History YMMV / DoctorWhoS26E4Survival

** Ace picks up a copy of ''Music/{{War|U2Album}}'' by Music/{{U2}} and asks "Are they still going?", since they had been active for just over a decade at that point. While the line was intended as a jab at ''Music/RattleAndHum'' and the spectacular backlash it brought, U2 ended up going on for decades and haven't truly stopped.

* {{Narm}}: Creator/SylvesterMcCoy overclocks the [[LargeHam ham]], making a serious line sound very, very, ''very'' melodramatic as he battles on the Cheetah World:

* The Chicken Game between the Doctor and Midge ends with the bikes colliding in an explosion... that was obviously added post-production, since not only are Midge and the Doctor not seen flying off, the bikes themselves are removed at the last second.

* SpecialEffectsFailure: The animatronic cat used for the Kitling in a couple of sequences is very, very poor. According to Creator/AndrewCartmel, they hired a guy who had created a very good animatronic dog for the sitcom ''I Lovett'', but then discovered that cats are inherently more difficult because of their smaller size.

* {{Fanon}}: The blonde woman the Doctor encounters after being teleported away from the Cheetah Planet for the last time is often assumed by fans to be a younger Jackie Tyler, owed to her similar appearance, voice, and demeanor.

* EpilepticTrees: The blonde woman the Doctor encounters after being teleported away from the Cheetah Planet for the last time is often assumed by fans to be a younger Jackie Tyler.

* SpecialEffectsFailure: The animatronic cat used for the Kitling in a couple of sequences is very, very poor. (According to Creator/AndrewCartmel, they hired a guy who had created a very good animatronic dog for the sitcom ''I Lovett'', but then discovered that cats are inherently more difficult because of their smaller size.)

** Ace picks up a Music/{{U2}} single, and asks "Are they still going?", since they had been going for just over a decade at that point. While the line was intended as a jab at ''Music/RattleAndHum'' and the spectacular backlash it brought, U2 ended up going on for decades and haven't truly stopped.

** Ace picks up a Music/{{U2}} single, and asks "Are they still going?", since they had been going for just over a decade at that point. They recently reached 40 years in the business, and haven't truly stopped.[[note]]It should be noted that, at the time, they were undergoing backlash due to the reception of ''Music/RattleAndHum''.[[/note]]
** The neighbour in the last episode who complains about 'flipping cat-fights' bears a remarkable, and entirely coincidental, resemblance to a young Jackie Tyler.

* {{Narm}}:
** Creator/SylvesterMcCoy overclocks the [[LargeHam ham]], making a serious line sound very, very, ''very'' melodramatic as he battles on the Cheetah World:
--->"IF WE FIGHT LIKE ANIMALS, WE'LL DIIIIIIEE LIKE ANIMALS!"
** Then, he repeats the line and completely overdraws his deposit at the Ham Bank after being teleported back to Earth:
--->''(arms are outstretched above him; starts gesturing with his eyes shut, [[MilkingTheGiantCow and shaking wildly]])''\\
'''"IF WE FIGHT LIKE ANIMALS, WE''' '''''DIIIIIIIIIIIEE''''' '''LIKE ANIMALS!"'''

* SpecialEffectsFailure: The animatronic cat used for the Kitling in a couple of sequences is very, very poor. (According to Andrew Cartmel, they hired a guy who had created a very good animatronic dog for the sitcom ''I Lovett'', but then discovered that cats are inherently more difficult because of their smaller size.)

** Ace picks up a Music/{{U2}} single, and asks "Are they still going?", since they had been going for just over a decade at that point. They recently reached 40 years in the business, and haven't truly stopped.[[note]]It should be noted that, at the time, they were undergoing backlash due to the controversies surrounding ''Music/RattleAndHum''.[[/note]]

* HarsherInHindsight: This was the final serial before the show was cancelled, and had to have a monologue added in post-production.
* HeartwarmingInHindsight: The Doctor closes with a beautiful speech culminating with, "Come on, Ace. We've got work to do." At the time, it was unknown if the show would ever come back. Fast-forward sixteen years, and the Doctor is back on our screens, with the show as good as (many would say, better than) ever, and since then it's only gone from success to success.
** This also gives a new ringing meaning to the title "Survival." No matter what outside forces intervene, ''Doctor Who'' always finds a way to survive.

* CharacterRerailment: Creator/AnthonyAinley ''finally'' got to play the Master the way he intended, echewing over-the-top campiness in favour of low-key menace.

** Ace picks up a Music/{{U2}} single, and asks "Are they still going?", since they had been going for just over a decade at that point. They recently reached 40 years in the business, and haven't truly stopped.

* SpecialEffectsFailure: The animatronic cat used for the Kitling in a couple of sequences is very, very poor. (According to Andrew Cartmel, they hired a guy who had created a very good animatronic dog for a different series, but then discovered that cats are inherently more difficult because of their smaller size.)

* LesYay: The subtext between Ace and Karra is so shameless that when Rhona Munro [[WordOfGay complained]] that her [[http://web.archive.org/web/20090101212107/http://www.btinternet.com/~david.darlington/WORDS/RonaMunroInterview.htm intended lesbian innuendo had been censored]] most viewers wondered what the hell could have been cut out that could possibly have been shown before the {{Watershed}}.

* SugarWiki/VisualEffectsOfAwesome: The gorgeously realized alien planet.

* {{Fanon}}: The blonde woman the Doctor encounters after being teleported away from the Cheetah Planet for the last time is often assumed by fans to be a younger Jackie Tyler.

* VisualEffectsOfAwesome: The gorgeously realized alien planet.

-->"IF WE FIGHT LIKE ANIMALS, WE'LL DIIIIIIEE LIKE ANIMALS!"

-->''(arms are outstretched above him; starts gesturing with his eyes shut, [[MilkingTheGiantCow and shaking wildly]])''
--> '''"IF WE FIGHT LIKE ANIMALS, WE''' '''''DIIIIIIIIIIIEE''''' '''LIKE ANIMALS!"'''

* HilariousInHindsight: Ace picks up a Music/{{U2}} single, and asks "Are they still going?", since they had been going for just over a decade at that point. They recently reached 40 years in the business, and haven't truly stopped.

* HarsherInHindsight: Survival is the final serial before the show was cancelled, and had to have a monologue added in post-production.
* HilariousInHindsight: Ace picks up a Music/{{U2}} single, and asks "Are they still going?", since they had been going for just over a decade at that point. They recently reached 40 years in the business, and haven't truly stopped.