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* Another song featured in this episode is "[[Song for Ten]]", an original composition by [[Murray Gold]] sung by Tim Phillips. Each subsequent Christmas special has included an original song on the soundtrack. The Phillips version of the song was very brief, and when the time came to compile a soundtrack album, new lyrics were written for the song (reflecting the events of ''[[Doomsday]]'') and it was recorded by Neil Hannon. "Song for Ten" is the first original song commissioned for ''Doctor Who'' since "[[The Ballad of the Last Chance Saloon]]" appeared in the 1966 serial, ''[[The Gunfighters]]''. | * Another song featured in this episode is "[[Song for Ten]]", an original composition by [[Murray Gold]] sung by Tim Phillips. Each subsequent Christmas special has included an original song on the soundtrack. The Phillips version of the song was very brief, and when the time came to compile a soundtrack album, new lyrics were written for the song (reflecting the events of ''[[Doomsday]]'') and it was recorded by Neil Hannon. "Song for Ten" is the first original song commissioned for ''Doctor Who'' since "[[The Ballad of the Last Chance Saloon]]" appeared in the 1966 serial, ''[[The Gunfighters]]''. | ||
* [[David Walliams]] and Bill Nighy were considered for the role of the Tenth Doctor | * [[David Walliams]] and Bill Nighy were considered for the role of the Tenth Doctor | ||
* The original choice for the role of the Tenth Doctor was an unknown (and unnamed by the BBC) | * The original choice for the role of the Tenth Doctor was an unknown (and unnamed by the BBC) English actor who spoke in cockney accent, he didn't get the role because he moved with his family to Australia. | ||
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* It is left unexplained why Britain's space program has apparently reverted to celebrating unmanned probes arriving at Mars when ''[[The Ambassadors of Death]]'' established that by this time Britain had already sent manned missions to Mars. ''There is actually a real-world example of such reversion occurring: America's NASA program sent manned missions to the Moon in the 1960s and 70s yet by the 2000s had reverted to again sending unmanned probes to the moon.'' | * It is left unexplained why Britain's space program has apparently reverted to celebrating unmanned probes arriving at Mars when ''[[The Ambassadors of Death]]'' established that by this time Britain had already sent manned missions to Mars. ''There is actually a real-world example of such reversion occurring: America's NASA program sent manned missions to the Moon in the 1960s and 70s yet by the 2000s had reverted to again sending unmanned probes to the moon.'' | ||
* After finally recovering, one of the first things the Doctor does is ask Rose about his appearance, despite already having done so in the [[Children in Need Special]]. ''Considering the Doctor's imbalance after his regeneration, he might have forgotten the earlier discussion, In addition, she never answered him in the special.'' | * After finally recovering, one of the first things the Doctor does is ask Rose about his appearance, despite already having done so in the [[Children in Need Special]]. ''Considering the Doctor's imbalance after his regeneration, he might have forgotten the earlier discussion, In addition, she never answered him in the special.'' | ||
*After indicating to Rose how important Harriet Jones becomes to Britain and planet earth ([[DW]]: ''[[World War Three]]''), here he proceeds to sabotage her career. What about his many spiels about his being forbidden to change history? ''Some events can be changed, as established in [[The Fires of Pompeii]]. This must be one of them. And | *After indicating to Rose how important Harriet Jones becomes to Britain and planet earth ([[DW]]: ''[[World War Three]]''), here he proceeds to sabotage her career. What about his many spiels about his being forbidden to change history? ''Some events can be changed, as established in [[The Fires of Pompeii]]. This must be one of them. And in any case, Harriet Jones was to be vital to the world in [[The Stolen Earth]]. In that story, her death was not witnessed by the audience or any of the characters. It remains possible then, that she survived and did eventually serve the two more terms and usher in Britain's Golden Age, as predicted by the Ninth Doctor.'' | ||
*When the Doctor is choosing his new outfit, you can see the TARDIS doors behind a rack of clothes, although this is meant to be further into the TARDIS | *When the Doctor is choosing his new outfit, you can see the TARDIS doors behind a rack of clothes, although this is meant to be further into the TARDIS | ||
