History Trivia / DoctorWhoS36E8TheLieOfTheLand

* RecycledScript: The setup -- a companion enduring in a world gone mad thanks to the villain(s), without the Doctor to help her -- is virtually the same as that of "Last of the Time Lords". The Doctor and his companions forming LaResistance against a group of aliens with religious connotations comes from "The Wedding of River Song", as does a pyramid as a major setting. Bill using the false image of her dead mother to stop the Monks is ''very'' similar to Clara using the potential memories of her deceased mother to defeat the villain of "The Rings of Akhaten" (that Clara ended up this Doctor's first companion doesn't help).

* ThrowItIn: The space heaters in Missy's vault were real heaters used on set because the filming space was extremely cold during the winter, and the producers thought it would be cool to [[http://doctorwho.tumblr.com/post/161430248610/whats-the-secret-behind-the-vaults-space keep them in.]]

* ActorAllusion: The Twelfth Doctor becoming the Monks' PropagandaMachine in their VillainWorld may well be one to Creator/PeterCapaldi's most famous role prior to ''Doctor Who'': Malcolm Tucker, the ruthless government spin doctor of ''The Thick of It'' and the film ''In the Loop''.

* RecycledScript: The setup -- a companion enduring in a world gone made thanks to the villain(s), without the Doctor to help her -- is virtually the same as "Last of the Time Lords". The Doctor and his companions forming LaResistance against a group of aliens with religious connotations comes from "The Wedding of River Song". Bill using the false image of her dead mother to stop the Monks also has some similarities to Clara using the potential memories of her deceased mother to defeat the villain of "The Rings of Akhaten".

* RecycledScript: The setup -- a companion enduring in a world gone made thanks to the villain(s), without the Doctor to help her -- is virtually the same as "Last of the Time Lords". The Doctor and his companions forming LaResistance against a group of aliens with religious connotations comes from "The Wedding Of River Song". Bill using the false image of her dead mother to stop the Monks also has some similarities to Clara using the potential memories of her deceased mother to defeat the villain of "The Rings of Akhaten".

* RealitySubtext: The {{Glurge}}-y scene of Bill using memories of her mother to save the world. Executive producer Creator/StevenMoffat's own mother passed away while this three-part story was being produced, which -- by Moffat's own admission -- led to the plotting issues it has.

* RecycledScript: The Doctor and his companions forming LaResistance against a group of aliens with religious connotations comes from "The Wedding Of River Song". Bill using the false image of her dead mother to stop the Monks also has some similarities to Clara using the potential memories of her deceased mother to defeat the villain of "The Rings of Akhaten".
* RealitySubtext: The {{Glurge}}-y scene of Bill using memories of her mother to save the world. Executive producer Creator/StevenMoffat's own mother passed away while this two-part story was being produced, which--by Moffat's own admission--led to the plotting issues it has.

* RecycledScript: The Doctor and his companions forming LaResistance against a group of aliens with religious connotations comes from "The Wedding Of River Song". Bill using the false image of her dead mother to stop the Monks has also some similarities to Clara using the potential memories of her deceased mother to defeat the villain of "The Rings of Akhaten".

* RealitySubtext: The {{Glurge}}-y scene of Bill using her memories of her mother to save the world. Executive producer Creator/StevenMoffat's own mother passed away as the episodes were being produced, which is speculated to be the cause of many of the plot problems in both this episode and the last one.

* RealitySubtext: The {{Glurge}}-y scene of Bill using her memories of her mother to save the world. Executive producer Creator/StevenMoffat's own mother passed away as the episodes were being produced, which is speculated to be the cause of many of the writing issues in both this episode and the last one.

* ActorAllusion: The Twelfth Doctor becoming the Monks' PropagandaMachine in their VillainWorld may well be one to Creator/PeterCapaldi's most famous role prior to ''Doctor Who'': Malcolm Tucker, the ruthless government spin doctor of ''The Thick of It'' and the film ''In the Loop''.

* ActorAllusion: The Twelfth Doctor becoming the Monks' PropagandaMachine in their VillainWorld may well be one to Creator/PeterCapaldi's most famous role prior to ''Doctor Who'': Malcolm Tucker, the ruthless government spin doctor of ''The Thick of It''.