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== Continuity == | == Continuity == | ||
* The Doctor states that he is 1,000 years old, | * The Doctor states that he is 1,000 years old, presumably rounding his age for convenience. Most recently, he claimed to be 1,200 in ''[[A Town Called Mercy (TV story)|A Town Called Mercy]]''. | ||
* 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. | ||
* The Doctor rides a [[motorbike]] out of the TARDIS. Previously, a motorbike drove into the TARDIS, turned around, and drove back out. ([[TV]]: ''[[Doctor Who (TV story)|Doctor Who]]'') | * The Doctor rides a [[motorbike]] out of the TARDIS. Previously, a motorbike drove into the TARDIS, turned around, and drove back out. ([[TV]]: ''[[Doctor Who (TV story)|Doctor Who]]'') | ||
* The Doctor tells Clara that they are riding a motorbike because he does not bring the [[TARDIS]] into battle, fearing that it may fall into the wrong hands. The same concern had been expressed by the [[Ninth Doctor]] to [[Rose Tyler]]. | * The Doctor tells Clara that they are riding a motorbike because he does not bring the [[TARDIS]] into battle, fearing that it may fall into the wrong hands. The same concern had been expressed by the [[Ninth Doctor]] to [[Rose Tyler]]. He has at times broken that general rule. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Parting of the Ways (TV story)|The Parting of the Ways]], [[Journey's End (TV story)|Journey's End]], [[Day of the Moon (TV story)|Day of the Moon]], [[A Good Man Goes to War (TV story)|A Good Man Goes to War]]'') | ||
* Clara is referred to as "The Woman Twice Dead." She had, in fact, died twice. ([[TV]]: ''[[Asylum of the Daleks (TV story)|Asylum of the Daleks]]'', ''[[The Snowmen (TV story)|The Snowmen]]'') | * Clara is referred to as "The Woman Twice Dead." She had, in fact, died twice. ([[TV]]: ''[[Asylum of the Daleks (TV story)|Asylum of the Daleks]]'', ''[[The Snowmen (TV story)|The Snowmen]]'') | ||
* A painting of Clara by the Doctor reads, "RUN, YOU CLEVER BOY, AND REMEMBER." Clara also says this later while trying to remember a password. ([[TV]]: ''[[Asylum of the Daleks (TV story)|Asylum of the Daleks]]'', ''[[The Snowmen (TV story)|The Snowmen]]'') | * A painting of Clara by the Doctor reads, "RUN, YOU CLEVER BOY, AND REMEMBER." Clara also says this later while trying to remember a password. ([[TV]]: ''[[Asylum of the Daleks (TV story)|Asylum of the Daleks]]'', ''[[The Snowmen (TV story)|The Snowmen]]'') | ||
