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== Notes == | == Notes == | ||
[[File:The Pilot recreated shot.jpg|thumb|The [[Series 10]] opener ''[[The Pilot (TV story)|The Pilot]]'' was carefully structured to explain the plot and setting of this mini-episode. Bill's costume is the same in both episodes, and both feature the same scripted sequence of Bill and the Doctor turning to see a Dalek. In ''The Pilot'', this Dalek is revealed to be [[Heather (The Pilot)|Heather]].]] | |||
* The promo teaser was shot on [[13 April (production)|13 April]] [[2016 (production)|2016]] in a matter of three hours.<ref name="DWMSE" /> | * The promo teaser was shot on [[13 April (production)|13 April]] [[2016 (production)|2016]] in a matter of three hours.<ref name="DWMSE" /> | ||
* The BBC promoted | * The first few seconds are re-used footage from [[TV]]: ''[[Into the Dalek (TV story)|Into the Dalek]]''. | ||
* The BBC promoted this scene as "an exclusive scene from a future episode".<ref name="DWM00">[[DWM 500]]</ref> | |||
* The scene presented was the filmed version of [[Pearl Mackie]]'s audition.<ref name="DWM11">[[DWM 511]]</ref> | * The scene presented was the filmed version of [[Pearl Mackie]]'s audition.<ref name="DWM11">[[DWM 511]]</ref> | ||
* | * This teaser was originally intended as a stand-alone introduction to [[Bill Potts]], but Moffat decided to work it into the plot of the [[Series 10 (Doctor Who)|series 10]] opener [[TV]]: ''[[The Pilot (TV story)|The Pilot]]''. | ||
</ref> | * Originally, all of the dialogue was carried over directly to ''The Pilot''. In a BBC post-interview, Moffat noted that ultimately this "didn't work" because ''Friend from the Future was an introduction to Bill, and the audience was already acquainted with her by this scene. Thus, almost all of the scene was deleted from the final version of the episode. Moffat still noted that he made it clear when the short was meant to take place so that the fans interested in timelines could know "where it fits," and that "[they] could all sleep at night now."<ref>Doctor Who: The Fan Show - The Aftershow Ep 1</ref> | ||
* The | * For the most part, parts of the scene being deleted from ''The Plot'' does not impact the main flow of ''Friend of the Future''. Directly before the scene would take place, [[Heather (The Pilot)|Heather]] faces off against a [[Dalek]]. It is thus implied that most of this mini-episode takes place during this encounter. Part of the Doctor and Bill discussing the Dalek remains in the episode, and all that is cut in-sequence is the Doctor telling Bill that they have to get back to the future, 2017. | ||
* As becomes clear in [[TV]]: ''[[The Pilot (TV story)|The Pilot]]'', Bill and the Doctor are in a [[Dalek-Movellan War|Dalek-Movellan]] [[War zone (The Pilot)|war zone]], where they have fled to free themselves from some [[sentient oil]], who was pursuing Bill through time and space. The Dalek confronting the Doctor and Bill at the end of the clip is retconned in the episode to be the [[Heather (The Pilot)|sentient oil]] disguised as a Dalek. This required to change the Dalek's "humanoids detected" remark into something compatible with the nature and objectives of the sentient oil. | * As becomes clear in [[TV]]: ''[[The Pilot (TV story)|The Pilot]]'', Bill and the Doctor are in a [[Dalek-Movellan War|Dalek-Movellan]] [[War zone (The Pilot)|war zone]], where they have fled to free themselves from some [[sentient oil]], who was pursuing Bill through time and space. The Dalek confronting the Doctor and Bill at the end of the clip is retconned in the episode to be the [[Heather (The Pilot)|sentient oil]] disguised as a Dalek. This required to change the Dalek's "humanoids detected" remark into something compatible with the nature and objectives of the sentient oil. | ||
* Bill wears a t-shirt featuring the inner sleeve artwork of the [[Prince (singer)|Prince]] album {{wi|Purple Rain}}. Coincidentally, the short was broadcast just two days after Prince's death. Pearl Mackie stated this to be entirely coincidental.<ref> https://metro.co.uk/2017/04/06/doctor-whos-pearl-mackie-explains-bill-potts-strange-tribute-to-prince-6557927/</ref> | * Bill wears a t-shirt featuring the inner sleeve artwork of the [[Prince (singer)|Prince]] album {{wi|Purple Rain}}. Coincidentally, the short was broadcast just two days after Prince's death. Pearl Mackie stated this to be entirely coincidental.<ref> https://metro.co.uk/2017/04/06/doctor-whos-pearl-mackie-explains-bill-potts-strange-tribute-to-prince-6557927/</ref> | ||
