to, "Come along, Pond." ([[TV]]: ''[[Victory of the Daleks (TV story)|Victory of the Daleks]]'', ''[[The Big Bang (TV story)|The Big Bang]]'', ''[[Death of the Doctor (TV story)|Death of the Doctor]]'', ''[[A Christmas Carol (TV story)|A Christmas Carol]]'')
+* Melody believes the reason Hitler rose to power was because the Doctor didn't stop him. Unbeknownst to her, the [[Seventh Doctor]] was instrumental in Hitler's rise to power. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Timewyrm: Exodus (novel)|Timewyrm: Exodus]]'')
-== Motion comic scene ==
+== Home video releases ==
-The original BBC America broadcast of the episode includes an extra scene sponsored by AT&T, which aired during a commercial break. Written by Steven Moffat, the scene is an extension of the motorcycle chase sequence with Rory and Amy. It is presented in animation/motion comic format. Lasting sixty seconds and produced by Double Barrel Motion Labs, the scene was originally promoted as being intended for inclusion in the later Series 6 DVD/Blu-ray releases, but as of early November 2011, this appears not to be the case. The ad/motion comic was only seen in America.<ref>[http://www.scififx.com/2011/08/doctor-who-motion-comic/ Doctor Who Motion Comic], SciFi FX, 26 August 2011, accessed 2nd November 2011</ref><ref>[http://www.doublebarrelmotionlabs.com/doctor-who-vision/ AT&T to Help Tell Story of Doctor Who], Double Barrel Motion Labs webpage, accessed 2 November 2011</ref>
+[[File:Series6.2DVD.jpg|thumb|Series 6, part 2 DVD cover]]
-== [[Eleventh Doctor - Timeline|Timeline]] ==
+=== DVD & Blu-ray releases ===
-'''For [[Eleventh Doctor - Timeline|the Doctor]] and Amy'''
-* This story occurs after: [[WC]]: ''[[Prequel (Let's Kill Hitler)]]''
-* This story occurs before: [[DWM]]: ''[[The Moon of Lost Hope]]''
-'''For Rory'''
+* ''Let's Kill Hitler'' was released in Series 6 Part Two on DVD and Blu-Ray in region 1/A on [[8 November (releases)|8 November]] [[2011 (releases)|2011]], in region 2/B on [[10 October (releases)|10 October]] 2011 and in region 4/B on [[3 November (releases)|3 November]] 2011.
-* This story occurs after: [[DW]]: ''[[A Good Man Goes to War]]''
+* The episode was later released in the Complete Sixth Series boxset on both DVD and Blu-ray, in region 1/A on [[22 November (releases)|22 November]] 2011, in region 2/B on [[21 November (releases)|21 November]] 2011 and in region 4/B on [[1 December (releases)|1 December]] 2011.
-* This story occurs before: [[DWM]]: ''[[The Moon of Lost Hope]]''
-'''For Melody/River Song'''
+=== Digital releases ===
-* This story occurs after: [[DW]]: ''[[Day of the Moon]]''
-* This story occurs before: [[DW]]: ''[[Closing Time (TV story)|Closing Time]]''
-'''For Amelia/Amy in the flashbacks'''
+* In the United Kingdom, this story is available on [[BBC iPlayer]].
-* This story occurs during: [[DW]]: ''[[The Eleventh Hour]]''
-'''For Rory in the flashbacks'''
-* This story occurs before: [[DW]]: ''[[The Eleventh Hour]]''
-== Home video releases ==
-[[File:Series6.2DVD.jpg|thumb]]This episode will be released on DVD and Blu-ray shortly after the airing of episode thirteen.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://doctorwhotv.co.uk/series-6-dvd-releases-15635.htm |title=Series 6 DVD Releases |date of source=February 12th, 2011 |website name=Doctor Who TV |accessdate=28th August 2011}}</ref>
+== External links ==
+* {{locguide|letskillhitler|Let's Kill Hitler}}
+{{dwrefguide|who_tv63.htm|Let's Kill Hitler}}
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