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* This is Mickey's first trip in the TARDIS as a companion. His name does not appear in the opening credits; the first triple opening credit would not occur until [[John Barrowman]] returned temporarily in ''[[Utopia (TV story)|Utopia]]'' the next season; it's not until ''[[A Christmas Carol (TV story)|A Christmas Carol]]'' in 2010 that an ongoing "third companion" receives a credit in the opening. | * This is Mickey's first trip in the TARDIS as a companion. His name does not appear in the opening credits; the first triple opening credit would not occur until [[John Barrowman]] returned temporarily in ''[[Utopia (TV story)|Utopia]]'' the next season; it's not until ''[[A Christmas Carol (TV story)|A Christmas Carol]]'' in 2010 that an ongoing "third companion" receives a credit in the opening. | ||
* In a Production Notes column for ''[[Doctor Who Magazine]]'' [[DWM 363|#363]] (November 2005), writer [[Steven Moffat]] stated that the working titles for the episode were ''Madame de Pompadour'', ''Every Tick of My Heart'' and ''Reinette and the Lonely Angel''. | * In a Production Notes column for ''[[Doctor Who Magazine]]'' [[DWM 363|#363]] (November 2005), writer [[Steven Moffat]] stated that the working titles for the episode were ''Madame de Pompadour'', ''Every Tick of My Heart'' and ''Reinette and the Lonely Angel''. | ||
* [[Sophia Myles]] and [[David Tennant]] started dating after working together on this story, according to an interview with Myles on GMTV (25 April 2006). It was rumoured she carried a "Doctor Who" doll in her handbag. However, their relationship ended in 2007. | * [[Sophia Myles]] and [[David Tennant]] started dating after working together on this story, according to an interview with Myles on GMTV (25 April 2006). It was rumoured she carried a "''Doctor Who''" doll in her handbag. However, their relationship ended in 2007. | ||
* Although Reinette dies before she is able to accept the Doctor's offer of travelling in the TARDIS, she does briefly experience time travel when she steps through one of the holes in time and ends up aboard the vessel bearing her name millennia later. | * Although Reinette dies before she is able to accept the Doctor's offer of travelling in the TARDIS, she does briefly experience time travel when she steps through one of the holes in time and ends up aboard the vessel bearing her name millennia later. | ||
* Throughout this episode, Mickey wears a T-shirt which has a picture of the Nintendo Entertainment System controller over the caption, "Know Your Roots". This particular T-shirt, a limited edition, could be obtained either by subscribing to the British Nintendo Official Magazine or by being purchased at selected GameStation outlets. In ''Doctor Who Magazine'' [[DWM 367|#367]] Noel Clarke admitted to being a Nintendo fan and to being the owner of a Nintendo DS console. He also comments upon the T-shirt in the commentary which accompanies the episode on the BBC Website. Appropriately, Mickey is involved in a video game-related adventure in the spin-off novel ''[[Winner Takes All (novel)|Winner Takes All]]''. Mickey also mentions playing a [[Playstation]] in ''[[The Age of Steel]]''. | * Throughout this episode, Mickey wears a T-shirt which has a picture of the Nintendo Entertainment System controller over the caption, "Know Your Roots". This particular T-shirt, a limited edition, could be obtained either by subscribing to the British Nintendo Official Magazine or by being purchased at selected GameStation outlets. In ''Doctor Who Magazine'' [[DWM 367|#367]] [[Noel Clarke]] admitted to being a Nintendo fan and to being the owner of a Nintendo DS console. He also comments upon the T-shirt in the commentary which accompanies the episode on the BBC Website. Appropriately, Mickey is involved in a video game-related adventure in the spin-off novel ''[[Winner Takes All (novel)|Winner Takes All]]''. Mickey also mentions playing a [[Playstation]] in ''[[The Age of Steel]]''. | ||
* As seen in the ''[[Doctor Who Confidential]]'' episode "[[Script to Screen (CON episode)|Script to Screen]]", Arthur, the horse, was not allowed to set foot in the ballroom in the climactic scene. The various elements of the Doctor riding Arthur through the mirror (the horse, the mirror breaking and the reactions of the extras in the ballroom) all had to be filmed at separate times and then composited together | * As seen in the ''[[Doctor Who Confidential]]'' episode "[[Script to Screen (CON episode)|Script to Screen]]", Arthur, the horse, was not allowed to set foot in the ballroom in the climactic scene. The various elements of the Doctor riding Arthur through the mirror (the horse, the mirror breaking and the reactions of the extras in the ballroom) all had to be filmed at separate times and then composited together | ||
* There are many sexual metaphors throughout this episode. | * There are many sexual metaphors throughout this episode. | ||
** Reinette asks the Doctor to "dance", a word used by Moffat in ''[[The Doctor Dances]]'' as a euphemism for sexual activity. Moffat remarked in the MP3 audio commentary with Noel Clarke that Reinette's use of the word "dance" was merely done as flirtation, that no sexual activity took place and that the only "dancing" that was done was at the Yew Tree Ball. | ** Reinette asks the Doctor to "dance", a word used by Moffat in ''[[The Doctor Dances]]'' as a euphemism for sexual activity. Moffat remarked in the MP3 audio commentary with [[Noel Clarke]] that Reinette's use of the word "dance" was merely done as flirtation, that no sexual activity took place and that the only "dancing" that was done was at the Yew Tree Ball. | ||
** In the commentary for this episode, David Tennant remarked on the "intimacy" of the mind-reading scene and the ambiguity of the scene where Reinette and the Doctor part, the bed in the foreground hinting at seduction. | ** In the commentary for this episode, [[David Tennant]] remarked on the "intimacy" of the mind-reading scene and the ambiguity of the scene where Reinette and the Doctor part, the bed in the foreground hinting at seduction. | ||
* ''Radio Times'' credits [[Jonathan Hart]] as "Voice of [[Clockwork Man (The Girl in the Fireplace)|Clockwork Man]]" and [[Emily Joyce]] as "Voice of [[Clockwork Woman]]". The collective on-screen credit reads "Alien Voices". | * ''The [[Radio Times]]'' credits [[Jonathan Hart]] as "Voice of [[Clockwork Man (The Girl in the Fireplace)|Clockwork Man]]" and [[Emily Joyce]] as "Voice of [[Clockwork Woman]]". The collective on-screen credit reads "Alien Voices". | ||
