Every episode of Doctor Who has much more than meets the eye so I like to put together a little post exploring links to the past and other things you might not have known about!
WARNING: Contains Spoilers
When Psi shows the Teller images of intergalactic criminals we are treated to a host of aliens and characters from the Doctor Who Universe. Here’s a detailed list, in order of appearance in the episode
- A Sensorite (From 1963’s The Sensorites)
- Androvax (From several Sarah Jane Adventures stories)
- The Gunslinger (From 2012’s A Town Called Mercy)
- A Terileptil (From 1982’s The Visitation)
- Captain John Hart (From Torchwood Series 2, played by James Marsters)
- Absolom Daak (From the Doctor Who Magazine comic strip)
- An Ice Warrior (New Series version, from 2013’s Cold War)
- A Slitheen (First appearing in 2005’s Aliens in London/World War Three)
- The Trickster (Sarah Jane’s nemesis in The Sarah Jane Adventures)
The Doctor says “Or we could go to Brighton…”. He has long been a fan of the seaside town and tried to visit in The Horror of Fang Rock (1977) but ended up miles away. Later he got the time wrong when trying to see the opening of the Brighton Pavilion and instead spent some time on the beach in The Leisure Hive (1980). K9 was blown up when hit by sea water.
Memory worms are an important plot point in the episode. The species first appeared in The Snowmen (2012) when Strax had trouble with one.
Ross Mullan plays the Teller and has previously appeared in Doctor Who as a Silent in The Time of the Doctor (2013).
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