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*Two major scenes were cut from the episode before broadcast: | *Two major scenes were cut from the episode before broadcast: | ||
:*An extra piece of dialogue on Bad Wolf Bay where the Doctor hands his clone a coral-like piece of the TARDIS, telling him to grow his own. When the clone Doctor protests that it takes thousands of years to grow a TARDIS, DoctorDonna provides him with a faster solution, so that Rose and the cloned Doctor can travel through space "as it should be". This was mentioned in The Doctor's Data section of the Doctor Who Adventures magazine, and in the 398th edition of Doctor Who Magazine, Russell T Davies states that it is perfectly fine to assume that this part of the scene did actually occur. The scene is included on the Series 4 DVD Box Set. (Also if you look closely the clone Doctor is still holding the coral piece in the actual episode.) An interesting note about this scene is that in it The Doctor says 'The Doctor. In the TARDIS. With Rose Tyler. As it should be'. This very closely resembles a line said at the end of Age of Steel by Mickey Smith "Thats the Doctor. In the Tardis. With Rose Tyler". Whether this is intentional or coincidental is unknown. | :*An extra piece of dialogue on Bad Wolf Bay where the Doctor hands his clone a coral-like piece of the TARDIS, telling him to grow his own. When the clone Doctor protests that it takes thousands of years to grow a TARDIS, DoctorDonna provides him with a faster solution, so that Rose and the cloned Doctor can travel through space "as it should be". This was mentioned in The Doctor's Data section of the Doctor Who Adventures magazine, and in the 398th edition of Doctor Who Magazine, Russell T Davies states that it is perfectly fine to assume that this part of the scene did actually occur. The scene is included on the Series 4 DVD Box Set. (Also if you look closely the clone Doctor is still holding the coral piece in the actual episode.) An interesting note about this scene is that in it The Doctor says 'The Doctor. In the TARDIS. With Rose Tyler. As it should be'. This very closely resembles a line said at the end of Age of Steel by Mickey Smith "Thats the Doctor. In the Tardis. With Rose Tyler". Whether this is intentional or coincidental is unknown. | ||
:*An alternate ending. After saying goodbye to Wilf, the Doctor returns to the TARDIS, which dematerializes; in the kitchen, Donna hears the sound and there is a brief look of recognition on her face which she dismisses; in the TARDIS, a scanner begins receiving a strange signal, prompting the Doctor to launch into his traditional "What? What!? What." response, after which two [[Cybus Cybermen]] suddenly rise up behind him - a cliffhanger. Both scenes were included in the Series 4 DVD set released in November 2008; in his commentary, Davies explains that the cliffhanger ending was dropped in response to comments by a writer with ''[[Doctor Who Magazine]]'' who stated a cliffhanger was inappropriate after such a sad series of scenes. In [[REF]]: ''[[Doctor Who: The Writer's Tale|Doctor Who: The Writer's Tale - The Final Chapter]]'', [[Benjamin Cook]] is acknowledged as being the one who convinced Davies to drop the Cybermen cliffhanger. Unlike most deleted scenes from Series 4, it is not possible to retroactively work the "TARDIS piece" and Cyberman cliffhanger sequences into continuity: the Bad Wolf Bay sequence plays out as one long exchange and no room exists to reinstate the discussion about the TARDIS, and the cliffhanger does not coincide with the opening of ''[[The Next Doctor]]'', which shows the Doctor not in peril (this due, per ''The Writer's Tale'', to the opening being changed due to the changing of ''Journey's End's'' ending). It is possible, however, for the scene of Donna recognizing the TARDIS sound to be fit into continuity. | :*An alternate ending. After saying goodbye to Wilf, the Doctor returns to the TARDIS, which dematerializes; in the kitchen, Donna hears the sound and there is a brief look of recognition on her face which she dismisses; in the TARDIS, a scanner begins receiving a strange signal, prompting the Doctor to launch into his traditional "What? What!? What." response, after which two [[Cybus Cybermen]] suddenly rise up behind him - a cliffhanger. Both scenes were included in the Series 4 DVD set released in November 2008; in his commentary, Davies explains that the cliffhanger ending was dropped in response to comments by a writer with ''[[Doctor Who Magazine]]'' who stated a cliffhanger was inappropriate after such a sad series of scenes. In [[REF]]: ''[[Doctor Who: The Writer's Tale|Doctor Who: The Writer's Tale - The Final Chapter]]'', [[Benjamin Cook]] is acknowledged as being the one who convinced Davies to drop the Cybermen cliffhanger. Unlike most deleted scenes from Series 4, it is not possible to retroactively work the "TARDIS piece" and Cyberman cliffhanger sequences into continuity: the Bad Wolf Bay sequence plays out as one long exchange and no room exists to reinstate the discussion about the TARDIS, and the cliffhanger does not coincide with the opening of ''[[The Next Doctor]]'', which shows the Doctor not in peril (this due, per ''The Writer's Tale'', to the opening being changed due to the changing of ''Journey's End's'' ending). It is possible, however, for the scene of Donna recognizing the TARDIS sound to be fit into continuity. | ||
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*This episode marks the first series finale to show a preview of the upcoming Christmas [Special] (2008). After the credits the [[Cybermen]] are said to return in the episode. However the episode is unique for being the only series finale in the Russell T Davies era which doesn't end on a cliffhanger (but see above). | *This episode marks the first series finale to show a preview of the upcoming Christmas [Special] (2008). After the credits the [[Cybermen]] are said to return in the episode. However the episode is unique for being the only series finale in the Russell T Davies era which doesn't end on a cliffhanger (but see above). | ||
