Doctor Who

Season 5

The Eleventh Hour

1. Caitlin Blackwood, who plays Young Amy Pond, is actually the cousin of Karen Gillan, who plays Amy as an adult. Karen begged producers to cast her young cousin, even though they had never met until the read through
2. Matt Smith walked into a tree for real.
3. One clothing retailer reported that in the month following the airing of this episode in which the Doctor declared that "bow ties are cool," its bow tie sales increased by 94%.
4. In Series 4, Karen Gillan had a guest role in "The Fires of Pompeii" as a Soothsayer, before being cast as The Doctor's new companion, Amy Pond.
5. Steven Moffat set the story in a sleepy English village, because he felt that London had been overused.
6. In the DVD commentary, Steven Moffat said that this was the most difficult script he had ever written (before 2013's The Day of the Doctor), as he had to introduce a new Doctor, a new companion, convince the audience that it was both a new and an old show, and deliver a fast-paced story.
7. The hidden room in Amelia's house was based on Steven Moffat's recurring childhood dream of a nonexistent hidden room in his grandmother's house. Moffat was keen to give the monster a giant eyeball, and commented that the Atraxi's design - a giant eyeball on a star - was easy for children to draw, as he used to draw Doctor Who (1963) monsters as a child.
8. The Doctor's new companion had originally been called Lucy Sparrow, but was changed to Amy Pond.
9. In The Eleventh Hour (#5.1) Amelia Pond suggests that The 11th Doctor eats carrots, which The 11th Doctor replies "Carrots! Are you insane!?!". A nod to the original series, which The 6th Doctor ( Colin Baker ) was forced to drink carrot juice by his companion Melanie Bush ( Bonnie Langford ), in order to improve his health, which The Doctor did not enjoy.
10. Steven Moffat stated in a interview, if David Tennant had not left the series at the end of "The End of Time", the fifth season would had been Tennant's final year in the role and would have started with the TARDIS crashing in Amelia Pond's backyard, a terribly bruised and battered Tenth Doctor staggering out of the TARDIS and is found by Amelia who feeds him fish custard, but is in a bad way. The Tenth Doctor returns to the TARDIS and flies away and returns many years later and is perfectly fine, with no recollection of those events and the fifth season would end with The Tenth Doctor regenerating.
11. The episode introduces a theme arrangement, an unprecedented third by Murray Gold (not counting several other closing-credit and non-series arrangements). A new opening titles sequence is also introduced along with a new logo. Other cosmetic changes as of this episode include a new TARDIS interior design, slight modifications to its exterior, and the introduction of a new sonic screwdriver.
12. Steven Moffat found his way into The Eleventh Doctor's character by tapping into A.A. Milne's "The House at Pooh Corner" - specifically the scene in which Tigger claims to love a variety of foods, only to react with revulsion after being presented with each one.
13. This story reveals that at least some sonic screwdrivers are grown/built by the TARDIS.
14. The opening sequence, in which the Doctor barely hangs onto the crashing TARDIS as it flies over London, was later added to the script to bridge from the conclusion of The End of Time to the TARDIS's crash into Amy's garden. Steven Moffat thought it would be funny if they showed him hanging out of the TARDIS and nearly crashing into London, which would start an episode set in a small town in a big way.
15. The destruction of the sonic screwdriver shortly after the Doctor uses it on the green was achieved with a spark effect concealed inside the screwdriver, activated by an electrical charge that reached the screwdriver by an electrical wire that ran up Matt Smith's sleeve and connected to a receiver. Special effects head Danny Hargreaves then used a remote control to activate the device. Contrary to reports, the effect did not injure Smith.
16. Steven Moffat debated setting the story in his native Scotland. He ultimately decided on England, in keeping with the notion of Amelia as an unconventional girl.
17. The "fish fingers" used for the eleventh Doctors favorite dish, fish fingers and custard (or simply 'fish custard'), were actually cakes, breaded in coconut.
18. Steven Moffat described the story as a comedy of a man whose day keeps getting worse and worse.
19. The TARDIS exterior features the logo of the St John Ambulance, last seen in 1965.
20. The Doctor's point-of-view recall of the activity on the green was accomplished using a technique called Roaming Eye, which involved Anthony Dickenson and Dan Lowe of Partizan Lab taking hundreds of individual photographs which were edited together to comprise the sequence.
21. Like the Third and Eighth Doctors, Eleven takes his new clothes from a hospital.
22. This is the only televised story starring a single incarnation of the Doctor to refer to the number of that incarnation in its title.
23. Adam Smith, was attracted to the "brilliant script" and working with Matt Smith after seeing him on stage. Smith (Adam, not Matt) was asked to direct "the same but make it a bit different - the producers didn't want it to be radically different, but they did want it to be different". The goal was to make it more "cinematic" and magical. Smith took inspiration from E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982) and the work of Tim Burton.
24. After Steven Moffat became the Show-runner or Executive Producer, a decision was made to advance the Doctor's age, which had been given for many years as being 903. During the story "The Time of the Doctor" the 11th Doctor is said to be around 2000 years old and with the twelfth regeneration his age has been set at over 2000, as of the beginning of the eighth season.
25. This episode marks a complete overhaul of the series, with a new Doctor, new companion, new Sonic Screwdriver, new Showrunner, updated intro and theme song, higher production values, and (aside from the David Tennant Specials after season 4) the first season to be filmed in HD.
26. Crack Sightings: The episode begins with Amelia asking Santa to come and fix the crack in her wall, or send a policeman. She subsequently asks The Doctor to fix it. A crack is also visible on one of the TARDIS screens at the end of the episode.
27. This is the second time the Doctor has regenerated in the modern series. On both occasions, after he completed the process he crashed the TARDIS on Earth.
28. Amelia's house was designed to appear "spooky but ordinary" and reminiscent of a castle.
29. This episode takes place in April 1996, in February 2008 and on June 25, 2010.
30. The working title for this episode was The Doctor Returns.
31. Production was hampered by torrential rain, forcing some shots to be curtailed or reimagined.
32. A milestone episode, introducing a new Doctor and companion, this was premiered for the press at a restricted event held at Cineworld in Cardiff on 18th March 2010.
33. Olivia Colman who plays the mother in the hospital stars with past Doctor David Tennant, companion Arthur Darvill and future Doctor Jodie Whittaker in Broadchurch.
34. The building used for Royal Leadworth Hospital was also used for the 1970 Doctor Who serial Spearhead from Space and for the Torchwood episode Sleeper in 2008.
35. Amy Pond first meets The Doctor in 1996. 1996 is the year Doctor Who (1996) was broadcast and also the year, Jon Pertwee (The 3rd Doctor) passed away.
36. The Atraxi broadcasting a warning on all radio, television, and speakers that Prisoner Zero must be turned over to the Atraxi or the Earth will be incinerated is extremely similar to a plot device in Earth vs. the Flying Saucers (1956), and in Douglas Adams' novel "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" where the Vogon construction fleet hijacks every broadcasting device to announce Earth's destruction. Douglas Adams previously wrote Doctor Who mini-series Doctor Who: Shada (2003), as well as serials "The Pirate Planet", "City of Death", and "Destiny of the Daleks".
37. This episode has some similar plot elements to "The Girl in the Fireplace" (#2.4), also written by Steven Moffat.
38. A small sign on the front of the fire engine The Doctor drives reads 'Saxon', a reference to season 3.
39. The Doctor's final confrontation with the Atraxi was inspired by the showdowns in westerns.
40. First appearance of Amy Pond.
41. First appearance of Rory Williams.
42. The cameo role of Doctor Ramsden was at first intended for a male actor.
43. Both Karen Gillan and Arthur Darvill would later star in the television/cinematic universes of Marvel comics and DC comics respectively. Karen Gillan would join the cinematic Marvel comic universe as the evil half robotic Nebula in Guardians of the Galaxy (2014), Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (2017) and Avengers: Infinity War (2018) and Arthur Darvill would join the Arrowverse as rogue time traveler Rip Hunter in DC's Legends of Tomorrow (2016).
44. This is the first science fiction TV show and her second character role for Karen Gillan . As she played a one off charactor in The fires of Pompeii in season 3. 4 years later, Karen Gillan would go on to star as the half robotic Nebula in the Marvel comic book film Guardians of the Galaxy (2014), as well as various following movies in the Marvel Movie Universe.
45. In this, Matt Smith and Karen Gillan's debut, Amy Pond is dressed as a policewoman as part of her job as a Kiss-o-gram, the Atraxi is an extraterrestrial police force, and The TARDIS is disguised on the outside as a police box.
46. Two actors from The Crown played in this episode: Matt Smith who played Prince Philip in seasons 1 & 2 and Olivia Coleman who played the Queen in seasons 3 & 4
47. While young Amelia waits outside for the doctor, a figure can be seen quickly passing inside the house. This was intended to be The Doctor visiting Amelia during the events of The Big Bang, as revealed by Steven Moffat during a commentary over The Eleventh Hour, but was scrapped and not used later in the series.
48. The Doctor meets Amy Pond when she is 7 years old and they encounter the Atraxi. The Doctor returns 12 years later and meets Amy again as a young woman, not realizing he had been gone for years. After The Doctor defeats Prisoner Zero and confronts the Atraxi, The Doctor leaves again and returns 2 years later for Amy, again not realizing he'd been gone for longer than the "5 minutes" he promised. This bears some similarities to Doctor Who: The Girl in the Fireplace (2006), also written by Steven Moffat, in that The Doctor meets Reinette at multiple ages, leaves, and returns much later than he promised.
49. Amelia's Aunt didn't really leave her home alone, Amelia's parents were erased by the crack on the wall while she was out.

