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** Beryl Montague was supposed to be a governess and completely different character from Clara, rather than her alias in the final product.
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** Beryl Montague was supposed to be a governess and completely different character from Clara, rather than her alias in the final product. She was even supposed to be a companion before Moffat reworked her character.
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* DeletedScene: Some scenes had to be cut out. This included material with a boy and his mother, played by Max Furst and Devon Black respectively, who lived where Simeon’s labourers worked. The Ice Governess was supposed to appear through a formation in the Latimers' pond which looked like an upright arm.
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* DeletedScene: Some scenes had to be cut out. This included material with a boy and his mother, played by Max Furst and Devon Black respectively, who lived where Simeon’s labourers worked. The Ice Governess was supposed to appear have been signified through a formation an image in the Latimers' pond which looked like an upright arm.
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* DeletedScene: Several elements of "The Snowmen" were discarded in editing. Some scenes had to be cut out. This included material involving with a little boy (Max Furst) and his mother (Devon Black) mother, played by Max Furst and Devon Black respectively, who live near the site lived where Simeon's Simeon’s labourers were working, and suggestions that the monsters were snowmen built the previous year given new form. worked. The coming of the Ice Governess was originally foretold when supposed to appear through a formation appeared in the middle of the Latimers' pond which resembled looked like an upthrust upright arm.
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** It was originally planned that this special would be the first episode to not have an opening credits sequence, instead opening with the title superimposed over a scene. Some consideration was even given to having no on-screen title at all, since it was thought that the title sequence might be held off until the end of the episode, illustrating the Doctor's return to his old self. In pre-production it was decided to have one at its usual beginning slot, and a newly redesigned credit sequence and theme arrangement was devised.
** The original concept for the new companion was that she would be a Victorian governess named Beryl. Over the next few months, however, the production team reconsidered the difficulty of writing for a regular character who was more than a century behind the viewing audience.
** Early drafts incorporated another ingredient to the mystery of the Snowmen, associating them with sightings of riderless hansom cabs. There were also more flashbacks to Dr Simeon's early life, and medical equipment used to try to revive Clara after her fall was implied to be responsible for Strax surviving the events of "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS32E7AGoodManGoesToWar A Good Man Goes to War]]".
** The original concept for the new companion was that she would be a Victorian governess named Beryl. Over the next few months, however, the production team reconsidered the difficulty of writing for a regular character who was more than a century behind the viewing audience.
** Early drafts incorporated another ingredient to the mystery of the Snowmen, associating them with sightings of riderless hansom cabs. There were also more flashbacks to Dr Simeon's early life, and medical equipment used to try to revive Clara after her fall was implied to be responsible for Strax surviving the events of "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS32E7AGoodManGoesToWar A Good Man Goes to War]]".
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** It was originally planned that this special would be the first episode to not have an opening credits sequence, instead opening with the The regular title superimposed over a scene. sequence was supposed to just have merely the title. Some consideration was even given to made of having no on-screen title at all, since it was thought that the title sequence might be held off until the end of the episode, illustrating the Doctor's return to his old self. In pre-production it was decided to have one at its usual beginning slot, and a newly redesigned credit sequence and theme arrangement was devised.
**The original concept for the new companion Beryl Montague was that she would supposed to be a Victorian governess named Beryl. Over the next few months, however, the production team reconsidered the difficulty of writing for a regular and completely different character who was more from Clara, rather than a century behind her alias in the viewing audience.
final product.
**Early drafts incorporated another ingredient to the mystery of the Snowmen, associating them with sightings of riderless hansom cabs. There The Snowmen were also more flashbacks to Dr Simeon's early life, and medical equipment used to try to revive Clara after her fall was implied supposed to be responsible for Strax surviving the events of "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS32E7AGoodManGoesToWar A Good Man Goes to War]]".associated with horse-driven carriages.
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** It was originally planned that this special would be the first episode to not have an opening credits sequence, instead opening with the title superimposed over a scene. Some consideration was even given to having no on-screen title at all, since it was thought that the title sequence might be held off until the end of the episode, illustrating the Doctor's return to his old self. In pre-production it was decided to have one, one at its usual beginning slot, and a newly redesigned credit sequence and theme arrangement was devised.devised.
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* CompletelyDifferentTitle: The French title is "La Dame de glace" (The Ice Lady).
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* RealLifeRelative: Joseph and Ellie Darcey-Alden are siblings in real life, just like their characters Digby and Francesca Latimer.
