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[[23 November]] [[1963]] | [[23 November]] [[1963]] | ||
It is the day after [[Kennedy | It is the day after [[Assassination of John F. Kennedy|John F. Kennedy's assassination]] and the faces of the dead are everywhere. [[constable|PC]] [[Reg Cranfield]] sees his late father in the mists along [[Totter's Lane]]. Reporter [[Mae Callon]] sees her grandmother in a [[coffee]] stain on her desk. [[FBI]] Special Agent [[Warren Skeet]] finds his long-dead partner staring back at him from [[rain]]drops on a window pane. | ||
The faces begin to talk and scream and push through into our world as the alien [[Shroud]] begins to feast on the grief of a world in mourning. Can the [[Eleventh Doctor]] dig deep enough into his own sorrow to save mankind? | The faces begin to talk and scream and push through into our world as the alien [[Shroud]] begins to feast on the grief of a world in mourning. Can the [[Eleventh Doctor]] dig deep enough into his own sorrow to save mankind? | ||
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== Continuity == | == Continuity == | ||
* Just before using the Once More With Feeling on himself, the Doctor reassures Clara by saying that it's "as easy as falling off a mushroom on [[Mechanus]]". ([[TV]]: ''[[The Chase (TV story)|The Chase]]'') | * Just before using the Once More With Feeling on himself, the Doctor reassures Clara by saying that it's "as easy as falling off a mushroom on [[Mechanus]]". ([[TV]]: ''[[The Chase (TV story)|The Chase]]'') | ||
* The Doctor previously visited Dallas during [[JFK]]'s [[Kennedy | * The Doctor previously visited Dallas during [[JFK]]'s [[Assassination of John F. Kennedy|assassination]], albeit in his ninth incarnation. ([[TV]]: ''[[Rose (TV story)|Rose]]'') | ||
* An enormous number of previous companions and their departures are shown as the Doctor uses the Once More With Feeling on himself, including [[Susan Foreman]], ([[TV]]: ''[[The Dalek Invasion of Earth (TV story)|The Dalek Invasion of Earth]]'') [[Zoe Heriot]], [[Jamie McCrimmon]], ([[TV]]: ''[[The War Games (TV story)|The War Games]]'') [[Jo Grant]], ([[TV]]: ''[[The Green Death (TV story)|The Green Death]]'') [[Sarah Jane Smith]], ([[TV]]: ''[[The Hand of Fear (TV story)|The Hand of Fear]]'') [[Adric]], ([[TV]]: ''[[Earthshock (TV story)|Earthshock]]'') [[Peri Brown]], ([[TV]]: ''[[Mindwarp (TV story)|Mindwarp]]'') [[Melanie Bush|Mel]] ([[TV]]: ''[[Dragonfire (TV story)|Dragonfire]]'') [[Grace Holloway]], ([[TV]]: ''[[Doctor Who (TV story)|Doctor Who]]'') [[Jack Harkness]], ([[TV]]: ''[[The Parting of the Ways (TV story)|The Parting of the Ways]]'') [[Astrid Peth]], ([[TV]]: ''[[Voyage of the Damned (TV story)|Voyage of the Damned]]'') [[Amy Pond]], [[Rory Williams]] ([[TV]]: ''[[The Angels Take Manhattan (TV story)|The Angels Take Manhattan]]'') and [[Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart]] (whose death was mentioned in [[TV]]: ''[[The Wedding of River Song (TV story)|The Wedding of River Song]]''). Several more characters are shown and mentioned as well, including [[David Campbell]], ([[TV]]: ''[[The Dalek Invasion of Earth (TV story)|The Dalek Invasion of Earth]]'') [[Clifford Jones]], ([[TV]]: ''[[The Green Death (TV