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* Due to a licensing deal between the [[BBC]] and [[Disney Branded Television]] to have future ''Doctor Who'' stories stream on [[Disney+]],<ref>https://www.doctorwho.tv/news-and-features/bbc-and-disney-branded-television-join-forces-on-doctor-who</ref> this was the final episode to air on [[BBC America]]. | * Due to a licensing deal between the [[BBC]] and [[Disney Branded Television]] to have future ''Doctor Who'' stories stream on [[Disney+]],<ref>https://www.doctorwho.tv/news-and-features/bbc-and-disney-branded-television-join-forces-on-doctor-who</ref> this was the final episode to air on [[BBC America]]. | ||
* [[Russell T Davies]] revealed to ''[[Doctor Who Magazine]]'' [[DWM 584|#584]] that "''[he] was very certain that [he] didn’t want David to appear in Jodie’s costume.''" explaining that his reason for the Doctor's clothes changing during [[regeneration]] was to avoid stereotyping "''the notion of men dressing in "women's clothes", the notion of drag''", describing it as a "''very delicate''" matter, expressing that "''it has to be done with immense thought and respect''", and that the media would make it "''look like mockery''" of that culture, as Tennant is taller than Whittaker.<ref>https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/sci-fi/doctor-who-david-tennant-regeneration-costume-twist-newsupdate/</ref> | * [[Russell T Davies]] revealed to ''[[Doctor Who Magazine]]'' [[DWM 584|#584]] that "''[he] was very certain that [he] didn’t want David to appear in Jodie’s costume.''" explaining that his reason for the Doctor's clothes changing during [[regeneration]] was to avoid stereotyping "''the notion of men dressing in "women's clothes", the notion of drag''", describing it as a "''very delicate''" matter, expressing that "''it has to be done with immense thought and respect''", and that the media would make it "''look like mockery''" of that culture, as Tennant is taller than Whittaker.<ref>https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/sci-fi/doctor-who-david-tennant-regeneration-costume-twist-newsupdate/</ref> | ||
**Some fans were annoyed at being denied the laugh of seeing a female Doctor turn into a male. | |||
* Jodie Whittaker's half of the regeneration was filmed at [[Roath Lock Studios]] on [[13 October (production)|13 October]] [[2021 (production)|2021]], edited by [[Rebecca Trotman]]. The post-regeneration scene with [[David Tennant]] as the [[Fourteenth Doctor]] was filmed separately at [[Wolf Studios]] in [[Cardiff]] on [[13 May (production)|13 May]] [[2022 (production)|2022]], directed by [[Rachel Talalay]], edited by [[Adam Green]] and co-written by David Tennant and Russell T Davies.<ref>https://cultbox.co.uk/news/thirteenth-to-fourteenth-doctor-regeneration-how-it-was-completed</ref> | * Jodie Whittaker's half of the regeneration was filmed at [[Roath Lock Studios]] on [[13 October (production)|13 October]] [[2021 (production)|2021]], edited by [[Rebecca Trotman]]. The post-regeneration scene with [[David Tennant]] as the [[Fourteenth Doctor]] was filmed separately at [[Wolf Studios]] in [[Cardiff]] on [[13 May (production)|13 May]] [[2022 (production)|2022]], directed by [[Rachel Talalay]], edited by [[Adam Green]] and co-written by David Tennant and Russell T Davies.<ref>https://cultbox.co.uk/news/thirteenth-to-fourteenth-doctor-regeneration-how-it-was-completed</ref> | ||
** The line "''I know these teeth''" in the post-regeneration scene was scripted by [[David Tennant]] himself.<ref>https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/sci-fi/david-tennant-added-line-doctor-who-regeneration-newsupdate/amp/</ref> | ** The line "''I know these teeth''" in the post-regeneration scene was scripted by [[David Tennant]] himself.<ref>https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/sci-fi/david-tennant-added-line-doctor-who-regeneration-newsupdate/amp/</ref> | ||
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* This story touches on the circumstances of [[Ace]] leaving the [[Seventh Doctor]]'s company, an event which was not seen on-screen, but had been recently depicted in the novel ''[[At Childhood's End (novel)|At Childhood's End]]'', written by [[Sophie Aldred]] herself. However, ''The Power of the Doctor'' contradicts ''At Childhood's End'' by having Ace meet the [[Thirteenth Doctor]], [[Yasmin Khan]] and [[Graham O'Brien]] for the first time, though ''At Childhood's End'' does establish that [[Ace's timeline]] has multiple [[possible future]]s. | * This story touches on the circumstances of [[Ace]] leaving the [[Seventh Doctor]]'s company, an event which was not seen on-screen, but had been recently depicted in the novel ''[[At Childhood's End (novel)|At Childhood's End]]'', written by [[Sophie Aldred]] herself. However, ''The Power of the Doctor'' contradicts ''At Childhood's End'' by having Ace meet the [[Thirteenth Doctor]], [[Yasmin Khan]] and [[Graham O'Brien]] for the first time, though ''At Childhood's End'' does establish that [[Ace's timeline]] has multiple [[possible future]]s. | ||
* Tegan's claim that she hasn't seen the Doctor since [[1984]] contradicts the [[Big Finish Productions|Big Finish]] audio ''[[The Gathering (audio story)|The Gathering]]'', where the [[Fifth Doctor]] catches up with her in [[2006]] just as she's about to celebrate her 46th birthday. It also contradicts the date given by [[PROSE]]: ''[[Fixing a Hole (short story)|Fixing a Hole]]'', which states she shared an adventure with the [[Sixth Doctor]] on [[23 February]] [[1985]], as depicted in ''[[A Fix with Sontarans (home video)|A Fix with Sontarans]]''. | * Tegan's claim that she hasn't seen the Doctor since [[1984]] contradicts the [[Big Finish Productions|Big Finish]] audio ''[[The Gathering (audio story)|The Gathering]]'', where the [[Fifth Doctor]] catches up with her in [[2006]] just as she's about to celebrate her 46th birthday. It also contradicts the date given by [[PROSE]]: ''[[Fixing a Hole (short story)|Fixing a Hole]]'', which states she shared an adventure with the [[Sixth Doctor]] on [[23 February]] [[1985]], as depicted in ''[[A Fix with Sontarans (home video)|A Fix with Sontarans]]''. | ||
