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'''Kazran Sardick''': Well, you tell the Doctor. Tell him from ''me''. People ''can't''. }}

 

Sardick's cloud-controlling machine is bio-linked to him individually, and the Doctor can't land his TARDIS on the crashing ship [[Hand Wave|because he can't lock on]]. He brings Amy up to speed via phone... right up until he notices that fish on this planet can swim in the fog, geeks out over this and utterly fails to notice an ominous shadow slip through the mist behind him. After being reminded that, oh yeah, the ship is going ''to crash'' in about an hour if something isn't done, he's again distracted by a broadcasting [[Title Drop|christmas carol...]]

 

"[[Title Drop|A Christmas Carol!]]"<br />

"[[Can You Hear Me Now|What!?]]"<br />

Kazran, of course, is growing older, and he and Abigail are growing closer, ending one year with a magical kiss:

 

'''The Doctor:''' Kazran, trust me, it's this or go to your room and design a new kind of screwdriver. Don't make my mistakes. Now go! }}

 

** Christmas Carol of choice for the doomed passengers? "Silent Night"...

* [[Artistic License Biology]]: In-universe.

'''The Doctor:''' Well, that's where you're wrong, because... shut up. }}

* [[Attention Deficit Ooh Shiny]]: The Doctor, which leads to a few epiphanies along the way.

* [[Bittersweet Ending]]: {{spoiler|Poor Abigail}}

* [[Blatant Lies]]: Even the psychic paper mutinies at The Doctor's attempt to palm himself off as a babysitter...

'''The Doctor''' (looks at it, annoyed): Yeah, shorted out. Finally, a lie too big. }}

* [[Book Ends]]: Kazran just barely holding himself back from slapping a child.

** Rory's wearing his Centurion outfit from [[Doctor Who/Recap/S31 E12 The Pandorica Opens|"The Pandorica Opens"]]/[[Doctor Who/Recap/S31 E13 The Big Bang|"The Big Bang"]], and Amy is wearing her police girl outfit from [[Doctor Who/Recap/S31 E01 The Eleventh Hour|"The Eleventh Hour"]].

** During Rory and Amy's reunion kiss in "The Big Bang", the Doctor reminded them to breathe. When he walks in on Kazran and Abigail having an intense kiss, he says:

** As featured most prominently in [[Doctor Who/Recap/S31 E01 The Eleventh Hour|"The Eleventh Hour"]], the Doctor is able to deduce a lot in a short period of time by analyzing the details of his surroundings. This is accompanied by a helpful montage of said details.

** One of Kazran's photos is of the Doctor excitedly pointing to [[Doctor Who/NS/Recap/S3 E4 Daleks in Manhattan|the Empire State Building.]] You can practically hear him saying, "...And there were Daleks ''in the basement!'' With ''pig soldiers!''"

** The Doctor's line when opening the TARDIS doors, "I keep ''amazing''...out here," evokes a similar line said to Amy in the first of the ''Meanwhile, in the TARDIS'' bonus scenes on Series 5's box set: "You know what I keep in here? Absolutely... everything."

** Kazran's "Everybody has to die" and Amy's reply "not tonight" is a nod to River's voiceover in ''Forest of the Dead'':

*** This also echoes statements made by the Ninth Doctor in "The End of the World" and "The Doctor Dances".

** At the end, Amy implies this is not the first place the Doctor has dropped her and Rory off for their honeymoon. They also went to a planet that was on a honeymoon with an asteroid, as mentioned in [[The Sarah Jane Adventures/Recap/S4 E5 E6 Death of the Doctor|Death of the Doctor]].

* [[Christmas Episode]]

* [[Dissimile]]: When trying to convince Young Kazran that he's an appropriate "babysitter":

'''The Doctor''': Good. Because that comparison would have been ''rubbish''. }}

* [[Doing in the Wizard]]: The Doctor ''attempts'' to scientifically rationalise Abigail's singing calming the fish, but the fish disagree.

* [[Generation Xerox]]: {{spoiler|What eventually manages to get Kazran is the realization that he's essentially become his hated, bullying father, Elliot. Almost literally, even- they even have the same actor.}}

* [[Genre Savvy]]: Amy, so very much.

'''Amy''': Lucky guess. }}

* [[Getting Crap Past the Radar]]: Multiple people ask, but Rory and Amy never do explain just what they were doing in the Honeymoon Suite dressed in their Policewoman and Centurion outfits. [[Blatant Lies|Probably Backgammon]]

* [[Human Popsicle]]: Abigail and the other people in the cryogenic vault.

* [[Hypocritical Humor]]:

'''Amy''': No, no. }}

* [[Identical Grandson|Identical Son]]: Gambon plays both Sardicks.

* [[Measuring the Marigolds]]: Young Kazran's reaction to the Doctor trying to turn "the fish like the singing" from [[Magic Music]] to [[Techno Babble]].

* [[Metaphorgotten]]

* [[Mrs. Robinson]]: Abigail and teenaged Kazran. Possibly boy Kazran too, but let's not go there.

* [[Music Soothes the Savage Beast]]: The flying shark becomes placid enough to be stroked by Abigail once she starts singing to it.

* [[Nightmare Fuel Station Attendant]]: The Doctor makes offhand mention of "face spiders" that have specifically evolved to live on the backs of kids' wardrobes, then says something about how "they'd be in your mattress at this time of night." The jury's out on whether he's serious or just screwing with kid Kazran.

* [[Noodle Incident]]: It's interesting to speculate who the Doctor is referring to -- a young Rani (or [[Foe Yay|The Master]]?) on Gallifrey, or an adult Romana?

'''Doctor:''' Kazran, trust me. It's this or go into your room and design a new kind of screwdriver. Don't make my mistakes. }}

* [[Pajama-Clad Hero]]: Kid Kazran, when the Doctor first visits him.

** And the mental image (even if not seen on screen) of the Doctor singing a duet with Frank Sinatra and romancing Marilyn Monroe.

* [[Running Gag]]: Rory and Amy get a lot of "What are you ''wearing''?".

* [[San Dimas Time]]: Used ''heavily''. Kazran's memory's change as though the doctor were chatting up a younger Kazran concurrently.

* [[Schizo-Tech]]: Barring the cryogenics and the weather-control machine constantly blasting purple light into the sky, almost everything about this planet's technology, socioeconomic makeup, architecture et al appears to be identical to Victorian England.

* [[Steampunk]]: Oh good God yes.

* [[Stripperiffic]]: Amy, and lampshaded too. Justified, though, as she was [[Getting Crap Past the Radar|"having a bit of fun"]] with Rory.

'''Rory:''' Hey! Eyes off the skirt! }}

* [[Techno Babble]]: Parodied. The Doctor's valiant attempts to explain ''why'' the fish seem to respond to people singing only serve to get him bitten by irritated fish.