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* This story introduced the new version of the [[Time Vortex]], providing an in-depth view of the TARDIS flying through it. | * This story introduced the new version of the [[Time Vortex]], providing an in-depth view of the TARDIS flying through it. | ||
* While the Doctor says in this episode she's never had a [[flat]] before, previous stories including [[PROSE]]: ''[[Verdigris (novel)|Verdigris]]'' and [[PROSE]]: ''[[Endgame (novel)|Endgame]]'' indicate otherwise. | * While the Doctor says in this episode she's never had a [[flat]] before, previous stories including [[PROSE]]: ''[[Verdigris (novel)|Verdigris]]'' and [[PROSE]]: ''[[Endgame (novel)|Endgame]]'' indicate otherwise. | ||
* The Doctor is revealed to have found or replaced her [[psychic paper]] since her regeneration. | |||
* The plot of the episode is similar from the films ''Ice Spiders'' and ''Eight Legged Freaks'' due to using both the themes of scientific blunders from the former and toxic waste mutating normal sized spiders from the latter. | * The plot of the episode is similar from the films ''Ice Spiders'' and ''Eight Legged Freaks'' due to using both the themes of scientific blunders from the former and toxic waste mutating normal sized spiders from the latter. | ||
* Almost every science fiction fact about spiders mentioned or done in the episode has its ground in real world science.<ref>https://www.radiotimes.com/news/tv/2018-10-28/doctor-who-series-11-arachnids-in-the-uk-spider-science/</ref> | * Almost every science fiction fact about spiders mentioned or done in the episode has its ground in real world science.<ref>https://www.radiotimes.com/news/tv/2018-10-28/doctor-who-series-11-arachnids-in-the-uk-spider-science/</ref> | ||
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== Continuity == | == Continuity == | ||
* The Doctor returns her companions to Sheffield half an hour after they left. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Woman Who Fell to Earth (TV story)|The Woman Who Fell to Earth]]'') | * The Doctor returns her companions to Sheffield half an hour after they left. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Woman Who Fell to Earth (TV story)|The Woman Who Fell to Earth]]'') | ||
* The Doctor once more refers to her [[TARDIS team]] as "[[fam]]". ([[TV]]: ''[[The Woman Who Fell to Earth (TV story)|The Woman Who Fell to Earth]]'') Sarah Jane Smith had previously told the Tenth Doctor that he had biggest family on Earth in the form of his companions. ([[TV]]: ''[[Journey's End (TV story)|Journey's End]]'') | * The Doctor once more refers to her [[TARDIS team]] as "[[fam]]". ([[TV]]: ''[[The Woman Who Fell to Earth (TV story)|The Woman Who Fell to Earth]]'') [[Sarah Jane Smith]] had previously told the Tenth Doctor that he had biggest family on Earth in the form of his companions. ([[TV]]: ''[[Journey's End (TV story)|Journey's End]]'') | ||
* The Doctor calls her group "Team TARDIS." ([[TV]]: [[Journey to the Centre of the TARDIS (TV story)|''Journey to the Centre of the TARDIS'']] ) | |||
* The Doctor's bemusement to Ryan if she is being weird in public resembles the [[Tenth Doctor]]'s similar aside to [[Rose Tyler]] about whether he acts rude. ([[TV]]: ''[[Tooth and Claw (TV story)|Tooth and Claw]]'') | * The Doctor's bemusement to Ryan if she is being weird in public resembles the [[Tenth Doctor]]'s similar aside to [[Rose Tyler]] about whether he acts rude. ([[TV]]: ''[[Tooth and Claw (TV story)|Tooth and Claw]]'') | ||
* [[Najia Khan]]'s wary attitude to the Doctor echoes that of other [[mother]]s of companions such as [[Jackie Tyler]], ([[TV]]: ''[[Aliens of London (TV story)|Aliens of London]]'') [[Francine Jones]] ([[TV]]: ''[[The Lazarus Experiment (TV story)|The Lazarus Experiment]]'') and [[Sylvia Noble]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Sontaran Stratagem (TV story)|The Sontaran Stratagem]]'') | * [[Najia Khan]]'s wary attitude to the Doctor echoes that of other [[mother]]s of companions such as [[Jackie Tyler]], ([[TV]]: ''[[Aliens of London (TV story)|Aliens of London]]'') [[Francine Jones]] ([[TV]]: ''[[The Lazarus Experiment (TV story)|The Lazarus Experiment]]'') and [[Sylvia Noble]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Sontaran Stratagem (TV story)|The Sontaran Stratagem]]'') | ||
