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== Story notes == | == Story notes == | ||
* Two versions of this episode exist - the full-length version, and a shorter 47-minute edit. A number of scenes are excised from the shorter edit, notably the "Sol 3" introduction to the episode, Master singing and dancing along to "I Can't Decide" by the Scissor Sisters, and sections of Martha's conversations with various resistance members. This shorter edit appears on streaming services including [[Netflix]], [[Amazon Prime]] and [[Hulu Plus]], and likely originates from [[BBC Worldwide]]'s need for a standard-length edit of the episode to sell worldwide. | |||
* ''Utopia'', ''The Sound of Drums'' and ''Last of the Time Lords'' have a combined running time of 2 hours 21 minutes. This makes it not only the longest continuous story of the revived series, but the longest since the Sixth Doctor's ''The Trial of a Time Lord''. It beats ''The End of Time'' by just six minutes (and this is only because ''Last of the Time Lords'' is 51 minutes long, six minutes longer than a standard episode). | * ''Utopia'', ''The Sound of Drums'' and ''Last of the Time Lords'' have a combined running time of 2 hours 21 minutes. This makes it not only the longest continuous story of the revived series, but the longest since the Sixth Doctor's ''The Trial of a Time Lord''. It beats ''The End of Time'' by just six minutes (and this is only because ''Last of the Time Lords'' is 51 minutes long, six minutes longer than a standard episode). | ||
** Additionally, if you include the full string of seven connected episodes (which begins with ''[[Captain Jack Harkness (TV story)|Captain Jack Harkness]]'' and ''[[End of Days]]'', leads directly into ''[[Utopia (TV story)|Utopia]]'', ''[[The Sound of Drums]]'', and ''Last of the Time Lords'', then finishes with ''[[Time Crash]]'' and ''[[Voyage of the Damned]]'') the full running time comes to 5 hours 18 minutes, stopping just 37 minutes shy of ''[[The Trial of a Time Lord]]''. If you consider ''[[Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang]]'' as a direct follow-up to ''Last of the Time Lords'' as well, the total rises to 6 hours 6 minutes, which would be the longest continuous story by merely 11 minutes. | ** Additionally, if you include the full string of seven connected episodes (which begins with ''[[Captain Jack Harkness (TV story)|Captain Jack Harkness]]'' and ''[[End of Days]]'', leads directly into ''[[Utopia (TV story)|Utopia]]'', ''[[The Sound of Drums]]'', and ''Last of the Time Lords'', then finishes with ''[[Time Crash]]'' and ''[[Voyage of the Damned]]'') the full running time comes to 5 hours 18 minutes, stopping just 37 minutes shy of ''[[The Trial of a Time Lord]]''. If you consider ''[[Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang]]'' as a direct follow-up to ''Last of the Time Lords'' as well, the total rises to 6 hours 6 minutes, which would be the longest continuous story by merely 11 minutes. | ||
* This is the only finale in the revived series that features a Doctor [[Rose Tyler]] has seen, but not Rose herself. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Parting of the Ways]]'', ''[[Doomsday]]'', ''[[Journey's End]]'', ''[[The End of Time (TV story)|The End of Time]]'') | * This is the only finale in the revived series that features a Doctor [[Rose Tyler]] has seen, but not Rose herself. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Parting of the Ways]]'', ''[[Doomsday]]'', ''[[Journey's End]]'', ''[[The End of Time (TV story)|The End of Time]]'') | ||
* The Master seems to be a Scissor Sisters fan. He's singing along to "[[I Can't Decide]]" from their ''Ta-Dah'' album on the flight deck of the Valiant | * The Master seems to be a Scissor Sisters fan. He's singing along to "[[I Can't Decide]]" from their ''Ta-Dah'' album on the flight deck of the Valiant. | ||
* The sound of the Master's laugh can be heard while a finger with a red painted finger nail picks up the Master's ring. The character who picked up the ring is seen in ''[[The End of Time (TV story)|The End of Time]]''. | * The sound of the Master's laugh can be heard while a finger with a red painted finger nail picks up the Master's ring. The character who picked up the ring is seen in ''[[The End of Time (TV story)|The End of Time]]''. | ||
* Since the programme's revival, this is the only series finale so far not to feature the [[Dalek]]s (discounting the [[2009 Specials]]). By the same token, every finale up to this point since the series' revival has involved either [[Dalek]]s ''or'' [[the Master]], but never both. Even the series 6 finale featured a cameo appearance from a Dalek. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Wedding of River Song]]''). This was true until the series 7 finale ([[TV]]: ''[[The Name of the Doctor (TV story)|The Name of the Doctor]]'') which didn't have Daleks or the Master but had another classic series villain [[Great Intelligence|The Great Intelligence]]. | * Since the programme's revival, this is the only series finale so far not to feature the [[Dalek]]s (discounting the [[2009 Specials]]). By the same token, every finale up to this point since the series' revival has involved either [[Dalek]]s ''or'' [[the Master]], but never both. Even the series 6 finale featured a cameo appearance from a Dalek. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Wedding of River Song]]''). This was true until the series 7 finale ([[TV]]: ''[[The Name of the Doctor (TV story)|The Name of the Doctor]]'') which didn't have Daleks or the Master but had another classic series villain [[Great Intelligence|The Great Intelligence]]. | ||
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* When the Master uses his laser screwdriver to age the Doctor, while he is in fast motion, on the TV screen Martha is looking at, you can clearly see Lucy's arms are also in fast motion. | * When the Master uses his laser screwdriver to age the Doctor, while he is in fast motion, on the TV screen Martha is looking at, you can clearly see Lucy's arms are also in fast motion. | ||
* When Martha asks Professor Docherty to find out what the disc contains, the exact amount of electricity required is "A current of 58.5 kiloamperes, transferring a charge of 510 megajoules precisely" she is wrong as the unit of charge is the Coloumb not the Joule. | * When Martha asks Professor Docherty to find out what the disc contains, the exact amount of electricity required is "A current of 58.5 kiloamperes, transferring a charge of 510 megajoules precisely" she is wrong as the unit of charge is the Coloumb not the Joule. | ||
== Continuity == | == Continuity == | ||