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*While housing the Matrix, Idris names herself 'Sexy' in reference to the Doctor calling her 'you sexy thing'. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Eleventh Hour]]'') | *While housing the Matrix, Idris names herself 'Sexy' in reference to the Doctor calling her 'you sexy thing'. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Eleventh Hour]]'') | ||
*The TARDIS says that she likes it when the Doctor calls her "old girl", which the Doctor did numerous times. ([[DW]]: ''[[Planet of the Spiders]]'') | *The TARDIS says that she likes it when the Doctor calls her "old girl", which the Doctor did numerous times. ([[DW]]: ''[[Planet of the Spiders]]'') | ||
*The TARDIS calls the Doctor her "thief", and they discuss how he stole (or "borrowed") her. The Doctor's theft or 'borrowing' of the TARDIS has been referenced in previous television stories, notably ''[[The War Games]]'' and ''[[The Five Doctors]]''. | *The TARDIS calls the Doctor her "thief", and they discuss how he stole (or "borrowed") her. The Doctor's theft or 'borrowing' of the TARDIS has been referenced in previous television stories, notably ''[[The War Games]]'' and ''[[The Five Doctors]]''. However the script twists this by suggesting the TARDIS allowed him to take her. | ||
*The Doctor says that the place they materialise is filled with rift energy, which will enable the TARDIS to power up quickly. ([[DW]]: ''[[Boom Town]]'', ''[[Utopia (TV story)|Utopia]]'') | *The Doctor says that the place they materialise is filled with rift energy, which will enable the TARDIS to power up quickly. ([[DW]]: ''[[Boom Town]]'', ''[[Utopia (TV story)|Utopia]]'') | ||
*While trying (unsuccessfully) to get into the [[The Doctor's TARDIS|TARDIS]], [[The Doctor]] snaps his fingers to gain access. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Forest of the Dead]]'', [[DW]]: ''[[The Eleventh Hour]]'' and [[DW]]: ''[[Day of the Moon]]'') | *While trying (unsuccessfully) to get into the [[The Doctor's TARDIS|TARDIS]], [[The Doctor]] snaps his fingers to gain access. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Forest of the Dead]]'', [[DW]]: ''[[The Eleventh Hour]]'' and [[DW]]: ''[[Day of the Moon]]'') | ||
*[[Ian Chesterton]] was the first to observe of the TARDIS "It's alive!" ([[DW]]: ''[[An Unearthly Child]]'') | *[[Ian Chesterton]] was the first to observe of the TARDIS "It's alive!" ([[DW]]: ''[[An Unearthly Child]]'') | ||
*The [[Third Doctor]] previously travelled using just the TARDIS console. ([[DW]]: ''[[Inferno]]'') | *The [[Third Doctor]] previously travelled using just the TARDIS console. ([[DW]]: ''[[Inferno]]'') | ||
*Idris claims that she's known the Doctor for approximately seven hundred years (the Doctor claimed he was nine hundred nine years old in ''[[The Impossible Astronaut]]''), implying that he stole the TARDIS when he was approximately two hundred nine years old. | *Idris claims that she's known the Doctor for approximately seven hundred years (the Doctor claimed he was nine hundred nine years old in ''[[The Impossible Astronaut]]''), implying that he stole the TARDIS when he was approximately two hundred nine years old. However, the Doctor's age as given in the post-2005 series does not correspond with his age as given in the classic series ([[DW]]: ''[[Time and the Rani]]'') so it's not possible to confirm his exact age when he stole her. | ||
*Idris claims that the Doctor has walked past the "Pull to Open" sign on the TARDIS door for the past seven hundred years. The TARDIS has been using the police box disguise since the events of ''An Unearthly Child'', suggesting that from the Doctor's point of view, seven hundred years have passed since that time. | *Idris claims that the Doctor has walked past the "Pull to Open" sign on the TARDIS door for the past seven hundred years. The TARDIS has been using the police box disguise since the events of ''An Unearthly Child'', suggesting that from the Doctor's point of view, seven hundred years have passed since that time giving, for the first time, a timeline for the Doctor's adventures since then (irregardless of the question of the Doctor's age, the TARDIS' figure can be taken as definitive). | ||
** If the TARDIS has had the police box form for 700 years, and the Doctor has been travelling in her for 700 years, this means the events of ''An Unearthly Child'' occurred not long after the Doctor stole the TARDIS, since she took the form of the police box for the first time when the [[First Doctor]] and [[Susan Foreman|Susan]] arrived in London in 1963. | ** If the TARDIS has had the police box form for 700 years, and the Doctor has been travelling in her for 700 years, this also means the events of ''An Unearthly Child'' occurred not long after the Doctor stole the TARDIS, since she took the form of the police box for the first time when the [[First Doctor]] and [[Susan Foreman|Susan]] arrived in London in 1963. | ||
*Idris is annoyed that the Doctor never reads instructions. The Doctor once admitted he threw the TARDIS instruction manual into a supernova because he disagreed with it. ([[DW]]: ''[[Amy's Choice]]'') | *Idris is annoyed that the Doctor never reads instructions. The Doctor once admitted he threw the TARDIS instruction manual into a supernova because he disagreed with it. ([[DW]]: ''[[Amy's Choice]]'') | ||
*Idris tells Rory to tell the Doctor "The only water in the forest is the river". The significance of these words is revealed in [[DW]]: ''[[A Good Man Goes to War]]''. | *Idris tells Rory to tell the Doctor "The only water in the forest is the river". The significance of these words is revealed in [[DW]]: ''[[A Good Man Goes to War]]''. | ||
