Quotes
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"Agatha Christie. I was just talking about you the other day. I said, I bet she's brilliant. I'm the Doctor. This is Donna. Oh, I love your stuff. What a mind. You fool me every time. Well, almost every time. Well, once or twice. Well, once. But it was a good once." ~ The Tenth Doctor
Donna: Typical. All the decent men are on the other bus.
The 10th Doctor: Or Time Lords.
"Chief Inspector Smith from Scotland Yard, known as the Doctor. Miss Noble is the plucky young girl who helps me out." ~ The Tenth Doctor
Donna: The plucky young girl who helps me out?
The 10th Doctor: No policewomen in 1926.
Donna: I'll pluck you in a minute.
"No, but isn't that a bit weird? Agatha Christie didn't walk around surrounded by murders. Not really. I mean, that's like meeting Charles Dickens and he's surrounded by ghosts at Christmas." ~ Donna Noble
"1926, they've still got bees. Oh, what a noise. All right, busy bee, I'll let you out. Hold on, I shall find you with my amazing powers of detection." ~ Donna Noble
"I think I understood some of those words. Enough to know that you're completely potty." ~ Agatha Christie
"Hey, this makes a change. There's a monster, and we're chasing it." ~ Donna Noble
"Because plenty of people write detective stories, but yours are the best. And why? Why are you so good, Agatha Christie? Because you understand. You've lived, you've fought, you've had your heart broken. You know about people. Their passions, their hope, and despair, and anger. All of those tiny, huge things that can turn the most ordinary person into a killer. Just think, Agatha. If anyone can solve this, it's you." ~ The Tenth Doctor
"Wait, now it's chasing us." ~ Donna Noble
"How do you kill a wasp? Drown it, just like his father." ~ Donna Noble
"Just one mystery left, Doctor. Who exactly are you?" ~ Agatha Christie
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Trivia
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A different opening and conclusion to the episode were filmed. The two scenes take place in the mid-1970s and feature another actress playing the aged Christie, who begins the episode by having flashbacks and dreams relating to her adventure of some 50 years earlier. The ending of the episode featured the Doctor and Donna visiting Christie, upon which she begins to remember what happened and is shown a copy of the facsimile edition of Death in the Clouds from the year 5 billion. When it was decided to abandon the framing sequence, this second scene was remounted in the TARDIS. Both scenes were presented to the public for the first time in the 2008 DVD box set of Series 4.
David Tennant's father makes a cameo as a footman.
The Agatha Christie book the Doctor produces from the trunk underneath the Tardis is a Fontana Paperback fascimile edition, published in 1987. Presumably the Year 5,000,000 copyright page was somehow transplanted in.
The disappearance of bees is frequently mentioned during Series 4. Its significance is eventually revealed in The Stolen Earth. In the real world, both bumble bees and honey bees are disappearing from the globe, a major concern.
Christopher Benjamin (Colonel Hugh Curbishley) had previously appeared in Inferno and The Talons of Weng-Chiang, two classic series episodes.
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Trailer
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