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* [[Kate Stewart]] is the daughter of Brigadier [[Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart]]. She previously appeared on-screen in [[HOMEVID]]: ''[[Downtime]]'' and [[HOMEVID]]: ''[[Dæmos Rising]]''. She shortened her family name when she joined UNIT as she wanted to be judged on her own merits. Her appearance marks the first time that a character introduced in a direct-to-video spin-off reappeared in the television series. As Head of Scientific Research, Kate Stewart's role in UNIT combines that of [[scientific advisor]], held by the [[Third Doctor]] and [[Fourth Doctor]], with that of Commanding Officer held by her father.  
* [[Kate Stewart]] is the daughter of Brigadier [[Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart]]. She previously appeared on-screen in [[HOMEVID]]: ''[[Downtime]]'' and [[HOMEVID]]: ''[[Dæmos Rising]]''. She shortened her family name when she joined UNIT as she wanted to be judged on her own merits. Her appearance marks the first time that a character introduced in a direct-to-video spin-off reappeared in the television series. As Head of Scientific Research, Kate Stewart's role in UNIT combines that of [[scientific advisor]], held by the [[Third Doctor]] and [[Fourth Doctor]], with that of Commanding Officer held by her father.  
* Ten years have passed since the events of ''[[The Eleventh Hour]]'' in Amy's personal timeline.
* Ten years have passed since the events of ''[[The Eleventh Hour]]'' in Amy's personal timeline.
* The Doctor, talking to a flying cube, says "Is that all you can do? Hover? I'd a metal dog that could do that" referring to [[K9 Mark IV]] (and possibly to [[K9 Mark 2]]).
* The Doctor, talking to a flying cube, says "Is that all you can do? Hover? I'd a metal dog that could do that" referring to [[K9 Mark IV]].
* The Doctor once again asks how humans cope with just one heart. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Shakespeare Code]]'')
* The Doctor once again asks how humans cope with just one heart. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Shakespeare Code]]'')
* Twitter is mentioned again. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Girl Who Waited]]'')
* Twitter is mentioned again. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Girl Who Waited]]'')

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The Power of Three was the fourth episode of the seventh series of Doctor Who produced by BBC Wales.

Synopsis

There have been many ways to invade the Earth, and the Doctor has seen them all – or so he always thought. And then the human race wakes up one morning and discovers the world has been overrun by… small black cubes. Which then proceed to… do nothing at all. A plan is afoot, humanity is endangered – but by what and how and, above all, when?

For the first time in his world-saving career the Doctor has to call upon one of the least of his virtues: patience. And the Ponds face something possibly more terrifying than any world-ending apocalypse: the Doctor is moving in!

Plot

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Cast

Uncredited cast

Crew

General production staff

Script department

Camera and lighting department

Art department

Costume department

Make-up and prosthetics

Movement

Casting

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.


References

Communication technology

Game consoles

Music

  • The song Merry Xmas Everybody by the rock band Slade is briefly heard in the hospital.
  • One of the cubes plays the infamously irritating Chicken Dance song (aka The Birdie Song), on an endless loop.

Culture

  • When Amy calls the Gallifreyan bedtime story about the Shakri weird, the Doctor remarks "You can talk. Wolf in your grandmother's night dress?" in reference to the story Little Red Riding Hood.
  • The Doctor tells Amy "Through the looking glass, Pond" in reference to Through the Looking Glass by Lewis Carroll.

Energy and radiation

  • Kate traced Artron energy levels to find the Doctor and then identifies him due to his fashion sense and double hearts.

Foods and beverages

Individuals

  • When Brian asks the Doctor what happened to those who previously travelled with him, he tells him that some left him, some got left behind, and some died.
  • Amy accidentally marries Henry VIII.
  • While playing virtual tennis, the Doctor speaks about the tennis player Fred Perry and a pair of shorts he took from him.

Species

  • There were Zygon duplicates at the Savoy when Amy, the Doctor and Rory visit.

Story notes

  • The working title for this episode was Cubed.[2]

Ratings

  • The episode received an overnight viewership of 5.49 million people in the UK.

Filming locations

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Production errors

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 observes the cube surfing the internet on the television, you can see someone outside the window behind the television. In other shots in that scene, there is no one outside the window behind the television. (It's Brian arriving at the house, he walks through the front door a few seconds later.)
  • In some shots when the cubes are counting down from 7, some cubes are missing the numbers in one shot and then have them in the next.

Continuity

Home video releases

DVD releases

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Blu-ray releases

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External links

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Footnotes

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 The Doctor Who Team (22 September 2012). Lord Sugar and Brian Cox: Who Knew?. BBC - Blogs - Doctor Who. Retrieved on 22 September 2012.
  2. ↑ sfx (July 2 2012). Doctor Who Series 7: New Episode 4 Reshoot Pics. SFX. Retrieved on 23rd September 2012.


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