The Beast Below

1. When Amy and Mandy arrive at the "hole", a sign can be seen above the workman's tent that says "Magpie Electricals", a reference to the season 2 episode Doctor Who: The Idiot's Lantern (2006), which features a shop by the same name selling electrical devices (esp. televisions), and its owner, Mr. Magpie (Ron Cook).
2. First appearance of Winston Churchill.
3. Steven Moffat cited this as his least-favourite among the episodes he wrote, describing it as "a bit of a mess".
4. Crack Sighting: On the shell of the Starship UK.
5. The set for the whale's tongue was challenging for both the art department and the actors. With guidance from the stunt co-ordinator, Matt Smith and Karen Gillan were required to slide down a short slide before dropping six feet. Gillan stated that this was the "most bizzare" moment of filming for her.
6. Many of logos used on board the Starship UK parody the BBC logo and idents used in the early 1960s.
7. For the opening scene in which the Doctor holds Amy's ankle while she is suspended in space, Karen Gillan was hoisted on wires above the TARDIS prop in front of a greenscreen while a wind machine created the effects of being in space.
8. In the original script, The Doctor and Liz 10 did not meet properly until she rescued him and Amy in the overspill pipe.
9. A cut line would have stated there were other nation-ships and there used to be travel between them, but that Starship UK sealed off its 'borders' several decades ago.
10. Sophie Okonedo had provided the voice of companion Alison Cheney in the animated webcast Doctor Who: Scream of the Shalka (2003), opposite Richard E. Grant as a putative Ninth Doctor.
11. Karen Gillan put in some of her own wonder at the set into Amy's actions when she admires the street for the first time.
12. This is currently the last episode to feature the "Middle Eight" in the closing credits.
13. This episode takes place in 3295 and 1941.
14. When Amy asks the Doctor whether he had run away from something because he was scared and what had happened, he answered with a 'hello'. This is reference to the events leading up to the 10th regeneration, as the 10th Doctor told the Ood at the beginning of 'The End of Time Part One' that he was basically running around having fun before he would die
15. Entire cities and the bedrock they were built on traveling through deep space. That idea was central to the James Blish "Cities in Flight" series of novels written in the 1950s.
16. Mandy Tanner was born in 3283.
17. Liz X mentions that The Doctor had "tea and scones with Liz II" Matt Smith who plays The Doctor, played Prince Phillip in The Crown (2016). Prince Phillip is the husband of Liz II. She also mentions how "Vicky was a bit on the fence" about the Doctor. In Victoria (2016) Queen Victoria is played by Jenna Coleman who played a companion of Matt Smith's Doctor. Clara Oswald.

