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* This marks the first television story in the revived series to use the complete moniker of "(Number) Doctor" when Clara says "You're the Eleventh Doctor". This has arguably happened before, however; in ''[[The Three Doctors (TV story)|The Three Doctors]]'', Sergeant Benton specifically refers to Patrick Troughton's character as "the Second Doctor" (albeit not really due to him being the second incarnation). Many previous stories, such as [[TV]]: ''[[The Lodger (TV story)|The Lodger]]'' or ''[[The Five Doctors (TV story)|The Five Doctors]]'' have either used just the number ("Eleventh") or regeneration ("Fourth") respectively. John Hurt's unknown Doctor notwithstanding, this could be seen to finally put to bed speculation as to whether the unknown faces during the "mental duel" in [[TV]]: ''[[The Brain of Morbius (TV story)|The Brain of Morbius]]'' were pre-Hartnell incarnations of the Doctor. | * This marks the first television story in the revived series to use the complete moniker of "(Number) Doctor" when Clara says "You're the Eleventh Doctor". This has arguably happened before, however; in ''[[The Three Doctors (TV story)|The Three Doctors]]'', Sergeant Benton specifically refers to Patrick Troughton's character as "the Second Doctor" (albeit not really due to him being the second incarnation). Many previous stories, such as [[TV]]: ''[[The Lodger (TV story)|The Lodger]]'' or ''[[The Five Doctors (TV story)|The Five Doctors]]'' have either used just the number ("Eleventh") or regeneration ("Fourth") respectively. John Hurt's unknown Doctor notwithstanding, this could be seen to finally put to bed speculation as to whether the unknown faces during the "mental duel" in [[TV]]: ''[[The Brain of Morbius (TV story)|The Brain of Morbius]]'' were pre-Hartnell incarnations of the Doctor. | ||
* This is the first episode to use colourised footage of black and white material originally filmed in the 1960s. | * This is the first episode to use colourised footage of black and white material originally filmed in the 1960s. | ||
* The original televised premiere of this episode ended with the message, "TO BE CONTINUED... NOVEMBER 23rd", as in 23 November 2013, the date of the series's 50th anniversary. | * The original televised premiere of this episode ended with the message, "TO BE CONTINUED... NOVEMBER 23rd", as in 23 November 2013, the date of the series's 50th anniversary. Some home video releases of series 7, which can be viewed separately from the scheduling conventions of television, had this message shortened to simply read, "TO BE CONTINUED". The caption is retained on streaming releases, as well as the 50th Anniversary Collection box set. | ||
* This is the first season finale in the revived series to be set primarily on another planet. | * This is the first season finale in the revived series to be set primarily on another planet. | ||
* There was speculation about the title of the episode as many fans thought and assumed that the Doctor's real name would be revealed for the very first time on screen. However, this wasn't the case as a shocking twist at the end of the episode revealed instead a previously unknown incarnation of the Doctor. The history of this incarnation, as well as his role in the Doctor's life, would remain unknown until ''[[The Night of the Doctor (TV story)|The Night of the Doctor]]'' and ''[[The Day of the Doctor (TV story)|The Day of the Doctor]]'' showed he was the incarnation of the Doctor that fought in the [[Last Great Time War]]. | * There was speculation about the title of the episode as many fans thought and assumed that the Doctor's real name would be revealed for the very first time on screen. However, this wasn't the case as a shocking twist at the end of the episode revealed instead a previously unknown incarnation of the Doctor. The history of this incarnation, as well as his role in the Doctor's life, would remain unknown until ''[[The Night of the Doctor (TV story)|The Night of the Doctor]]'' and ''[[The Day of the Doctor (TV story)|The Day of the Doctor]]'' showed he was the incarnation of the Doctor that fought in the [[Last Great Time War]]. | ||