Doctor Who: Joy To The World Breakdown - 44 Easter Eggs & References!

From Middle-earth to Martha Jones, Doctor Who's latest is PACKED with easter eggs and details. Here’s our breakdown of Joy To The World!
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[@WhoCulture]

Happy New Year everyone, and enjoy this MEGA-SIZED breakdown! Moffat sure does love referencing himself 😆

[@lilyshambles5644]

Happy New Year and thanks for all your hard work Danny and Ellie :)

[@ChadBlevins]

Doctor takes the rope from Everest group. The quote, "Because it is there," is attributed to George Mallory-an English climber-who was on his third attempt to climb Mt. Everest in 1924 when he perished along with his climbing partner Andrew Irvine.

[@througtonsheirs_doctorwhol5914]

@6:20 - but no matter, Doctor Who had done the "met before actuwlly meting, with MEL BUSH who met the 6th Doctor before the 6th met him and htey met in reve4se... So Moffatt stole it from MEL, and then had this modern reuse of the trope by that more recent novel you mention

[@FIZZGIG-RARF]

He sure does, but I'm here for it!❤😂

[@JenomKolemjdouci]

I would very much like to point out that when the question of marriage is brought up the conversation goes roughly this way: Doctor: "I live a complicated life." Anita: "Oh god, you're married, aren't you?" Doctor: "No - it's not that." What I take from this is that in this instant, the Doctor is not denying that he's married, he's denying that marriage is what makes his life complicated (whether or not he's actually married isn't answered at all). It's subtle but it's there.

[@DavidBeddard]

A good point. River is also rather deceased at this point, which in most cultures usually ends a marriage, and it was strongly implied in "The Husbands of River Song" that River never meets The Doctor beyond Twelve.

[@sarahglover3286]

He could have gone "No she died, but that's not the point" if he wanted it to be a bit more in your face but I agree he was saying "That's not relevant"

[@CemKalyoncu]

I was about to write the same thing, he actually actually confirming he is married but it is not about that.

[@kenthomas505]

At what point, if any, in the Doctor's lifetimes would they be considered widowed since River has died? Never, because she can pop up anywhere on his timeline, or are they both married AND widowed at the same time?! 😳😲

[@Laura-rp9rt]

@sarahglover3286 Are you assuming the Doctor has only had one spouse?

[@soundgal_sine_qua_non]

I don't think the Doctor sees themselves as divorced. One does not simply divorce River Song. I think they see themselves as widowed - single because of death.

[@inspector2363]

Himself. There's only ever one at a time, the current one.

[@edumaker-alexgibson]

@@inspector2363 To be fair, with 14 still kicking around, that's not strictly true - not to mention John Smith, the alternate dimension...

[@ihavecooties]

@@edumaker-alexgibsonAnd, of course, the whole wibbly-wobbly timey-wimey thing.

[@lycosdevanos]

@@inspector2363 Technically false, as the doctor has visited numerous time periods at the same time as different incarnations of themself. Plus there has been a number of times where multiple incarnations of the doctor have interacted, example being when War, 10 and 11 all met for the Day of the doctor. By the logic of time travel, in any given moment there could be, and likely is, at least 2 doctors. And with the bigeneration creating a split of 14 and 15, this becomes more likely to be 3 doctors at a time. And then if the rumor about all previous incarnations of the doctor reawakening after the bigeneration is true, then there is every version of the doctor existing all together.

[@inspector2363]

@@lycosdevanos So many words wasted. I don't need to be Fansplained, I've been watching since the 70's. I'm talking "chronologically" from his point of view, anniversary crossovers don't count.

[@x_Kiro_Fan_x]

I think the reason he didn’t mention river is because as far as the doctor knows he’ll never see her again. She only knows his first 13 faces and their last night together was with capaldi. So by “death do us part” logic they kind of arent married anymore.

[@Shazampool]

That’s what I was thinking I’m pretty sure it’s because they’ve done all their meeting up at this point of The Doctor’s perspective

[@lemasander4932]

Actually: He is widowed, not married …

[@terestar1]

I have always assumed the Doctor and River had an open marriage anyways.

[@mrdr0161]

​@@terestar1 they definitely did. They both married multiple other people

[@dangerkitty83]

Also! He is split from Tennant.. so truly he isn't married to river.

[@paulhall9811]

The mop is also a Disney reference to Fantasia and The Sorcerer's Apprentice.

[@RedCaio]

​@@sabrinatirabassi3529 I think they're just saying "The mop is also a Disney reference to Fantasia, *specifically* The Sorcerer's Apprentice." Since "The Sorcerer's Apprentice" is from "Fantasia".

[@Akshathtesekar]

but the more important thing does the sonic work on wood now ?

[@johndent8813]

My thoughts exactly .... not sure how the team missed this reference....

