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== Synopsis ==
== Synopsis ==
On an attacked underwater base, a frightened crew is threatened by the most impossible of things. It's up to the Doctor and Clara to rescue them
Arriving on an underwater base under attack, it's up to the Doctor and Clara to save the frightened crew. But also onboard is an alien spaceship, and the base is being haunted by the most impossible of things.


But what's all this fuss? Can it really be possible? Can the threat really be ghosts haunting them?
The Doctor's deepest beliefs are challenged when he encounters something he cannot explain. Can it really be possible? Can ghosts be real?


== Plot ==
== Plot ==
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=== Individuals ===
=== Individuals ===
* The Doctor once had [[Peter Andre]]'s song ''[[Mysterious Girl (song)|Mysterious Girl]]'' stuck in his head for two weeks, which drove him mad.
* The Doctor claims to have once had [[Peter Andre]]'s song ''[[Mysterious Girl (song)|Mysterious Girl]]'' stuck in his head for two weeks, and states that it drove him mad.
* The Doctor once met [[Shirley Bassey]].
* The Doctor claims to have once met [[Shirley Bassey]].
* According to the Doctor, Clara once had an argument with [[Gandhi]].
* The Doctor claims that Clara once had an argument with [[Gandhi]].


=== Languages ===
=== Languages ===
* The Doctor can no longer understand [[British Sign Language]].
* The Doctor can no longer understand [[British Sign Language]]. He believes he deleted it from his memories, and replaced it with [[semaphore]].


== Story notes ==
== Story notes ==
* The [[sonic sunglasses]] can tune onto [[Wi-Fi]].
* The [[sonic sunglasses]] can connect to [[Wi-Fi]].
* The Doctor uses [[Apology cue cards|cue cards]] to give apologies.
* The Doctor uses [[Apology cue cards|cue cards]] to give apologies.


