Date: June 1 and June 2, 1953
Location: London, England, UK

At one point, the Connollys are watching Muffin the Mule. It was presented by Annette Mills, the elder sister of Sir John Mills and the aunt of Hayley Mills and Juliet Mills.

This episode aired on the tenth anniversary of the initial broadcast of Doctor Who - The TV Movie in Britain.

Grandma Connolly: I heard it rots your brains... rots them into soup and your brains come pouring out your ears... that's what television does.

Mr. Magpie: I finished it. As you instructed.
The Wire: That’s awfully good of you, Mr. Magpie.
Mr. Magpie: Say you’ll go soon. Leave me.
The Wire: We’ll see. If you’re a very good boy.
Mr. Magpie: Please. You’re burning me. Inside. Behind my eyes. It hurts. Even my memories hurt. I just want things back like they used to be.
The Wire: But this world of yours is busy, busy, busy. Forging ahead into a brand new age. You can never go back. That’s your tragedy. But now… the time is almost ripe, Magpie. Cometh the hour, cometh the man. Or lady.

The Doctor: I’m not convinced you’re doing your patriotic duty. Those flags. Why are they not flying?
Eddie Connolly: There we are, Rita. I told you. Get them up. Queen and Country.
Rita Connolly: I’m sorry...
Eddie Connolly: Get it done. Do it now.
The Doctor: Hold on a minute.
Eddie Connolly: Like the gentleman said.
The Doctor: Hold on a minute. You’ve got hands, Mr. Connolly. Two big hands. Why is it your wife’s job?
Eddie Connolly: It’s housework, innit?
The Doctor: And that’s a woman’s job?
Eddie Connolly: Of course it is.
The Doctor: Mr. Connolly, what gender is the Queen?
Eddie Connolly: She’s a female.
The Doctor: Are you suggesting the Queen does the housework?
Eddie Connolly: No. Not at all.
The Doctor: Then get busy.

Rose: That's the Union Flag. It's the Union Jack only when it's flown at sea.
Eddie Connolly: Oh. Oh, I'm sorry, miss. I do apologize.
Rose: Well, don't get it wrong again. There's a good man. Now get to it!

Eddie Connolly: I am talking!
The Doctor: And I'm not listening!

Rose: And as for you, Mr.Connolly, only an idiot hangs the Union flag upside down. Shame on you!

Detective Inspector Bishop: Start from the beginning, tell me everything you know.
The Doctor: Well, for starters, I know you can't wrap your hand around your elbows and make your fingers meet.

The Doctor: The thing is, Detective Inspector Bishop...
Detective Inspector Bishop: How do you know my name?
The Doctor: It's written inside your collar.

The Doctor: They did what?
Detective Inspector Bishop: I'm sorry?
The Doctor: They left her where?
Detective Inspector Bishop: Just... in the street.
The Doctor: In the street. They left her in the street. They took her face and just chucked her out and left her in the street. And as a result, that makes things simple. Very, very simple. You know why?
Detective Inspector Bishop: No.
The Doctor: Because now, Detective Inspector Bishop, there is no power on this Earth that can stop me. Come on.

Eddie Connolly: (about Tommy) Proper little mummy’s boy all round.
Aunty Betty: Ooh, you know what they say about them. Eddie, you want to beat that out of him.
Eddie Connolly: That’s exactly what I’m going to do.

Eddie Connolly: Listen, you little twerp. You’re hardly out of the bloomin’ cradle so I don’t expect you to understand. But I’ve got a position to maintain. People round here respect me. It matters what people think!
Tommy Connolly: Is that why you did it, Dad?
Eddie Connolly: What do you mean? Did what?
Tommy Connolly: You ratted on Gran. How else would the police know where to look? Unless some coward told them.
Eddie Connolly: How dare you! You think I fought a war just so a mouthy little scum like you could call me a coward?
Tommy Connolly: You don’t get it, do you? You fought against fascism, remember? People telling you how to live. Who you could be friends with. Who you could fall in love with. Who could live and who had to die. Don’t you get it? You were fighting so that little twerps like me could do what we want, say what we want. Now you’ve become just like them. You’ve been informing on everyone, haven’t you? Even Gran. All to protect your precious reputation.

The Doctor: It's never too late, as a wise person once said. Kylie, I think.

(The Doctor and Tommy are running past a policeman)
Policeman: Wait, where do you think you're...
(The Doctor shows him the psychic paper but does not stop running)
Policeman: Oh, very sorry, sir. Shouldn't you be at the coronation?
The Doctor: They're saving me a seat.
Tommy: Who did he think you were?
The Doctor: The King of Belgium, apparently.

The Doctor: (to Tommy) I think I just invented the home video, thirty years early. Betamax.

Rita: (to her abusive husband) This was never your house, it's in my mother's name, and on her behalf I'm telling you - out!

Rose: (referring to the Wire) That thing, is it trapped for good on video?
The Doctor: That's right. But just to be on the safe side, though, I'll use my unrivaled knowledge of trans-temporal extrapolation methods to neutralise the residual electronic pattern.
Rose: You'll what?
The Doctor: I'm gonna tape over it.
Rose: Just leave it to me. I'm always doing that.

Although the sun is shining in London at the end of this episode, it actually rained heavily on Coronation Day - June 2, 1953.

The Bat's Wings ident is seen being used by the BBC in this episode. However, in real life, it was used for the first time on December 2, 1953.

The Idiot's Lantern is a 1950s British slang for a television set. It is analagous with the American expression of the same era, "the idiot box."

This episode reveals that Jackie Tyler (Camille Coduri) is a fan of Cliff Richard.