[@kyoukajirou8431]

​@@Akshathtesekar the sonic is being used on the thrisles of the broom which arnt actually wood

[@Akshathtesekar]

@kyoukajirou8431 but its a mop and the only non wood part is the metal that's holding the thing in place

[@roguequakewitch]

That is so cool that the actor playing Tenzing Norgay is related to him! Love when films and television shows do that, whether intentional or not. And bonus fun fact, Parker Rooney actor (from Liv and Maddie) is grandson of Norgay! So interesting two of his family members are actors. Hopefully they both get cameos in the biopic coming out!

[@bogdor]

I have decided that the tardis prints the timey wimey just for the doctor

[@jessieseto5021]

I LOVE that idea!!!

[@therealpbristow]

[NODS] I remember reading an old SF novel decades ago that featured print-on-the-spot customised newspapers: Just tell the machine which sections you want to read, and it puts them together and prints them out, not wasting any paper. A bit different from modern reality where we read the bits of news that catch our eye straight from a screen... But if you do decide to print a story out for later reading or reference, you get *LOADS* of wasted paper along with it! =:o/

[@vapoet]

@@therealpbristow But... on a lot of sites, the news we get dovetails directly with what we seek out or are interested in. Cookies determine what we want and caters the news to us. (The Bing/MSN page is the worst at this. It's really little different.)

[@NotYourNhaama]

Yes. She just collects info for him and then writes the details XD

[@sarahglover3286]

I can't believe you didn't inlcude the microwave being "Bigger on the inside" and the mug he gives Trev also! I'd say Dodo burgers is a reference to a Doctor Who book, the Last Dodo, recommended if you haven't read it!

[@zuhairlunat2199]

I can’t believe you missed out the little tardis figurines- the doctor even said he found loads of them selling online. It could’ve very well been old version Amy pond making and selling them in like 2008 or something till the time of her death in 2012 (as she used to make them as a child) 😭. Honeslty was waiting to hear that one

[@Blazing_Ninja]

Oh my god yes! How did they miss that!

[@KiwiRuby-rf8ot]

Madame de Pompadour was the first to say "long way around" It's one of my favorite quotes

[@thegeekyskunkgamer]

I don't think that the Sonic is controlling the wooden part of the mop. If you look, the mop has a metal ring separating the handle from the mop head. The way the mop is moving looks like it's only moving the end of it and not the handle. I think the Sonic is controlling the X and Y coordinates of the metal ring and the rest is just along for the ride.

[@pandawitch07]

Had the same thought at the time, and came here to say this same thing... Mops *do* have metal parts.

[@michelleheadley2911]

When three doctors were together they actually created a “wood” setting for their sonic. So it’s possible that the sonic was controlling the mop.

[@thegeekyskunkgamer]

@michelleheadley2911 no, War, 10, and 11 only made a setting for destroying a wooden door. A single wooden door. It still can't do wood as of the 12th Doctor.

[@ProfessorDuckMn]

I think it’s just as likely the sonic is controlling the fibres of the mop head because they’re twisted the same way rope is. This Doctor is very good with rope, and we’ve seen the sonic do rope before (unties journalist in Partners in Crime etc) 😁

[@lunadusk8590]

The dressing gown the Doctor is wearing is VERY similar to the one worn by Arthur Dent, in The Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy, written by Douglas Adams, Who was a writer for classic Who.

[@sabrinatirabassi3529]

Something to do with his dressing gown in The Christmas Invasion?

[@RoryLittle-y5i]

@@sabrinatirabassi3529 Which also was a conscious reference to Dent, I'm sure. :)

[@davidstevenson5671]

Also, there is another reference in the "door that turns out not be a door but it's actually a portal to another time" device. Douglas Adams wrote "Shada", which was never broadcast, but bits of the story were re-used in Dirk Gently. Wasn't there a running gag about a sofa which was stuck on a stair landing (which is itself a reference to a famous maths problem), and the solution turns out to be that a Tardis had materialised on the landing, providing a door which allowed a little bit more room for the couch to get where it was going? Then the Tardis goes, the door disappears, and the couch is stuck there.

[@Seal0626]

Thank you! It's exactly what you would get if you gave a production assistant a picture of Arthur Dent's dressing gown and said "Get me the closest imitation of this that you can find".

[@Seal0626]

​@@RoryLittle-y5i I mean, Ten does say "Very Arthur Dent."

[@ChadBlevins]

😬 Doctor takes the rope from Everest group. The quote, "Because it is there," is attributed to George Mallory-an English climber-who was on his third attempt to climb Mt. Everest in 1924 when he perished along with his climbing partner Andrew Irvine.

[@Aezetyr]

Along with that I thought it was a coy reference to the Paramount logo. It's the same shot they use in the opening for their films. Perhaps we are getting a real Trek crossover (and not some random-ass cellphone game) or story soon?

