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| * A family friendly pre-watershed edit of this episode aired at 7:00pm, six days later, on Thursday [[3 April (releases)|3 April]] [[2008 (releases)|2008]] on [[BBC Two]]. | | * A family friendly pre-watershed edit of this episode aired at 7:00pm, six days later, on Thursday [[3 April (releases)|3 April]] [[2008 (releases)|2008]] on [[BBC Two]]. |
| * [[The Doctor]] is named explicitly for the first time in the series. | | * [[The Doctor]] is named explicitly for the first time in the series. |
| * To date, out of the original [[Torchwood Three]], [[Suzie Costello]] is the only member whose origins with the team remain unclear. She was also the "black sheep" of the group, which could explain why her character is not explored as thoroughly. Jack mentions Suzie during a flashback sequence as he gives orders to each team member who respond as they are mentioned. However, Suzie's response is cut off by Ianto stopping Jack's car. [[Indira Varma]] did not lend her voice for this episode, nor did she reprise her role as Suzie, since she was pregnant at the time of filming. As such, the mention of Suzie in this episode is conveniently scripted to avoid any interaction with her, reduced to a passing mention to preserve continuity.
| | * This is the first appearance of [[UNIT]] soldiers and a UNIT facility in the series. UNIT is depicted as a somewhat malevolent organisation, in contrast to previous depictions in ''[[Doctor Who]]'', more in line with the portrayal of its evil [[parallel universe]] counterpart on [[Inferno Earth]], the [[Republican Security Forces]] (RSF). Jack suggests this may be due to the political climate of [[2004]]. |
| * Jack died one thousand three hundred and ninety-two times between meeting Torchwood and the explosion at the beginning of the episode, and at least fourteen times prior to the first Torchwood encounter. (This number will skyrocket astronomically during the events of [[Exit Wounds (TV story)|the next episode]], however.)
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| * This is the first appearance of [[Unified Intelligence Taskforce|UNIT]] soldiers or a UNIT facility in the series. UNIT is depicted as a somewhat malevolent organisation, in contrast to previous depictions in ''[[Doctor Who]]'', more in line with the portrayal of its evil [[parallel universe]] counterpart on [[Inferno Earth]], the [[Republican Security Forces]] (RSF). Jack suggests this may be due to the political climate of the day. | |
| * The events surrounding Alex's killing of the Torchwood Three team happen at the same time as the events surrounding the "birth" of the [[Eighth Doctor]] and his battle with {{Roberts}} as seen in the [[Doctor Who (TV story)|1996 telefilm]].
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