Did you catch these Doctor Who: The Day of the Doctor details on your first watch through?
The Day of the Doctor had fans laughing and crying – but in between all of that fangirling and fanboying, did you catch these references to past episodes? The Doctor Who 50th anniversary episode starred Matt Smith and David Tennant as the Eleventh and Tenth Doctors (or are they Twelve and Eleven now?) alongisde Eight and a Half the Warrior Doctor played by John Hurt. While you were drooling over Tennant’s return, here’s what you missed.
If ‘The Moment’ sounded familiar, that’s because it was.
In David Tennant’s last episode, “The End of Time: Part Two”, the President of the Time Lords says, “He still possesses the Moment. And he’ll use it to destroy Daleks and Time Lords alike.” (source/source)
The Black Archive was basically the ‘Doctor Who’ props department.
The Black Archive is supposed to hold the most dangerous weapons on Earth. And in keeping with that, here are River Song’s shoes from “The Time of Angels” (we bet her lipstick is around there somewhere). (source)
Whereas this is obviously a hugely dangerous weapon, as proven when it broke out hearts and destroyed our souls back in “Doomsday”. (source)
Archived footage just can’t replace the real thing (but we knew that).
All 13 Doctors may have turned up to save Gallifrey, but that didn’t stop the Seventh Doctor (Sylvester McCoy) from taking a minute for an outfit change. (source)
The Museum is basically the curator’s TARDIS.
That’s right, those are round things on the walls. And no, we still don’t know what they do. Is “the Curator” simply a new title in the place of an old one, like say, “the Doctor”? (source)
We now know why Queen Elizabeth hates the Doctor.
We all wondered about the
Also why one of her nicknames might not be appropriate
No one tell Eight and a Half/the Warrior Doctor/John Hurt that Ten was getting it on with the Queen, he didn’t even like seeing them kiss. (source)
And does that make the Doctor the King of England?
Because never dying does create certain problems for the chain of succession. And the whole idea of a monarchy.
There was something going on with Four and Osgood…
You didn’t know that this guy right here (Tom Baker) played the Fourth Doctor? Weird, the sound of the internet exploding should have been a hint. (source)
First there’s her scarf, which is practically identical to Four’s. How did she get it? Did the curator give it to her?
And then there are the shared mannerisms (shh). What does it all mean? (source)
If her name is Osgood, is she a relation of Sgt. Tom Osgood (pictured above) who served under Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart? (source)
(This lady is Kate Stewart, and the daughter of that same Brigadier, in case you didn’t catch it. Is working for the Doctor their family business or something?) (source)
Speaking of Kate Stewart, it turns out those ravens of death were real.
It looks like Kate was being honest with Amy in “The Power of Three”. And we would bet that the Malcolm she is talking about is Malcolm Taylor, last seen naming units of measurement after himself in “Planet of the Dead”. (source)
Clara visited the ‘Doctor Who’ storyboard.
Basically, this is a glimpse into the future time-travel style. We are extremely excited for the photo of a meeting between Clara and Kate that has clearly not happened yet for Clara. Consider it a sneak peak of Moffat’s storyboard. (source)
Finally, here’s one that you could not have missed:
“No Sir. All thirteen.” (source)