NuWho - Series 5, Episode 2 - The Beast Below (Season 31, Story 204)

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Quotes
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"Crying silently. I mean children cry because they want attention. 'Cause they're hurt or afraid. When they cry silently it's 'cause they just can't stop." ~ The Eleventh Doctor

Mandy: You sound Scottish.
Amy: I am Scottish. What's wrong with that? Scotland's gotta be here somewhere.
Mandy: No. They wanted their own ship.
Amy: Good for them. Nothing changes.

"The impossible truth, Doctor. We're travelling among the stars in a spaceship that could never fly. There's a darkness at the heart of this nation. It threatens every one of us. Help us, Doctor. You're our only hope." ~ Liz Ten

"There were but they're all — just me now. Long story. It was a bad day. Bad stuff happened. And you know what, I'd love to forget it all, every last bit of it. But I don't. Not ever. 'Cause this is what I do. Every time. Every day. Every second. This. Hold tight. We're bringing down the government." ~ The Eleventh Doctor

"The Doctor. Old drinking buddy of Henry Twelve. Tea and scones with Liz Two. Vicky was a bit on the fence about you, wasn't she? Knighted and exiled you on the same day. And so much for the Virgin Queen, you bad, bad boy!" ~ Liz Ten

"What if you were really old and really kind and alone—your whole race dead, no future. What could you do then? If you were that old and that kind, and the very last of your kind, you couldn't just stand there and watch children cry." ~ Amy Pond

"Have you ever run away from something because you were scared. Or not ready. Or just... just because you could?" ~ Amy Pond

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Trivia
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A cut line, revealed in an Eleventh Doctor Doctor Who Magazine Special Edition, would have stated there were other nation-ships and there used to be travel between them, but that Starship UK sealed off its 'borders' several decades ago.

There are several references and similarities between this episode and Star Wars. Liz 10 says to the Doctor, "Help us, Doctor. You're our only hope", echoing Princess Leia's holographic message in Episode IV. The Doctor and Amy are shunted down into a pile of refuse echoing another scene in Episode IV. The scenes inside the star whale and when they look outward through the jaws are reminiscent of the sequence in Episode V with the space slug. Lastly, near the end, the scene change between the climax and the denouement features a vertical transitional wipe similar to Lucas' wipe style.

This story was based on an unused script submitted for the 4th Doctor called the Song of the Star Whale that concerned a group of people living in the belly of a giant whale in space. It had orginally been intended to be Turlough's introductory story, but was delayed until it was too late to use it, was considered for inclusion in Seasons 21 and 22 and was revisited again in 1985 before being ultimately dropped. 

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Trailer
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