[[Image:MickeyJackieSJSWarped.jpg|thumb|Mickey, Jackie and Sarah Jane hide from the Daleks in a shot that demonstrates an effect nicknamed the "[[Graeme Harper|Harper]] treatment".]] | [[Image:MickeyJackieSJSWarped.jpg|thumb|Mickey, Jackie and Sarah Jane hide from the Daleks in a shot that demonstrates an effect nicknamed the "[[Graeme Harper|Harper]] treatment".]] | ||
*[[Graeme Harper]]'s penchant for including a distorted image of a main character is present in this story. Though not included in every single story he's directed for [[BBC Wales]], it's seen often enough to be considered something of a directorial "signature". Similar distortion is achieved through the use of magnifying glasses in ''[[Army of Ghosts]]'', ''[[The Unicorn and the Wasp]]'', and ''[[Utopia (TV story)|Utopia]]'', and with mirrors in ''[[Turn Left]]''. This time, it's Mickey, Jackie and Sarah Jane that get "the Harper treatment" under a curved window. | *[[Graeme Harper]]'s penchant for including a distorted image of a main character is present in this story. Though not included in every single story he's directed for [[BBC Wales]], it's seen often enough to be considered something of a directorial "signature". Similar distortion is achieved through the use of magnifying glasses in ''[[Army of Ghosts]]'', ''[[The Unicorn and the Wasp]]'', and ''[[Utopia (TV story)|Utopia]]'', and with mirrors in ''[[Turn Left]]''. This time, it's Mickey, Jackie and Sarah Jane that get "the Harper treatment" under a curved window. | ||
*This story augments the notion that Time Lords have some measure of control over the regenerative process. as seen in ''[[Last of the Time Lords]]''. In truth, most regenerations have added at least a little to the general mythos about the process. From the notion that a particular physiognomy could be imposed upon the [[Second Doctor]] in ''[[The War Games]]'', details have been added about how the process works almost every time one has been depicted. In this case, writer Russell T Davies builds upon his earlier idea that a Time Lord can re-grow whole body parts during "the first 15 hours" following a regeneration (''[[The Christmas Invasion]]''). Here he suggests that a Time Lord can stop the process prior to entering the final stage, provided that he has a matching genetic receptacle into which he can store the energy. ''However it is not explicitly stated if this method uses up one of the regenerations in the cycle or not due to it not being ''completed''.'' | *This story augments the notion that Time Lords have some measure of control over the regenerative process. as seen in ''[[Last of the Time Lords]]''. In truth, most regenerations have added at least a little to the general mythos about the process. From the notion that a particular physiognomy could be imposed upon the [[Second Doctor]] in ''[[The War Games]]'', details have been added about how the process works almost every time one has been depicted. In this case, writer Russell T Davies builds upon his earlier idea that a Time Lord can re-grow whole body parts during "the first 15 hours" following a regeneration (''[[The Christmas Invasion]]''). Here he suggests that a Time Lord can stop the process prior to entering the final stage, provided that he has a matching genetic receptacle into which he can store the energy. ''However it is not explicitly stated if this method uses up one of the regenerations in the cycle or not due to it not being ''completed''.'' | ||
*When the newly created Doctor discovers he's "part Time Lord, part human" he is shocked and reluctant to admit it. | *When the newly created Doctor discovers he's "part Time Lord, part human" he is shocked and reluctant to admit it. | ||
*The scene where the Daleks are speaking German is possibly a tongue-in-cheek reference to the fact that Terry Nation based the Daleks on the Nazis. | *The scene where the Daleks are speaking German is possibly a tongue-in-cheek reference to the fact that Terry Nation based the Daleks on the Nazis. | ||
*The word "Exterminieren", which the German Daleks use, is not in common use. In the German dubs of the episodes, the word used in "Vernichten" (literally, "Reduce to nothing"; colloquially, "Destroy"). The full dialogue for the German Daleks is as follows: "Exterminieren! Exterminieren! Halt! Sonst werden wir Sie exterminieren! Sie sind jetzt ein Gefangener der Daleks! Exterminieren! Exterminieren!" This translates as: "Exterminate! Exterminate! Stop! Or you will be exterminated. You are a prisoner of the Daleks. Exterminate! Exterminate!" | *The word "Exterminieren", which the German Daleks use, is not in common use. In the German dubs of the episodes, the word used in "Vernichten" (literally, "Reduce to nothing"; colloquially, "Destroy"). The full dialogue for the German Daleks is as follows: "Exterminieren! Exterminieren! Halt! Sonst werden wir Sie exterminieren! Sie sind jetzt ein Gefangener der Daleks! Exterminieren! Exterminieren!" This translates as: "Exterminate! Exterminate! Stop! Or you will be exterminated. You are a prisoner of the Daleks. Exterminate! Exterminate!" | ||
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*The actor credits for Noel Clarke, Camille Coduri, Gareth David-Lloyd and Eve Myles are timed to appear on screen as the respective actors are shown in closeup during the first two scenes. | *The actor credits for Noel Clarke, Camille Coduri, Gareth David-Lloyd and Eve Myles are timed to appear on screen as the respective actors are shown in closeup during the first two scenes. | ||
*The end of this episode being one of the saddest in the history of the programme, it also has one of the largest body counts, with billions of Daleks, a substantial number of humans, possibly the death of Davros and to an extent, Donna. | *The end of this episode being one of the saddest in the history of the programme, it also has one of the largest body counts, with billions of Daleks, a substantial number of humans, possibly the death of Davros and to an extent, Donna. | ||
=== Ratings === | === Ratings === | ||
