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== References == | == References == | ||
=== Technology === | === Technology === | ||
* [[Thomas Thomas]], who uses the language of a modern [[GPS]], is an obvious reference to the popular real-world GPS service, {{w|TomTom}}. | * [[Thomas Thomas]], who uses the language of a modern [[GPS]], is an obvious reference to the popular real-world GPS service, {{w|TomTom}}. | ||
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* This episode contains the televised DWU's first surviving glimpse of a [[guinea]], since ''[[The Highlanders (TV story)|The Highlanders]]'' is [[missing episode|lost]]. | * This episode contains the televised DWU's first surviving glimpse of a [[guinea]], since ''[[The Highlanders (TV story)|The Highlanders]]'' is [[missing episode|lost]]. | ||
* [[Sweetville]] is based on the real-world model village of {{w|Saltaire|Saltaire, Yorkshire}}, founded in 1851 by wool industrialist Titus Salt. Titus also had a daughter called Ada, after whom a street in the village is named. Sweetville's name may also reflect the model village of {{w|Bournville}} whose name was later used for a brand of sweet, a chocolate bar. | * [[Sweetville]] is based on the real-world model village of {{w|Saltaire|Saltaire, Yorkshire}}, founded in 1851 by wool industrialist Titus Salt. Titus also had a daughter called Ada, after whom a street in the village is named. Sweetville's name may also reflect the model village of {{w|Bournville}} whose name was later used for a brand of sweet, a chocolate bar. | ||
* Vastra's client continually faints when exposed to any unexpected or shocking events. This is a satire of how women were culturally perceived to act in the Victorian era. | |||
* This story contains no extra-terrestrial elements outside of the Doctor, the TARDIS, and Strax. | * This story contains no extra-terrestrial elements outside of the Doctor, the TARDIS, and Strax. | ||
* As Mrs Gillyflower launches the rocket, she sings the line "I'll labour night and day to be a pilgrim." This is from [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Percy_Dearmer Percy Dearmer's] version of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Bunyan John Bunyan's] hymn, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/To_Be_a_Pilgrim 'To Be a Pilgrim'] or 'He who would valiant be'. Furthermore, Mrs Gillyflower sings it to the melody 'Monks Gate', to which the words were set by composer [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ralph_Vaughan_Williams Ralph Vaughan Williams]. | * As Mrs Gillyflower launches the rocket, she sings the line "I'll labour night and day to be a pilgrim." This is from [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Percy_Dearmer Percy Dearmer's] version of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Bunyan John Bunyan's] hymn, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/To_Be_a_Pilgrim 'To Be a Pilgrim'] or 'He who would valiant be'. Furthermore, Mrs Gillyflower sings it to the melody 'Monks Gate', to which the words were set by composer [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ralph_Vaughan_Williams Ralph Vaughan Williams]. | ||