[@descatter]

Many more people got the Mr Benn reference than you might realise - although it was short-lived in production terms, it was repeated solidly right up to the 90s, rendering it a legendary cult show, akin to Bagpuss and The Clangers. It was released on home media and new generations saw Mr Benn and continue to see it - a friend of mine worked on an unreleased remake in the 00s and all of his work is still embargoed. The inclusion on Doctor Who has just helped further cement its popularity. For sure, niche is thankfully the wrong word and it was incredible to see it become part of the Whoniverse ❤

[@JennyMarie93]

Absolutely, I was born in 1993 and I grew up watching Mr Benn, despite it being a good 20 years old at that point. We even read Mr Benn books in primary school. It may well not be known overseas, but if you're British Mr Benn is likely a very familiar name! I mean, my dad got the reference from watching it when it first aired, I got the reference from watching the reruns in the 90s, and my grandad got the reference from watching it with my dad when he was a child. Its probably only people born in the 2000s and onwards who might have missed out on that one!

[@SteveCowlishaw]

I got it instantly too

[@sheridanwildewood]

Yes - as with all children's TV (particularly in the era when there were only two channels showing children-aimed programming) I think it would only be niche if you were too old or young to have been a child through the main broadcast period, or a parent of said child. So pretty much anybody born in the UK from the mid-1950s to the 1990s would probably have an idea who Mr Benn is!

[@AngelaH2222]

If UNIT sent Martha Jones to investigate the disappearence of Joy's mum at The Royal Hope Hospital we could get another Big Finish story from it, or a side reference to it later in the series (It would be fun to see Marth again!!)

[@Sim-Peasant]

i hope the Mavity joke never dies. i love it.

[@KevinCurry-r6r]

I’m the exact opposite, lol. I hope they go back to gravity sooner rather than later, but I’m glad you enjoy it.

[@lewistomlinsonwalsh]

Agreed ​@@KevinCurry-r6r

[@joeltasker6956]

Two more I’ve spotted- 1) the part about Prisoner Zero mentions the Icelandic Alliance, previously mentioned in The Talons of Weng Chiang. 2) the way the Doctor keeps using the word fridge instead of a different F word, is something the character Tiddler does in an episode of Moffat’s first TV series “Press Gang”

[@therealpbristow]

He uses "French" in this one (" 'Scuse my French, but what the French is going on here?!?"), but good catch. Ah, it's high time I watched all of "Press Gang" again... =:o}

[@Knittingatalecrafts]

The “bridgertonesque” costumes are decades too early for the regency era, they’d be closer to madame de pompadour’s time

[@jonesnori]

Thank you, yes! They may somewhat resemble Bridgerton court dress, which was a hybrid of Regency and older fashion, but the ones in the episode didn't look like hybrids. They looked like 18th Century dresses.

[@Cassius335]

1:34 Wait a sec. If Sylvia Trench means Bond is Doctor Who canon, that gives a great big leg-up to the OTHER theory/speculation that Bond is a Time Lord. Why a Time Lord would be on Earth spending his lives as a British Intellegence Officer isn't clear, but still a fun thought.

[@JudgeJosephDredd1989]

Fanfic nonsense.

[@Shazampool]

It also explains why he looks different in multiple movies

[@angelicagaldos]

That kinda makes sense

[@geoffreyhooker9005]

The Doctor himself worked with the United Nations Intelligence Task Force with members of the British Army. So it could happen.

[@jhank708]

Would explain the changing faces of Bond

[@GoranNewsum]

On the Titanic reference, it was also The Ninth Doctor that persuaded a family to not sail on the Titanic because it was going to sink. They liked him so much they had a photograph taken with him!

[@JulieAiken]

I agree -- it's time for the return of Martha Jones. Martha felt wasted in her first series, like a place holder. Then upon rewatch, she became a top-5 companion for me! I love me some Martha Jones! Great summary, Ellie. And it would be fun to see the mavity mistake addressed and corrected at some point. Or maybe to see "mavity" used more in sci-fi shows!

[@Terahnee]

One of the reasons I love these breakdowns is that while I notice some of these things when watching the episode for the first time, in the past I'd be pausing and rewinding to catch all the references, breaking the flow of my watch. For instance, I saw the London Blitz tour sign, but couldn't see it in detail. I saw the brochures, but couldn't catch them all. Before, I would have paused and really looked at it. But, knowing it would come up in this video, I was more able to just go "oh look, Ellie will cover it" and move on with the episode 🙂 Now I can just watch, notice, and keep going!

[@WhoCulture]

Happy to be of service! 🫡

[@Laura-rp9rt]

Am I the only person that finds all the references and callbacks in Moffat stories distracting and tedious? Here is how I described it after I watched: "Overly complex, too clever by half, sledge hammery, rewarmed, schmaltzy concepts. Yeah, Typical Moffat Who."

