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* [[Freema Agyeman]] was originally expected to appear as [[Martha Jones]] throughout the mini-series. When her casting in the TV series ''Law & Order: UK'' made her unavailable for the whole production, Davies wrote a cameo appearance for her in ''Day One'', but her schedule prevented her from appearing for the cameo. The cameo was featured in script form in ''[[Doctor Who: The Writer's Tale - The Final Chapter]]''. Martha appears to still be with UNIT, as Jack bemoans that a sergeant is his contact with UNIT instead of Martha. This means that Martha did not take Jack's implied job offer from [[TV]]: ''[[Journey's End (TV story)|Journey's End]]''. | |||
* [[Freema Agyeman]] was originally expected to appear as [[Martha Jones]] throughout the mini-series. When her casting in the TV series ''Law & Order: UK'' made her unavailable for the whole production, Davies wrote a cameo appearance for her in ''Day One'' | |||
* The hospital seen in this episode is the same as seen in the BBC hospital drama ''Casualty''. | * The hospital seen in this episode is the same as seen in the BBC hospital drama ''Casualty''. | ||
* Despite the real-life decision to remove the "United Nations" name from the UNIT acronym, dialogue establishes UNIT is still under the command of the UN, which orders UNIT to yellow alert. | |||
* There is a humorous nod to the BBC comedy ''[[Gavin and Stacey]]'' by quoting "What's occurring?!". [[Ruth Jones]], one of the stars and creators of the show, guest starred in the [[Series 2 (Torchwood)|series 2]] episode ''[[Adrift]]''. | * There is a humorous nod to the BBC comedy ''[[Gavin and Stacey]]'' by quoting "What's occurring?!". [[Ruth Jones]], one of the stars and creators of the show, guest starred in the [[Series 2 (Torchwood)|series 2]] episode ''[[Adrift]]''. | ||
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