story)|The Green Death]]'') [[Nyssa]], [[Tegan Jovanka]], ([[TV]]: ''[[Earthshock (TV story)|Earthshock]]'') [[Yrcanos]], [[Kiv]], ([[TV]]: ''[[Mindwarp (TV story)|Mindwarp]]'') [[Rose Tyler]], ([[TV]]: ''[[The Parting of the Ways (TV story)|The Parting of the Ways]]'') [[River Song]], ([[TV]]: ''[[Forest of the Dead (TV story)|Forest of the Dead]]'') [[John Benton]], [[Liz Shaw]], [[Mike Yates]], [[Jo Grant]], the [[Second Doctor]], the [[Third Doctor]], the [[Sixth Doctor]], the [[Seventh Doctor]], and the [[Ninth Doctor]]. | * An enormous number of previous companions and their departures are shown as the Doctor uses the Once More With Feeling on himself, including [[Susan Foreman]], ([[TV]]: ''[[The Dalek Invasion of Earth (TV story)|The Dalek Invasion of Earth]]'') [[Zoe Heriot]], [[Jamie McCrimmon]], ([[TV]]: ''[[The War Games (TV story)|The War Games]]'') [[Jo Grant]], ([[TV]]: ''[[The Green Death (TV story)|The Green Death]]'') [[Sarah Jane Smith]], ([[TV]]: ''[[The Hand of Fear (TV story)|The Hand of Fear]]'') [[Adric]], ([[TV]]: ''[[Earthshock (TV story)|Earthshock]]'') [[Peri Brown]], ([[TV]]: ''[[Mindwarp (TV story)|Mindwarp]]'') [[Melanie Bush|Mel]] ([[TV]]: ''[[Dragonfire (TV story)|Dragonfire]]'') [[Grace Holloway]], ([[TV]]: ''[[Doctor Who (TV story)|Doctor Who]]'') [[Jack Harkness]], ([[TV]]: ''[[The Parting of the Ways (TV story)|The Parting of the Ways]]'') [[Astrid Peth]], ([[TV]]: ''[[Voyage of the Damned (TV story)|Voyage of the Damned]]'') [[Amy Pond]], [[Rory Williams]] ([[TV]]: ''[[The Angels Take Manhattan (TV story)|The Angels Take Manhattan]]'') and [[Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart]] (whose death was mentioned in [[TV]]: ''[[The Wedding of River Song (TV story)|The Wedding of River Song]]''). Several more characters are shown and mentioned as well, including [[David Campbell]], ([[TV]]: ''[[The Dalek Invasion of Earth (TV story)|The Dalek Invasion of Earth]]'') [[Clifford Jones]], ([[TV]]: ''[[The Green Death (TV story)|The Green Death]]'') [[Nyssa]], [[Tegan Jovanka]], ([[TV]]: ''[[Earthshock (TV story)|Earthshock]]'') [[Yrcanos]], [[Kiv]], ([[TV]]: ''[[Mindwarp (TV story)|Mindwarp]]'') [[Rose Tyler]], ([[TV]]: ''[[The Parting of the Ways (TV story)|The Parting of the Ways]]'') [[River Song]], ([[TV]]: ''[[Forest of the Dead (TV story)|Forest of the Dead]]'') [[John Benton]], [[Liz Shaw]], [[Mike Yates]], [[Jo Grant]], the [[Second Doctor]], the [[Third Doctor]], the [[Sixth Doctor]], the [[Seventh Doctor]], and the [[Ninth Doctor]]. | ||
* The Doctor uses Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart's name, but changes his rank to Colonel. The Brigadier was a Colonel when the [[Second Doctor]] first met him, ([[TV]]: ''[[The Web of Fear (TV story)|The Web of Fear]]'') with another character noting that, at this time, the ''real'' Lethbridge-Stewart is on manoeuvres in Salisbury Plains. | * The Doctor uses Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart's name, but changes his rank to Colonel. The Brigadier was a Colonel when the [[Second Doctor]] first met him, ([[TV]]: ''[[The Web of Fear (TV story)|The Web of Fear]]'') with another character noting that, at this time, the ''real'' Lethbridge-Stewart is on manoeuvres in Salisbury Plains. | ||
