Continuity
- Grant's incarnation of the Doctor (often referred to as the "REG Doctor" or the "Shalka Doctor" by fans) has since appeared in an online short story, The Feast of the Stone by Cavan Scott and Mark Wright, although no further stories are planned.
- The Doctor tells Mathilda Pierce that her dead cat "must have used up his nine lives - rather like me."
- Major Kennet looks over a UNIT file with the Doctor.
- Upon his arrival, the Doctor is able to establish the current location and date by sniffing the air. The First Doctor demonstrated this ability in The Time Meddler. The Tenth Doctor appears to exhibit this ability in the series 4 episode "The Unicorn and the Wasp", where he is able to use the scent of grass and lemonade (with a little bit of mint) to determine that they have landed in the 1920s. However, Donna Noble notices that he could have been tipped off by the vintage car coming up the driveway, a hint that he might actually have been pretending. The Eleventh Doctor also did the same thing successfully in "The Time of Angels" without any hints, and did so to a limited extent in "Dinosaurs on a Spaceship. River Song suggested in "The Time of Angels" that he did it often.
- Also on arrival, the TARDIS beeps and 'clunks' while the lights go out like the locking system of a modern car. The Tenth Doctor does the same to his TARDIS in the 2009 Christmas Special The End of Time,Part One.
- Four of the cast members would go on to play characters in the current version of Doctor Who.
- David Tennant would go on to play the Tenth Doctor in the television series proper from 2005 to 2010. He appeared in Shalka in an uncredited role as a caretaker. He was not originally cast in the production but happened to be recording a radio play in a neighbouring studio, and when he discovered what was being recorded next door managed to convince the director to give him a small role.
- Richard E. Grant portrays a villain in the 2012 Christmas special, having previously been cast as the Tenth Doctor in the 1999 charity special, "Doctor Who and the Curse of Fatal Death"; both were written by Steven Moffat.
- Derek Jacobi returned as the Master in 2007's "Utopia"
- Sophie Okonedo appeared in 2010's "The Beast Below" and "The Pandorica Opens" as Queen Elizabeth X.
- Alison leaves her boyfriend behind to travel with the Shalka Doctor because she is bored. Rose Tyler also leaves her boyfriend behind to travel with the canonical 9th Doctor because she is bored. Both women are also involved in interracial relationships.
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