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* ''[[Guinevere One]]'', the name of the probe that Earth sends to [[Mars]], references the myths of [[King Arthur]]. In those stories, Guinevere was Arthur's Queen Consort. Her name is an old French form of the Welsh name Gwenhwyfar, which can be translated as "white shadow". Her adulterous affair with Arthur's chief knight, [[Lancelot]], and betrayal of her husband lead to the downfall of their kingdom. When the [[Seventh Doctor]] was recognised as [[Merlin]], Arthur's advisor, he assumed that he would later find himself in this role. ([[TV]]: ''[[Battlefield (TV story)|Battlefield]]'') | * ''[[Guinevere One]]'', the name of the probe that Earth sends to [[Mars]], references the myths of [[King Arthur]]. In those stories, Guinevere was Arthur's Queen Consort. Her name is an old French form of the Welsh name Gwenhwyfar, which can be translated as "white shadow". Her adulterous affair with Arthur's chief knight, [[Lancelot]], and betrayal of her husband lead to the downfall of their kingdom. When the [[Seventh Doctor]] was recognised as [[Merlin]], Arthur's advisor, he assumed that he would later find himself in this role. ([[TV]]: ''[[Battlefield (TV story)|Battlefield]]'') | ||
* [[The Doctor]]'s sword duel with the Sycorax leader, particularly when his hand is cut off, suggests the lightsaber duel between {{iw|starwars|Luke Skywalker}} and {{iw|starwars|Darth Vader}} in ''{{iw|starwars|Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back}}''. | * [[The Doctor]]'s sword duel with the Sycorax leader, particularly when his hand is cut off, suggests the lightsaber duel between {{iw|starwars|Luke Skywalker}} and {{iw|starwars|Darth Vader}} in ''{{iw|starwars|Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back}}''. | ||
* The Doctor comments that the bathrobe and pyjamas [[Jackie Tyler|Jackie]] has given him to wear are "very [[Arthur Dent]]." Arthur Dent is a character in ''[[The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy]]'', created by former ''[[Doctor Who]]'' [[script editor]] [[Douglas Adams]]. Also, Jackie's line "Anything else he's got two of?" is | * The Doctor comments that the bathrobe and pyjamas [[Jackie Tyler|Jackie]] has given him to wear are "very [[Arthur Dent]]." Arthur Dent is a character in ''[[The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy]]'', created by former ''[[Doctor Who]]'' [[script editor]] [[Douglas Adams]]. Also, Jackie's line "Anything else he's got two of?" is also spoken by Arthur Dent in the 2005 movie adaptation of ''The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy'', in reference to the two-headed Zaphod Beeblebrox. | ||
* When speaking to the Sycorax of the great potential [[human]]s possess, the Doctor realises he is quoting from ''[[The Lion King]]''. | * When speaking to the Sycorax of the great potential [[human]]s possess, the Doctor realises he is quoting from ''[[The Lion King]]''. | ||