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* The Doctor references "{{w|The Walrus and The Carpenter}}" by Lewis Carroll when he tells Merry how the elements came together to form "shoes, and ships, and sealing-wax, cabbages, and kings". | * The Doctor references "{{w|The Walrus and The Carpenter}}" by Lewis Carroll when he tells Merry how the elements came together to form "shoes, and ships, and sealing-wax, cabbages, and kings". | ||
* The Doctor says, "Home again, home again, jiggedy jig" when they return home, which is part of a famous nursery rhyme known as "{{w|To market, to market}}". | * The Doctor says, "Home again, home again, jiggedy jig" when they return home, which is part of a famous nursery rhyme known as "{{w|To market, to market}}". | ||
* During the | * During the Doctor's speech he says "I've seen things you wouldn't believe," the famous first line from Roy Batty's final speech in the film Blade Runner. "Home again, home again, jiggedy jig" is also the greeting of J.F. Sebastian's toy robots in the same film. | ||
* The Hooloovoo is a 'very intelligent shade of blue' in {{w|Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy}}. | * The Hooloovoo is a 'very intelligent shade of blue' in {{w|Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy}}. | ||