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* DeletedScene: Several elements of "The Snowmen" were discarded in editing. This included material involving a little boy (Max Furst) and his mother (Devon Black) who live near the site where Simeon's labourers were working, and suggestions that the monsters were snowmen built the previous year given new form. The coming of the Ice Governess was originally foretold when a formation appeared in the middle of the Latimers' pond which resembled an upthrust arm. Also deleted was an inscription on Clara's tombstone: "Remember me. For we shall meet again."
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* DeletedScene: Several elements of "The Snowmen" were discarded in editing. This included material involving a little boy (Max Furst) and his mother (Devon Black) who live near the site where Simeon's labourers were working, and suggestions that the monsters were snowmen built the previous year given new form. The coming of the Ice Governess was originally foretold when a formation appeared in the middle of the Latimers' pond which resembled an upthrust arm. Also deleted was an inscription on Clara's tombstone: "Remember me. For we shall meet again."
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* DeletedScene: Several elements of The Snowmen were discarded in editing. This included material involving a little boy (Max Furst) and his mother (Devon Black) who live near the site where Simeon's labourers were working, and suggestions that the monsters were snowmen built the previous year given new form. The coming of the Ice Governess was originally foretold when a formation appeared in the middle of the Latimers' pond which resembled an upthrust arm. Also deleted was an inscription on Clara's tombstone: "Remember me. For we shall meet again."
* DevelopmentGag: Clara's headstone in 1892 states that she was born on 23 November 1866 and that she died on 24 December 1892, meaning she not only shares the same birthday (though not the year) as ''Doctor Who'' itself but that she was also 26 years old when she died -- the exact same age as ''Series/DoctorWho'' was when it was cancelled in 1989.
* DevelopmentGag: Clara's headstone in 1892 states that she was born on 23 November 1866 and that she died on 24 December 1892, meaning she not only shares the same birthday (though not the year) as ''Doctor Who'' itself but that she was also 26 years old when she died -- the exact same age as ''Series/DoctorWho'' was when it was cancelled in 1989.
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* DeletedScene: Several elements ofThe Snowmen "The Snowmen" were discarded in editing. This included material involving a little boy (Max Furst) and his mother (Devon Black) who live near the site where Simeon's labourers were working, and suggestions that the monsters were snowmen built the previous year given new form. The coming of the Ice Governess was originally foretold when a formation appeared in the middle of the Latimers' pond which resembled an upthrust arm. Also deleted was an inscription on Clara's tombstone: "Remember me. For we shall meet again."
* DevelopmentGag: Clara's headstone in 1892 states that she was born on 23 November 1866 and that she died on 24 December 1892, meaning she not only shares the same birthday (though not the year) as ''Doctor Who''itself itself, but that she was also 26 years old when she died -- — the exact same age as ''Series/DoctorWho'' was when it was cancelled in 1989.
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** Early drafts incorporated another ingredient to the mystery of the Snowmen, associating them with sightings of riderless hansom cabs. There were also more flashbacks to Dr Simeon's early life, and medical equipment used to try to revive Clara after her fall was implied to be responsible for Strax surviving the events of "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS32E5AGoodManGoesToWar "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS32E7AGoodManGoesToWar A Good Man Goes to War]]".
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* ActorAllusion:
** Creator/MattSmith previously auditioned for the part of [[TheWatson Watson]] in ''Series/{{Sherlock}}'', so when the Doctor tries to make deductions as "Sherlock Holmes", he's absolutely rubbish at it.
--->'''Doctor:''' Now, shut up. Don't tell me. I see from your collar, sir, you have an apple tree and a wife with a limp. Am I right?\\
'''Simeon:''' No.\\
'''Doctor:''' But you have a wife?\\
'''Simeon:''' No.\\
'''Doctor:''' Bit of tree? Bit of a wife? ...Some apples?
** The Sherlock Holmes allusions could also doubles as one for Creator/StevenMoffat, as the co-creator of ''Series/{{Sherlock}}''.
** Creator/RichardEGrant, who plays Dr. Simeon, previously played the Doctor in ''WebAnimation/ScreamOfTheShalka''. Had the 2005 series revival not happened, he would have been the official Ninth Doctor. He also played the Tenth Doctor in ''Recap/DoctorWhoTheCurseOfFatalDeath'', written by Creator/StevenMoffat. The Shalka Doctor was described as "Sherlock Holmes as the Doctor", making the various Holmes references another allusion.
** Creator/MattSmith previously auditioned for the part of [[TheWatson Watson]] in ''Series/{{Sherlock}}'', so when the Doctor tries to make deductions as "Sherlock Holmes", he's absolutely rubbish at it.
