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== Story notes ==
* This episode aired on the same day as the ''[[Doctor Who]]'' episode ''[[Flesh and Stone]]''.
=== Ratings ===
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=== Myths ===
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=== Filming locations ===
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=== Production errors ===
* While other episodes use [[matte painting]]s to establish [[London]] landmarks, this episode's exteriors aren't really treated in any way. It is blatantly obvious, especially as the characters are at the river side, that they're not anywhere close to the [[Thames]]. Tropical [[tree]]s can be seen on the other side of the river and the wide shots don't reveal any architecture that even slightly resembles London. Much of the action also takes place under a bridge that runs parallel to the river, something that doesn't exist in [[London]]. ''It's forty years into the future, a lot has changed, the climate, the government, the city, everything, time has really taken its toll.''
* When K9 cheerfully refuses Starkey's offer to go fishing at the end of the episode, the lights on his face that go on when he speaks don't flash. ''That's probably because he hadn't had enough time to fully recover from his infection, meaning that he would continue to be plagued by further technical difficulties, which would grow weaker and weaker with each attack before ceasing completely.''
== Continuity ==
== Continuity ==
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Revision as of 00:18, 14 August 2012

Continuity

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 June Turner has another jurisdictional dispute with Drake, she threatens to launch a report with Lomax.
  • This episode establishes that the reason this K9 unit's language is laced with so much English slang is that the five thousand Earth movies on his memdrive have influenced his mode of expression.
  • This episode definitively establishes that K9 has some sort of on-board linguistic database, as he talks to the Medes. This point was never particularly clear in his (or his successors') usage in Doctor Who, since he would have ostensibly had access to TARDIS translation circuit. Moreover, he's never been shown to use other languages in The Sarah Jane Adventures.

Home video releases

This episode is featured in the following DVD sets:

  • Complete Boxset (Region 4, Australia)

    Complete Boxset
    (Region 4, Australia)

  • Alien Avatar (Region 4, Australia)

    Alien Avatar
    (Region 4, Australia)

  • Series 1, Volume 1 (Region 0, sold in UK and US)

    Series 1, Volume 1
    (Region 0, sold in UK and US)

  • "Ultimate Collectors Edition" (Region 2, UK)

    "Ultimate Collectors Edition"
    (Region 2, UK)

External links

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