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|number= [[Series 3 (Doctor Who)|Series 3]] | |number= [[Series 3 (Doctor Who)|Series 3]] | ||
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==Story Notes== | ==Story Notes== | ||
*Exclusive previews of the episode were also held in five venues across [[Wales]]. The [[Cardiff]] Bay Odeon, [[Swansea]] Odeon, [[Wrexham]] Odeon, [[Aberystwyth University|Aberystwyth]] Arts Centre and Pwllheli Neuadd Dwyfor all screened ''Smith And Jones'' on the morning of 31st March, hours before the television broadcast. | *Exclusive previews of the episode were also held in five venues across [[Wales]]. The [[Cardiff]] Bay Odeon, [[Swansea]] Odeon, [[Wrexham]] Odeon, [[Aberystwyth University|Aberystwyth]] Arts Centre and Pwllheli Neuadd Dwyfor all screened ''Smith And Jones'' on the morning of 31st March, hours before the television broadcast. | ||
*The title of this episode alludes to the last names of Martha and of the Doctor, using his usual alias of John Smith. | *The title of this episode alludes to the last names of Martha and of the Doctor, using his usual alias of John Smith. It may also be a reference to the comedy duo of the same name or the Western television programme ''Alias Smith and Jones''. In the [[BBC Eighth Doctor Adventures]] novel ''[[The Eight Doctors]]'', the [[Eighth Doctor]]'s new assistant [[Samantha Jones]] pointed out the same coincidence with their names. | ||
*Swansea's Singleton Hospital was used to represent the hospital for location filming although the scene in which the Judoon enter the hospital was actually filmed in nearby Swansea University's library. The university commemorates this anually during freshers week with a ''Dr Who'' display. | *Swansea's Singleton Hospital was used to represent the hospital for location filming although the scene in which the Judoon enter the hospital was actually filmed in nearby Swansea University's library. The university commemorates this anually during freshers week with a ''Dr Who'' display. | ||
*In the book ''[[Doctor Who: The Inside Story]],'' a piece of concept art by Peter McKinstry shows a concept sketch "burnt out" [[sonic screwdriver]]. The book came out some time in advance of the airing of the episode. | *In the book ''[[Doctor Who: The Inside Story]],'' a piece of concept art by Peter McKinstry shows a concept sketch "burnt out" [[sonic screwdriver]]. The book came out some time in advance of the airing of the episode. | ||
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* In the shot where the other medical student was stopping Martha from opening the windows,in the first shot she had her hands up the top of the window, in the second they're down the bottom.''Why couldn't she have moved them? The cameras do not record every second of the action. This could have been planned or a mistake, but it wasn't an error.'' | * In the shot where the other medical student was stopping Martha from opening the windows,in the first shot she had her hands up the top of the window, in the second they're down the bottom.''Why couldn't she have moved them? The cameras do not record every second of the action. This could have been planned or a mistake, but it wasn't an error.'' | ||
* How does Martha know what the Cybermen were called? ''In [[DW]]:[[Doomsday]] the Cyber-leader broadcasted a message on television, and used the word in that broadcast.'' | * How does Martha know what the Cybermen were called? ''In [[DW]]:[[Doomsday]] the Cyber-leader broadcasted a message on television, and used the word in that broadcast.'' | ||
* When the [[Judoon]] shine the light on [[Oliver Morgenstern]] in the first shot | * When the [[Judoon]] shine the light on [[Oliver Morgenstern]] in the first shot it is between his eyes but in the next, it is just overlapping his hair. ''Nobody can keep a torch or camera perfectly still without the aid of equipment; this isn't an error, just somebody pointing out everything to the enth degree, '''''this is just a blip, it doesn't make any difference whatsoever to the story''' | ||
* A hospital should have bottled oxygen that could be used to prolong the time that they could breathe that is never shown being used. ''Near the end, a bottle of oxygen for the patient is shown going into the red; this proves that the hospital '''was''' using the oxygen, but it was probably dispersed over both the hospital and the area outside of it, to where the barrier was set up. Plus, the people were panicked over what happened, increasing how much oxygen they were using up'' | * A hospital should have bottled oxygen that could be used to prolong the time that they could breathe that is never shown being used. ''Near the end, a bottle of oxygen for the patient is shown going into the red; this proves that the hospital '''was''' using the oxygen, but it was probably dispersed over both the hospital and the area outside of it, to where the barrier was set up. Plus, the people were panicked over what happened, increasing how much oxygen they were using up'' | ||
*The Judoon clothes are seen to flutter while walking when the camera has a close up shot while they march out of their spaceships; there is no air on the moon, so how can their clothes flutter in the same manner back and forth as on Earth? | *The Judoon clothes are seen to flutter while walking when the camera has a close up shot while they march out of their spaceships; there is no air on the moon, so how can their clothes flutter in the same manner back and forth as on Earth? | ||
* How can The Judoon march on the moon when it's one sixth earth gravity. ''The Judoon aren't from Earth, they may have been born on a planet that has very little gravity.'' | * How can The Judoon march on the moon when it's one sixth earth gravity. ''The Judoon aren't from Earth, they may have been born on a planet that has very little gravity.'' | ||
* When Martha is making her rounds with the other medical students she listens to both of the Doctors' hearts. | * When Martha is making her rounds with the other medical students she listens to both of the Doctors' hearts. As a med student, she should know that she had her stethoscope in her ears backwards. | ||
==Continuity== | ==Continuity== | ||
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* [http://www.bbc.co.uk/wales/southeast/sites/doctorwho/pages/screenings2007.shtml BBC News - Exclusive Preview] | * [http://www.bbc.co.uk/wales/southeast/sites/doctorwho/pages/screenings2007.shtml BBC News - Exclusive Preview] | ||
* [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0974728/ IMDB - "Doctor Who" Smith and Jones (2007)] | * [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0974728/ IMDB - "Doctor Who" Smith and Jones (2007)] | ||
{{Series 3}} | {{Series 3}} | ||
{{wikipedia|Smith_and_Jones_(Doctor_Who)}} | {{wikipedia|Smith_and_Jones_(Doctor_Who)}} | ||
