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*The climactic action involving the destruction of the Cyber-Controller originally took place in a lift rather than on the roof, with the transformed Lumic trying to break through the compartment's floor. | *The climactic action involving the destruction of the Cyber-Controller originally took place in a lift rather than on the roof, with the transformed Lumic trying to break through the compartment's floor. | ||
*In the original ending, the link between the TARDIS and the other universe was just sufficient to allow the Doctor to take "his" Jackie there, to be united with the "other" Pete, while Rose elects to continue travelling with the Doctor. However, Russell T Davies subsequently felt that this was too depressing a choice to confront Rose at this stage in the season, especially given that the alternative world would be revisited in the finale. | *In the original ending, the link between the TARDIS and the other universe was just sufficient to allow the Doctor to take "his" Jackie there, to be united with the "other" Pete, while Rose elects to continue travelling with the Doctor. However, Russell T Davies subsequently felt that this was too depressing a choice to confront Rose at this stage in the season, especially given that the alternative world would be revisited in the finale. | ||
*Lumic's expression of "Excellent!" is a reference to the off-key rendition of the word that the Cybermen have used in previous stories (beginning with the [[Fourth Doctor]] story ''[[Revenge of the Cybermen (TV story)|Revenge of the Cybermen]]''). | |||
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== Continuity == | == Continuity == | ||
* ''[[The Invasion (TV story)|The Invasion]]'' also saw the use of emotions to kill Cybermen. | * ''[[The Invasion (TV story)|The Invasion]]'' also saw the use of emotions to kill Cybermen. | ||
* Mickey | * Mickey says he saved the world with a yellow truck. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Parting of the Ways (TV story)|The Parting of the Ways]]'') | ||
* Rose | * Rose mentions that she's seen the Cybermen before, citing the Mondasian Cyberman's head that was displayed in [[Henry Van Statten]]'s [[The Vault (Dalek)|underground museum]] in [[2012]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Dalek (TV story)|Dalek]]'') | ||
* The Doctor has previously had a conversation with a Cyber Leader regarding emotions | * The Doctor has previously had a conversation with a Cyber Leader regarding emotions. ([[TV]]: ''[[Earthshock (TV story)|Earthshock]]'') | ||
* When preparing to infiltrate the Cybus conversion factory, Mickey proclaims his tiredness of always being "the tin dog". ([[TV]]: ''[[School Reunion (TV story)|School Reunion]]'') | |||
* When preparing to infiltrate the Cybus conversion factory, Mickey proclaims his tiredness of always being "the tin dog" ([[TV]]: ''[[School Reunion (TV story)|School Reunion]]'') | * Upon learning about the emotional inhibitors, the Doctor says to Mrs Moore, "Do I have that right?" This echoes the same line said by the [[Fourth Doctor]] when he was faced with the prospect of destroying the [[Dalek]]s. ([[TV]]: ''[[Genesis of the Daleks (TV story)|Genesis of the Daleks]]'') | ||
* Upon learning about the emotional inhibitors, the Doctor says to Mrs Moore, "Do I have that right?" This echoes the same line said by the [[Fourth Doctor]] when he | |||
* After forming the plan to infiltrate the Cybus conversion factory, the Doctor says that they will attack from "above, between, below," echoing the words of the nursery rhyme used by the [[Second Doctor]] in [[TV]]: ''[[The Five Doctors (TV story)|The Five Doctors]]'' to determine the locations of the entrances to the [[Tomb of Rassilon]]. | * After forming the plan to infiltrate the Cybus conversion factory, the Doctor says that they will attack from "above, between, below," echoing the words of the nursery rhyme used by the [[Second Doctor]] in [[TV]]: ''[[The Five Doctors (TV story)|The Five Doctors]]'' to determine the locations of the entrances to the [[Tomb of Rassilon]]. | ||
* Price would be among those remembered when [[Davros]] asked the Doctor: ''"How many have died in your name?"'' ([[TV]]: ''[[Journey's End (TV story)|Journey's End]]'') | * Price would be among those remembered when [[Davros]] asked the Doctor: ''"How many have died in your name?"'' ([[TV]]: ''[[Journey's End (TV story)|Journey's End]]'') | ||
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=== Blu-Ray releases === | === Blu-Ray releases === | ||
* This story was released in the Series 2 Blu-Ray set in November 2013 along with the rest of the series. Despite not being filmed in HD, the Blu-Ray features an upscaled picture and fewer compression artefacts. | * This story was released in the Series 2 Blu-Ray set in [[November (releases)|November]] [[2013 (releases)|2013]] along with the rest of the series. Despite not being filmed in HD, the Blu-Ray features an upscaled picture and fewer compression artefacts. | ||
* This release was initially bundled with the first seven series of the revived ''Doctor Who''. | **This release was initially bundled with the first seven series of the revived ''Doctor Who''. | ||
=== Digital releases === | === Digital releases === | ||
