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=== Alcoholic beverages === | === Alcoholic beverages === | ||
* Hoopy and his friends drink [[Old Bizzarre]]. | * Hoopy and his friends drink [[Old Bizzarre]]. | ||
=== Cultural References === | |||
* [[ERIC]] sings ''Don't Dilly Dally on the Way'' by Charles Collins. | |||
=== Drugs === | === Drugs === | ||
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* The Doctor failed his [[Time Travel Proficiency test]] at the [[Time Lord Academy|Academy]] because he didn't turn up for it. | * The Doctor failed his [[Time Travel Proficiency test]] at the [[Time Lord Academy|Academy]] because he didn't turn up for it. | ||
* The Doctor carries in his pocket a copy of [[Bor Pollag]]'s ''[[Book of Alien Monsters]]'', which includes illustrated entries on [[Akker-Takker]]s, [[Algolian Sithersback]]s, [[Apostles of Grarb]], and the [[Arachnopod]]s. | * The Doctor carries in his pocket a copy of [[Bor Pollag]]'s ''[[Book of Alien Monsters]]'', which includes illustrated entries on [[Akker-Takker]]s, [[Algolian Sithersback]]s, [[Apostles of Grarb]], and the [[Arachnopod]]s. | ||
*The Doctor, as he is about to die, quotes multiple final phrases: | |||
**"It is a far, far better thing that I do now, than I have ever done. And it is a far, far better rest that I go to, than I have ever known" from ''[[A Tale of Two Cities]]'' by [[Charles Dickens]]. | |||
**"If I should die, think only this of me..." from the poem ''The Soldier'' by Rupert Brooke. | |||
**[[Oscar Wilde (writer)|Oscar Wilde's]] last words "Either that wallpaper goes or I go!" | |||
**"How's the empire?", from the morning of [[George V|King George V's]] death. | |||
**[[Goethe|Goethe's]] last words "More light! More light!" | |||
**'''''"'''''And so to bed," an expression often used by [[Samuel Pepys]] at the end of his day's diary entry. | |||
**"[My life] is conquered at last", a misquote of the poem ''For Annie'' by [[Edgar Allan Poe]]. | |||
**"For in that sleep of death what dreams may come", a line from the [[William Shakespeare|Shakespeare]] play ''[[Hamlet]]''. | |||
**"Out, out, brief candle!" a line from the [[William Shakespeare|Shakespeare]] play ''[[Macbeth]]''. | |||
=== Famous Persons === | |||
* Romana quotes [[Richard Dawkins]]' saying "However many ways there may be of being alive, it is certain there are vastly more ways of being dead." | |||
* The Doctor and Romana quote [[William Shakespeare|Shakespeare's]] line "What's past and what's to come is strew'd with husks, and formless ruin of oblivion." The Doctor also misquotes "Alas, poor Yorick!", a line from [[William Shakespeare|Shakespeare's]] ''[[Hamlet]]''. | |||
* The Doctor quotes "The reports of my death are greatly exaggerated," a quote attributed to [[Mark Twain]]. | |||
=== History === | === History === | ||
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=== Literature === | === Literature === | ||
* The co-pilot of the Montressor reads ''[[Shrieking Boy Veepjill - The Myth Behind the Truth - An Autobiography]]''. | * The co-pilot of the Montressor reads ''[[Shrieking Boy Veepjill - The Myth Behind the Truth - An Autobiography]]''. | ||
* [[Magazine]]s available in the year [[3012]] include ''[[Guards and Guarding and Holding Captive]]''. | * [[Magazine]]s available in the year [[3012]] include ''[[Guards and Guarding]]'' and ''[[Holding Captive]]''. | ||
*The Doctor quotes multiple passages from the Bible, including: | |||
**"Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death..." from Psalm 23:4 | |||
**"Oh grave, where is thy victory?" from 1 Corinthians 15:55 | |||
=== Planets === | === Planets === | ||
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=== Spaceships === | === Spaceships === | ||
* [[Yetraxxi]] spaceships have a [[hairdryer]] design to them. | * [[Yetraxxi]] spaceships have a [[hairdryer]] design to them. | ||
=== Time Lords === | |||
* Academi Plurix coined the term pre-jà vu, the sensation that one is going to have been somewhere before. It applies only to Time Lords. | |||
*The Doctor and Romana make multiple mentions of the [[Web of Time]] and the [[First Law of Time]]. | |||
== Notes == | == Notes == | ||
[[File:Doctor_Who_Festival_of_Death_50th.jpg|thumb|The cover of the [[2013]] re-release.]] | [[File:Doctor_Who_Festival_of_Death_50th.jpg|thumb|The cover of the [[2013]] re-release.]] | ||