[@lycosdevanos]

In regards to the hobbit door, I would just like to point out that there is a tourist attraction in New Zealand that is modeled after the shire and is known as Hobbiton. The door could be linked to there as a means to visit such a touristy spot and doesn't necessarily mean LotR is canon in the series.

[@beesleep23]

there is a metal part on most mops where the head connects to the pole. it would probably be best to control it from that point anything.

[@tracyroweauthor]

Nope, Ellie, those are not Regency period costumes. While Queen Charlotte wears that type of costume (in the show, not really in real life) she was wearing a fashion from the previous era (the Georgian era). Didn't "The long way round" first appear in The Girl in the Fireplace?

[@markmanhetherington1]

The Regency was part of the Georgian period, when George, Prince of Wales was regent for his ailing father, George III. After he died Prince George became George IV and the Georgian period is generally held to have ended after he died although some extend it to cover the reign of William IV. I'm sure you're right about the outfits being too early for the Regency but in terms of the periods of British history, they're an earlier part of the same period.

[@tracyroweauthor]

@@markmanhetherington1 true but I was referring more to the style of clothing. There is a definite difference and the clothing worn by the actors in the lobby was not the "Bridgerton" Regency era

[@normal-guy]

It would be cool if the timey wimey was printed by the tardis and was her way of keeping the doctor up to date on the aftermath of episodes

[@LisaBeta-42]

And she is flying delivery-rounds, giving all the previous companions updates on their adventures...

[@michaelmcchesney6645]

This was a fascinating video that was worth the longer-than-expected wait. The scene with Joy's mother and the iPad brought back memories of my mother's death. My mother was 79 when she died and had spent time in the hospital, followed by rehab in a nursing home. I knew my mom was sick, but I didn't expect her to be in danger of dying. She took a sudden turn for the worse, prompting my sister to fly from CA to NYC to visit her. She improved but died a day after my sister returned to CA. That was September 15,2019. I had no idea how fortunate it was for us to lose her then, rather than have her with us for another year only for her to die alone in a hospital where none of us were with her. That would have been a horrible way to die, and her sudden turn for the worse was a blessing in disguise. Much to my mother's disappointment, I stopped believing in God when I was 16. I so wish I believed in life after death. What I do believe is that my mother and my family were spared a terrible experience because she passed when she did. Higher power? Or just good luck? My mom was a big fan of Doctor Who from the day I showed her Blink until she died. If there is life after death, maybe she reads comment sections? No, of course not. I refuse to believe my mom would be in Hell today. I love you, Mom :-)

[@vvFREAKOUTvv]

they are multiple inns/hotels that are designed to look like Hobbit homes. Even the original set homes from the movies are available for a overnight stay. So more likely this is a door to the Movie set for to one of them homes so fans can sneak a peek at the movies being made.

[@conwarlock3537]

A little detail that you didn't mention was that Anita was called Anita. Similar to a Doctor Who actress playing a role currently surrounded by quite a bit of mystery. Coincidence? Maybe, but it seems a little unlikely with Moffat.

[@Jamie-r2k]

19:16 technically he wasn't, because in her timeline, at that point, they aren't, but in his, they are. Their marriage is a hot, timey wimey mess to say the least.

[@lycos94]

the hobbit door might not necessarily mean middle earth is now canon, because the Hobbiton set still exists in new Zealand today as a tourist attraction, maybe it just leads to there

[@wickideazy]

That was actually my first thought when I saw it, too. Well, right after "HOBBIT DOOR!" it was "ooh, so you can go to New Zealand."

[@ernstfrutphlinguhr2494]

It’s well worth the visit.

[@pwpresents5660]

Bonus Easter egg, I couldn’t have been the only one who watched the scene of the mop working on its own and think of the Disney animated feature "the sorcerers apprentice".

[@suemiller2348]

Yes! Disney loves putting past movie easter eggs in everything!

[@Seal0626]

Arthur Dent's dressing gown. Not only a reference back to Ten's first Christmas special, but exactly what you would expect to get if you gave a picture of Arthur Dent to a production assistant and told them to go and get something as similar as possible.

[@philopharynx7910]

"Joy Almondo" is also a reference to a US candy bar. Almond Joy.

[@lesleywilliams323]

I was just about to say the same thing lol…. Known as Bounty in the UK ( brings you tender coconut)… wonder if it’s still called Bounty

[@judithstrachan9399]

@@lesleywilliams323, it is in Oz.

[@therealpbristow]

@@lesleywilliams323 Are you sure that's the same bar? A Bounty doesn't have any almonds, does it?

[@myrddinemrys1332]

​@@lesleywilliams323A Bounty is just chocolate covered coconut.

[@murk1e]

Mr Ben was not “short lived”. It had a limited production, but was repeated often - far beyond 1972. As a 1973 baby, I grew up with it!