Victory of the Daleks

1. Near the end of the episode, Amy asks the Doctor "So, you have enemies, then?". This is the first part of a famous quote by Winston Churchill: "So, you have enemies, then? Good. That means that you stood up for something, once in your life."
2. A couple of times during the episode the Doctor flashes a V sign. This is a favorite pose of Matt Smith on red carpets. During WW II, that sign was actually a V for Victory sign, often used by Churchill himself, among others.
3. Crack Sighting: On the wall behind the TARDIS right after she takes off.
4. Churchill's line that "If Hitler invaded hell, I would give the devil a good reference" is an inaccurate version of a remark by Winston Churchill in Parliament in reference to Stalin after Hitler invaded the Soviet Union "If Hitler invaded Hell, I would make at least a favourable reference to the devil in the House of Commons.'
5. When Mark Gatiss wrote the first draft of the episode Matt Smith had not been cast as the Doctor. Gatiss wrote this early draft for a generic Doctor, though Steven Moffat commented it sounded like Jon Pertwee and Gatiss agreed. Once Smith had been cast, Gatiss watched Party Animals (2007), as well as anything else Smith was in that he could find. Gatiss used these to "download [his] speech patterns" and examine his energy and phrasing.
6. In Doctor Who: The Power of the Daleks: Episode Two (1966) and following parts the Daleks had a similar ploy, proclaiming "I am your servant!", and Doctor Who: The Power of the Daleks: Episode Four (1966) also ended with the Dalek proclamation, "We are the new race of Daleks!"
7. This episode holds the record for the most Dalek props (with the exception of CGI, cutouts, toys and other illusions) used in a single story, with no less than eight Dalek models on-screen at the same time.
8. Mark Gatiss originally wanted there to be a green Dalek, but he decided that green "just doesn't seem to work somehow". A black Dalek was also rejected.
9. The phrase "Broadsword calling Danny Boy" is taken from the World War II film Where Eagles Dare (1968), starring Richard Burton, who played Major John Smith.
10. The raising of the Union Flag on the roof after the Daleks leave is the image of the raising of the U.S flag on Iwo Jima.
11. This is the first Dalek episode of the new series to not show any Daleks in flight.
12. The line where Amy Pond tells Bracewell that he's done well for a Paisley-boy is quite likely a reference to Steven Moffat, who took the role of Executive Producer for this season, and hails from Paisley.
13. A scene cut from the final episode explained how The Doctor and Churchill had known each other for a while.
14. Originally, the episode would have concluded with The Doctor and Amy watching Bracewell enter the post office about which he had reminisced, and the crack in time would have been revealed on the wall of a nearby cottage in front of which the TARDIS had materialised.
15. Terry Nation, the writer who created the Daleks, has said he consciously based them on the Nazis. Interestingly, in this episode we see the Daleks fight directly against the Nazis.
16. The Spitfire flown by "Danny Boy" is marked JE-J, which was the later WWII personal aircraft of Air Vice Marshal James Edgar "Johnnie" Johnson CB,CBE,DSO, DFC when he became Wing Commander of 144 Wing (Canadian).
17. This is the only episode in which the episode's writer appears on screen.
18. The Dalek model on the "spotter" table appears to be a Character Options Dalek toy painted grey, likely the "mutant reveal" Dalek figurine with the removable front given the visible separation lines on the front of the model.
19. Steven Moffat inspired by a visit he made with his sons, Joshua and Louis, to the Cabinet War Rooms which had been Churchill's base of operations during World War II and were now a museum. For added variety, he decided that Churchill and the Doctor should already be old friends.
20. This episode had the working titles of The Dalek Project and The Dalek Tea Party.
21. This episode takes place in 1941.
22. The term for the Daleks, "Bracewell's Ironsides," is likely derived from the actual "Hobart's Funnies" of the 79th Armoured Division of the British Army in World War II. They were Sherman and Churchill tanks modified with various unusual devices such as mine-clearing flails, flamethrowers, and bulldozers. These were named after the division's commander, Major General Percy Hobart, and were used in the Normandy campaign.
23. When the Doctor is telling Winston Churchill that the Daleks are dangerous, Churchill says "When I rang you a month ago, I must admit, I had my doubts. The Ironsides seemed too good to be true." The Doctor response by saying "Yes! Right! So destroy them! EXTERMINATE THEM!" The last line he says is what the Daleks say before they exterminate someone, making him sound like a Dalek.
24. Matt Smith would later go on to starting as Prince Philip in The Crown, where Winston Churchill is played by John Lithgow in season 1.
25. Mark Gatiss: The spitfire pilot.

The Time of Angels

1. Matt Smith actually bit Karen Gillan's hand on several takes to provoke a proper reaction.
2. This was the first episode of Series Five to be shot, and therefore the first episode featuring Matt Smith and Karen Gillan.
3. The first mention of the Headless Monks.
4. In the pod when River Song is showing the recorded film of the Weeping Angel, early in the scene a sealed suit helmet can be seen that is at least the same make/model used by Professor Song and her party in the series 4 episodes Doctor Who: Silence in the Library (2008) and Doctor Who: Forest of the Dead (2008).
5. The Doctor ripping the strap off the ceiling of one of the small ships was originally an accident; the producers liked the idea so much that they filmed Matt Smith doing it again.
6. In the script it was not written in that River would land on the Doctor when she flew into the TARDIS. It was an idea that Matt Smith came up with in rehearsal that proved difficult to film.
7. Most of the Weeping Angels are not statue props but young women wearing masks, costumes, and paint that took two to three hours to apply. Adam Smith called them "an absolute nightmare to film with" because it took a long time for them to get ready and they had to stand still for long periods of time.
8. The episode ran short in its original cut because high tides at the beach location forced the abandonment of about three scripted pages - including the scene which had been used to audition Karen Gillan for the part of Amy Pond. In its place, Steven Moffat inserted the scene where River flies the TARDIS, filmed as a pick-up.
9. One question commonly asked by fans regarding "Blink" was why Sally Sparrow and Larry Nightingale did not try closing one eye at a time to keep the Weeping Angels at bay. When the Angel is attacking Amy, she tries this, but remarks on how difficult it actually is.
10. The key on the top row of the Tardis keyboard panel (visible briefly in a close-up) is red and labeled "PANIC".
11. During its airing in some parts of England, an animated advert for the talent show Over the Rainbow began playing over the cliffhanger. This sparked complaints to the BBC, who later apologised.
12. Steven Moffat used Aliens (1986) as a basis for an action-orientated sequel to "Blink".
13. Wet conditions constantly plagued the shoot during the crew's stay in Puzzlewood, forcing considerable rescheduling. One consequence was that Stephen Walters could not complete his scenes as the Cleric Crispin, and so many of his lines were shared between Crispin's colleagues Marco, Pedro and Phillip instead. Another rewrite saw Steven Moffat give the Doctor a line to explicitly acknowledge the incessant rain.
14. In her first appearance, River asks the Tenth Doctor if he recalled the crash of the Byzantium, which created a continuity error in "The Husbands of River Song" when her photos of the Doctor's incarnations correctly placed them in chronological order, implying that she would be aware that this adventure took place with the Eleventh Doctor and not the Tenth. However, David Tennant briefly considered returning for one more season before electing to give up the role, and had he done so, he would have appeared in this story, making River's comments more plausible.
15. One of the clerics is named "Bob" and this is called a 'sacred name'. This may be a reference to the real life religion Church of the SubGenius.
16. Although Steven Moffat created River Song, Alex Kingston had been as cast in the role by Russell T. Davies.
17. At one point, Bob shot one of the statues because he thought it looked at him. All the statues turned out to be Weeping Angels, so the statue probably did look at Bob.
18. This episode takes place in the 51st Century.
19. This episode breaks the rules setup in Blink. The angels can see each other so they shouldn't be able to move. This is especially true when they are all attacking the door.
20. When the Angels using the voices of dead Clerics speak over the radio to lure other Clerics, they each repeatedly use the phrase, "Come and see." This is a direct quote from the Book of Revelations, Chapter 6, spoken by an "angelic" being.
21. River Song makes a comment about the TARDIS's trademarked shrill, grinding noise when it is in motion. She notes that the TARDIS is not supposed to make this noise, and is in fact a result of the Doctor forgetting to turn off the emergency breaks throughout the centuries. This may be a nod to Peter Cushing's Doctor Who movies -- the only incarnation of the TARDIS to not featuring that noise when traveling. Apparently the Cushing Doctor is the only one to remember to turn off the E-breaks.