* This novel was re-released on [[7 March (releases)|7 March]] [[2013 (releases)|2013]] with a new cover to celebrate the ''[[Doctor Who]]'' 50th anniversary. | * This novel was re-released on [[7 March (releases)|7 March]] [[2013 (releases)|2013]] with a new cover to celebrate the ''[[Doctor Who]]'' 50th anniversary. | ||
* Before the Doctor sacrifices himself he tells Romana to "''Keep Australia Beautiful" '' | * Before the Doctor sacrifices himself he tells Romana to "''Keep Australia Beautiful". ''This is a humourous nod to the 1979 campaign ''Keep Australia Beautiful'' advertisement where Tom Baker reprises his role for a series of adverts. | ||
*Romana quotes Richard Dawkins and tells the Doctor that the quote was by someone he wouldn't know. This is a reference to Lalla Ward being married to Richard Dawkins after previously in a relationship with Tom Baker. | |||
== Continuity == | == Continuity == | ||
* Romana states that if not for [[The Doctor's sonic screwdriver|his sonic screwdriver]], the Doctor would probably still be trapped in a cellar in [[Paris]] in [[1979]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[City of Death (TV story)|City of Death]]'') | * Romana states that if not for [[The Doctor's sonic screwdriver|his sonic screwdriver]], the Doctor would probably still be trapped in a cellar in [[Paris]] in [[1979]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[City of Death (TV story)|City of Death]]'') | ||
* [[The Doctor's TARDIS|The TARDIS]] | * [[The Doctor's TARDIS|The TARDIS]] jumps a [[time track]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Space Museum (TV story)|The Space Museum]]''; [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Aquitaine]]'', ''[[Renaissance of the Daleks (audio story)|Renaissance of the Daleks]]'') | ||
*The Doctor mentions to Romana that as Time Lords, they have a unique sensitivity to distortions in time. ([[TV]]: ''[[City of Death (TV story)|City of Death]]'') | |||
*The Doctor refers to the Repulsion as "an ancient evil from the dawn of time", a term he would later use to describe [[Fenric]] in his [[Seventh Doctor|Seventh incarnation]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Curse of Fenric (TV story)|The Curse of Fenric]]'') | |||
*The Doctor says "Sorry, must dash," a phrase often used in his fifth incarnation. ([[TV]]: ''[[Time-Flight (TV story)|Time-Flight]]'', ''[[The Five Doctors (TV story)|The Five Doctors]] et al'') | |||
*Romana was trained in the Academy to stop her hearts beating for a short time, and enter a state of suspended animation. ([[TV]]: ''[[Destiny of the Daleks (TV story)|Destiny of the Daleks]]'') | |||
*The Doctor tracks Romana's time trail in the [[TARDIS]], something he would do again in his [[Eleventh Doctor|Eleventh incarnation]]. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Random History (comic story)|Random History]]'') | |||
*This would not be the last time the Doctor travels back multiple times in his personal timeline and in the same adventure. Most notably, the [[Eleventh Doctor]] would do so to release his past self from the [[Pandorica]] and leaving notes for [[Amy Pond|Amelia Pond]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Big Bang (TV story)|The Big Bang]]'') | |||
*The Doctor throws away the textbook for his basic time travel proficiency test in annoyance. The [[Eleventh Doctor]] similarly admitted that he'd disagreed with the [[TARDIS Instruction Manual|TARDIS instruction manual]] so much that he threw it into a [[supernova]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Amy's Choice (TV story)|Amy's Choice]]'') | |||
*The Fourth Doctor and Romana discuss the possibility of travelling elsewhere for months and years and avoiding the Doctor's death. They ultimately decide against it and return immediately. | |||
**The [[Eleventh Doctor]] would also know about his upcoming death at [[Lake Silencio]], but unlike the Fourth Doctor spends time delaying his arrival there and putting his affairs in order. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Impossible Astronaut (TV story)|The Impossible Astronaut]] et al)'' | |||
**[[Clara Oswald]], in a similar situation, also decided not to return to the fixed point of her death immediately but to travel in a [[TARDIS]] with [[Me]] ([[TV]]: ''[[Hell Bent (TV story)|Hell Bent]]'') | |||
== External links == | == External links == | ||