[@prizegotti]

That "random door that's always locked in your hotel room" is actually to allow the hotel to link two rooms together for larger groups.

[@CemKalyoncu]

Or allow them to access your room in case you have latched yourself and can no longer be able to undo the latch. Assuming those latches are real, if something does happen to you, only way of reaching to you is either knocking the door or the window down.

[@peterlee5535]

That explanation made me laugh when watching because I got curious in the last hotel I stayed at and picked the locks on the two mystery doors! Both led to gantries with the services and utilities etc in them and thick layers of dust on the door frame that told me nobody had been in there for a good while! I signed my name on the wall before locking it all back up again :)

[@jamesalflattsbarkingmadpro3480]

This video has made me love the episode even more. Cant wait to watch the rest of your easter egg vids , this is my first one.

[@c_004]

That plunger joke flew over my head. That was quite hilarious.

[@KevinTheTimeGeek86]

I got it immediately and had to pause the episode because I was laughing so hard.... I also hope this means Ncuti will face the Daleks sometime in his second season...

[@seanokeefe75]

Thank you for finally mentioning the Hobbit door. In all the videos I've seen on the Special this is first to mention it.

[@nickfielding5685]

I think that might be 2020 druing covid

[@judithstrachan9399]

I assumed it would be a door to the filming since there wouldn’t be a real hobbit door.

[@Sven-v8s3b]

I think it's a trip to New Zealand in the 1990's.

[@maryschumann3920]

The Doctor is not only married to River Song, he also was married to Queen Elisabeth the first. I think it was the Episode "Day of the Doctor" with the 10th, 11th and the War Doctor.

[@ODISeth]

I always thought that the sonic screwdriver gained the ability to work on wood in Day of the Doctor, when they spent 400 years to calculate a way to disintegrate that wooden door. As far as I can remember there haven’t been any instances of The Doctor saying that it doesn’t work on wood since that episode

[@RedCaio]

In The Time of the Doctor he tells the wooden cyberman, after tricking it, that it doesn't work on wood.

[@ODISeth]

@ oh shoot I forgot about that one, you’re right

[@Rhewtani]

mops usually have metal near the head, and yeah - i've been thinking about that since Christmas

[@TonyH324]

Madame Vastra, Jenny and Strax visited 'The North' in the The Crimson Horror

[@RealBadGaming52]

Maybe they stayed till WW2 as they probably got to well know in London.

[@briansayles1615]

When Edmund Hillary asks why The Doctor is stealing the rope, The Doctor replies, "Because it was there." That's a reference to previous Everest climber George Mallory who purportedly gave a similar answer ("Because it's there.") when he was asked why he was going to climb the mountain.

[@destiny035]

Krik also says it in Star Trek... was it 5? 5 or 6, when Spock asks him why he climbs the mountain.

[@JoeMWoodward]

When the guy in the opening said "two women up by the cathedral" I pointed and shouted "OOH OOH" at my television, startling my wife, because I was positive it was about vastra and jenny

[@gwenever7286]

the mop head has a metal socket which the handle plugs into, so the sonic could be controlling the mop from that pivot point, so no need to work on wood.

[@jamesfoster533]

The TARDIS-police-box-esque door in the Time Hotel caught my attention. It looked really beat up, and I’m wondering if that is either foreshadowing something or it was a door that one could step through and see the TARDIS exploding or some of the cracks in the Universe… MAYBE Prisoner Zero is connected somehow?

[@jpwphoenix1701]

I don’t know if it’s meant to be an homage but the Doctor’s newspaper is similar to something that “Star Trek” has done a few times. Both the Q Continuum and Carl (a.k.a. The Guardian of Forever) had been seen with timey-wimey newspapers depicting events and changes in the timeline. Like here in DW, it’s a good way to sneak in various Easter eggs about either real world or Trek events.

[@Aynshtaynn]

18:51 I'm bothered by the lack of understanding of context. Everyone and their mother keep saying that the Doctor forgot about his marriages, especially the one with River when he said, "No, it's not that." He isn't saying he is not married. He is merely telling Anita that it's not about that. He doesn't give information about whether or not he is married.

[@mrdr0161]

And hes not married, he's a widow. To him, River is dead. He will never see her again.

[@DrWhoFanJ]

@@mrdr0161widower*

[@ianm42yt]

The reference to the Sat Nav taking her where she needs to go rather than where she wants to go is actually from the Dirk Gently Holistic Detective Agency books written by Douglas Adams, who also wrote a number of early doctor who stories, and, of course, the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.

[@Gamelifebalanceaustralia]

Also the Arthur Dent dressing gown reference from the BBC production of Hitchhiker's guide to the Galaxy.

[@maximilianlipp7246]

I'm sorry to inform you but the marriage rule goes "until death" and since River technically dies in the library the doctor now is offically not longer married.

