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* The Doctor briefly dons a [[fez]], but gives it to a young boy standing outside the TARDIS. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Big Bang]]'', ''[[A Christmas Carol (TV story)|A Christmas Carol]]'')
* The Doctor briefly dons a [[fez]], but gives it to a young boy standing outside the TARDIS. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Big Bang]]'', ''[[A Christmas Carol (TV story)|A Christmas Carol]]'')
* The Doctor notes that travelling short hops in the TARDIS can be difficult. ([[TV]]: ''[[State of Decay (TV story)|State of Decay]]'', ''[[Army of Ghosts (TV story)|Army of Ghosts]]'', ''[[Dinosaurs on a Spaceship (TV story)|Dinosaurs on a Spaceship]]'')
* The Doctor notes that travelling short hops in the TARDIS can be difficult. ([[TV]]: ''[[State of Decay (TV story)|State of Decay]]'', ''[[Army of Ghosts (TV story)|Army of Ghosts]]'', ''[[Dinosaurs on a Spaceship (TV story)|Dinosaurs on a Spaceship]]'')
* The Doctor already disguised himself as a [[The Monk|monk]] in Saxon England, along with another [[Time Lord]]. ([[TV]]: "[[The_Time_Meddler_(TV_story)#A_Battle_of_Wits_.283.29|A Battle of Wits]]")
* The Doctor already disguised himself as a [[The Monk|monk]] in Saxon England, along with another [[Time Lord]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The_Time_Meddler_(TV_story)#A_Battle_of_Wits_.283.29|A Battle of Wits]]'')
* Monks, unlike [[Bow tie|bow ties]], [[Fez|fezzes]], and 1960s [[NASA]] technology, are '''not''' cool. ([[TV]]: "[[The Meddling Monk]]", ''[[The Eleventh Hour (TV story)|The Eleventh Hour]]'', ''[[The Big Bang (TV story)|The Big Bang]]'', ''[[The Impossible Astronaut (TV story)|The Impossible Astronaut]]'')
* Monks, unlike [[Bow tie|bow ties]], [[Fez|fezzes]], and 1960s [[NASA]] technology, are '''not''' cool. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Meddling Monk]]'', ''[[The Eleventh Hour (TV story)|The Eleventh Hour]]'', ''[[The Big Bang (TV story)|The Big Bang]]'', ''[[The Impossible Astronaut (TV story)|The Impossible Astronaut]]'')


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

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The Bells of Saint John was the sixth episode of the seventh series of Doctor Who produced by BBC Wales. It introduced a new companion to the show, although she had, in different forms, previously appeared in both TV: Asylum of the Daleks and The Snowmen. It also reintroduced the Great Intelligence, who had last appeared in TV: The Snowmen.

Synopsis

London, 2013. "Danger. This is a warning. A warning to the whole world. You're looking for Wi-Fi. Sometimes you see something, a bit like this. Don't click it. Do not click it. Once you've clicked it, they're in your computer. They can see you. If they can see you, they might choose you. And if they do... you die."

When Clara Oswald has problems with her Internet, she's given a telephone number: the number of "the best." When the Eleventh Doctor answers at the other end, Clara is pulled into a life of adventure and mystery. But danger is lurking in the signals, picking off minds and imprisoning them. "It's like immortality, only fatal." But can the Doctor save Clara before... "I don't know where I am."

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

Buildings

Communication technology

TARDIS

Time Lords

  • The Doctor claims that Time Lords have 27 brains. He then admits that he was exaggerating.

Vehicles

Story notes

  • This story takes a lot of the directing tropes of the BBC television series Sherlock, a show written and created by Doctor Who show runner Steven Moffat and writer Mark Gatiss, with two episodes at the time of broadcast written by Steve Thompson. A prime example of this is formulas and words appearing on-screen.
  • The title of this episode is a reference to the phone incorporated into the TARDIS police box disguise, and to the "St. John Ambulance" logo on the door of this version of the TARDIS. The "Bells" part is referring to the police box phone ringing.
  • As is routine for post-2005 Doctor Who, a "NEXT TIME" trailer for the next episode is shown at the end of the episode.
  • George, Artie, and Angie's household Wi-Fi network is named "Maitland_Family."

Ratings

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Filming locations

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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.
  • During the motorcycle scene, a crew member and camera can be seen reflected in the Doctor's helmet.
  • In the same motocycle scene, the TARDIS's doors are open when the Doctor comes forward but then, when he starts riding, they are shown closed and apparently he did not remotely control them.
  • When Clara is entering the the Doctor's TARDIS, her mug shakes several times, which would cause it to spill, yet it doesn't. Later, on the Aeroplane, she starts to take a sip but is pulled away by the Doctor, and it still doesn't spill. However, when she returns to the TARDIS, she takes a sip, proving once and for all that it wasn't empty and that it should have spilled several times.
  • When the Doctor and Clara are talking after she wakes up, he sets the laptop on the ground and the monitor is upright, however, after the camera switches back to him from Clara, the screen is bent back.
  • While in the airplane, you can't see the city below through the open windows.
  • When the TARDIS has travelled to the airplane, just before the Doctor gets out, a scene change is visible and the wall position changes.

Continuity

Home video releases

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External links

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