1. The Doctor will be on trial – Twice!
Twice in one episode, as a running joke, for a minor crime- we've seen the Tardis fly along the motorway before now, maybe it was caught by speed camera?
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2. Who controls the light sculptors?
Light sculptors- interesting. Could be anything.
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3. You won’t believe what’s buried under Wembley Stadium.
More Silurians? A Cyber-conversion factory? A spaceship? A secret laboratory? The remote control for David Beckham?
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4. Scared of the Eye in Space? You should be.
Atraxi reference?
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5. Take up thy sins and walk – slowly.
Religious reference, judgement?
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6. There won’t be a pub quiz on Tuesday because there won’t be a pub.
End of the world again. Is there an episode partially set in a pub? Does the threat to the world happen to include giant yellow spaceships, that hang in the sky just like bricks don't?
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7. Beau Geste is cool.
Bow ties are cool.
8. Bow Street runners are cool.
No, ties aren't cool, not normal ties, I'm bored of ties.
9. Bromley-by-Bow is cool.
It's the bow part that makes them cool. Ties aren't cool, bow ties are. See?
10. 4 August 1982 – Happy Birthday, Ma’am.
Queen mother reference. Clearly she's been replaced by an auton/zygon/something else
11. Some lies are too much for the psychic paper.
Probably something awful like 'I don't fancy you'
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12. “I won’t take calls from THAT Prime Minister.”
See above
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13. “Marc, where are you?”
Someone's about to be captured/killed
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14. The only water in the forest is the river.
Could be just what it sounds like- or could be a River Song/ Forest of the Dead reference?
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15. What awaits the TARDIS at the zero point?
The Silence
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16. “12 years on and Rory’s still terrified of Granny Grainger?”
Rory's terrified of lots of things.
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17. “I was lost in France.”
Or was it Belgium? Anyway, I'm only a few decades late, stop grumbling.
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18. “How could a fellow Gallifreyan stoop so low?”
Surely too obvious to be a returning Time Lord/River is Gallifreyan- I'll guess this is a reference to something that's been found, that another Time Lord was responsible for way before the war. Or the Doctor is being asked this question (possibly about associating with humans) by an hallucination or similar of another Time Lord.
19. Horror of Bangkok.
Lost luggage claim at the airport.
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20. “Give it up, sweet Korn.”
Really bad sweetcorn joke.
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21. Argonite? Here?
Nope, whatever it is, it's not what they were looking for.
22. An ordinary block of flats.
They never are. Clearly this is what the Tardis would turn into if the chamaeleon circuit worked
23. “If I saw them walking down the high street what would I think?” I don’t think you’d think anything at all, Amy.”
Whatever they are, they have a very good somebody else's problem field- or get inside people's minds somehow without being noticed.
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24. Find the lady – before she finds you!
She's clearly not what she seems- Queen Mother?
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25. “Margaret! Comme back!”
There are many people called Margaret. Not all are disguises worn by Slitheen (actually, an episode involving the real Margaret, pre-Slitheen, might be good).
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26. The Doctor defeats the Sahara Desert.
An animal/the sand/something hidden in it can be activated into another form and used for evil.
27. Susannah’s still alive.
Probably not Susan.
28. Mill Green on fire.
Lots of things are set on fire when the Doctor is around.
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29. The Doctor will get married – Twice!
Probably another running joke like the trial- and neither will be quite what they seem, and neither will be to River Song.
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30. What are the dangers of Port Olveron?
Really, really strong alcohol and bad dance music.
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31. 502, but never 503.
How old am I? In Earth years or Gallifreyan? Well now, that depends, timeline keeps changing you see so it's hard to keep track of- yes yes alright, I admit it, I lost count. But definitely less than 503. Neptunian years anyway.
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32. Beware of the kites.
Particularly when trying to launch weather balloons.
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33. “A pillar of salt, yes – but not because she looked back. Looking back is good!”
Biblical reference- Lot's wife.
34. They’ll have to get a new name for Thanksgiving.
Not a lot to be thankful for then?
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35. Pay attention – It’s not really her.
The Queen Mother
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36. Treading through the sand – on the one night they come back.
Sahara Desert again
37. The Shuddering Brethren, they’ll stick in your mind.
See number 23
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38. “I’m my own Doctor.”
Someone asks the Doctor the name of his GP
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39. Octavian wasn’t lying.
Father Octavian from Time of Angels/Flesh and Stone- something to do with River Song being trouble
40. Mysterious semblance at the the strand of nightmares.
See numbers 37 and 23
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