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* During the night shift, the base plays {{w|Maurice Ravel}}'s {{wi|Bolero}}. | * During the night shift, the base plays {{w|Maurice Ravel}}'s {{wi|Bolero}}. | ||
* The episode references the number 42 twice: it is set in the 42nd century, and the hallway containing Door 41 also contains Door 42. In [[Series 3 (Doctor Who)|Series 3]], another episode set in the 42nd century would be broadcast, which was called ''[[42 (TV story)|42]]''. The later episode also involves a small space crew and issues near an unusual star. | * The episode references the number 42 twice: it is set in the 42nd century, and the hallway containing Door 41 also contains Door 42. In [[Series 3 (Doctor Who)|Series 3]], another episode set in the 42nd century would be broadcast, which was called ''[[42 (TV story)|42]]''. The later episode also involves a small space crew and issues near an unusual star. | ||
* The Doctor saying "Why did you come here? [...] I'll tell you why. Because it was there!" is a reference to George Mallory's famous words. When asked "Why do you want to climb Mount Everest?", the British mountaineer replied with: "Because it's there". | |||
*The Doctor states that to generate a force field to resist the black hole's pull would require a power source with an inverted self extrapolating reflex of "six to the power of six every six seconds. Coincidentally, "666" is referred to as "the number of the Beast". | *The Doctor states that to generate a force field to resist the black hole's pull would require a power source with an inverted self extrapolating reflex of "six to the power of six every six seconds. Coincidentally, "666" is referred to as "the number of the Beast". | ||
* The funnel-shaped gravity field at the bottom of which the Doctor finds Lucifer is a reference to ''Dante's Inferno,'' in which hell also takes shape of a funnel with the devil at bottom of it. | * The funnel-shaped gravity field at the bottom of which the Doctor finds Lucifer is a reference to ''Dante's Inferno,'' in which hell also takes shape of a funnel with the devil at bottom of it. | ||
