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* This episode pays tribute to [[Nicholas Courtney]], who died in February. The Doctor learns his character, [[Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart]], died peacefully in his sleep, fulfilling the prophecy made by the [[Seventh Doctor]] in the [[1989]] episode ''[[Battlefield]]''. The episode also contains scenes in which "everybody was wearing an eyepatch"; this is a reference to an anecdote Courtney recounted frequently at ''Doctor Who'' fan events, about an incident while recording of the 1970 serial ''[[Inferno (TV story)|Inferno]]''. ([[DWMSE 31]]) | * This episode pays tribute to [[Nicholas Courtney]], who died in February. The Doctor learns his character, [[Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart]], died peacefully in his sleep, fulfilling the prophecy made by the [[Seventh Doctor]] in the [[1989]] episode ''[[Battlefield]]''. The episode also contains scenes in which "everybody was wearing an eyepatch"; this is a reference to an anecdote Courtney recounted frequently at ''Doctor Who'' fan events, about an incident while recording of the 1970 serial ''[[Inferno (TV story)|Inferno]]''. ([[DWMSE 31]]) | ||
* A [[Prequel (The Wedding of River Song)|prequel]] to this episode was released online.<ref>http://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/dw/videos/p00kn2y6</ref> | * A [[Prequel (The Wedding of River Song)|prequel]] to this episode was released online.<ref>http://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/dw/videos/p00kn2y6</ref> | ||
* This is the first episode of ''[[Doctor Who]]'' to air on the same night as an episode of fellow BBC Saturday night drama ''[[w:c:merlin:Merlin (TV story)|Merlin]]''. The first episode of ''Merlin'' [[w:c:merlin:Series 4|Series 4]], ''[[w:c:merlin:The Darkest Hour|The Darkest Hour]]'', was broadcast right after ''The Wedding of River Song''. | * This is the first and only episode of ''[[Doctor Who]]'' to air on the same night as an episode of fellow BBC Saturday night drama ''[[w:c:merlin:Merlin (TV story)|Merlin]]''. The first episode of ''Merlin'' [[w:c:merlin:Series 4|Series 4]], ''[[w:c:merlin:The Darkest Hour|The Darkest Hour]]'', was broadcast right after ''The Wedding of River Song''. | ||
* [[Meredith Vieira]], co-host of the American morning news/chat programme ''Today'', filmed her cameo during a visit to the Upper Boat Studios as part of a profile of ''Doctor Who'' produced for ''[[Wikipedia:Today (NBC program)|Today]]''. The profile aired on 9 May 2011, contained several minor spoilers for this episode. It revealed the cameo appearance by [[Richard Hope]] as [[Malohkeh]] and the return of [[Ian McNeice]] as [[Winston Churchill]]. Appearances by several [[Cybermen]] served as a "false flag" spoiler suggesting they might also appear in the episode. They did not. | * [[Meredith Vieira]], co-host of the American morning news/chat programme ''Today'', filmed her cameo during a visit to the Upper Boat Studios as part of a profile of ''Doctor Who'' produced for ''[[Wikipedia:Today (NBC program)|Today]]''. The profile aired on 9 May 2011, contained several minor spoilers for this episode. It revealed the cameo appearance by [[Richard Hope]] as [[Malohkeh]] and the return of [[Ian McNeice]] as [[Winston Churchill]]. Appearances by several [[Cybermen]] served as a "false flag" spoiler suggesting they might also appear in the episode. They did not. | ||
* This is the first series finale of the revived series not to be a multi-part episode. In fact, it is the first series finale ever to only be one episode (with the iffy exception of [[TV]]: ''[[The Five Doctors (TV story)|The Five Doctors]]''), though it can be seen to be completing the multi-part story started in [[TV]]: ''[[The Impossible Astronaut]]''. | * This is the first series finale of the revived series not to be a multi-part episode. In fact, it is the first series finale ever to only be one episode (with the iffy exception of [[TV]]: ''[[The Five Doctors (TV story)|The Five Doctors]]''), though it can be seen to be completing the multi-part story started in [[TV]]: ''[[The Impossible Astronaut]]''. | ||
* In [[TV]]: ''[[The Impossible Astronaut]]'' the versions of the Doctor give their ages as 909 and 1103. The Doctor has apparently lived for almost two hundred years between these two episodes. Writer [[Gareth Roberts]] indicated in an interview that this is indeed two hundred years after ''[[The God Complex]]'' for the Doctor and he spent these years "waving" at Amy and Rory through history books. | * In [[TV]]: ''[[The Impossible Astronaut]]'' the versions of the Doctor give their ages as 909 and 1103. The Doctor has apparently lived for almost two hundred years between these two episodes. Writer [[Gareth Roberts]] indicated in an interview that this is indeed two hundred years after ''[[The God Complex]]'' for the Doctor and he spent these years "waving" at Amy and Rory through history books. | ||
*The hat shot off the Doctor's head by River in [[TV]]: ''[[The Impossible Astronaut]]'' was a copy made by the ''Teselecta''. | *The hat shot off the Doctor's head by River in [[TV]]: ''[[The Impossible Astronaut]]'' was a copy made by the ''Teselecta''. | ||
*This was the last episode to be covered by ''[[Doctor Who Confidential]]'' due to that series' cancellation. Starting with ''[[The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe (TV story)|The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe]]'', the official ''Doctor Who'' website would feature short making-of videos after each episode's transmission. | *This was the last episode to be covered by ''[[Doctor Who Confidential]]'' due to that series' cancellation. Starting with ''[[The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe (TV story)|The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe]]'', the official ''Doctor Who'' website would feature short making-of videos after each episode's transmission. | ||
* A message that "Doctor Who Will Return" appears at the end of the episode. | |||
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