--->'''Doctor:''' Now, shut up. Don't tell me. I see from your collar, sir, you have an apple tree and a wife with a limp. Am I right?\\
'''Simeon:''' No.\\
'''Doctor:''' But you have a wife?\\
'''Simeon:''' No.\\
'''Doctor:''' Bit of tree? Bit of a wife? ...Some apples?
** The Sherlock Holmes allusions could also doubles as one for Creator/StevenMoffat, as the co-creator of ''Series/{{Sherlock}}''.
** Creator/RichardEGrant, who plays Dr. Simeon, previously played the Doctor in ''WebAnimation/ScreamOfTheShalka''. Had the 2005 series revival not happened, he would have been the official Ninth Doctor. He also played the Tenth Doctor in ''Recap/DoctorWhoTheCurseOfFatalDeath'', written by Creator/StevenMoffat. The Shalka Doctor was described as "Sherlock Holmes as the Doctor", making the various Holmes references another allusion.
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** Creator/MattSmith previously auditioned forDeletedScene: Several elements of The Snowmen were discarded in editing. This included material involving a little boy (Max Furst) and his mother (Devon Black) who live near the part site where Simeon's labourers were working, and suggestions that the monsters were snowmen built the previous year given new form. The coming of [[TheWatson Watson]] in ''Series/{{Sherlock}}'', so the Ice Governess was originally foretold when a formation appeared in the Doctor tries to make deductions as "Sherlock Holmes", he's absolutely rubbish at it.
--->'''Doctor:''' Now, shut up. Don't tellmiddle of the Latimers' pond which resembled an upthrust arm. Also deleted was an inscription on Clara's tombstone: "Remember me. I see from your collar, sir, you have an apple tree and a wife with a limp. Am I right?\\
'''Simeon:''' No.\\
'''Doctor:''' But you have a wife?\\
'''Simeon:''' No.\\
'''Doctor:''' Bit of tree? Bit of a wife? ...Some apples?
** The Sherlock Holmes allusions could also doubles as one for Creator/StevenMoffat, as the co-creator of ''Series/{{Sherlock}}''.
** Creator/RichardEGrant, who plays Dr. Simeon, previously played the Doctor in ''WebAnimation/ScreamOfTheShalka''. Had the 2005 series revival not happened, he would have been the official Ninth Doctor. He also played the Tenth Doctor in ''Recap/DoctorWhoTheCurseOfFatalDeath'', written by Creator/StevenMoffat. The Shalka Doctor was described as "Sherlock Holmes as the Doctor", making the various Holmes references another allusion.For we shall meet again."
** Creator/MattSmith previously auditioned for
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'''Simeon:''' No.\\
'''Doctor:''' But you have a wife?\\
'''Simeon:''' No.\\
'''Doctor:''' Bit of tree? Bit of a wife? ...Some apples?
** The Sherlock Holmes allusions could also doubles as one for Creator/StevenMoffat, as the co-creator of ''Series/{{Sherlock}}''.
** Creator/RichardEGrant, who plays Dr. Simeon, previously played the Doctor in ''WebAnimation/ScreamOfTheShalka''. Had the 2005 series revival not happened, he would have been the official Ninth Doctor. He also played the Tenth Doctor in ''Recap/DoctorWhoTheCurseOfFatalDeath'', written by Creator/StevenMoffat. The Shalka Doctor was described as "Sherlock Holmes as the Doctor", making the various Holmes references another allusion.
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* ThemeTune: The main theme gets ''another'' new arrangement, once again courtesy of Music/MurrayGold.
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* ThemeTune: The main WhatCouldHaveBeen:
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** The original concept for the newarrangement, once again courtesy companion was that she would be a Victorian governess named Beryl. Over the next few months, however, the production team reconsidered the difficulty of Music/MurrayGold.
writing for a regular character who was more than a century behind the viewing audience.
** Some consideration was given to providing no on-screen title at all, since it was thought that the title sequence might be held off until the end of the episode, illustrating the Doctor's return to his old self.
** Early drafts incorporated another ingredient to the mystery of the Snowmen, associating them with sightings of riderless hansom cabs. There were also more flashbacks to Dr Simeon's early life, and medical equipment used to try to revive Clara after her fall was implied to be responsible for Strax surviving the events of "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS32E5AGoodManGoesToWar A Good Man Goes to War]]".
* WorkingTitle: ''The Snowman''.
