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{{quote|I was very happy with my original exit – that is to say, I loved the shaved head, the mind transplant and Yrcanos blowing my body to smithereens. It was dramatic, poignant and shocking. So of course I hated it when they retconned (I'm told this is the word!) my exit.|[http://www.bigfinish.com/vortex/v/23 Nicola Bryant, Vortex 23]}} | {{quote|I was very happy with my original exit – that is to say, I loved the shaved head, the mind transplant and Yrcanos blowing my body to smithereens. It was dramatic, poignant and shocking. So of course I hated it when they retconned (I'm told this is the word!) my exit.|[http://www.bigfinish.com/vortex/v/23 Nicola Bryant, Vortex 23]}} | ||
* At the very end, the Valeyard breaks the fourth wall by looking directly into the camera and laughing. | * At the very end, the Valeyard breaks the fourth wall by looking directly into the camera and laughing. | ||
* This is the last on-screen appearance of the [[Time Lord]]s as a civilisation for twenty-three years. They would be perceived as killed off prior to the events of [[Series 1 (Doctor Who)|Series 1]] of the revived series, in the aftermath of the [[Last Great Time War]], apparently leaving the Doctor as the sole survivor. They returned four years later in ''[[The End of Time (TV story)|The End of Time]]'', and were later revealed to have been sent to a pocket universe at the end of the war in ''[[The Day of the Doctor (TV story)|The Day of the Doctor]]'' and | * This is the last on-screen appearance of the [[Time Lord]]s as a civilisation for twenty-three years. They would be perceived as killed off prior to the events of [[Series 1 (Doctor Who)|Series 1]] of the revived series, in the aftermath of the [[Last Great Time War]], apparently leaving the Doctor as the sole survivor. They returned four years later in ''[[The End of Time (TV story)|The End of Time]]'', and were later revealed to have been sent to a pocket universe at the end of the war in ''[[The Day of the Doctor (TV story)|The Day of the Doctor]]'', although they managed to leave and were found hiding four billion years into the future in ''[[Hell Bent (TV story)|Hell Bent]]''. | ||
* This story features the final on-screen reference to the [[Sontaran]]s until their next televised appearance in [[TV]]: ''[[The Sontaran Stratagem]]'' / ''[[The Poison Sky]]'' almost twenty-two years later. | * This story features the final on-screen reference to the [[Sontaran]]s until their next televised appearance in [[TV]]: ''[[The Sontaran Stratagem]]'' / ''[[The Poison Sky]]'' almost twenty-two years later. | ||
* This story marks the final use of the starfield-based title sequence designed by Sid Sutton, and of the "neon tubing" logo. | * This story marks the final use of the starfield-based title sequence designed by Sid Sutton, and of the "neon tubing" logo. | ||