[@Waterflame]

16:24 Mops usually have a metal bit that attaches the mop head to the wooden handle, so the Sonic was just controlling that bit. 😆😆😆

[@richardhobbs7360]

I mean, we also know it does wood now after the war doctor implanted it as a sub-routine

[@tobiyahajayi2704]

​@@richardhobbs7360Only for that one particular wooden door

[@stuartshelley3052]

It's fun to note that Audrey Niffenegger (author of 'The Time Traveller's Wife') has also referenced Moffat in her own work. 'Her Fearful Symmetry' has one of the main characters watching 'The Girl in the Fireplace'. :D

[@josephcottrell9983]

Hi, Ellie - As far as 15 telling Anita (I WANT MORE ANITA!) that he’s not married goes… well, The Doctor lies, doesn’t he? Love your absolute enthusiasm for the show 😁

[@judithstrachan9399]

I agree he would lie to spare Anita’s feelings, but there may well have been a bit of, “Well, not really, not any more” about it as well.

[@fibrown444]

I felt The Doctor in his dressing gown felt very Arthur Dent.

[@marajade333]

I noticed another reference to people, life and stories. When the Silurian dies the Doctor tells him to "tell your story" and something about live for your story. Its interesting because of all the emphasis on stories in the last season.

[@BlueSpring3]

11:20 I have a London themed picture on my wall that my brother got a bunch of years ago. The interesting thing is, one of the people in the background is looking right at the viewer and he looks A LOT like the 9th doctor. The hair cut, the leather jacket, the big ears, the face... an interesting similarity. It really looks like one of the photos the conspiracy theorist shows Rose Tyler. Probably a coincidence, but a really cool one, since my brother got it years before I got into Doctor Who and now the picture is on the wall in my appartement.

[@FlamingoSandwich]

I wondered how the sonic could control the mop" IT DOESNT DO WOOD"

[@pianoman1894]

I think the whole, "The long way round," phrase is actually a nod to the 10th Doctors adventure, The Girl in The Fireplace. When he gets trapped in Versailles with Madame De Pompadour, and they toast to, "the long way round."

[@danielmetcalf]

The leaflet that says Monaco, has the date 10 Mai 64, which was the date of the 1964 Monaco Grand Prix ❤

[@NileSWPhotography]

Omg I didn’t even clock the last hotel detail in voyage of the damned! 😭 this show is great.

[@lbgr830]

Maybe the Doctor taking the last room in Bethlehem is why in the beginning of the Christmas special, he mentions not needing a room 😂. So he doesn’t altar history at fixed points!

[@RealBadGaming52]

And the Inn is full due to all the time travellers visiting that period and place in History.

[@BunniRabbi]

The sonic being given to Rorey and given back isn't a bootstrap paradox. It still has the same origin and returns to the doctor's timeline. It's only a bootstrap when there is no origin outside the loop.

[@Tim.Stotelmeyer]

It is a bootstrap because it is the same sonic that is in the Pandorica that the sonic is used to open to retrieve the same sonic.

[@BunniRabbi]

@Tim.Stotelmeyer Again, that doesn't change its origin. That's an open loop, not a closed one. It's only a bootstrap if it has no origin outside a closed loop.

[@DuoMail-d4e]

Yeah that's not a bootstrap paradox. The sonic still has the same start. Actually, wait. We know that the doctor's childhood was false memories, so he may not have invented it... Then again there are a lot of issues with the idea that his memories were false (how did clara meet him in a childhood that never happened?), so hopefully they will retcon that.

[@Caitlinsculpts]

Mr Benn’s also had the red suit of armour in the window just like the shop in the cartoon!

[@mikamo]

Interesting that Sylvia Trench is canonically the James Bond character, considering in another episode you mentioned in this video, 2005’s “End of the World,” we meet Cal "Spark Plug" MacNannovich, an actor who plays the Doctor’s favorite version of James Bond.

[@jamalgordon8883]

I miss 11th doctor from Doctor Who and I like ninth doctor and 10th doctor

[@treadingtheboards2875]

Great video, I tried to find as many Easter eggs but fail miserably. I did have a surprise last night while watching a KZbin showing of the 2019 PBS special, 42nd Street the musical, I thought I recognized the actress playing Dorothy Brock, the elderly woman playing the lead in the fictional musical, but could not put a name to her, it wasn't until the end credits that it hit me. Bonnie Langford, the 1986 & 2024 cameo Dr. Who companion Mel Bush herself. Can she sing and tap dance, she was exceptional.

[@LinguaPhiliax]

16:33 I also want to mention that Auld Lang Syne is more specificly in the Scots language, a Germanic language that is very closely related to English, which should not be confused with Scottish Gaelic which is a Celtic language more closely related to Irish.

