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* This episode marks the return of the Slitheen in the Sarah Jane Adventures. They previously appeared in [[SJA]]: ''[[Revenge of the Slitheen]]'', ''[[The Lost Boy]]'' and ''[[From Raxacoricofallapatorius With Love]]''
* This episode marks the return of the Slitheen in the Sarah Jane Adventures. They previously appeared in [[SJA]]: ''[[Revenge of the Slitheen]]'', ''[[The Lost Boy]]'' and ''[[From Raxacoricofallapatorius With Love]]''
* The Blathereen are orange while the Slitheen are green.
* The Blathereen are orange while the Slitheen are green.
* Simon Callow previously played [[Charles Dickens]] in [[DW]]: ''[[The Unquiet Dead]]''
* Simon Callow previously played [[Charles Dickens]] in [[DW]]: ''[[The Unquiet Dead]]''.
* Sarah Jane's line "But this isn't how it should end, there should have been another way" mirrors the [[Fifth Doctor|Fifth Doctor's]] comment after destroying the [[Silurian]]s and [[Sea Devil]]s in [[Warriors of the Deep]].
* Sarah Jane's line, "But this isn't how it should end, there should have been another way", mirrors the [[Fifth Doctor|Fifth Doctor's]] comment after destroying the [[Silurian]]s and [[Sea Devil]]s in [[DW]]: ''[[Warriors of the Deep]]''.
* When K9 gets out of Sarah Jane's car, he says 'Hover Mode Activated'. This solves the mystery of how K9 can get down stairs, and walk around. He also has a '[[Olfactory sensor|sense of smell]]'. He does, however, appear to have problems opening doors as Clyde has to hold the door open for him at the school.
* When K9 gets out of Sarah Jane's car, he says, "Hover Mode Activated". This solves the mystery of how K9 can get down stairs and walk around. He also has a "[[Olfactory sensor|sense of smell]]". He does, however, appear to have problems opening doors as Clyde has to hold the door open for him at the school.
* The Slitheen's plan to compress Earth into a Diamond is reminiscent of [[Baltazar|Baltazar's]] plan in episode one of [[DW]]: ''[[The Infinite Quest]]''. However unlike their plan, which was to turn all the [[Carbon]] in Earth's atmosphere into one gigantic diamond, Baltazar's plan was to turn every single carbon-based life form on Earth into Diamonds.
* The Slitheen's plan to compress Earth into a diamond is reminiscent of [[Baltazar|Baltazar's]] plan in episode one of [[DW]]: ''[[The Infinite Quest]]''. However unlike their plan, which was to turn all the [[carbon]] in Earth's atmosphere into one gigantic diamond, Baltazar's plan was to turn every single carbon-based life form on Earth into diamonds.
* In Part two, Clyde asks Rani what Sarah Jane would do. Rani replies, "She'd do what she always does; improvise." This is how the [[Third Doctor]] described his own approach to Sarah Jane in ''[[DW]]:[[The Five Doctors (TV story)|The Five Doctors]].''
* In Part two, Clyde asks Rani what Sarah Jane would do. Rani replies, "She'd do what she always does; improvise." This is how the [[Third Doctor]] described his own approach to Sarah Jane in ''[[DW]]:[[The Five Doctors (TV story)|The Five Doctors]].''
* Clyde says "I'll explain later", a line sometimes associated with the Doctor.
* Clyde says, "I'll explain later", a line sometimes associated with the Doctor.


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