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* FridgeHorror: Sure, the Space Babies are cute, but think about their situation: they have the emotional intelligence of six-year-old children, but the bodies of babies. They can talk, but they can't walk, control their toilet functions or even blow their own noses. They have had zero contact with adults since birth (something ''critically important'' for healthy early years development) and have spent six years in terror of the monster living in their basement. Let's hope Jocelyn and the new colony can help undo the damage, or these kids are going to be ''messed up'' as they get older.
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* FridgeBrilliance: All those unaccounted for times the Doctor and companions might have thrown history out of kilter through triggering a ButterflyEffect have been smoothed over by a setting on the TARDIS made to specifically block that. It stands to reason other [=TARDISes=] have that feature and the occupants using them could avoid this problem as well. The fact that this switch was turned off for the Doctor's TARDIS- which presumably happened [[Recap/DoctorWho60thASTheStarBeast either when the control room changed or when Donna accidentally spilled coffee on the console]]- would also explain why the Doctor and Donna were able to [[Recap/DoctorWho60thASWildBlueYonder accidentally change the word "gravity" to "mavity"]].
* ImprovedSecondAttempt: The episode's twist that the monster stalking the space station is actually made out of discarded human waste- in this case, snot- may remind viewers of the infamously panned twist from [[Recap/DoctorWhoS35E9SleepNoMore "Sleep No More"]], where the Sandmen turned out to be made from the eye boogers of those exposed to the Morpheus signal. However, unlike that episode- which played the monsters and its premise completely seriously and thus made the twist come off as pure {{Narm}}- this episode has a much more tongue-in-cheek take on the concept and a more comedic energy overall, helping the reveal land better (especially because of the Doctor and Ruby's over-the-top reactions to realizing what they've been surrounded by this whole time).

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* FridgeBrilliance: All those unaccounted for times the Doctor and companions might have thrown history out of kilter through triggering a ButterflyEffect have been smoothed over by a setting on the TARDIS made to specifically block that. It stands to reason other [=TARDISes=] have that feature and the occupants using them could avoid this problem as well. The fact that this switch was turned off for the Doctor's TARDIS- which TARDIS--which presumably happened [[Recap/DoctorWho60thASTheStarBeast either when the control room changed or when Donna accidentally spilled coffee on the console]]- would console]]--would also explain why the Doctor and Donna were able to [[Recap/DoctorWho60thASWildBlueYonder accidentally change the word "gravity" to "mavity"]].
* ImprovedSecondAttempt: The episode's twist that the monster stalking the space station is actually made out of discarded human waste- in waste--in this case, snot- may snot--may remind viewers of the infamously panned twist from [[Recap/DoctorWhoS35E9SleepNoMore "Sleep No More"]], where the Sandmen turned out to be made from the eye boogers of those exposed to the Morpheus signal. However, unlike that episode- which episode--which played the monsters and its premise completely seriously and thus made the twist come off as pure {{Narm}}- this {{Narm}}--this episode has a much more tongue-in-cheek take on the concept and a more comedic energy overall, helping the reveal land better (especially because of the Doctor and Ruby's over-the-top reactions to realizing what they've been surrounded by this whole time).

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* EpilepticTrees: The way that The Doctor mentions about "visiting" ''Franchise/StarTrek'' sounds an awful lot like another crossover between the franchises could happen.
** Or could also be interpreted as some day visiting the set of one of the Star Trek series during filming. A crossover in a slightly more 'realistic' sense, perhaps.

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* EpilepticTrees: The way that The Doctor mentions about "visiting" ''Franchise/StarTrek'' sounds an awful lot like another crossover between the franchises could happen.
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happen. Or could also be interpreted as some day visiting the set of one of the Star Trek ''Star Trek'' series during filming. A crossover in a slightly more 'realistic' sense, perhaps.

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