** It was originally planned that this special would be the first episode to not have an opening credits sequence, instead opening with the title superimposed over a scene. In pre-production it was decided to have one, and a newly redesigned credit sequence and theme
** The original concept for the new
** Some consideration was given to providing no on-screen title at all, since it was thought that the title sequence might be held off until the end of the episode, illustrating the Doctor's return to his old self.
** Early drafts incorporated another ingredient to the mystery of the Snowmen, associating them with sightings of riderless hansom cabs. There were also more flashbacks to Dr Simeon's early life, and medical equipment used to try to revive Clara after her fall was implied to be responsible for Strax surviving the events of "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS32E5AGoodManGoesToWar A Good Man Goes to War]]".
* WorkingTitle: ''The Snowman''.
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* ThemeTune: The main theme gets ''another'' new arrangement, once again courtesy of Music/MurrayGold.
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** The Sherlock Holmes allusions could also doubles as one for Stephen Moffat, as the co-creator of ''Series/{{Sherlock}}''.
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** The Sherlock Holmes allusions could also doubles as one for Stephen Moffat, Creator/StevenMoffat, as the co-creator of ''Series/{{Sherlock}}''.
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* {{Foreshadowing}}: Clara's distinctive theme music/leitmotif makes its debut. Nearly three years later, this piece of music will retroactively take on on a whole new meaning thanks to the events of [[Recap/DoctorWhoS35E12HellBent "Hell Bent"]].
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* DevelopmentGag: Clara's headstone in 1892 states that she was born on 23 November 1866 and that she died on 24 December 1892, meaning she not only shares the same birthday (though not the year) as ''Doctor Who'' itself but that she was also 26 years old when she died -- the exact same age as ''Series/DoctorWho'' was when it was cancelled in 1989.
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* HilariousInHindsight: YMMV if this counts, but the episode features the Great Intelligence for the first time since the end of [[Recap/DoctorWhoS5E5TheWebOfFear The Web of Fear]] in 1968. Ten months after this episode aired, the BBC announced that nearly all of Web (save episode 3) had been found in Nigeria, and the serial was made available online and later on DVD. [[TrollingCreator Given]] [[StevenMoffat the showrunner]], the Intelligence's appearance here might well have been ''because'' the episodes were about to be released.
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* SuspiciouslySpecificDenial: Creator/MattSmith and Creator/JennaLouiseColeman in the introduction to the special's first trailer.
-->'''Smith:''' And now, ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, the very first look at the Doctor Who Christmas trailer... which is, of course, the very first episode to feature Miss Jenna-Louise Coleman.\\
'''Coleman:''' {{Ahem}}... second.\\
'''Smith:''' Oh yeah, you were in [[Recap/DoctorWhoS33E1AsylumOfTheDaleks the Dalek one]], weren't you... playing a different character...\\
'''Coleman:''' Yep, totally different character.\\
'''Smith:''' [...] Yeah... so you couldn't be the same character at Christmas, that would be just impossible.\\
'''Coleman:''' No way.
-->'''Smith:''' And now, ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, the very first look at the Doctor Who Christmas trailer... which is, of course, the very first episode to feature Miss Jenna-Louise Coleman.\\
'''Coleman:''' {{Ahem}}... second.\\
'''Smith:''' Oh yeah, you were in [[Recap/DoctorWhoS33E1AsylumOfTheDaleks the Dalek one]], weren't you... playing a different character...\\
'''Coleman:''' Yep, totally different character.\\
'''Smith:''' [...] Yeah... so you couldn't be the same character at Christmas, that would be just impossible.\\
'''Coleman:''' No way.
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-->'''Smith:''' And now, ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, the very first look at the Doctor Who Christmas trailer... which is, of course, the very first episode to feature Miss Jenna-Louise Coleman.\\
'''Coleman:''' {{Ahem}}... second.\\
'''Smith:''' Oh yeah, you were in [[Recap/DoctorWhoS33E1AsylumOfTheDaleks the Dalek one]], weren't you... playing a different character...\\
'''Coleman:''' Yep, totally different character.\\
'''Smith:''' [...] Yeah... so you couldn't be the same character at Christmas, that would be just impossible.\\
'''Coleman:''' No way.
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* HilariousInHindsight: YMMV if this counts, but the episode features the Great Intelligence for the first time since the end of [[Recap/DoctorWhoS5E5TheWebOfFear The Web of Fear]] in 1968. Ten months after this episode aired, the BBC announced that nearly all of Web (save episode 3) had been found in Nigeria, and the serial was made available online and later on DVD. [[TrollingCreator Given]] [[StevenMoffat the showrunner]], the Intelligence's appearance here might well have been ''because'' the episodes were about to be released.
