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* According to his memoir, ''[[Doctor Who: The Writer's Tale]]'', [[Russell T Davies]] was originally scheduled to write this episode, but the job was passed on to [[Chris Chibnall]]. Davies conceived the opening segment of the episode featuring the blowfish and the sports car. | * According to his memoir, ''[[Doctor Who: The Writer's Tale]]'', [[Russell T Davies]] was originally scheduled to write this episode, but the job was passed on to [[Chris Chibnall]]. Davies conceived the opening segment of the episode featuring the blowfish and the sports car. | ||
* When Jack tells John that his team is called "Torchwood", John seems disappointed and lists alternate and (he believes) more suitable names, including "[[Excalibur]]". This was the title of the original show that Russell T Davies created before turning it into a ''Doctor Who'' spin-off. | * When Jack tells John that his team is called "Torchwood", John seems disappointed and lists alternate and (he believes) more suitable names, including "[[Excalibur]]". This was the title of the original show that Russell T Davies created before turning it into a ''Doctor Who'' spin-off. | ||
* The episode title is taken from a nickname applied to [[James Bond]] by the European and Asian press in the | * The episode title is taken from a nickname applied to [[James Bond]] by the European and Asian press in the 1960s; "Mr. Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang" was also the name of a piece of music heard in the Bond film ''Thunderball''. Additionally, it is the title of a 2005 movie written by Shane Black, starring Robert Downey Jr. and Val Kilmer. | ||
* Due to the events of | * Due to the events of the television story ''[[Last of the Time Lords (TV story)|Last of the Time Lords]]'', this is the first episode of Torchwood which is set during the viewer's perspective of the present day. All televised stories set between ''[[Aliens of London (TV story)|Aliens of London]]'' and the last act of ''Last of the Time Lords'' were set one year ahead of the initial broadcast. | ||
=== Ratings === | === Ratings === | ||