Flesh and Stone

1. The blue in Amy's bedroom was an idea of Adam Smith to show that it was inspired by the TARDIS from Amy's encounter with the Doctor when she was young.
2. The Doctor's gesture indicating Rory's long nose wasn't in the script. This two-parter was actually the first episodes filmed, before Arthur Darvill had acted on the show, but after he'd been cast. Matt Smith and Darvill were already old friends, so Smith already knew about Darvill's honker and improvised.
3. Steven Moffat came up with the concept for this two-parter when he was thinking of the worst possible situations to be in with the Weeping Angels and thought of the inability to see. His first idea was blindness, though this developed into the situation that Amy ends up in.
4. Towards the end of his tenure as showrunner, Steven Moffat admitted that he should not have played the scene where Amy tries to seduce the Doctor "for laughs". He admitted that this was the one thing about his era would change.
5. According to Steven Moffat on the 30 March 2010 edition of the BBC Radio 4 programme, Front Row, the title of this episode was supplied by his son, Joshua.
6. Matt Smith had difficulty saying: "the forest is full of angels", instead he said: "the angel is full of forests". There's even a t-shirt in existence showing the phrase.
7. This episode takes place in the 51st Century.
8. Ian Glen stars in Game of Thrones, his character is touched by a "stonemen" and slowly is watching his skin turn into stone. Here in Flesh and Stone, the men , the soldiers under his command are turning into stone angels around him.
9. In the extra scene included on the DVD as Amy quizzes the Doctor inside the TARDIS about his previous female companions, a montage flashes up on the screen of the women. For some reason, the first ever companion, Susan is left out, (possibly because she is the Doctor's granddaughter) but also omits Nyssa, Melanie, Ace and a couple of others. What makes it odd is that Romana 1 is shown three times, despite only being in one season and far from a beloved companion.
10. After the Doctor leaves with River and Octavian to find the primary flight deck, the Doctor returns for a moment to speak with Amy and his behavior and appearance is completely different (Jacket, rolled-up sleeves, different watch, etc). Prior to the airing of Doctor Who: The Big Bang (2010), this was put down to a continuity error, but speculation was correct, and it is explained in the series five finale.
11. In the climactic scene Karen Gillan had to walk with her eyes closed, which she said was difficult and challenging as the ground was uneven and muddy. She stated that "it was the most scary thing" when she had to trip over a step and fall, even though she was aware of the crash mat. As she was not able to express herself through her eyes, Gillan had to make herself more animated to convey emotion.
12. This is the second appearance of The Weeping Angels. There are possibly hundreds in the maze. This is the first time the Angels have been able to move when other Angels can see them.
13. In "The Wedding of River Song"(S6 Ep13) At the End River turns up in the Ponds house saying "I just crawled out of the Byzantium". So from Rivers Point of View the events of this two parter happen after she has "Killed the Doctor" but before she goes to see Amy.
14. The scene in which the Doctor, Amy and River are horizontal in mid-air when the gravity field fails on the Byzantium was achieved by using wires and powerful wind machines.

The Vampires of Venice

1. Toby Whithouse wanted to emphasise the amount of danger the Doctor puts people in, which is pointed out by Rory in the episode. He believed that the companions over time developed the same mentality as the Doctor in running towards the danger, and so Rory was a great opportunity to question that.
2. When the Doctor reaches to show his Psychic paper to the five female vampires, he accidentally shows his "library card" instead, which clearly has the picture of his "first" incarnation as a picture i.d. (as played by William Hartnell)
3. Helen McCrory's costume was designed to be similar to her alien creature to make the transition smooth. McCrory was coached to move like a fish, which she pursued diligently.
4. Each pair of teeth for the vampires was unique and moulded to their mouths. They were hard to speak with and Alex Price's lines were re-voiced, though he commented he got "quite good" at speaking with them.
5. In the original script a big monster rose out of the water in Isabella's death scene, but this would have been too expensive and Steven Moffat was forced to ask Toby Whithouse to make it "invisible".
6. This episode was filmed in Trogir, Croatia.
7. The photograph on the Doctor's library card is of William Hartnell, the first Doctor.
8. The Doctor says he doesn't want to run into Casanova. David Tennant, the previous Doctor, played Casanova in the minisseries Casanova (2005), which was written by Russell T. Davies. Helen McCrory played Casanova's mother in the movie starring Heath Ledger.
9. The script was originally too long, and as a result many sequences had to be cut, some even after they had been filmed. These included a fight scene with the Doctor and Rosanna's steward, a longer fight sequence between Rory and Francesco, and some dialogue between the Doctor and Amy following the climax.
10. It was Steven Moffat's idea for Guido to trade clothes with Rory. Toby Whithouse was against as he thought Guido was a "tragic character", but he eventually thought the sight of the character in Rory's stag party T-shirt was funny.
11. Many of the costumes in the episode were taken from artwork from the 15th and 16th centuries. This included veils that women wore, which were used for the vampire girls.
12. The chamber in which the girls were taken to be turned into the Saturnynians was bathed in a green light to suggest alien technology and also ease the brief glimpse of Rosanna's true form. The cinematographer accomplished this despite the low ceilings. Parts of this scene were cut due to censorship issues for being "too scary"
13. Working titles for this episode included "Blood And Water" and "The House Of Calvierri". Mark Gatiss suggested the final title, inspired by the song 'Werewolves in London' by Warren Zevon.
14. Isabella's scream at the end of the opening scene originally went into the title sequence. However, Jonny Campbell thought that the next two scenes had "soft endings" that would not work well right after each other. As a result, the title sequence was moved to after the scene of the Doctor crashing Rory's stag party, which Toby Whithouse described as a "fun scene" and a unique opening to the titles.
15. When discussing the script with Toby Whithouse, Helen McCrory thought that she should hurt Amy at some point and it was added that she bites Amy while she is in the chamber.
16. Several aspects of the episode had to be compromised due to budget constraints. The true form of the aliens could only be shown for a few seconds each as it was very expensive to do, and these shots were spread throughout the episode.
17. This episode takes place in 1580 and on June 25, 2010.
18. Steven Moffat chose Toby Whithouse to write this episode based on his work on Being Human (2008).
19. Toby Whithouse wanted a "comic thread" to "dilute" the plot and character developments. He also noted that it was difficult to capture Guido's "tragic" character in the running time.
20. Like the last doctor with his blue and brown suit this one wears blue or reddish braces and bow tie when he travels to the past or the future.
21. In the original script, Amy and Rory cornered Francesco after suspecting him of killing a villager and Francesco climbed up the wall. Toby Whithouse thought this would be a relatively easy stunt, but was told it would be too hard to accomplish and Whithouse revised it to when Francesco simply runs away.
22. The flower vendor was originally named Bianca.
23. In this episode, Helen McCrory and Alex Price play mother and son as Rosanna and Francesco. They also indirectly played another mother/son duo in Harry Potter universe. In the films, McCrory plays Narcissa Malfoy, and in the sequel based play Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Price plays Draco Malfoy, son of Narcissa.
24. Toby Whithouse initially had an idea in which the Doctor becomes trapped in a labyrinth which looks like a kitschy hotel. However, Steven Moffat and executive producer Piers Wenger became concerned that this was too similar to the maze in "The Time Of Angels". The storyline was put on hold, and Whithouse would later revive it as "The God Complex".

