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== Continuity == | == Continuity == | ||
* The Doctor states that he is 1,000 years old, although in [[The Wedding of River Song (TV story)|The Wedding of River Song]] he was 1,103. In [[A Town Called Mercy (TV story)|A Town Called Mercy]] he claims to be 1,200. | * The Doctor states that he is 1,000 years old, although in [[TV]]: ''[[The Wedding of River Song (TV story)|The Wedding of River Song]]'' he was 1,103. In ''[[A Town Called Mercy (TV story)|A Town Called Mercy]]'' he claims to be 1,200. ''He could be rounding his age for convenience.'' | ||
* This isn't the first time that the Doctor has encountered an [[alien]] whose plan was to upload [[human]]s to a popular [[technology]]. Previously, the [[Tenth Doctor]] encountered [[the Wire]], who extracted the faces of [[human]]s. Both times, the victims were trapped in screens. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Idiot's Lantern (TV story)|The Idiot's Lantern]]'') | * This isn't the first time that the Doctor has encountered an [[alien]] whose plan was to upload [[human]]s to a popular [[technology]]. Previously, the [[Tenth Doctor]] encountered [[the Wire]], who extracted the faces of [[human]]s. Both times, the victims were trapped in screens. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Idiot's Lantern (TV story)|The Idiot's Lantern]]'') | ||
* Another striking similarity to [[TV]]: ''[[The Idiot's Lantern (TV story)|The Idiot's Lantern]]'' is the use of the motorbike: in both stories the Doctor rides it with his current companion through the streets of London and subsequently he rides it on his own after he loses the companion girl. In [[TV]]: ''[[The Idiot's Lantern (TV story)|The Idiot's Lantern]]'' the companion was [[Rose Tyler]], who begins to enquire on her own before being captured by [[the Wire]], while [[Clara Oswald (The Bells of Saint John)|Clara]] is captured after a few moments and ''then'' the Doctor rides alone. | * Another striking similarity to [[TV]]: ''[[The Idiot's Lantern (TV story)|The Idiot's Lantern]]'' is the use of the motorbike: in both stories the Doctor rides it with his current companion through the streets of London and subsequently he rides it on his own after he loses the companion girl. In [[TV]]: ''[[The Idiot's Lantern (TV story)|The Idiot's Lantern]]'' the companion was [[Rose Tyler]], who begins to enquire on her own before being captured by [[the Wire]], while [[Clara Oswald (The Bells of Saint John)|Clara]] is captured after a few moments and ''then'' the Doctor rides alone. | ||
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* Monks, unlike [[bow tie]]s, [[fez]]zes, and [[1960s]] [[NASA]] [[technology]], are evidently ''not'' cool. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Eleventh Hour (TV story)|The Eleventh Hour]]'', ''[[The Big Bang (TV story)|The Big Bang]]'', ''[[The Impossible Astronaut (TV story)|The Impossible Astronaut]]'') | * Monks, unlike [[bow tie]]s, [[fez]]zes, and [[1960s]] [[NASA]] [[technology]], are evidently ''not'' cool. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Eleventh Hour (TV story)|The Eleventh Hour]]'', ''[[The Big Bang (TV story)|The Big Bang]]'', ''[[The Impossible Astronaut (TV story)|The Impossible Astronaut]]'') | ||
* The Doctor's fondness for [[Jammie Dodger]]s is seen again. ([[TV]]: ''[[Victory of the Daleks (TV story)|Victory of the Daleks]]'', ''[[The Impossible Astronaut (TV story)|The Impossible Astronaut]]'') | * The Doctor's fondness for [[Jammie Dodger]]s is seen again. ([[TV]]: ''[[Victory of the Daleks (TV story)|Victory of the Daleks]]'', ''[[The Impossible Astronaut (TV story)|The Impossible Astronaut]]'') | ||
* When Clara calls the Doctor in the year 1207, Clara believes she is calling another time zone; the Doctor says "You have no idea" and apologises about her phone bill. ([[TV]]: ''[[The End of the World (TV story)|The End of the World]]'', ''[[The Eleventh Hour (TV story)|The Eleventh Hour]]''. | |||
== Home video releases == | == Home video releases == | ||
