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 * This episode deliberately evoked the feel of the ''[[Indiana Jones (film series)|Indiana Jones]]'' franchise. River's scene at [[the Maldovarium]] is a gag drawn directly from the teaser sequence of ''{{iw|indianajones|Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom}}''. The use of flambeaux in the cavernous "[[under Henge]]" was directly inspired by the teaser to ''[[Raiders of the Lost Ark]]''. Finally [[director]] [[Toby Haynes]] [[playback|played back]] a cue from ''Raiders'' while filming the sequence of the Doctor, River, and Amy entering the "under Henge" to give the sequence appropriate tempo. ([[CON]]: ''[[Alien Abduction (CON episode)|Alien Abduction]]'')
 * The disembodied Cyberman head tells Amy, "You will be assimilated." Though modern viewers might think this a line borrowed from [[Borg (species)|the Borg]], a ''[[Star Trek]]'' cybernetic species similar to Cybermen, in fact, the line is in ''[[The Tenth Planet (TV story)|The Tenth Planet]]''.
-* Amy Pond describes her deep interest in Roman culture. Karen Gillan's original appearance on ''Doctor Who'' was that of a [[Soothsayer (The Fires of Pompeii)|soothsayer]] from Pompeii in ''[[The Fires of Pompeii (TV story)|The Fires of Pompeii]]''.
+* Amy Pond describes her deep interest in Roman culture. [[Karen Gillan]]'s original appearance on ''Doctor Who'' was that of a [[Soothsayer (The Fires of Pompeii)|soothsayer]] from Pompeii in ''[[The Fires of Pompeii (TV story)|The Fires of Pompeii]]''.
 * The story is set at Stonehenge and the episode broadcast just a few days before the real Summer Solstice.
 * When River begins having problems flying the TARDIS, the Doctor tells her she's not flying it right, to which she promptly replies, "I'm flying it ''perfectly''. You taught me!". In their previous meeting (from the Doctor's POV), River mocked the Doctor for not being able to properly fly the TARDIS, always leaving the brakes on when it lands. She also implied that the Doctor might not have been the one who had taught her. It would be revealed in ''[[Let's Kill Hitler (TV story)|Let's Kill Hitler]]'' that it was the TARDIS herself who taught River.
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 * Amy doesn't know who the Cybermen are, despite having met them in [[GAME]]: ''[[Blood of the Cybermen (video game)|Blood of the Cybermen]]''.
 * River's main costume in this story was deliberately designed to evoke both {{iw|starwars|Princess Leia}} and [[Han Solo]], so that she looked like, according to Toby Haynes, a "female Han Solo". ([[DCOM]]: ''[[The Big Bang (TV story)|The Big Bang]]'')
-* According to Toby Haynes, this episode had no bigger budget, "and maybe even a little less", than other episodes in the series. ([[DCOM]]: ''[[The Big Bang]]'')
+* According to [[Toby Haynes]], this episode had no bigger budget, "and maybe even a little less", than other episodes in the series. ([[DCOM]]: ''[[The Big Bang]]'')
 * Similar to ''[[Rise of the Cybermen (TV story)|Rise of the Cybermen]]'' and ''[[The Stolen Earth (TV story)|The Stolen Earth]]'', this episode is the first part of a two-part story, and features no "Next Time" trailer at the end.
-* This is the first TV story written by Steven Moffat to feature aliens and monsters he did not personally create.
+* This is the first TV story written by [[Steven Moffat]] to feature aliens and monsters he did not personally create.
 * This episode marks the last appearance of the [[Eternal Dalek]] to date.
 * The episode displayed that if someone is erased by a crack, at least some material proof of their existence still remains. For instance, a picture of Rory in Amy's book, ten years in the past from when he was taken by the cracks, still exists, as well as the ring he bought for Amy.
 * [[Russell T Davies]] had the [[Ninth Doctor]] use the phrase "I am talking!" when addressing an enemy in the [[Rose (TV story)|first story]] of his [[Series 1 (Doctor Who)|first series]] as showrunner. Here, incoming showrunner [[Steven Moffat]] has the [[Eleventh Doctor]] use the same phrase when addressing enemies in the finale of his [[Series 5 (Doctor Who)|first series]] (albeit in the first part of a two-part finale).
+* Half of the scene with Liz 10 was filmed in advance on 22 October 2009 along with scenes of [[The Beast Below (TV story)|''The Beast Below'']] at an orangery at Margam Country Park, Port Talbot.
+* The story is set at Stonehenge and the episode broadcast just a few days before the real Summer Solstice.
+* Some scenes were filmed at the real Stonehenge, Wiltshire. They could only afford to shoot during one night and spent the only hour of daylight in the morning shooting a three-minute dialogue sequence. The cast and crew had to abide by regulations; they were not allowed to touch the stones, bring heavy equipment in, and the lighting had to be done from the floor. Regardless, The Doctor and Amy appear to touch several of the rocks.
+* For the scene in which the Doctor, Amy, and River are riding on horses, the close-ups of the characters riding were filmed by having the actors sit on a saddle mounted on the back of a truck and act like they were riding horses. [[Karen Gillan]] called this the "strangest thing" she had ever done, and was sure she "looked ridiculous".
+* According to [[Steven Moffat]], the Cybermen seen here are the Mondas/Telos Cybermen not seen since [[Silver Nemesis (TV story)|''Silver Nemesis'']]. The [[Cybus Industries|Cybus]] logo on the chests are only there as there was no budget to redo the Cyberman costumes.
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