Amy's Choice

1. The old age home in the episode has a big sign reading "Sarn", which is also the name of a planet visited by the Fifth Doctor in "Planet of Fire".
2. Karen Gillan had to wear a latex prosthetic stomach bump for the scenes which depicted Amy as pregnant. She claimed it made her feel more mature and act ridiculously, and cited it as her favourite part of filming the series.
3. The box under the TARDIS console the Doctor opens has the words: "TARDIS. Time And Relative Dimension In Space. Build Site: Gallifrey Blackhole Shipyard. Type 40. Build date: 1963. Authorised for use by qualified Time Lords only by the Shadow Proclamation. Misuse or theft of any TARDIS will result in extreme penalties and permanent exile." written on it. This is also written on a plaque on the console itself, as shown in the TARDIS tour on the BBC website.
4. In the dreams, the Doctor wears both variations of his outfit. He wears the teal version in Upper Leadworth and his maroon version in the TARDIS.
5. The Eknodine was inspired by Simon Nye's childhood fear of old people. However, he made clear that he did not intend to make children scared of their grandparents.
6. This is the first story of Series 5 not to have any cracks, silence or direct foreshadowing of the finale.
7. The working title for this episode was The Dream Lord.
8. Despite a persistent fan theory that the Dream Lord is actually the Master, Simon Nye has since officially confirmed the rumour is false.
9. Arthur Darvill wore a wig for the aged Rory, which was trimmed to look "more masculine" and pulled back in a ponytail.
10. Nainby was the surname of one of Simon Nye's contemporaries at Collyer's School, Horsham.
11. The Eknodine were CGI and the scenes were simply filmed with the actors opening their mouths.
12. The box located on the Tardis under the console about the construction of the TARDIS and the build date of 1963 is obviously in error. The original story is that the doctor stole the Tardis from a repair lot many years before we meet him in 1963. It was in for repair of mechanical problems, which the doctor never actually fixed and continued to have problems with throughout the series.
13. Total Recall (1990) is considered an influence behind (#5.7). Total Recall (1990) is about a man who begins to question reality and if traveling to the planet Mars and everything that is happening around him is happening for real or a dream. The Doctor, Amy and Rory are forced to question reality as The Dream Lord is testing them and is forcing them to decide which is the real world and which is the dream.
14. Technically, the entire episode took place in the TARDIS.
15. The scene in which Rory hits Eknodine-inhabited Mrs Hamil with a plank was filmed first of all with Arthur Darvill missing actress Joan Linder, and then again with Linder's stunt double, whom he was allowed to hit. There was only one prop of the plank, and fortunately all the necessary shots were completed before Darvill accidentally broke it.
16. The scene which Rory dies and Amy saying to The Doctor "What is the point of you?" because The Doctor cannot bring him back mirrors a similar scene in Torchwood: End of Days (2007) which Rhys Williams (Kai Owen) dies and Gwen Cooper (Eve Myles) furiously lashes out at Jack Harkness (John Barrowman) and says to him "What is the fucking point of you?" because Jack cannot save Rhys due to the destruction of the resurrection gauntlet.
17. In the later story Doctor Who: The Girl Who Waited (2011) Rory is forced by The Doctor to choose which version of Amy Pond he wants because The Doctor lied to Amy, Older Amy and himself about the TARDIS withstanding the paradox of two versions of Amy Pond and that only one version of Amy go aboard the TARDIS.
18. If the "Upper Leadworth"-dream would've been real, this episode would've taken place in 2015.
19. Amy being pregnant, which is later revealed to be untrue is a strong foreshadowing of the following season. In Doctor Who: The Almost People (2016) Amy is revealed to be pregnant and in the story's cliffhanger, she gives birth to her and Rory's daughter Melody.

The Hungry Earth

1. The Doctor first encountered the Silurians in "Doctor Who and the Silurians". During that episode the Silurians released a virus designed to kill the human population of Earth; they were ultimately stopped when U.N.I.T. destroyed the underground cave system they lived in.
2. The Doctor first reveals sonic screwdriver's weakness with wood in Doctor Who: Silence in the Library (2008). In the same story he later mentions some hair dryers could also pose a problem for it.
3. For the scene in which Amy is dragged underneath the ground, Karen Gillan stood on boxes and lowered herself into a stone compartment. Two pieces of rubber were at the opening of the compartment which expanded as she lowered herself down. A layer of soil was spread across the rubber; Gillan's ears were taped over to make sure the soil did not enter her ears. Gillan, initially scared at performing the stunt, put some of her fear and claustrophobia into the scene as she expected Amy felt the same way.
4. The completed episode had a running time of sixty minutes, requiring over fifteen minutes of footage to be removed to fit its broadcast slot. Much was originally made of the fact that the Discovery Drilling Project was under pressure from its financial backers to reach greater depths more quickly.
5. Steven Moffat dispensed with the Silurians' third eye, which he felt was now associated with Davros. In its place, Chris Chibnall conceived the whiplike tongue with which the new Silurians could poison their enemies.
6. Originally, Mo and Amy were to be stripped down to their underwear before being dissected. This was removed as "too adult".
7. In the early stages of production, the new Silurians' masks were intended to be quite similar to the originals, only with green scales.
8. Matt Smith celebrated his twenty-seventh birthday during the filming of this episode.
9. In some novels, the Silurians are referred to as Earth Reptiles. One novel referred to Indigenous Terrans as any sentient life from Earth.
10. One major story element that was ultimately excised from the script was a new monster called the Armasaurs, armadillo-like dinosaurs which would emerge from the Silurians' shafts to abduct people. Due to budget constraints, it was replaced with the bioprogrammed quicksand.
11. Steven Moffat chose Chris Chibnall to write this two-parter based on the strength of the episodes he wrote for Torchwood (2006) - Torchwood: Adrift (2008), Torchwood: Fragments (2008) and Torchwood: Exit Wounds (2008).
12. A deleted scene depicted Amy discussing with the Doctor how she had seen herself with Rory ten years in the future, and if that would really happen.
13. The church featured in this story is St Gwynno's Church in Llanwonno, Wales.
14. Doctor Who: Frontios: Part One (1984), also featured creatures pulling people through the Earth below. Those creatures, the Tractators, are not related to ones in this episode.
15. Two of the Silurian names were corruptions of Doctor Who (1963) personnel who had worked during the Jon Pertwee years: Malohkeh for Malcolm Hulke and Restac for Terrance Dicks.
16. For research, Chris Chibnall read the original novel Doctor Who and the Cave Monsters and watched the original serial, noting the freedom writer Malcolm Hulke took with the novel in things he could not have done in the television format.
17. Chris Chibnall also considered bringing back the Silurians' amphibious cousins the Sea Devils, but decided that doing two races of monster was much tougher and the story was "so clearly about the Silurians and what the Silurians want".
18. The working title for this episode was The Ground Beneath Their Feet.
19. This episode takes place in 2020, however the Covid-19 pandemic is never referenced. This would be because the episode was released in 2010
20. Chris Chibnall echoed classic imagery from the Jon Pertwee era: the Discovery Drilling Project was reminiscent of the eponymous experiment in Season Seven's Inferno while the force field the Silurians created around Cwmtaff was much like the heat shield around Devil's End in the Season Eight finale The Daemons. Chibnall also suggested that the Silurian guns could bear a marked resemblance to those wielded by the Sea Devils.
21. The book Mo begins to read before he is attacked is 'The Gruffalo' by Julia Donaldson. The age range for the book is 4-8yrs.
22. This is the first episode which does not confirm who originally created the enemy since the revival.
23. There was phrase used in Frontios about the earth being hungry, which also had people being sucked into the ground.
24. The audio visuals story Endurance where Nick Briggs plays the Doctor is a story not too dissimilar from this two part story.
25. The Doctor is reunited with his old companion Jo Grant in The Sarah Jane Adventures: Death of the Doctor: Part 2 (2010) (The Sarah Jane Adventures: Season 4, Episode 5). He tells her that her thirteenth grandchild will be dyslexic and will be a great swimmer.

