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*The Master seems to be a Scissor Sisters fan. He's singing along to "[[I Can't Decide]]" from their ''Ta-Dah'' album on the flight deck of the Valiant. This segment is absent from the iTunes version of the episode (likely for music licensing reasons). The episode is also cut between the opening credits and the "One year later" subtitle on the iTunes version, for unknown reasons. | *The Master seems to be a Scissor Sisters fan. He's singing along to "[[I Can't Decide]]" from their ''Ta-Dah'' album on the flight deck of the Valiant. This segment is absent from the iTunes version of the episode (likely for music licensing reasons). The episode is also cut between the opening credits and the "One year later" subtitle on the iTunes version, for unknown reasons. | ||
*The sound of the Master's laugh can be heard while a finger with a red painted finger nail picks up the Master's ring. The character who picked up the ring is seen in ''[[The End of Time (TV story)|The End of Time]]''. | *The sound of the Master's laugh can be heard while a finger with a red painted finger nail picks up the Master's ring. The character who picked up the ring is seen in ''[[The End of Time (TV story)|The End of Time]]''. | ||
*Since the programme's revival, this is the first | *Since the programme's revival, this is the first series finale not to feature the [[Dalek]]s (discounting the [[2009 Specials]]). By the same token, every finale up to this point since the series' revival has involved either [[Dalek]]s ''or'' [[the Master]], but never both. The finale of [[Series 6]] was the first to break this streak. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Wedding of River Song]]'') | ||
*The Doctor trying to redeem the Master and the funeral pyre at the end could be a reference to ''Star Wars: Episode VI Return of the Jedi''. Additionally, the Master's ring getting picked up by a laughing, unseen figure is reminiscent of the end of the film ''Flash Gordon''. | *The Doctor trying to redeem the Master and the funeral pyre at the end could be a reference to ''Star Wars: Episode VI Return of the Jedi''. Additionally, the Master's ring getting picked up by a laughing, unseen figure is reminiscent of the end of the film ''Flash Gordon''. | ||
*The Doctor states a desire to take Martha to meet [[Agatha Christie]], foreshadowing ''[[The Unicorn and the Wasp]]'' in which he follows through with this wish, only with Donna Noble. | *The Doctor states a desire to take Martha to meet [[Agatha Christie]], foreshadowing ''[[The Unicorn and the Wasp]]'' in which he follows through with this wish, only with Donna Noble. | ||
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*The episode features the surprise revelation that Jack was once known as the Face of Boe, suggesting that the character encountered in [[DW]]: ''[[The End of the World (TV story)|The End of the World]]'', ''[[New Earth (TV story)|New Earth]]'' and ''[[Gridlock]]'' is in fact a future version of Jack Harkness. Writer Russell T Davies reportedly tried to backpedal from this in the DVD commentary, leading to speculation as to whether this is actually the case. However multiple interviews on DVD and in other media by producer [[Julie Gardner]] and actors David Tennant and John Barrowman have all indicated without ambiguity that Jack is destined to become the Face of Boe. According to Gardner during a panel presentation at the 2008 San Diego Comic Con, Barrowman wasn't aware of the revelation until fairly late in production. | *The episode features the surprise revelation that Jack was once known as the Face of Boe, suggesting that the character encountered in [[DW]]: ''[[The End of the World (TV story)|The End of the World]]'', ''[[New Earth (TV story)|New Earth]]'' and ''[[Gridlock]]'' is in fact a future version of Jack Harkness. Writer Russell T Davies reportedly tried to backpedal from this in the DVD commentary, leading to speculation as to whether this is actually the case. However multiple interviews on DVD and in other media by producer [[Julie Gardner]] and actors David Tennant and John Barrowman have all indicated without ambiguity that Jack is destined to become the Face of Boe. According to Gardner during a panel presentation at the 2008 San Diego Comic Con, Barrowman wasn't aware of the revelation until fairly late in production. | ||
*At the scene where Jack reveals he was called the Face of Boe, several people can be seen in the background taking pictures at the location of the [[Invisible lift|Torchwood lift]]. | *At the scene where Jack reveals he was called the Face of Boe, several people can be seen in the background taking pictures at the location of the [[Invisible lift|Torchwood lift]]. | ||
*This is the 200th television story in the history of Doctor Who. | *This is the 200th television story in the history of Doctor Who. Since the classic series presented TV stories as serials of 2 to 12 episodes, this milestone was not celebrated, as the fact that this is the 200th TV story does not reflect how many actual episodes of the show have been produced. Most fans look to [[DW]]: [[The Stolen Earth]] as a larger milestone, as that marked the 750th episode broadcast of the series. | ||
===Ratings=== | ===Ratings=== | ||
