History YMMV / DoctorWhoTheCurseOfFatalDeath

* HeartwarmingInHindsight: The special ends with Creator/JoannaLumley as the first female Doctor. While she didn't play the Doctor, 2017 saw Creator/JodieWhittaker become the first female Doctor. In the traditional numbering they were both the thirteenth Doctor.

** In an episode of ''Series/TheThinBlueLine'' (a sitcom starring Creator/RowanAtkinson) while dealing with a lunatic falsely claiming to be a terrorist, Atkinson's character defuses the situation while stating "he is no more a terrorist than I am Creator/JoannaLumley", who of course, shows up in this special as their future self.

** Creator/RichardEGrant would later go on to play not only another [[WebAnimation/ScreamOfTheShalka Non-Canon version of the Doctor]], but also the re-imagined Great Intelligence in Series 7 of [=NuWho=], who functions as an EvilCounterpart to The Doctor.
** Twelve tells the Master and his companion to keep an eye on the universe, "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS31E1TheEleventhHour I've put a lot of work into it.]]" Creator/StevenMoffat later put that exact same line into the prologue of Series 9, spoken by the actual Twelfth Doctor.
** The Doctor [[Recap/DoctorWhoS27E1Rose falling in love with]] and then [[Recap/DoctorWhoS32E13TheWeddingOfRiverSong marrying]] his companion.

** A later Moffat script for Doctor Who, "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS35E2TheWitchsFamiliar The Witch's Familiar]]", not only features the Doctor facing the Master and Daleks, but also Sewers and a discussion about Daleks having chairs ("The only other chair on Skaro").
** In an episode of ''Series/TheThinBlueLine'' (a sitcom starring Creator/RowanAtkinson) while dealing with a lunatic falsely claiming to be a terrorist, Atkinson's character defuses the situation while stating "he is no more a terrorist than I am Creator/JoannaLumley", who of course, shows up in this special.
** Rowan Atkinson playing with a toy Dalek in the ''Series/MrBean'' Christmas special seems mildly prophetic of his role as The Doctor.

* SeinfeldIsUnfunny: With the canonical Thirteenth Doctor being a woman, it's going to get harder and harder to believe that this idea in and of itself was supposed to be a joke at the time.

** In an episode of ''Series/TheThinBlueLine'' (a sitcom starring Creator/RowanAtkinson) while dealing with a lunatic falsely claiming to be a terrorist Rowan's character defuses the situation while stating "he is no more a terrorist than I am Creator/JoannaLumley" and well that goes without saying.
*** Plus, his playing with a toy Dalek in the ''Series/MrBean'' Christmas special.

* HeartwarmingInHindsight: The special ends with Creator/JoannaLumley as the first female Doctor. While she didn't play the Doctor, 2017 saw Creator/JodieWhittaker become the first female Doctor.

* SeinfeldIsUnfunny: With the canonical Thirteenth Doctor being a woman, it's going to get more and more hard to believe that this idea in and of itself was supposed to be a joke at the time.

** Creator/RichardEGrant would later go on to play not only another [[WebAnimation/ScreamOfTheShalka Non-Canon version of the Doctor]], but also the re-imagined Great Intelligence in Series 7 of NuWho, who functions as an EvilCounterpart to The Doctor.

** A later Moffat script for Doctor Who, , not only features the Doctor, the Master, and Daleks, but also Sewers and a line about Daleks having chairs ("The only other chair on Skaro").

** Creator/RichardEGrant would later go on to play not only another Non-Canon version of the Doctor, but also the re-imagined Great Intelligence in Series 7 of NuWho, who functions as an EvilCounterpart to The Doctor.

** Creator/RichardEGrant would later go on to play the re-imagined Great Intelligence in Series 7, who functions as an EvilCounterpart to The Doctor.

** The Doctor reaching the edn of his regeneration cycle, before being granted more.
** At the closing of the story, the Master vows to follow the path of goodness, much like Missy did in Peter Capaldi's third season.

** The Thirteenth Doctor being female would eventually happen in 2017 when Jodie Whitaker was confirmed to be the first official female Doctor. Funny enough, she's blonde, just like Joanna Lumley! The Master's sudden attraction to the Doctor at the end also becomes this, as some male fans admitted that they now fancied the Doctor.
** The Master having a plan backfire on him in a way that gets him stuck on TheSlowPath in a humiliating fashion actually happens to the main series Master in [[spoiler:Recap/DoctorWhoS38E1E2Spyfall]]. It’s only 77 years and there’s no sewage involved (probably), but still. He even returns complaining about how long it took to get back to The Doctor’s time, in a very similar way to how he complained about in this special, and remembering this episode while watching that one is hilarious!

* ValuesDissonance: It Can now be pretty off-putting that the Doctor becoming a woman is presented as such an inherently ridiculous idea that it can stand as a joke without her even doing anything, especially with some of the nasty sexist attacks the show endured when it really did happen.

** The Thirteenth Doctor being female would eventually happen in 2017 when Jodie Whitaker was confirmed to be the first official female Doctor. Funny enough, shes' blonde, just like Joanna Lumley! The Master's sudden attraction to the Doctor at the end also becomes this, as some male fans admitted that they now fancied the Doctor.

* RetroactiveRecognition: The Tenth Doctor (Creator/RichardEGrant) goes on to be the Doctor ''again'' for ''WebAnimation/ScreamOfTheShalka'' (albeit as the Ninth), and was also in "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS33E13TheNameOfTheDoctor The Name of the Doctor]]", where his character threw himself into the Doctor's time line.

** In an episode of ''Series/TheThinBlueLine'' (a sitcom starring Creator/RowanAtkinson) while dealing with a lunatic falsely claiming to be a terrorist Rowan's character defuses the situation while stating "he is no more a terrorist then I am Creator/JoannaLumley" and well that goes without saying.

** "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS32E4TheDoctorsWife The Doctor's Wife]]" confirms that regeneration gender-bending is possible. While the Doctor hasn't had one yet like in this parody, [[spoiler:"[[Recap/DoctorWhoS34E11DarkWater Dark Water]]" reveals the Master has regenerated into a Time Lady. Her attraction to the Doctor has also escalated.]]

** The Thirteenth Doctor being female would eventually happen in 2017 when Jodie Whitaker was confirmed to be the first official female Doctor. Funny enough, shes' blonde, just like Joanna Lumley!

** The Thirteenth Doctor being female would eventually happen in 2017 when Jodie Whitaker was confirmed to be the first official female Doctor.

* HeartwarmingInHindsight: The special ends with Creator/JoannaLumley as the first female Doctor. While she didn't play the Doctor, 2017 saw Creator/JodieWhitaker become the first female Doctor.