Cold Blood

1. The Doctor asks the Silurian scientist if he has any celery. This refers to the habit of the Fifth Doctor, who always wore a sprig of celery. The celery was a cure for several poisons that affect Time Lords.
2. The actors portraying Silurians in previous stories didn't wear masks. The masks here helped save time and money since the actors wearing masks didn't require as much time in make-up.
3. In earlier stories featuring Silurians they had a third eye which had several abilities. They could use it to generate heat to dig through cave walls, operate their technology, and defend themselves. Steven Moffat omitted the Silurians' third eye because he feared they looked too similar to Davros.
4. The first time the Doctor met the Silurians their hibernation was disturbed by the construction of a particle accelerator deep beneath the earth's surface.
5. This episode presents the point of history in their timeline when the moon was captured by Earth's gravity. In the real world, a more accepted theory is that the moon was created not long after the Earth itself. It's thought a very large object impacted the recently formed Earth and the debris from the collision coalesced and formed the moon.
6. Amy and Mo's discovery that the Silurians have kidnapped a menagerie of modern animals, including a dog owned years earlier by Tony Mack was cut for time.
7. This episode takes place in 2020.
8. The Silurian doctor as well as one of the humans uses the term dissection as cutting open the specimens , but it is actually vivisection on a live specimens. Dissection is for corpse and dead objects/creatures.
9. Karen Gillan called Rory's death scene "incredibly challenging" for her to perform and tried to make it "truthful and believable".
10. This is the first appearance of the Silurians having a long tongue that could inject venom.
11. The Doctor holds his sonic screwdriver vertically upright to disarm the Silurians, reminiscent of his older sonic screwdriver models. He was last seen to hold it like this in "Utopia".
12. Dropped in editing was an extensive conversation about faith between Rory and Alaya, which would have foreshadowed Rory's fate at the end of the story.
13. A deleted segment from the scene in which the Silurians are marching the Doctor and Nasreen to the court hall had The Doctor saying that the "last time I was executed it really put a blight on the day."

Vincent and the Doctor

1. Bill Nighy was asked to play The Doctor in the revived series but passed saying the role "had too much baggage".
2. After the broadcast in the UK, a special announcement broadcasting a suicide prevention number was made.
3. Richard Curtis wanted to call the episode The Eyes That See the Darkness, but Steven Moffat wanted an explicit reference to Vincent in the title.
4. The self-portrait of Vincent is not an exact replica; it is altered slightly to resemble Tony Curran, the actor who plays Vincent. This painting would later show up as an image in an historical archive in the episode "Smile".
5. Bill Nighy filmed his key cameo in a day.
6. Richard Curtis had been fascinated by the life of Vincent Van Gough. Though it was a subject he knew "quite a lot" about, he still read a 200-page biography of Van Gogh, which was more research than he normally would have done if working on other projects; he took Van Gogh very seriously. As such, he wanted to be "truthful rather than cruel" and refused to write any jokes about Van Gogh's ears after he famously cut one of them off.
7. The information the printer gives The Doctor on the Krafayis is as follows: Krafayis (kra-fay-iss) Summary: Planet of origin UncertainSocial structure: Nomadic pack animals.Strict dominance hierarchy.Huge territories, several solar systems wide.Preferred Habitat: Planets with oxygen and nitrogen based atmospheres.
8. The first two images that the Doctor gets out of the printer after testing it on himself are of William Hartnell and Patrick Troughton the first and second Doctor respectively.
9. The scene with The Doctor, Amy and Vincent lying in a field was inspired by the painting Starry Night.
10. The accordion player in the bar is clearly playing a version of 'I Am The Doctor' from the Series Five soundtrack.
11. Richard Curtis' daughter Scarlett suggested that the Krafayis (originally spelt "Crafayis") could be spotted by the Doctor in van Gogh's 1890 painting The Church At Auvers.
12. The producers have stated that they cast someone as high profile as Bill Nighy for such a small part was because they needed the audience to listen to what the character said (which in this case were important biographical information about Vincent Van Gogh).
13. Vincent asks Amy if she is Dutch, even though she has a strong Scottish accent. This is not a mistake by Vincent but a result of the Tardis translation matrix. Not only does it translate language so that The Doctor and his companions can understand, but so they can be understood. Hence Vincent being Dutch, hears his native tongue.
14. After the Doctor identifies the ketchup/catch-up light, as Amy points out the mustard/mustered button and the camera changes focus, another part of the console becomes in focus revealing a Magpie Electricals element: "Type V 310-A AC or DC Mains Receiver / for use on 200/250 V. 50 - AC supply or DC supply / Maximum power consumption 180 Watts".
15. Scenes set in Provence were filmed on location in Trogir, Croatia in the same production block as "The Vampires of Venice".
16. Due to time constraints, several scenes were cut. These included several scenes involving Madame Vernet - the mother of the slain Giselle - as well as the revelation that the Doctor knows of the Krafayis from a book of scary stories he read as a child on Gallifrey. The latter plot strand would have caused the Doctor to be jittery throughout his time in Auvers, and would also have presaged the climactic revelation about the Krafayis' handicap, since the book was titled Blind Fury.
17. Vincent Van Gogh only sold one painting to his brother Theo in his entire lifetime, not as Bill Nighy's character states "sister of a friend".
18. When writing the script, Richard Curtis put up prints of Van Gogh paintings around the house as well as a board with index cards outlining the plot.
19. Richard Curtis asked Steven Moffat to criticise "anything and everything" and later said he was very honest. Moffat told Curtis that it needed to "start quicker" and that the meeting with the Doctor and Vincent was "dull" and needed to be something "cute" like Curtis had done in his films. He also noted that the Doctor did not talk as much as Curtis had written and recommended Curtis watch some episodes to see he was "rather efficient in the way that he talked".
20. Richard Curtis previously executive-produced Comic Relief: Doctor Who - The Curse of Fatal Death (1999), which was written by Steven Moffat.
21. At least two paintings, Starry Night(not to be confused with Starry Night Over the Rhone) and Almond Blossoms, are actually in different museums. Starry Night has been in New York since the 1940s. Almond Blossoms is in the Van Gogh museum in the Netherlands.
22. This episode takes place in 2010 and from June 1 to June 3, 1890.
23. Bill Nighy and Tony Curran have both appeared in the Underworld (2003) Series, playing elder vampires Vincent and Marcus.
24. Bill Nighy is not credited on screen for his appearance (he is not listed in the closing credits).
25. Vincent asks Amy if she is from Holland, like he is. This might be used to explain Tony Curran's Scottish accent, which is similar (albeit a bit heavier) to Karen Gillan's.
26. This is the only episode since 1963 to end on a fade to black.
27. It was Steven Moffat's idea that the Krafayis be invisible.
28. This is the second story in the series to lack any cracks, silence, or other foreshadowing of the series' finale (the first being "Amy's Choice"). However, it does tie in to Rory's death and establishes that, on some level, Amy is aware he has died.
29. When The Doctor and Amy say goodbye to Vincent and he stands in the field, the wide shot of him as the TARDIS fades has two branches cut through the middle of the frame which somewhat resemble half of the crack from Amy's bedroom.