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** Creator/MattSmith previously auditioned for the part of [[TheWatson Watson]] in ''Series/{{Sherlock}}'', so when the Doctor tries to make deductions as "Sherlock Holmes", he's absolutely rubbish at it.
--->'''Doctor:''' Now, shut up. Don't tell me. I see from your collar, sir, you have an apple tree and a wife with a limp. Am I right?\\
'''Simeon:''' No.\\
'''Doctor:''' But you have a wife?\\
'''Simeon:''' No.\\
'''Doctor:''' Bit of tree? Bit of a wife? ...Some apples?
** Creator/RichardEGrant, who plays Dr. Simeon, previously played the Doctor in ''WebAnimation/ScreamOfTheShalka''. Had the 2005 series revival not happened, he would have been the official Ninth Doctor. He also played the Tenth Doctor in ''Recap/DoctorWhoTheCurseOfFatalDeath'', written by Creator/StevenMoffat. The Shalka Doctor was described as "Sherlock Holmes as the Doctor", making the various Holmes references another allusion.
* RealitySubtext: At the end, the Doctor clearly struggles to remember the Great Intelligence, finding it familiar but difficult to place. Both [[Recap/DoctorWhoS5E2TheAbominableSnowmen "The Abominable Snowmen"]] and [[Recap/DoctorWhoS5E5TheWebOfFear "The Web of Fear"]], the Second Doctor adventures where the Great Intelligence appears, were {{Missing Episode}}s during the time this episode aired, which in a meta-sense might explain why he can't remember them.
* SuspiciouslySpecificDenial: Creator/MattSmith and Creator/JennaLouiseColeman in the introduction to the special's first trailer.
-->'''Smith:''' And now, ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, the very first look at the Doctor Who Christmas trailer... which is, of course, the very first episode to feature Miss Jenna-Louise Coleman.\\
'''Coleman:''' {{Ahem}}... second.\\
'''Smith:''' Oh yeah, you were in [[Recap/DoctorWhoS33E01AsylumOfTheDaleks the Dalek one]], weren't you... playing a different character...\\
'''Coleman:''' Yep, totally different character.\\
'''Smith:''' [...] Yeah... so you couldn't be the same character at Christmas, that would be just impossible.\\
'''Coleman:''' No way.
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** Creator/MattSmith previously auditioned for the part of [[TheWatson Watson]] in ''Series/{{Sherlock}}'', so when the Doctor tries to make deductions as "Sherlock Holmes", he's absolutely rubbish at it.
--->'''Doctor:''' Now, shut up. Don't tell me. I see from your collar, sir, you have an apple tree and a wife with a limp. Am I right?\\
'''Simeon:''' No.\\
'''Doctor:''' But you have a wife?\\
'''Simeon:''' No.\\
'''Doctor:''' Bit of tree? Bit of a wife? ...Some apples?
** Creator/RichardEGrant, who plays Dr. Simeon, previously played the Doctor in ''WebAnimation/ScreamOfTheShalka''. Had the 2005 series revival not happened, he would have been the official Ninth Doctor. He also played the Tenth Doctor in ''Recap/DoctorWhoTheCurseOfFatalDeath'', written by Creator/StevenMoffat. The Shalka Doctor was described as "Sherlock Holmes as the Doctor", making the various Holmes references another allusion.
* RealitySubtext: At the end, the Doctor clearly struggles to remember the Great Intelligence, finding it familiar but difficult to place. Both [[Recap/DoctorWhoS5E2TheAbominableSnowmen "The Abominable Snowmen"]] and [[Recap/DoctorWhoS5E5TheWebOfFear "The Web of Fear"]], the Second Doctor adventures where the Great Intelligence appears, were {{Missing Episode}}s during the time this episode aired, which in a meta-sense might explain why he can't remember them.
* SuspiciouslySpecificDenial: Creator/MattSmith and Creator/JennaLouiseColeman in the introduction to the special's first trailer.
-->'''Smith:''' And now, ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, the very first look at the Doctor Who Christmas trailer... which is, of course, the very first episode to feature Miss Jenna-Louise Coleman.\\
'''Coleman:''' {{Ahem}}... second.\\
'''Smith:''' Oh yeah, you were in [[Recap/DoctorWhoS33E01AsylumOfTheDaleks the Dalek one]], weren't you... playing a different character...\\
'''Coleman:''' Yep, totally different character.\\
'''Smith:''' [...] Yeah... so you couldn't be the same character at Christmas, that would be just impossible.\\
'''Coleman:''' No way.
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