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=== Cultural references to the real world === | === Cultural references to the real world === | ||
* Tosh compared the hole in the skeleton's chest to "that bit in ''[[Alien (film)|Alien]]'' where that thing bursts out of [[John Hurt]]." | * Tosh compared the hole in the skeleton's chest to "that bit in ''[[Alien (film)|Alien]]'' where that thing bursts out of [[John Hurt (Greeks Bearing Gifts)|John Hurt]]." | ||
* As a cover-up to discover about [[Philoctetes]], Tosh pretends that she participated in a [[pub quiz]]. When naming the [[pub]], ''[[The Prince of Tides]]'' is all that can come to her. | * As a cover-up to discover about [[Philoctetes]], Tosh pretends that she participated in a [[pub quiz]]. When naming the [[pub]], ''[[The Prince of Tides]]'' is all that can come to her. | ||
* Gwen called Owen "[[Amanda Burton]]". | * Gwen called Owen "[[Amanda Burton]]". | ||
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* At this point in the series, all the current members of Torchwood Three have had a [[homosexuality|same-sex]] [[kiss]]: [[Owen Harper|Owen]] and [[Colin (Everything Changes)|Colin]] in ''[[Everything Changes (TV story)|Everything Changes]]'', [[Gwen Cooper|Gwen]] and [[Carys Fletcher|Carys]] in ''[[Day One (TV story)|Day One]]'', [[Jack Harkness|Jack]] and [[Ianto Jones|Ianto]] in ''[[Cyberwoman (TV story)|Cyberwoman]]'' (although Ianto was apparently dead on that occasion), and [[Toshiko Sato|Tosh]] and [[Mary (Greeks Bearing Gifts)|Mary]] in this episode. | * At this point in the series, all the current members of Torchwood Three have had a [[homosexuality|same-sex]] [[kiss]]: [[Owen Harper|Owen]] and [[Colin (Everything Changes)|Colin]] in ''[[Everything Changes (TV story)|Everything Changes]]'', [[Gwen Cooper|Gwen]] and [[Carys Fletcher|Carys]] in ''[[Day One (TV story)|Day One]]'', [[Jack Harkness|Jack]] and [[Ianto Jones|Ianto]] in ''[[Cyberwoman (TV story)|Cyberwoman]]'' (although Ianto was apparently dead on that occasion), and [[Toshiko Sato|Tosh]] and [[Mary (Greeks Bearing Gifts)|Mary]] in this episode. | ||
* In this episode, Toshiko identifies the [[Soldier (Greeks Bearing Gifts)|soldier]] from [[1812]] has been dead for 196 years, 11 to 11 and a half months. This would place the episode in [[2009]]. [[Aliens of London dating controversy|This date clashes with and contradicts dates given in several other stories]]. | * In this episode, Toshiko identifies the [[Soldier (Greeks Bearing Gifts)|soldier]] from [[1812]] has been dead for 196 years, 11 to 11 and a half months. This would place the episode in [[2009]]. [[Aliens of London dating controversy|This date clashes with and contradicts dates given in several other stories]]. | ||
* Tosh refers to actor [[John Hurt]] and his role in the film ''[[Alien (film)|Alien]]''. Hurt would later go on to play the [[War Doctor]], a previously | * Tosh refers to actor [[John Hurt]] and his role in the film ''[[Alien (film)|Alien]]''. Hurt would later go on to play the [[War Doctor]], a previously unknown [[incarnation]] of [[the Doctor]], starting in ''[[The Name of the Doctor (TV story)|The Name of the Doctor]]''. | ||
=== Ratings === | === Ratings === | ||