* [[Sophia Myles]]' dress in the ballroom scene was originally worn by {{w|Helen Mirren}} in {{wi|The Madness of King George}}. ([[DCOM]]: ''The Girl in the Fireplace'') | * [[Sophia Myles]]' dress in the ballroom scene was originally worn by {{w|Helen Mirren}} in {{wi|The Madness of King George}}. ([[DCOM]]: ''The Girl in the Fireplace'') | ||
* Reinette is the first non-companion character to [[kiss]] the Doctor on-screen. | * Reinette is the first non-companion character to [[kiss]] the Doctor on-screen. | ||
*[[Sophia Myles]] stated in an interview on ''[[Doctor Who Confidential]]'' that she did not have to audition for the role of Madame de Pompadour, she was offered it. | |||
*In an interview with ''The Independent'', [[Russell T Davies]] said the episode is "practically a love story for the Doctor...It's very understated, very beautifully done, but it's nonetheless a Time Lord falling in love and Rose's reaction to him falling in love with someone else." | |||
*This was planned as the second episode of the 2006 series, however when [[Russell T Davies]] realised how experimental it had become in [[Steven Moffat]]'s hands, he decided to move it to fourth in the running order. | |||
*Some of the spaceship sets are redressed from [[Satellite Five]]. In particular, the room with the fireplace was adapted from the observation deck set. | |||
*While [[Steven Moffat]] was creating the clockwork automata he first decided to hide their faces with wigs, but when [[Phil Collinson]] told him this would severely limit camera angles, and that it could appear comical, the androids were given carnival masks to wear. | |||
*In the original script, it was that the "mind meld" with the Doctor is what actually attracts the clockwork robots to Reinette. Rose then offers Madame de Pompadour a gem which could erase all signs of contact with the Doctor from her mind, but she refuses because she does not want to forget him. | |||
*The script originally contained out-of-order meetings between the Doctor and Reinette in which she recalls seeing him at her convent school, which he later visits. | |||
*There was a deleted scene where the Doctor met the cruel owner of the horse ([[Phylip Harries]]) that gets trapped on the spaceship; he is trying to find the horse and threatens to hurt it when he finds it. | |||
*While the episode appears to follow immediately from the previous episode [[School Reunion|''School Reunion'']], [[Steven Moffat]] says in the DVD audio commentary that when he wrote the script he had not yet read the end of ''School Reunion'', hence the lack of Rose's continuing animosity shown towards Mickey after he joins the TARDIS crew. | |||
*After reading the Doctor's mind, Reinette says "Doctor who?", a reference both to the series' title and to the long-running mystery about the Doctor's actual name. She also says that it is "more than just a secret", but does not elaborate further. Moffat said that he added the dialogue because he believes that because the Doctor does not tell even his closest companions his name, there must be a "dreadful secret" about it. | |||
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=== Influences === | === Influences === | ||
* Writer Steven Moffat states on [[Doctor Who Confidential]] that the clockwork people were inspired by [[the Turk]], a clockwork man who played chess around the same period (and which was later revealed to be a hoax). There is also a chess-playing [[Cyberman]] in [[Series 7 (Doctor Who)|Series 7's]] ''[[Nightmare in Silver (TV story)|Nightmare in Silver]]''. The story of the Turk later inspired an ongoing story arc in the TV series {{wi|Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles}}. | * Writer [[Steven Moffat]] states on [[Doctor Who Confidential|''Doctor Who Confidential'']] that the clockwork people were inspired by [[the Turk]], a clockwork man who played chess around the same period (and which was later revealed to be a hoax). There is also a chess-playing [[Cyberman]] in [[Series 7 (Doctor Who)|Series 7's]] ''[[Nightmare in Silver (TV story)|Nightmare in Silver]]''. The story of the Turk later inspired an ongoing story arc in the TV series {{wi|Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles}}. | ||
* {{wi|Casanova (2005 TV serial)|Casanova}} featured [[David Tennant]] in a French ballroom falling in love. | * {{wi|Casanova (2005 TV serial)|Casanova}} featured [[David Tennant]] in a French ballroom falling in love. | ||
* The ''Doctor Who'' novels ''[[Love and War (novel)|Love and War]]'' and ''[[The Witch Hunters]]'' influenced this story. ''Love and War'' is referenced several times (see continuity) while the whole romance with the Doctor changing time zones has a similar feel to the Doctor's relationship with [[Rebecca Nurse]]. | * The ''Doctor Who'' novels ''[[Love and War (novel)|Love and War]]'' and ''[[The Witch Hunters]]'' influenced this story. ''Love and War'' is referenced several times (see continuity) while the whole romance with the Doctor changing time zones has a similar feel to the Doctor's relationship with [[Rebecca Nurse]]. | ||
