| 1 | * AlternativeCharacterInterpretation: The Doctor's statement at the end: "Robbing a bank. Robbing a ''whole'' bank. Beat ''that'' for a date!". Did the Doctor orchestrated the timing of the ''entire caper'' as a way of one-upping Clara's new boyfriend, or is he just excited that a chance to look cool fell on his lap. |
| 2 | * CryForTheDevil: While her fate after the episode [[WhatHappenedToTheMouse isn't actually clear]], it's hard not to feel some sympathy for Ms. Delphox. She's AffablyEvil to a fault, but, in her conversation with Karabraxos, it's made pretty clear that she's just doing her job to [[ExpendableClone avoid being killed]]. She's actually become something of an EnsembleDarkhorse, particularly on Tumblr, because of it. |
| 3 | * EstrogenBrigade: Clara's suit has a healthy fandom made up of lesbian and bi women. |
| 4 | * HarsherInHindsight: "That thing killed people." "Well, so might you do to protect everything you loved." This exchange between Clara and the Doctor regarding the poor enslaved Teller, who was pining for its mate all along, becomes much more poignant [[spoiler: in the wake of the events of the three-part Series 9 finale. The Doctor loses Clara to the grave, is imprisoned in a torture chamber, and emerges from it a WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds: [[BatmanGrabsAGun willing to shoot his old friend the General and force a regeneration to create a distraction]], and risking the existence of the entire universe by pulling Clara from the moment of her fixed-point-in-time death in hopes of bringing her back to life. (He even intends to mind wipe her of memories of him to keep her "safe".) Things end ''very'' bittersweetly for the two of them. ]] |
| 5 | * HilariousInHindsight: A central plot point of ''Film/AvengersEndgame'' is a "Time Heist". (''Endgame'' premiered 5 years after this episode.) |
| 6 | * InferredHolocaust: The solar storm causes this as waves of fire wash over the surface. The bank patrons are last seen shouting in alarm, and Madame Karabraxos flees with what valuables she can grab, an act that suggests that even her most secure vault will eventually be destroyed by the flare. That said, a throwaway line by Ms. Delphox indicates that the customers were leaving anyway due to the storm. |
| 7 | * RetroactiveRecognition: Yes, that ''is'' [[Series/{{Bridgerton}} Lord Anthony Bridgerton]] helping rob a bank. |
| 8 | * SpecialEffectFailure: The old age makeup worn by Creator/KeeleyHawes as the elderly Karabraxos, while overall very good, has a visible seam between the prosthetic pieces on her cheek and upper lip where the two pieces have not been blended properly. This is not helped at all by the close-up angle at which the scene in question is shot |
| 9 | * SugarWiki/VisualEffectsOfAwesome: The Teller is primarily a suit instead of CGI and benefits greatly for it, especially when it curls its eyestalks towards each other which had to be tricky for the BBC effects people to figure out. |
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