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* 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 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 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. It is only the second [[TARDIS control console]] seen other than the Doctor's since ''Time and the Rani,'' after the [[Junk TARDIS]] in ''[[The Doctor's Wife (TV story)|The Doctor's Wife]].'' | * 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. It is only the second [[TARDIS control console]] seen other than the Doctor's since ''Time and the Rani,'' after the [[Junk TARDIS]] in ''[[The Doctor's Wife (TV story)|The Doctor's Wife]].'' | ||
* 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 incidental music composed for ''Doctor Who'' becoming part of its [[Doctor Who Universe|in-universe]] narrative. The Doctor says he believes the song is called "[[Clara (song)|Clara]]". "Clara?" is the name of the track on the Series 7 soundtrack, though it has also been performed at the Proms and other events as "The Impossible Girl". In the context of the story, it is implied that the melody represents the now-forgotten words Clara says to the Doctor in the Cloisters; this is supported by the fact the same piece of music plays (in a full orchestral version) when the episode cuts away from the couple as Clara begins to speak. | * 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 incidental music composed for ''Doctor Who'' becoming part of its [[Doctor Who Universe|in-universe]] narrative. The Doctor says he believes the song is called "[[Clara (song)|Clara]]". "Clara?" is the name of the track on the Series 7 soundtrack, though it has also been performed at the Proms and other events as "The Impossible Girl" and was titled "Clara and the TARDIS" on the soundtrack for ''[[The Snowmen (TV story)|The Snowmen]]'', which featured the first appearance of the melody. In the context of the story, it is implied that the melody represents the now-forgotten words Clara says to the Doctor in the Cloisters; this is supported by the fact the same piece of music plays (in a full orchestral version) when the episode cuts away from the couple as Clara begins to speak. Although the series has featured songs diegetically (i.e. as part of the actual storyline, heard by the characters, i.e. "[[The Stowaway]]"), this marks the first time a piece of music composed only for the soundtrack has moved into the actual narrative. | ||
* The ''Radio Times'' programme listing was accompanied by a small colour head-and-shoulders shot of the General, with the accompanying caption "Doctor Who / 8.00 p.m. The General (Ken Bones) prepares for battle in the series finale". | * The ''Radio Times'' programme listing was accompanied by a small colour head-and-shoulders shot of the General, with the accompanying caption "Doctor Who / 8.00 p.m. The General (Ken Bones) prepares for battle in the series finale". | ||
* Although they only receive a brief cameo, the inclusion of the [[Cyberman|Cybermen]] ensures the continuation of a pattern that has been ongoing since [[Series 5 (Doctor Who)|Series 5]], whereby they appear in every twelfth episode of a series. | * Although they only receive a brief cameo, the inclusion of the [[Cyberman|Cybermen]] ensures the continuation of a pattern that has been ongoing since [[Series 5 (Doctor Who)|Series 5]], whereby they appear in every twelfth episode of a series. | ||
