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== Behind the scenes == | == Behind the scenes == | ||
* ''Blink'' writer [[Steven Moffat]] had originally created the character of [[Sally Sparrow (What I Did on My Christmas Holidays by Sally Sparrow)|Sally Sparrow]] for his short story ''[[What I Did on My Christmas Holidays by Sally Sparrow (short story)|What I Did on My Christmas Holidays by Sally Sparrow]]'' in the ''[[Doctor Who Annual 2006]]''. This [[Ninth Doctor]] adventure depicted Sally as a young girl who communicates with the Doctor via pre-recorded messages, much as in ''Blink''. The implied setting of the first story and Sally Sparrow's age in it makes it hard to reconcile the characters as the same. In the short story, Sally grows up to become a spy. | * ''Blink'' writer [[Steven Moffat]] had originally created the character of [[Sally Sparrow (What I Did on My Christmas Holidays by Sally Sparrow)|Sally Sparrow]] for his short story ''[[What I Did on My Christmas Holidays by Sally Sparrow (short story)|What I Did on My Christmas Holidays by Sally Sparrow]]'' in the ''[[Doctor Who Annual 2006]]''. This [[Ninth Doctor]] adventure depicted Sally as a young girl who communicates with the Doctor via pre-recorded messages, much as in ''Blink''. The implied setting of the first story and Sally Sparrow's age in it makes it hard to reconcile the characters as the same. In the short story, Sally grows up to become a spy. | ||
*According to [[Steven Moffat]], she was supposed to become a companion, but [[Carey Mulligan]] declined the offer. | |||
* Sally serves a similar function to [[Marc Cory]] in ''[[Mission to the Unknown (TV story)|Mission to the Unknown]]'' and [[Elton Pope]] in ''[[Love & Monsters (TV story)|Love & Monsters]]'', in that she is a one-off guest character who serves as the protagonist of the story. | * Sally serves a similar function to [[Marc Cory]] in ''[[Mission to the Unknown (TV story)|Mission to the Unknown]]'' and [[Elton Pope]] in ''[[Love & Monsters (TV story)|Love & Monsters]]'', in that she is a one-off guest character who serves as the protagonist of the story. | ||
* There was a plan in one draft to have the book and DVD shop run by Sally and Larry to be crushed by a [[Dalek]] ship in ''[[The Stolen Earth (TV story)|The Stolen Earth]]'', but this scene wasn't filmed. | * There was a plan in one draft to have the book and DVD shop run by Sally and Larry to be crushed by a [[Dalek]] ship in ''[[The Stolen Earth (TV story)|The Stolen Earth]]'', but this scene wasn't filmed. | ||
