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== Continuity == | == Continuity == | ||
* 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. The Doctor also used a motorbike in this episode, which the Tenth also used. ([[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. The Doctor also used a motorbike in this episode, which the Tenth also used. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Idiot's Lantern (TV story)|The Idiot's Lantern]]'') | ||
* 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]]'') In the past, the Doctor has ridden a moped. (see ''[[The Doctor's Moped]]'') ([[TV]]: ''[[The Idiot's Lantern]]'') | ||
* 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 actually has used the TARDIS fairly often in battle or at least had it on a battlefield. ([[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]]'') | * 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 actually has used the TARDIS fairly often in battle or at least had it on a battlefield. ([[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, at least from the Doctor's perspective, 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, at least from the Doctor's perspective, died twice. ([[TV]]: ''[[Asylum of the Daleks (TV story)|Asylum of the Daleks]]'', ''[[The Snowmen (TV story)|The Snowmen]]'') | ||
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* When they find the TARDIS, Mahler states that "Earl's Court" was an embarrassment, a reference to the real-life [[police box]] outside the Earl's Court Underground station in London. The Great Intelligence was pointed at the [[London Underground]] as a key strategic weakness, and eventually fought the Doctor there. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Snowmen (TV story)|The Snowmen]]'', ''[[The Web of Fear (TV story)|The Web of Fear]]'') | * When they find the TARDIS, Mahler states that "Earl's Court" was an embarrassment, a reference to the real-life [[police box]] outside the Earl's Court Underground station in London. The Great Intelligence was pointed at the [[London Underground]] as a key strategic weakness, and eventually fought the Doctor there. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Snowmen (TV story)|The Snowmen]]'', ''[[The Web of Fear (TV story)|The Web of Fear]]'') | ||
* Clara thinks of "[[Oswin Oswald|Oswin]]" as a username.([[TV]]: ''[[Asylum of the Daleks]]'') | * Clara thinks of "[[Oswin Oswald|Oswin]]" as a username.([[TV]]: ''[[Asylum of the Daleks]]'') | ||
* After leaving the Monastery, the Doctor proclaims that he hates Monks. This could be a subtle nod to the First Doctor villain "[[The Monk]]" or the "[[Headless Monks]]." ([[TV]]: ''[[The Time Meddler (TV story)|The Time Meddler]]'', ''[[A Good Man Goes to War (TV story)|A Good Man Goes to War]]'') | * After leaving the Monastery, the Doctor proclaims that he hates Monks. This could be a subtle nod to the [[First Doctor]] villain "[[The Monk]]" or the "[[Headless Monks]]." ([[TV]]: ''[[The Time Meddler (TV story)|The Time Meddler]]'', ''[[A Good Man Goes to War (TV story)|A Good Man Goes to War]]'') | ||
== Home video releases == | == Home video releases == | ||
