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References

• The Doctor tells Amy about some of the events that happened in The End of Time and how he is still coping with the fact that he is the last of the Time Lords since all the others were taken back to the day Gallifrey was destroyed.

• Scotland wanting its own ship, and Amy's response of "some things never change", is a joke about Scottish nationalism.

• The Vators use the London Underground, as well as warn people to "mind the doors" ("mind the gap").

• The message shown in the voting booths resembles older 20th century BBC news broadcasts.

Story Notes

• Like DW: The End of the World, this episode featured the Doctor taking a new companion into the distant future for her first trip in the TARDIS.
• Also like DW: The Doctor Dances, the resolution to the main problem of the plot is solved by the way people have at first believed to have caused another effect and so previously tried to avoid (Nancy tried to avoid her son Jamie of fear of becoming a Gas-maked zombie whilst Liz 10 always chose to forget since she believed that by releasing the Star Whale it would destroy Starship UK).
• This story leads directly into the next.
• Another crack could be seen at the very end of the story, in roughly the same shape as the crack on Amy's wall and the TARDIS monitor in DW: The Eleventh Hour, continuing the new theme of cracks appearing throughout the universe.
• Nobody is killed in this story, as with previous Moffat stories (which only feature deaths from natural causes on screen and sometimes have nobody die at all), unusually for the series.
• Counting his flashback appearance in the previous story, this is the first episode to not show David Tennant since Series 1's Bad Wolf.
• This is the first average length Doctor Who episode since DW: The Stolen Earth, the following episodes all being specials or extended.
• If Amy Pond's age is said to be 1306 years old, and she was 21 in 2010, then the year is most likely 3295.

Ratings

6.7 million

Filming Locations

• Mamhilad, Monmouthshire, Wales

Rumours

• It was originally rumoured that Sophie Okonedo was to play the character called "Liz Ten" which then was rumoured to be "Queen Elizabeth X". Sophie Okonedo was confirmed to play The Masked Woman. In dialogue, it was confirmed that her character was indeed "Elizabeth X". In the credits, she was listed as "Liz 10".
• It was rumoured that The Doctor and Amy will be swallowed by a creature 'The Beast' and have to make the 'Beast' regurgitate then to escape. This is proven more likely with them both being drenched (having wet clothes) in the trailer[1]. The Doctor and Amy actually managed to escape being swallowed, only entering the creature's mouth. [2].

Production errors

• When Amy Pond is in the Voting Booth, the voice says that she is 1,306 years old. However, on the computer screens, at the same time, it lists her age as 1,308 years old.
• If the Starship UK is in the 29th century and Amy was born in the late 20th century, she could only be at the most 900 years old, but the Voting Booth said she was over 1,300 years old, meaning she must have been born in the 16th century!
• Even though Scotland is stated to have its own ship, the logo of Starship UK - seen behind the man in the video in the Voting Booth - still shows Scotland.
• During the first scene of the episode, the Smiler in the elevator already has it's 'demonic' face before sending Timmy into the Star Whale's stomach. When the close-up reveals the Smiler's face, it is only just revealing its demonic face.
• After Elizabeth the Tenth shoots the Smilers, we see a close up of them repairing. Neither of the Smilers have the second face on the back of their heads.

Continuity

• A sign with Magpie Electricals can be seen, the brand was first created by Mr Magpie in DW: The Idiot's Lantern and has continued to appear in many stories set years later.
• The advent of the Earth being rendered uninhabitable by solar flares not long before the 30th century is a plot point previously featured in DW: The Ark in Space/The Sontaran Experiment.
• Winston Churchill calls the Doctor at the end of the episode, and the shadow of a Dalek is seen.
• Liz Ten is the queen of Starship UK. She mentions the Doctor being knighted and exiled by Queen Victoria (DW: Tooth and Claw) and his relationship with the "Virgin Queen" (DW: The End of Time , The Shakespeare Code), as well as being an old drinking buddy of Henry XII and having tea and scones with Liz 2.
• The Doctor tells Amy Pond about being the last of his race shortly after she joined him, much like he did with Rose, Martha, and Donna shortly after they joined him.
• Minor reference is made to the events of DW: The End of Time
• The crack, previously seen on Amy's wall and the TARDIS' monitor (DW: The Eleventh Hour), is seen on the side of Starship UK.
• The Doctor's "You look human/You look Time Lord" exchange with Amy mirrors a similar conversation between his previous incarnation and Lady Christina de Souza. (DW: Planet of the Dead)
• The concept of a gigantic space-borne "whale" was first devised by Pat Mills for his unused Who script, Song of the Space Whale. The Star Whale may be a nod to that.
• The Star Whale's exposed brain being restrained by humans is similar to the Ood Brain in DW: Planet of the Ood. Just as in that story, the brain was released in the end, and the restrained creature was freed.
• As in a previous Moffat story, The Girl in the Fireplace, the "villains" are clockwork (or at least clockwork-based) androids. In both episodes however they are not the true villains, but working under commands given to them.

DVD/Blu-Ray release

• BBC Video - Doctor Who Series Five - Volume One is scheduled for release on DVD and Blu-Ray on 7th June 2010 (UK only), featuring The Eleventh Hour, The Beast Below, Victory of the Daleks, and the featurette The Monster Diaries.

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