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== Continuity ==
== Continuity ==
* The Doctor uses his [[sonic sunglasses]]. ([[TV]]:''[[The Witch's Familiar (TV story)|The Witch's Familiar]]'')
* The Doctor uses his [[sonic sunglasses]]. ([[TV]]:''[[The Witch's Familiar (TV story)|The Witch's Familiar]]'')
* The remains of a [[Tivolian]] appears. ([[TV]]:''[[The God Complex (TV story)|The God Complex]]'')
* One of the ghosts was previously a [[Tivolian]]. ([[TV]]:''[[The God Complex (TV story)|The God Complex]]'')
* The Doctor has previously landed in an underwater base, in which he met with a crew that were tackling a threat that would re-animate the dead crew. ([[GAME]]: ''[[Shadows of the Vashta Nerada (video game)|Shadows of the Vashta Nerada]]'')
* The Doctor has previously landed in an underwater base, in which he met with a crew that were tackling a threat that would re-animate the dead crew. ([[GAME]]: ''[[Shadows of the Vashta Nerada (video game)|Shadows of the Vashta Nerada]]'')
* The Doctor uses his [[psychic paper]] as proof of ID. ([[TV]]: ''[[The End of the World (TV story)|The End of the World]]'' et al)
* The Doctor uses his [[psychic paper]] as proof of ID. ([[TV]]: ''[[The End of the World (TV story)|The End of the World]]'' et al)
** The psychic paper tells them that he works for [[UNIT]].
** The psychic paper tells them that he works for [[UNIT]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Spearhead from Space (TV story)|Spearhead from Space]]'' et al)
* One of the Doctor's apology cue cards says: "It was my fault, I should have known you didn't live in [[Aberdeen]]". The [[Fourth Doctor]] dropped [[Sarah Jane Smith]] off in that city, rather than [[South Croydon]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Hand of Fear (TV story)|The Hand of Fear]]'', ''[[School Reunion (TV story)|School Reunion]]'')
* One of the Doctor's apology cue cards says: "It was my fault, I should have known you didn't live in [[Aberdeen]]". The [[Fourth Doctor]] made an identical mistake, dropping [[Sarah Jane Smith]] off there rather than [[South Croydon]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Hand of Fear (TV story)|The Hand of Fear]]'', ''[[School Reunion (TV story)|School Reunion]]'')
* Another of the cue cards says: "No one is going to be eaten / vapourised / exterminated / upgraded / possessed / mortally wounded / turned to jelly. We'll all get out of this unharmed." "Exterminated" is a reference to the [[Dalek]]s, ([[TV]]: ''[[The Daleks (TV story)|The Daleks]]'' et.al.) "upgraded" is a reference to the [[Cybermen]], ([[TV]]: ''[[The Tenth Planet (TV story)|The Tenth Planet]]'' et.al.) and "possessed" is a reference to [[Satan]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Impossible Planet (TV story)|The Impossible Planet]]''/''[[The Satan Pit (TV story)|The Satan Pit]]'')
* Another of the cue cards says: "No one is going to be eaten / vapourised / exterminated / upgraded / possessed / mortally wounded / turned to jelly. We'll all get out of this unharmed." "Exterminated" is a reference to the [[Dalek]]s, ([[TV]]: ''[[The Daleks (TV story)|The Daleks]]'' et.al.) "upgraded" is a reference to the [[Cybermen]], ([[TV]]: ''[[The Tenth Planet (TV story)|The Tenth Planet]]'' et.al.) and "possessed" is a reference to various races and beings. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Impossible Planet (TV story)|The Impossible Planet]]''/''[[The Satan Pit (TV story)|The Satan Pit]]'' et al)
* When the Doctor goes back on his insistance that the phantoms of the dead aren't ghosts, he notes that they aren't [[Ganger|flesh avatars]], ([[TV]]: ''[[The Rebel Flesh (TV story)|The Rebel Flesh]]''/''[[The Almost People (TV story)|The Almost People]]'') [[Auton]]s, ([[TV]]: ''[[Spearhead from Space (TV story)|Spearhead from Space]]'' et.al.) or "digital copies bouncing around the [[Nethersphere]]." ([[TV]]: ''[[Dark Water (TV story)|Dark Water]]''/''[[Death in Heaven (TV story)|Death in Heaven]]'')
* When the Doctor goes back on his insistance that the phantoms of the dead aren't ghosts, he notes that they aren't [[Ganger|flesh avatars]], ([[TV]]: ''[[The Rebel Flesh (TV story)|The Rebel Flesh]]''/''[[The Almost People (TV story)|The Almost People]]'') [[Auton]]s, ([[TV]]: ''[[Spearhead from Space (TV story)|Spearhead from Space]]'' et.al.) or "digital copies bouncing around the [[Nethersphere]]". ([[TV]]: ''[[Dark Water (TV story)|Dark Water]]''/''[[Death in Heaven (TV story)|Death in Heaven]]'')
* The [[Cloister Bell]] can be heard ringing throughout the base. ([[TV]]: ''[[Logopolis (TV story)|Logopolis]]'', ''[[Resurrection of the Daleks (TV story)|Resurrection of the Daleks]]'' et al)
* The [[Cloister Bell]] alerts the Doctor to a threat to the TARDIS. ([[TV]]: ''[[Logopolis (TV story)|Logopolis]]'', ''[[Resurrection of the Daleks (TV story)|Resurrection of the Daleks]]'' et al)


== Home video releases ==
== Home video releases ==

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Under the Lake was the third episode of the ninth series of Doctor Who produced by BBC Wales.

Synopsis

Arriving on an underwater base under attack, it's up to the Doctor and Clara to save the frightened crew. But also onboard is an alien spaceship, and the base is being haunted by the most impossible of things.

The Doctor's deepest beliefs are challenged when he encounters something he cannot explain. Can it really be possible? Can ghosts be real?

Plot

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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

Individuals

  • The Doctor claims to have once had Peter Andre's song Mysterious Girl stuck in his head for two weeks, and states that it drove him mad.
  • The Doctor claims to have once met Shirley Bassey.
  • The Doctor claims that Clara once had an argument with Gandhi.

Languages

Story notes

Ratings

Filming locations

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.

Continuity

Home video releases

DVD releases

to be added

Blu-ray releases

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