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=== Cultural references from the real world === | === Cultural references from the real world === | ||
* Flip compares Transmission to the [[ | * Flip compares Transmission to the [[starwars:DS-1 Orbital Battle Station|Death Star]] from ''[[Star Wars]]''. The Doctor expresses the hope that it is "not quite so ominous." | ||
* Flip refers to the ''[[James Bond]]'' film franchise and describes Lord Krarn as being "like every ''Bond'' villain you've ever seen." | * Flip refers to the ''[[James Bond]]'' film franchise and describes Lord Krarn as being "like every ''Bond'' villain you've ever seen." | ||
* Flip states that the Warmongers are not exactly crack shots, comparing them to "terrorists trying to attack [[Bruce Willis]]" from the ''{{w|Die Hard (franchise)|Die Hard}}'' film series. | * Flip states that the Warmongers are not exactly crack shots, comparing them to "terrorists trying to attack [[Bruce Willis]]" from the ''{{w|Die Hard (franchise)|Die Hard}}'' film series. | ||
* Flip tells Lord Krarn that she has seen more realistic looking weapons than the Warmongers' on ''[[Blue Peter]]''. | * Flip tells Lord Krarn that she has seen more realistic looking weapons than the Warmongers' on ''[[Blue Peter]]''. | ||
* Flip states that Jancey's description of Earth's fate since the Warmonger invasion five years earlier sounds as if she was reading a summary of the plot on [[Wikipedia]]. | * Flip states that Jancey's description of Earth's fate since the Warmonger invasion five years earlier sounds as if she was reading a summary of the plot on [[Wikipedia]]. | ||
* What the Doctor calls the "[[fifth One Day International between Australia and South Africa 2006]]" is a real world cricket match that the Doctor enjoys on the [[Time-Space Visualiser]]. | |||
=== Time technology === | === Time technology === | ||