The Lodger

1. In about the middle, the Doctor goes to play in a game of football. When Matt Smith was 16, before he became an actor, he was a football player for Leicester City Football Club, but had to stop due to issues with spondylolysis.
2. Before the football game, The Doctor pulls on a spare jersey that has a large number 11 on the back. Matt Smith plays the Eleventh Doctor in the series.
3. This is the first time in the new series that the Doctor has definitively stated how many incarnations he has had - he tells Craig he is the eleventh.
4. This episode replaced a script by Neil Gaiman, which was delayed due to budget concerns. This became "The Doctor's Wife".
5. This episode was based on a comic strip from Doctor Who Magazine featuring the Tenth Doctor with Rose Tyler and Mickey Smith.
6. On Craig's fridge, an advert can be seen for a Van Gogh exhibit, but not the one visited by Amy and the Doctor in the previous episode, Doctor Who: Vincent and the Doctor (2010) since that one was in Paris.
7. The script originally lifted scenes from the original comic strip, such as the Doctor beating Craig in a first-person-shooter videogame by making peace with their intended targets, and the Doctor annoying the participants in a pub quiz by getting every answer right.
8. First appearance of Craig Owens.
9. When Gareth Roberts began writing for the episode, he knew the series' overarching plot but was not aware who was to be cast as the Eleventh Doctor. Gareth Roberts based the Doctor's lines on those written in Steven Moffat's completed scripts and further characterization was added by Matt Smith's reading of the lines.
10. Matt Smith sings in the shower just like the Third Doctor Jon Pertwee did in his first episode Doctor Who: Spearhead from Space: Episode 1 (1970) .
11. First appearance of Sophie.
12. Craig's apartment was located on Aickman Road. This was an homage to Robert Aickman, author of numerous supernatural "strange stories".
13. The 2010 FIFA World Cup England vs USA match kicked off just as The Lodger finished, on a rival channel (ITV), the timing noted by Gareth Roberts as a "happy accident".
14. The working titles for the episode were Mrs Meglos, Something at the Top of the Stairs and Don't Go Up The Stairs.
15. Gareth Roberts pitched this script for Series Two.
16. This episode takes place in 2010.
17. The original comic book story featured the Tenth Doctor. David Tennant briefly considered returning for this season. If he had done so, then this episode would have featured the Tenth Doctor as well.
18. The Doctor retroactively creates the vacancy in Craig's apartment by altering a will so Craig's roommate becomes wealthy and moves out. This is similar to how the Doctor opened up a position at the school in Doctor Who: School Reunion (2006) by giving a teacher a winning lottery ticket, and later gave another winning ticket to Donna Noble as a wedding present, Doctor Who: The End of Time: Part Two (2010) .
19. The time travel pod was later revealed to be technology used by the Silence. An identical pod was used by them in Doctor Who: Day of the Moon (2011) .
20. In early drafts of the story Meglos was the villain of the story.
21. There was originally a fourth victim of the Avatar, a middle-aged man named Martin who would leave behind a holiday magazine which would later serve as an additional clue that the Avatar is targetting people who want to get away.

