Trivia / Doctor Who S37 E4 "Arachnids in the UK"

• Fandom Nod: The common new-school fan term "Team TARDIS" gets canonised as Thirteen and friends' self-identification.
• Fanfic Fuel: The Doctor's offhand remark about wanting to buy a purple sofa led to a surprising number of fanfics taking place on said sofa.
• Recycled Script:
  • The similarity of the plot to "The Green Death" (toxic waste dumped down an old mine by a Corrupt Corporate Executive leads to Big Creepy-Crawlies) is glaring.
  • The main action of the episode also ends in a similar way to "Planet of the Spiders", with the Doctor going to confront the spider queen; the only differences being the Doctor doesn't do it alone, nor does it get her killed, and this spider queen is far more of a sympathetic character than the Great One of the Eight Legs was.
• You Look Familiar: Less noticeable than Vinette Robinson in "Rosa", but Yaz's dad Hakim is played by Ravin Ganatra, who had a brief part in the Torchwood episode "Greeks Bearing Gifts".

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