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* When River starts mentioning the aliens that are approaching the Doctor, the [[Cyber-Leader (Pete's World)|Cyber-Leader]] and the [[Supreme Dalek]] are heard talking about their plan for the Doctor. | * When River starts mentioning the aliens that are approaching the Doctor, the [[Cyber-Leader (Pete's World)|Cyber-Leader]] and the [[Supreme Dalek]] are heard talking about their plan for the Doctor. | ||
* [http://www.bleedingcool.com/2010/06/20/ten-thoughts-about-doctor-who-the-pandorica-opens/ At least one reviewer] thought this message on the cliff of [[Planet One]] was not unlike a scene in in [[Douglas Adams]]' book, ''So Long And Thanks For All The Fish'', which featured the last message of God to his creation lit in flames on a cliff face. | * [http://www.bleedingcool.com/2010/06/20/ten-thoughts-about-doctor-who-the-pandorica-opens/ At least one reviewer] thought this message on the cliff of [[Planet One]] was not unlike a scene in in [[Douglas Adams]]' book, ''So Long And Thanks For All The Fish'', which featured the last message of God to his creation lit in flames on a cliff face. | ||
* This episode deliberately evoked the feel of the | * This episode deliberately evoked the feel of the {{iw|indianajones|Indiana Jones (franchise)|''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 ''{{iw|indianajones|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]]") | ||
* The disembodied Cyberman head tells Amy, "You will be assimilated." Though modern viewers might think this a line borrowed from the [[memoryalpha:Borg|Borg]], a ''[[Star Trek]]'' cybernetic species similar to Cybermen, in fact the line is in ''[[The Tenth Planet]]''. | * The disembodied Cyberman head tells Amy, "You will be assimilated." Though modern viewers might think this a line borrowed from the [[memoryalpha:Borg|Borg]], a ''[[Star Trek]]'' cybernetic species similar to Cybermen, in fact the line is in ''[[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]]''. | * 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]]''. | ||