**It's not impossible the Doctor hypnotized Tegan into forgetting, like Donna Noble, to lessen the frustration their brief meetings gave Tegan, as she didn't get to rejoin him. | |||
* [[Clyde Langer]] had said that Tegan and [[Nyssa]] were a couple in ''[[Farewell, Sarah Jane (webcast)|Farewell, Sarah Jane]]''. Here, Tegan mentions having two ex-husbands, but Nyssa isn't mentioned at all. | * [[Clyde Langer]] had said that Tegan and [[Nyssa]] were a couple in ''[[Farewell, Sarah Jane (webcast)|Farewell, Sarah Jane]]''. Here, Tegan mentions having two ex-husbands, but Nyssa isn't mentioned at all. | ||
**Possibly they had an argument and separated at the time to cool off. | |||
* Ace claims the last time she saw the Master, he was "half-cat", referring to ''[[Survival (TV story)|Survival]]'', ignoring the ''[[Virgin New Adventures]]'' story ''[[First Frontier (novel)|First Frontier]]'', the [[Big Finish Productions|Big Finish]] audio story ''[[Dust Breeding (audio story)|Dust Breeding]]'' and the [[Titan Comics]] ''[[Crossing the Rubicon (comic story)|Crossing the Rubicon]]''. | * Ace claims the last time she saw the Master, he was "half-cat", referring to ''[[Survival (TV story)|Survival]]'', ignoring the ''[[Virgin New Adventures]]'' story ''[[First Frontier (novel)|First Frontier]]'', the [[Big Finish Productions|Big Finish]] audio story ''[[Dust Breeding (audio story)|Dust Breeding]]'' and the [[Titan Comics]] ''[[Crossing the Rubicon (comic story)|Crossing the Rubicon]]''. | ||
**Granted Ace has a complicated timeline like [[Peri Brown]]; so this is excusable. | |||
** [[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Light at the End (audio story)|The Light at the End]]'' was excused as the story was set in an alternate timeline, which altered Ace's memory of her experience and encounter with the Master in the story. Additionally, the story hints that it was set before ''Survival'' from the Seventh Doctor and Ace's perspective as Ace stated she didn't know who the Master was. | ** [[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Light at the End (audio story)|The Light at the End]]'' was excused as the story was set in an alternate timeline, which altered Ace's memory of her experience and encounter with the Master in the story. Additionally, the story hints that it was set before ''Survival'' from the Seventh Doctor and Ace's perspective as Ace stated she didn't know who the Master was. | ||
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* The feedback was revealed to only have knocked [[Ashad]] unconscious and an additional scene showed Ashad wandering the [[UNIT HQ|UNIT]] hallways as the building collapsed around him.<ref name="Script" /> | * The feedback was revealed to only have knocked [[Ashad]] unconscious and an additional scene showed Ashad wandering the [[UNIT HQ|UNIT]] hallways as the building collapsed around him.<ref name="Script" /> | ||
* The original script had a scene, set after he was returned to his old body, with the Master as [[Grigori Rasputin]] meeting with Russian [[Prince]] [[Yusopov]], who, in keeping with historical fact, would have "Rasputin" shot and put in a sack by two henchmen to be dumped in the river, only the bullets were not seen hitting.<ref name="Script" /> | * The original script had a scene, set after he was returned to his old body, with the Master as [[Grigori Rasputin]] meeting with Russian [[Prince]] [[Yusopov]], who, in keeping with historical fact, would have "Rasputin" shot and put in a sack by two henchmen to be dumped in the river, only the bullets were not seen hitting.<ref name="Script" /> | ||
**Which would tie back into the Master's lie in the 1996 movie that the Doctor was a famous historical villain like [[Ghengis Khan]]; since the Master later ended up stealing the Doctor's body, validating the claim. | |||
* During the [[Companion Support Group]] scene in the script the laptop was suggested to be for [[Martha Jones]], [[Ryan Sinclair]] or, somehow, [[Jackie Tyler]].<ref name="Script" /> | * During the [[Companion Support Group]] scene in the script the laptop was suggested to be for [[Martha Jones]], [[Ryan Sinclair]] or, somehow, [[Jackie Tyler]].<ref name="Script" /> | ||
* The Thirteenth Doctor's final scene in the script was originally different, with the Doctor sitting rather than standing, and her last lines being switched around, with her final words being, ''"I bet it's going to be brilliant."'', echoing back to her first words ''"Oh, brilliant."'' in [[TV]]: ''[[Twice Upon a Time (TV story)|Twice Upon a Time]]''.<ref>https://www.digitalspy.com/tv/a41748744/doctor-who-jodie-whittaker-final-line-different/</ref><ref name="Script" /> | * The Thirteenth Doctor's final scene in the script was originally different, with the Doctor sitting rather than standing, and her last lines being switched around, with her final words being, ''"I bet it's going to be brilliant."'', echoing back to her first words ''"Oh, brilliant."'' in [[TV]]: ''[[Twice Upon a Time (TV story)|Twice Upon a Time]]''.<ref>https://www.digitalspy.com/tv/a41748744/doctor-who-jodie-whittaker-final-line-different/</ref><ref name="Script" /> | ||
