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== Story notes == | == Story notes == | ||
* This is the first ''[[Doctor Who]]'' television story to feature a [[regeneration]] from a male body to a female. There have been references to this happening with the [[Corsair]] in ''[[The Doctor's Wife]]'' and [[the Master]] in ''[[Dark Water]]'' and ''[[Death in Heaven]]'', and it was one of the options the [[Eighth Doctor]] received in ''[[The Night of the Doctor (TV story)|The Night of the Doctor]]'' but it has never been televised until now, in this case [[the General]] from his eleventh to her twelfth incarnation. | * This is the first ''[[Doctor Who]]'' television story to feature a [[regeneration]] from a male body to a female. There have been references to this happening with the [[Corsair]] in ''[[The Doctor's Wife]]'' and [[the Master]] in ''[[Dark Water]]'' and ''[[Death in Heaven]]'', and it was one of the options the [[Eighth Doctor]] received in ''[[The Night of the Doctor (TV story)|The Night of the Doctor]]'' but it has never been televised until now, in this case [[the General]] from his eleventh to her twelfth incarnation. | ||
* This marks the first time a ''Doctor Who'' television episode has had the minor expletive "hell" in the title. The word previously appeared in the titles of the comic stories ''[[A Cold Day in Hell! (comic story)|A Cold Day in Hell!]]'' and ''[[The Road to Hell (comic story)|The Road to Hell]]'' as well as the audio ''[[Minuet in Hell (audio story)|Minuet in Hell]].'' | * This marks the first time a ''Doctor Who'' television episode has had the minor expletive "hell" in the title. The word previously appeared in the titles of the comic stories ''[[A Cold Day in Hell! (comic story)|A Cold Day in Hell!]]'' and ''[[The Road to Hell (comic story)|The Road to Hell]]'' as well as the audio story ''[[Minuet in Hell (audio story)|Minuet in Hell]].'' | ||
* This episode | * This episode marks the first televised appearance of an interior shot of a TARDIS other than [[The Doctor's TARDIS|the Doctor's]] since ''[[Time and the Rani]]'', the latter being the Rani's. | ||
* The Doctor plays the first note of the theme song on his guitar, leading into the title sequence. | * The Doctor plays the first note of the theme song on his guitar, leading into the title sequence. | ||
* The tune played by the Doctor when he was sitting in the diner is a simplified version of [[Clara Oswald]]'s theme from the Series 7-9 soundtracks. It is | * The tune played by the Doctor when he was sitting in the diner is a simplified version of [[Clara Oswald]]'s theme from the Series 7-9 soundtracks. It is a rare example of a piece of soundtrack music composed for ''Doctor Who'' becoming part of its [[Doctor Who Universe|in-universe]] narrative. | ||
=== Ratings === | === Ratings === | ||