[@shaneblack4862]

Excellent researching 👍

[@LenHazell]

The phrase "you get where you need to be, not where you want to go" is a staple of former Doctor Who show runner Douglas Adams, and is the catchphrase of his character "Dirk Gently" an old friend of Professor Chronitis another retired Time Lord living on Earth. Mr Benn was played by Ray Brooks an actor with a long association with Doctor Who beginning in 1966 in the film version of Daleks' Invasion Earth 2150 A.D. where he played a character named David who essentially replaced the Tom Campbell character from the original TV series who married the Doctor's granddaughter Susan and removed her from the show. (There is a Tom Campbell in the film played by Bernard Cribbins, but he is a totally different person, who romances the Doctors "Other" older Granddaughter Louise, as in the films Susan was only twelve years old) Why does the Doctor Tell Anita that he is not married? As Riversong is fond of pointing out "Rule 1, The Doctor Lies" Speaking of Anita since we now know her surname is Benn, this too could be a Moffat joke as Benn spelled with 2 n's is a derivation of an old English word which meant a grassy area, such as the one Ncuti Gatwa suggested those who did not like New Who go and touch

[@rogerpaparazzo4725]

I have two ideas regarding the mop the first one being that he is not controlling the wood of the mop but the metal in the mop. But to me, the most likely is that it really does control wood now. Did we all forget that in the 50th Anniversary episode, the War Doctor started the calculations, and the 10th doctor was still working on it, and the 11th Doctor's sonic screwdriver solved it? And if the 11th did not solve it, there has been many many years for it to still be working it out. Especially since 15 Sonic Screwdriver is far more sophisticated looking than the others

[@jaypeper]

The bit about not going where you intended to go but where you need to go is also from Douglas Adams (from the Dirk Gently 2. book)

[@DuoMail-d4e]

When are we going to get *that* crossover?

[@jaypeper]

@DuoMail-d4e Oh my, do I have news for you, Those crossovers exist.

[@DuoMail-d4e]

@jaypeper Do tell.

[@jaypeper]

@DuoMail-d4e Douglas Adams himself was script editor for the fourth doctor and wrote a couple of serials. And some of the material he wrote didn't make it into the show, so he used it for Hitchhiker's Guide (book 3) and basically most of the Dirk Gently books is from his own ideas for doctor who, including the half-made Shada serial

[@DuoMail-d4e]

@jaypeper So kind of a diagetic crossover, more than an in-world one.

[@SamButler22]

Middle-Earth could be canon in the Whoniverse... or the actual Hobbiton set from the films, which is a tourist attraction, is being offered by the time hotel

[@SheSaidWhat1101]

Fair though, when the twelfth Doctor regenerated into the thirteenth Doctor, the ring did fall off his hand. So maybe, not married anymore (also, he’d be a widow right now, so, not married is a justified answer (?))?

[@timothyweers8054]

Wasn't the episode where the Doctor basically crashed landed with River in the Husbands Of River Song supposed to be the final time she met him before the library since she always seemed to meet with him in reverse times of each other. So I'd say that he would be considered a widow by this point since the timeline had been fulfilled unless there is a bonus meeting encounter between them. Also, he kind of has a thing with Rogue now until he decides to find him again.

[@richardhobbs7360]

@@timothyweers8054 I mean she mentions their night on darillium, the new suit and a haircut in silence, being the last time they met each other, and Library is the final they meet River cannot be in any new episodes due to that episode also mentioning she isn't aware of the Doctors new regeneration cycle. Unless they choose to not have her and the Doctor interact despite sharing the screen

[@lordofthereels6790]

Stephen Graham (Al Capone in Boardwalk Empire) as Omega in a story with him going to war with Rassilon with The Doctor and the other time lords caught in the middle of it could be interesting. Ella Purnell from Fallout as a more immature but equally as dangerous Rassilon intrigues me too.

[@VinnieBartilucci]

I'd have mention Jonathan Aris' casting as an Easter egg, what with the Sherlock connection. And I still maintain that's (supposed to be) Arthur Dent's bathrobe.

[@mineking11]

In regards to the “Assassination Tour,” there I is a great book by Sarah Vowell, Assassination Vacation

[@KevinHayman]

Are we seriously not going to mention the Doctor wearing Arthur Dent's robe?!

[@ronaldcohen4714]

Missed one. When the Doctor entered the room where his former self from a year earlier needed the code to open the briefcase to give him the code, was a reference to the "Children in Need" episode "Timecrash". The Tardises of the 5th and 10th Doctor's merged. They separated when the 10th Doctor did what the 5th Doctor saw what the 10th Doctor did long ago for the separation.

[@ericcousino2068]

So, with the supposition that the appearance of Sylvia Trench makes James Bond part of the Whoniverse. This supports the fan theory that James Bond himself is actually a Time Lord. That his regenerating would provide an in-universe explanation of the seven different actors that have portrayed Bond in films over the last 63 years.

