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* Almost every major enemy since the beginning of the new ''Doctor Who'' series, along with a few from the show's original run, are featured. The list of enemies include the [[Dalek]]s, ([[TV]]: ''[[The Daleks (TV story)|The Daleks]]'') the [[Drahvin]]s, ([[TV]]: ''[[Galaxy 4 (TV story)|Galaxy 4]]'') the [[Cybermen]], ([[TV]]: ''[[The Tenth Planet (TV story)|The Tenth Planet]]'') the [[Auton]]s and the [[Nestenes]], ([[TV]]: ''[[Spearhead from Space (TV story)|Spearhead from Space]]'') the [[Silurian]]s, ([[TV]]: ''[[Doctor Who and the Silurians (TV story)|Doctor Who and the Silurians]]'') the [[Draconian]]s, ([[TV]]: ''[[Frontier in Space (TV story)|Frontier in Space]]'') the [[Sontaran]]s, ([[TV]]: ''[[The Time Warrior (TV story)|The Time Warrior]]'') the [[Zygon]]s, ([[TV]]: ''[[Terror of the Zygons (TV story)|Terror of the Zygons]]'') the [[Terileptil]]s, ([[TV]]: ''[[The Visitation (TV story)|The Visitation]]'') the [[Chelonian]]s, ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Highest Science (novel)|The Highest Science]]'') the [[Slitheen family]], ([[TV]]: ''[[Aliens of London (TV story)|Aliens of London]]'') the [[Roboform]]s, the [[Sycorax]], ([[TV]]: ''[[The Christmas Invasion (TV story)|The Christmas Invasion]]'') the [[Hoix]], ([[TV]]: ''[[Love & Monsters (TV story)|Love & Monsters]]'') the [[Weevil]]s, ([[TV]]: ''[[Everything Changes (TV story)|Everything Changes]]'') the [[Judoon]], ([[TV]]: ''[[Smith and Jones (TV story)|Smith and Jones]]'') the [[Uvodni]], ([[TV]]: ''[[Warriors of Kudlak (TV story)|Warriors of Kudlak]]'') the [[Atraxi]], ([[TV]]: ''[[The Eleventh Hour (TV story)|The Eleventh Hour]]'') and the [[Haemogoth]]s. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Forgotten Army (novel)|The Forgotten Army]]'') Although all of these enemies appeared in the episode, none of the creators received a credit, for example, [[Terry Nation]] was not credited for the creation of the Daleks, same with [[Kit Pedler]] & [[Gerry Davis]] for the Cybermen. | * Almost every major enemy since the beginning of the new ''Doctor Who'' series, along with a few from the show's original run, are featured. The list of enemies include the [[Dalek]]s, ([[TV]]: ''[[The Daleks (TV story)|The Daleks]]'') the [[Drahvin]]s, ([[TV]]: ''[[Galaxy 4 (TV story)|Galaxy 4]]'') the [[Cybermen]], ([[TV]]: ''[[The Tenth Planet (TV story)|The Tenth Planet]]'') the [[Auton]]s and the [[Nestenes]], ([[TV]]: ''[[Spearhead from Space (TV story)|Spearhead from Space]]'') the [[Silurian]]s, ([[TV]]: ''[[Doctor Who and the Silurians (TV story)|Doctor Who and the Silurians]]'') the [[Draconian]]s, ([[TV]]: ''[[Frontier in Space (TV story)|Frontier in Space]]'') the [[Sontaran]]s, ([[TV]]: ''[[The Time Warrior (TV story)|The Time Warrior]]'') the [[Zygon]]s, ([[TV]]: ''[[Terror of the Zygons (TV story)|Terror of the Zygons]]'') the [[Terileptil]]s, ([[TV]]: ''[[The Visitation (TV story)|The Visitation]]'') the [[Chelonian]]s, ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Highest Science (novel)|The Highest Science]]'') the [[Slitheen family]], ([[TV]]: ''[[Aliens of London (TV story)|Aliens of London]]'') the [[Roboform]]s, the [[Sycorax]], ([[TV]]: ''[[The Christmas Invasion (TV story)|The Christmas Invasion]]'') the [[Hoix]], ([[TV]]: ''[[Love & Monsters (TV story)|Love & Monsters]]'') the [[Weevil]]s, ([[TV]]: ''[[Everything Changes (TV story)|Everything Changes]]'') the [[Judoon]], ([[TV]]: ''[[Smith and Jones (TV story)|Smith and Jones]]'') the [[Uvodni]], ([[TV]]: ''[[Warriors of Kudlak (TV story)|Warriors of Kudlak]]'') the [[Atraxi]], ([[TV]]: ''[[The Eleventh Hour (TV story)|The Eleventh Hour]]'') and the [[Haemogoth]]s. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Forgotten Army (novel)|The Forgotten Army]]'') Although all of these enemies appeared in the episode, none of the creators received a credit, for example, [[Terry Nation]] was not credited for the creation of the Daleks, same with [[Kit Pedler]] & [[Gerry Davis]] for the Cybermen. | ||
* People who should have been credited are: [[William Emms]] for the Drahvins, [[Robert Holmes]] for the Autons, the Nestenes and the Sontarans, [[Malcolm Hulke]] for the Silurians and Draconians, [[Robert Banks Stewart]] for the Zygons[[Eric Saward|, Eric Saward]] for the Terileptils, [[Gareth Roberts]] for the Chelonians, [[Phil Gladwin]] for the Uvodni, [[Brian Minchin]] for the Haemogoths and [[Russell T Davies]] for the Slitheen, Roboforms, Sycorax, Hoix, Weeveils and the Judoon. | * People who should have been credited are: [[William Emms]] for the Drahvins, [[Robert Holmes]] for the Autons, the Nestenes and the Sontarans, [[Malcolm Hulke]] for the Silurians and Draconians, [[Robert Banks Stewart]] for the Zygons[[Eric Saward|, Eric Saward]] for the Terileptils, [[Gareth Roberts]] for the Chelonians, [[Phil Gladwin]] for the Uvodni, [[Brian Minchin]] for the Haemogoths and [[Russell T Davies]] for the Slitheen, Roboforms, Sycorax, Hoix, Weeveils and the Judoon. | ||
* In the fairy tale of the Pandorica, the Doctor is not the good wizard. Rather he is a "nameless, terrible thing soaked in the blood of a billion galaxies. The most feared being in all the cosmos...[who would] just drop out of the sky and tear down your world". While the Doctor considers himself non-violent, his [[ | * In the fairy tale of the Pandorica, the Doctor is not the good wizard. Rather he is a "nameless, terrible thing soaked in the blood of a billion galaxies. The most feared being in all the cosmos...[who would] just drop out of the sky and tear down your world". While the Doctor considers himself non-violent, his [[Aliases of the Doctor|name]] means "warrior" in the native tongue of the [[Gamma Forests]], and he is specifically referred to as such in the story of the Pandorica. "There was a goblin or a trickster. Or a warrior." ([[TV]]: ''[[A Good Man Goes to War (TV story)|A Good Man Goes to War]]'') | ||
* This is the first episode to feature an in-narrative use of the [[time vortex]] seen in the [[series 5 (Doctor Who)|series 5]] title sequence. | * This is the first episode to feature an in-narrative use of the [[time vortex]] seen in the [[series 5 (Doctor Who)|series 5]] title sequence. | ||
* The Weevils, Blowfish, and Uvodni are the first aliens originally from a spin-off series to appear in the main show. | * The Weevils, Blowfish, and Uvodni are the first aliens originally from a spin-off series to appear in the main show. | ||
