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* In terms of incarnation placement, this story marks the final time in his original regeneration cycle that the Doctor does not regenerate inside the TARDIS. | * In terms of incarnation placement, this story marks the final time in his original regeneration cycle that the Doctor does not regenerate inside the TARDIS. | ||
* The Eighth Doctor's costume here, designed by [[Howard Burden]], is unique and is based on the Doctor's costume from the TV movie.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/doctorwho/articles/Steven-Moffat-on-The-Night-Of-The-Doctor |title=Stephen Moffat on ''The Night of the Doctor'' |date of source=14 November 2013 |website name=BBC ''Doctor Who'' website |accessdate=15 November 2013}}</ref> There's no reason to believe that Burden did anything other than simply re-design the costume entirely from his own sketchpad. Nevertheless, the costume is reminiscent of the character's appearances in [[Eighth Doctor comic stories|''Doctor Who Magazine'' comics]], where his costume was slightly different almost every story. Perhaps the closest matches are found in ''[[Doctor Who and the Nightmare Game (comic story)|Doctor Who and the Nightmare Game]]'', where the combination of coat and open-necked light shirt are prominent, and ''[[Uroboros (comic story)|Uroboros]]'', with its vest, tan pants and open-collared light shirt. Although the leather riding boots are an apparent innovation of this short, they, too, have precedent in the pages of ''DWM'': ''[[Bad Blood (comic story)|Bad Blood]]'' had him in the Wild West wearing quite similar boots. The costume is notably dissimilar to that seen on the covers of [[Big Finish]]'s ''[[Dark Eyes (audio anthology)|Dark Eyes]]'' series, although it doesn't obviously contradict the brief description of that costume given ''within the narrative'' of the audio. | * The Eighth Doctor's costume here, designed by [[Howard Burden]], is unique and is based on the Doctor's costume from the TV movie.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/doctorwho/articles/Steven-Moffat-on-The-Night-Of-The-Doctor |title=Stephen Moffat on ''The Night of the Doctor'' |date of source=14 November 2013 |website name=BBC ''Doctor Who'' website |accessdate=15 November 2013}}</ref> There's no reason to believe that Burden did anything other than simply re-design the costume entirely from his own sketchpad. Nevertheless, the costume is reminiscent of the character's appearances in [[Eighth Doctor comic stories|''Doctor Who Magazine'' comics]], where his costume was slightly different almost every story. Perhaps the closest matches are found in ''[[Doctor Who and the Nightmare Game (comic story)|Doctor Who and the Nightmare Game]]'', where the combination of coat and open-necked light shirt are prominent, and ''[[Uroboros (comic story)|Uroboros]]'', with its vest, tan pants and open-collared light shirt. Although the leather riding boots are an apparent innovation of this short, they, too, have precedent in the pages of ''DWM'': ''[[Bad Blood (comic story)|Bad Blood]]'' had him in the Wild West wearing quite similar boots. The costume is notably dissimilar to that seen on the covers of [[Big Finish]]'s ''[[Dark Eyes (audio anthology)|Dark Eyes]]'' series, although it doesn't obviously contradict the brief description of that costume given ''within the narrative'' of the audio. | ||
** Paul McGann has cited his costume from | ** Paul McGann has cited his costume from this story as his favourite of the Eighth Doctor costumes he has worn.<ref>https://youtu.be/-L3_6WwAzFI?t=16m9s</ref> | ||
* The Doctor mentions his companions [[Charlotte Pollard|Charley]], [[C'rizz]], [[Lucie Miller|Lucie]], [[Tamsin Drew|Tamsin]] and [[Molly O'Sullivan|Molly]], all from Big Finish audio productions. This marks the first direct reference to the Big Finish audio dramas in the TV series. | * The Doctor mentions his companions [[Charlotte Pollard|Charley]], [[C'rizz]], [[Lucie Miller|Lucie]], [[Tamsin Drew|Tamsin]] and [[Molly O'Sullivan|Molly]], all from Big Finish audio productions. This marks the first direct reference to the Big Finish audio dramas in the TV series. | ||
* The [[British Broadcasting Corporation|BBC]] initially promoted this episode with the teaser that it would feature either the [[Tenth Doctor]], [[Eleventh Doctor]], or the new [[War Doctor|unspecified incarnation]]. While this was indeed true, as it did feature the War Doctor, it was mainly used as a red herring to hide the surprise return of Paul McGann as the [[Eighth Doctor]]. | * The [[British Broadcasting Corporation|BBC]] initially promoted this episode with the teaser that it would feature either the [[Tenth Doctor]], [[Eleventh Doctor]], or the new [[War Doctor|unspecified incarnation]]. While this was indeed true, as it did feature the War Doctor, it was mainly used as a red herring to hide the surprise return of Paul McGann as the [[Eighth Doctor]]. | ||