[@ZStitchDisneyFan]

Also for 11, you’ve got a Disney Fantasia reference with Mickey as the sorcerers apprentice cause it would seem a little bit like magic however it’s actually doing its job. I’m not going out of control.

[@DittoGTI]

I'm glad I wasn't the only one who caught the Bond reference

[@jingo500]

The mop has a metal ring to hold the head on. I was wondering about the wood thing, too.

[@S3thW]

I think when the doctor first arrives in the time hotel the music playing is an instrumental version of ‘the stowaway’ from Voyage of the damned

[@CyberGW30]

I do love the idea that Harmony Shoal were slowly gaining power in UNIT before their whole plan was foiled by UNIT being disbanded in 2020.

[@Lord_Glace]

I think that crossing a door and traveling to the past could be a little tribute to the Spanish series “El ministerio del tiempo”...

[@fairlandsfarm]

More likely - Minsterio del tempo is a tribute to Le Docteur de Qui, reciprocally acknowledged by the Capadli Christmas special: The Return of Doctor Misterio.

[@theecallie]

Did anyone else notice that around 30 minutes in there is a door that somewhat resembles the Tardis door? It is a couple of doors down from Mt Everest and couple doors before the assassination of Cesar.

[@gmchris3752]

Making James Bond canon to the Doctor adds a bit more fuel to the wild fan theory about RTD and the 4th wall breaks.

[@lilpils2081]

I dont know if anyone else has mentioned it, but sylvester mcoy, who played the seventh doctor, was in the hobbit just a cool fun fact

[@whophd]

This bootstrap paradox makes sense because any other number would break the loop

[@so1opiniao]

About the wooden mop, I would say that the sonic was controlling the bristles, not the wooden handle.

[@PDX-Red]

or the metal/plastic that holds the mop head on the wooden shaft

[@DuoMail-d4e]

I kinda thought that was why the shot starts with the bottom of the mop.

[@jayduffy5532]

The side blinking eyes are also a reference to the siriens or whatever they are called in the MIB franchise especially in the first movie when j chases after one and corners it on a rooftop before it jumps to its doom and tells j about the evil roach dude coming for the miniature galaxy hidden as a cat collar pendent

[@qqq1701]

I love Martha Jones. It would be great to see her show up again.

[@straxdetater]

I think the hairdryer being mistaken for a gun may have been a reference to ‘Dalek’ in season 1

[@anishg8103]

I think too that, the 15th doctor is a manifestation of Martha Jones.

[@damienkakoschke3099]

Pete Jacckson is such a big Dr Who fan, he has, I think, 2 original Dalek props. (he also featured briefly in the other 50th anniversary special, because Sylvester McCoy was playing Radaghast in The Hobbit at the time). - "the long way" was also in Blink. - Possible returns/cameos, Martha Jones, yes please, she rocks, the Weeping Angels, hmm, be very careful with them, don't want them to be oversaturated, the Daleks, ya know I'm curious as to which version they would use for 15, go traditional new who with the bling daleks, old school with OG daleks like with 12, try bring back the new paradigm daleks from 11 (unlikely, I assume the original props are gone by now & nobody liked them), or the black & silver version from 13, or an all new version of the daleks (please learn from the new paradigm daleks that the side profile of a dalek is basically a right angle triangle & don't give the daleks a hump)?

[@JamCliche]

I don't know nothing about sound mixing, but watching this on my phone makes your background music sound like a bunch of buzzing sounds.

[@DavidPaulMorgan]

is the magic mop a reference to merlin in Sword in the Stone or The Sorcerer's Apprentice in the Disney films..?

[@DuoMail-d4e]

Hard to say. It could easily be an independent idea coming up again.

[@georggggggge]

for the longest time i always had this episode idea in my mind that i always thought could be amazing but would likely never happen the main premise is that the doctor is a time traveller, my second idea would be i guess similar to the time turner segment of HP POA or the big bang when the doctor goes through his past and places the markers to lead to the big bang its a very likely possibilty that there are 2 versions of himself in the same general area in say london or something, i always thought it would be cool if like the doctor sees like unit vehicles going really fast one way down a street and decides to investigate only to realise a previous version of himself is already there dealing with it (this is where it could go 2 ways) the first way: the doctor is watching from a short distance trying to stay hidden and ends up discovering a secondary thing going on that he never dealt with originally and so he does it now the second way: the doctor is watching from a short distance again, however this time hes watching and notices that it isnt exactly happening the way he remembers so he starts to pull ropes and basically cause the events to happen that had already taken place the main reason i dont ever see this happening is because they would need to find an episode that it could be worked in to or make one up, but they would also need to bring back one of the doctors to stand in for certain shots that wouldnt exist otherwise

[@georggggggge]

i always loved the idea of there being 2 doctors in the same general area but never interacting directly, its been referenced a few times throughout the show of there being 2 doctors in the same area and time, most recently in the devils chord