References To Popular Culture
- While with the Family, Rose comments that all the furs make it like "Julien Macdonald round here."
- The Doctor says that "Carry On Cleo was more historically accurate than anyone realised."
- The Doctor states that "marrying for love, it's overrated" and to Rose's response of "Like you'd know" says, "Who says I don't? Ask Lady Mary Wortley Montagu."
- While Chantal is expounding on her theories of evolution, Rose says, "This is turning into Horizon."
- The Doctor calls Tillun Aladdin Sane in reference to the 1973 David Bowie album. (Bowie on the cover has a stripe of face paint on much like Tillun)
- Quilley has a Coldplay CD among his "ancient artifacts", and it seems the Doctor doesn't think very highly of the band.
- While Jack allows Das to learn about the world by watching television, he feels that Farscape and Deadwood would only confuse a Neanderthal.
- Das mentions his favourite show is Are You Being Served?, although did does not refer to it by name but instead calls the characters the "Grace Brothers". Jack also mentions that he was trouble explaining that 'Mrs Slocombe' is not real to Das.
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