The Pilot (TV story): Difference between revisions

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According to [[Steven Moffat]] in a video introduction, "Series 10 sort of begins the show again. [''The Pilot''] introduces everything you need to know about ''Doctor Who'', and tips you into the [[Doctor Who universe|universe]]". Indeed, through Bill's eyes now, new viewers are introduced again to the character of [[the Doctor]], [[the TARDIS|his TARDIS]], his enemies the [[Dalek]]s, and his versatile tool, the [[The Doctor's sonic screwdriver|sonic screwdriver]], much like they did through [[Rose Tyler]] in [[Series 1 (Doctor Who)|Series 1]]'s 2005 "pilot", ''[[Rose (TV story)|Rose]]'', or through [[Ian Chesterton|Ian]] and [[Barbara Wright|Barbara]] in the original 1963 introduction, "[[An Unearthly Child (episode)|An Unearthly Child]]".

''The Pilot'' also marked the first on-screen depiction of [[Movellan]]s since their debut in ''[[Destiny of the Daleks (TV story)|Destiny of the Daleks]]''. The episode introduced [[St Luke's University]], where the Doctor apparently has been lecturing for over fifty years and began a plot thread surrounding what he and [[Nardole]] are hiding in [[Vault (The Pilot)|a vault]] beneath the campus, somewhat mirroring the [[Third Doctor]]'s era, who was likewise restricted in his travels and held a job as the scientific adviser of UNIT.

 

The episode marked the first time since ''[[The Snowmen (TV story)|The Snowmen]]'' that the lights in the TARDIS have been off. However, unlike back then, ''all'' the lights are now able to be shut off when the Doctor hasn't been inside for a while.