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| == References == | | == References == |
| * The [[Scarlet System]] was home to the [[Pallushi]], a mighty civilisation that spanned a billion years. | | * The [[Scarlet System]] was home to the [[Pallushi]], a mighty civilisation that spanned a billion years. |
| * The scriptures of the [[Veltino]] describe the planet as [[Krop Tor]] - "the bitter pill". | | * The scriptures of the [[Veltino]] describe the planet as [[Krop Tor]] — "the bitter pill". |
| * The Doctor states [[TARDIS]]es are grown, rather than built. | | * The Doctor states [[TARDIS]]es are grown, rather than built. |
| * The Doctor says the TARDIS was "sort of queasy. Indigestion, like she didn't want to land." This implies she has intelligence, emotions, and ability to sense either the entity or coming events.
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| * When Ida mentions, "There's no turning back", the Doctor says it is almost as bad as saying, "This is going to be the best Christmas Walford has ever seen", a reference to ''[[EastEnders]]'' and their infamously miserable holiday specials.
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| * [[John Jefferson|Jefferson]] quotes Thomas Babington Macaulay's poem {{wi|Lays of Ancient Rome|Horatius}}: "And how can man die better, than facing fearful odds, for the ashes of his fathers, and the temples of his Gods?"
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| * During the night shift, the base plays {{w|Maurice Ravel}}'s {{wi|Bolero}}.
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| * 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.
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| * 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".
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| *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. In the Bible, "666" is referred to as "the number of a man", which is often mistakenly believed to be the number of the beast.
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| * 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.
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| * The Ood's resemblance to Cthulhu, the ominous foreshadowing of the Beast and the theme of insanity all reference ''The Call of Cthulhu'' written by H.P. Lovecraft.
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| == Story notes == | | == Story notes == |
