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[[File:EggsStir.jpg|thumb|[[Paul Cornell]] did the "eggs" gag with the [[Seventh Doctor]] before [[Steven Moffat]]. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Metamorphosis (comic story)|Metamorphosis]]'')]]
[[File:EggsStir.jpg|thumb|[[Paul Cornell]] did the "eggs" gag with the [[Seventh Doctor]] before [[Steven Moffat]]. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Metamorphosis (comic story)|Metamorphosis]]'')]]
* Although stressing that the first syllable of "Exterminate!" sounds like ''eggs'' was new to television, it was not the first time the notion appeared in licensed ''Doctor Who''. It was done about 20 years earlier by [[Paul Cornell]] in ''[[Metamorphosis (comic story)|Metamorphosis]]''. The usage is remarkably the same in that ''[[Doctor Who Yearbook]]'' comic, except that it's the [[Seventh Doctor]] who is turning into a Dalek and saying "eggs".
* Although stressing that the first syllable of "Exterminate!" sounds like ''eggs'' was new to television, it was not the first time the notion appeared in licensed ''Doctor Who''. It was done about 20 years earlier by [[Paul Cornell]] in ''[[Metamorphosis (comic story)|Metamorphosis]]''. The usage is remarkably the same in that ''[[Doctor Who Yearbook]]'' comic, except that it's the [[Seventh Doctor]] who is turning into a Dalek and saying "eggs".
* In the Asylum room where Amy gets captured, a light is flickering, a potential warning sign of what is to come in [[TV]]: ''[[The Angels Take Manhattan (TV story)|The Angels Take Manhattan]]''. In the same vein, the explosion of the Asylum planet might also foreshadow the episode, as explosions become a recurring theme of Series 7.
* This is the first season opener set on another planet since ''[[Smith and Jones (TV story)|Smith and Jones]]''.
* This is the first season opener set on another planet since ''[[Smith and Jones (TV story)|Smith and Jones]]''.
* Oswin's theme, composed by [[Murray Gold]], resembles - but is different to - Clara Oswald's theme, later introduced in [[TV]]: ''[[The Snowmen (TV story)|The Snowmen]]''. A brief snippet of Clara's theme is heard when she first says "Run you clever boy."
* Oswin's theme, composed by [[Murray Gold]], resembles - but is different to - Clara Oswald's theme, later introduced in [[TV]]: ''[[The Snowmen (TV story)|The Snowmen]]''. A brief snippet of Clara's theme is heard when she first says "Run you clever boy."
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