The Pandorica Opens

1. River's main costume in this story was deliberately designed to evoke both Princess Leia and Han Solo from Star Wars (1977), so that she looked like, according to Toby Haynes, a "female Han Solo".
2. Half of the scene with Liz 10 (Sophie Okonedo) was filmed in advance on 22 October 2009 along with scenes of "The Beast Below" at an orangery at Margam Country Park, Port Talbot.
3. Some scenes were filmed at the real Stonehenge, Wiltshire. They could only afford to shoot during one night and spent the only hour of daylight in the morning shooting a three-minute dialogue sequence. The cast and crew had to abide by regulations; they were not allowed to touch the stones, bring heavy equipment in, and the lighting had to be done from the floor. Regardless, The Doctor and Amy appear to touch several of the rocks.
4. When Dorium is negotiating with 'River Song (Doctor Who (2005))', he presents her with a vortex manipulator he says was taken off the wrist of a handsome Time Agent. This is a nod to another handsome Time Agent 'Captain Jack Harkness (Torchwood (2006))' who had traveled with The Doctor in prior seasons and was the lead in the spin-off series 'Torchwood (2006)'.
5. This episode takes place in 1890, in 1941, in 5145, in 102 and on June 26, 2010.
6. According to Toby Haynes, this episode had no bigger budget, "and maybe even a little less", than other episodes in the series.
7. The script referred to Underhenge as similar to a temple found in Indiana Jones. Toby Haynes actually played music from Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) to help the actors slow down as they explored the set to emphasise the awe in the scene as well as the "ghostly" and "haunted" feeling of the chamber. Karen Gillan found the music very useful.
8. Amy Pond describes her deep interest in Roman culture. Karen Gillan's original appearance on Doctor Who (2005) was that of a soothsayer from Pompeii in "The Fires of Pompeii".
9. First appearance of Dorium Maldovar (Simon Fisher-Becker).
10. The gun River Song uses is a painted guncon light gun controller which was compatible with a game called Time Crisis.
11. For the scene in which the Doctor, Amy, and River are riding on horses, the close-ups of the characters riding were filmed by having the actors sit on a saddle mounted on the back of a truck and act like they were riding horses. Karen Gillan called this the "strangest thing" she had ever done, and was sure she "looked ridiculous".
12. The Chelonians from the Virgin New Adventures novels get their first mention in a TV episode.
13. The story is set at Stonehenge and the episode broadcast just a few days before the real Summer Solstice.
14. The Doctor mentions at the beginning of the episode that the TARDIS can translate anything. However, in "The Impossible Planet/The Satan Pit" story arc, there was writing that it couldn't translate, which the Doctor postulates makes it really ancient. This essentially means that either the "Satan" writing predated whatever was really written on the cliff face of Planet One or that the TARDIS might actually not have been able to translate if River hadn't defaced it with her message.
15. 7 plump actors were seen for Dorium.
16. The Doctor and Amy Pond visit a jungle planet called Planet One. The scene predicted Karen Gillan starring in the movie Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle (2017) several years later which she played Ruby Roundhouse. The movie is about four teenagers playing a magic video game which they are transported to the game's jungle setting and find themselves in the bodies of their chosen characters from the game.
17. Almost every major enemy since the beginning of the new series, along with a few from the show's orignal run, are mentioned though not all appeared. The list of enemies include the Daleks, the Cybermen, the unseen Slitheen, the Sontarans, the Judoon ( Smith and Jones), the Hoix (Love & Monsters), the Weevils (Torchwood (2006)), the Uvodni (The Sarah Jane Adventures (2007)), the Sycorax (The Christmas Invasion), the Silurians, the Autons, the Roboform (The Runaway Bride), the Nestene, the Chelonians, the Drahvins (Galaxy 4), the Atraxi (The Eleventh Hour), the Zygons, the Terileptils (The Visitation) and the Draconians. (Frontier in Space) They formed an alliance, but some of them were unseen. River mentions the Haemogoths from the novel The Forgotten Army.
18. According to Steven Moffat, the Cybermen seen here are the Mondas/Telos Cybermen not seen since 1988. The Cybus logo on the chests are only there as there was no budget to redo the Cyberman costumes.
19. The Weevils, Blowfish and Uvodni are the first aliens originally from a spin-off series to appear in the main show.
20. River Song pretends to be Cleopatra. An earlier incarnation of The Doctor had a relationship with the Egyptian Queen and was mentioned by Mickey Smith in the 2006 story "The Girl in the Fireplace".
21. In the beginning of the episode the Doctor refers to Planet One, saying there are words written on a cliff of diamond, 50 feet high. This could be an allusion to Douglas Adams' Hitchhikers series, which features 50 foot tall letters from 'God'.
22. This is the first time the Daleks and the Cybermen have formed an alliance. In Doctor Who: Doomsday (2006), The Daleks rejected the Cybermen's offer of allegiance at the Battle of Canary Wharf.

The Big Bang

1. The scene in which the Doctor gives a final speech to young Amelia was not filmed with Matt Smith and Caitlin Blackwood on the same set. Smith's dialogue was shot first in the bedroom set, while the corner with the bed was recreated and filmed with Blackwood as a pick-up. Blackwood fell asleep during filming.
2. In the script it was written that the Doctor was a "terrible dancer" and danced like a "drunk giraffe", and Matt Smith additionally came up with his own routine.
3. The opening sequence featuring young Amelia is filmed from her height, and was inspired by Steven Spielberg films in which people would look at things in awe.
4. Steven Moffat named this episode as his personal favourite among the episodes he wrote. "I thought it was just a great, fun, funny, witty episode. I was proud of that."
5. Originally there was a scene after the four had been reunited in the museum where Amy had a "meltdown" and Rory assured her it was okay; this was cut due to pacing issues, which pleased Arthur Darvill as he disliked his performance in the scene.
6. A stunt performer for Matt Smith performed the sequence in which a future version of the Doctor who had been shot by a Dalek fell down the museum stairs three times before Toby Haynes captured the angles and shots he wanted. On the DVD commentary, Haynes stated that the shot in the episode is mostly the first take.
7. Steven Moffat was inspired to use the idea of a character travelling backwards along his own timeline from the book "The Making of Doctor Who" by Malcolm Hulke and Terrance Dicks.
8. This episode takes place in April 1996 and on June 26, 2010.
9. The songs that play at Amy and Rory's wedding reception are "Crazy Little Thing Called Love" by Queen and "You Give Me Something" by James Morrison.
10. During the cold open, Amelia overhears her aunt Sharon expressing concern that Amelia will join a "star cult", saying that she "doesn't trust that Richard Dawkins." In real life Dawkins was actually married to actress Lalla Ward, who portrayed Fourth Doctor companion and eventual president of Gallifrey, Romana (as well as previously playing the character of Princess Astra for one story).
11. Karen Gillan revealed in the episode's commentary that during Amy and the Doctor's farewell scene, before he leaves in the Pandorica, she actually turned the sonic screwdriver on by accident. This can be seen in the finished episode.
12. The Doctor's monologue by Amelia's bedside was captured on the first take.
13. This is the first time a new series season finale does not feature a change of cast: both the Doctor and this season's companions stay on at the end.
14. Steven Moffat had suggested that Matt Smith wear a fez in this episode to give the Doctor some character, as well as for comic relief. Others on the production staff, who had seen Smith's enthusiasm for costume items for the Doctor, were concerned that the fez might become a permanent part of the Doctor's wardrobe. Moffat had, however, already written the fez-destruction scene (in which, in one fluid movement, Amy throws the fez in the air and River shoots it) with this in mind.
15. Karen Gillan found wearing the dress strange, while Arthur Darvill felt as if he was gate-crashing someone else's wedding, as he did not know any of the extras there.
16. Steven Moffat stated that the title "The Big Bang" is his favourite dirty joke in the series as it is a reference to the fact that Amy and Rory conceive their child on the TARDIS that night, as revealed in the next series in "A Good Man Goes to War".
17. Karen Gillan stated that the episode was the "most difficult" for her, as it was "a big climax for Amy and her story that's been building through the series...it just required a lot of kind of concentration and emotion." In August 2011 she stated that the Doctor and Amy's farewell was the most emotional scene for her to film.
18. Todd Haynes wanted to first show the revelation that the TARDIS would appear at the reception in a small way with minor changes such as the glasses tinkling and chandelier shaking, and build it up from there.
19. When Amy meets her younger self, she lifts up the girl's hair on either side of her head in what seems to be an odd gesture. She's checking to see if her younger self has had her ears pierced yet, which would be a good way of determining her age.
20. The bride figurine on the wedding cake has red hair, and both the bride and groom figurines are wearing the same outfits as Amy and Rory.
21. During the scene in which the Doctor and Rory are talking after Rory has let him out of the Pandorica, one of the stone Daleks was originally supposed to move, operated by Toby Haynes himself. However, the scene was cut from the final episode.
22. Melody Pond is conceived in the TARDIS whilst in-flight whilst The Doctor is transporting Amy and Rory to a space passenger liner for their honeymoon. See: Doctor Who: A Christmas Carol (2010) (TV Episode) and Doctor Who: A Good Man Goes to War (2011) (TV Episode).