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* This is the first ''Doctor Who'' episode in which [[Russell T Davies]] shares co-writing credit, and the first episode since the show's return in 2005 to credit two writers. The last televised story to credit two writers was the 1993 mini-episode ''[[Dimensions in Time (TV story)|Dimensions in Time]]''. | * This is the first ''Doctor Who'' episode in which [[Russell T Davies]] shares co-writing credit, and the first episode since the show's return in 2005 to credit two writers. The last televised story to credit two writers was the 1993 mini-episode ''[[Dimensions in Time (TV story)|Dimensions in Time]]''. | ||
* This story was nominated for a 2010 Hugo Award in the category of "Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form," as was ''[[The Next Doctor (TV story)|The Next Doctor]]'' and ''[[The Waters of Mars (TV story)|The Waters of Mars]]'' [http://www.thehugoawards.org/2010/04/2010-hugo-award-nominees-details/], the latter of which ultimately won the award.[http://www.thehugoawards.org/2010/09/2010-hugo-award-winners/] | * This story was nominated for a 2010 Hugo Award in the category of "Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form," as was ''[[The Next Doctor (TV story)|The Next Doctor]]'' and ''[[The Waters of Mars (TV story)|The Waters of Mars]]'' [http://www.thehugoawards.org/2010/04/2010-hugo-award-nominees-details/], the latter of which ultimately won the award.[http://www.thehugoawards.org/2010/09/2010-hugo-award-winners/] | ||
* In this special, Christina becomes the next on the list of companions who have [[kiss]]ed the Doctor. By this time, on-screen kisses included: Dr [[Grace Holloway]], not long after his seventh regeneration; [[Jack Harkness]], who gave the Doctor a farewell kiss on the [[Satellite Five|Gamestation]]; the Doctor kissing Rose Tyler later in the same episode; [[Cassandra O'Brien.Δ17|Cassandra]] kissing the Doctor while possessing Rose Tyler's body; [[Jackie Tyler]] kissing the Doctor three times when he and Rose returned home in the [[Army of Ghosts|middle of the ghost crisis]]; the Doctor kissing [[Martha Jones]] to confuse the [[Judoon]]'s scanners; [[Astrid Peth]] kissing the Doctor twice whilst on the ''[[Titanic (spaceship)|Titanic]]''; and [[Donna Noble]] kissing the Doctor to give him a shock when he needed to use his Time Lord physiology to detox from [[cyanide]] poisoning. | * In this special, Christina becomes the next on the list of companions who have [[kiss]]ed the Doctor. By this time, on-screen kisses included: Dr [[Grace Holloway]], not long after his seventh regeneration; [[Jack Harkness]], who gave the Doctor a farewell kiss on the [[Satellite Five|Gamestation]]; the Doctor kissing Rose Tyler later in the same episode; [[Cassandra O'Brien.Δ17|Cassandra]] kissing the Doctor while possessing Rose Tyler's body; [[Jackie Tyler]] kissing the Doctor three times when he and Rose returned home in the [[Army of Ghosts (TV story)|middle of the ghost crisis]]; the Doctor kissing [[Martha Jones]] to confuse the [[Judoon]]'s scanners; [[Astrid Peth]] kissing the Doctor twice whilst on the ''[[Titanic (spaceship)|Titanic]]''; and [[Donna Noble]] kissing the Doctor to give him a shock when he needed to use his Time Lord physiology to detox from [[cyanide]] poisoning. | ||
* According to the episode commentary, it was planned from the beginning to kill the [[Tritovore]]s off, as it would have been too hard to figure out what to do with them if they got to Earth. | * According to the episode commentary, it was planned from the beginning to kill the [[Tritovore]]s off, as it would have been too hard to figure out what to do with them if they got to Earth. | ||
*This was the only special released on the ''Complete Specials Box Set'' to be the original broadcast version. | *This was the only special released on the ''Complete Specials Box Set'' to be the original broadcast version. | ||
