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Doctor Who (2005) :: The Idiot's Lantern (02x07)
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| Title: | The Idiot's Lantern |
| Episode #: | 02x07 |
| Production Number: | 20 |
| Original Airdate: | Saturday May 27th, 2006 |
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May 27, 2006 |
 US (Syfy) |
Nov 10, 2006 |
 DE (ProSieben) |
Jul 20, 2008 |
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In the 1950s, at the time of the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II, the Earth is invaded by aliens using TV waves, taking advantage of the millions of people watching the coronation.
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The Doctor: What gender is the Queen?
Eddie: Why...she's female!
The Doctor: And are you implying the Queen does the housework?
Eddie: No, no sir!
The Doctor: Well then, get busy!
| Rose: Union Jack? It's only the Union Jack when it's at sea!
Eddie: Oh, um, sorry miss.
Rose: Good man. Now get to it!
| The Doctor: Union Jack?
Rose: Mum dated a sailor
The Doctor: I bet she did.
| 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.
| The Doctor: Now you're trapped in the television.
The Wire: Not for much longer!
| Rita: This was never your house, it's in my mother's name, and on her behalf I'm telling you - out!
| The Doctor: It's never too late, as a wise person once said. Kylie, I think.
| Bishop: Start with everything you know.
The Doctor: Well for a start, you can't wrap your hands around your elbow and make your fingers meet.
(Behind Bishop, his partner attempts to do it)
| The Doctor: The thing is, Detective Inspector Bishop.
Bishop: How do you know my name?
The Doctor: It's written inside your collar.
| 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: (smiles) Just leave it to me. I'm always doing that.
| The Doctor: (to Tommy) I think I just invented the home video, thirty years early. Betamax.
| The Wire: (to Tommy) I'm The Wire. And I will gobble you up, pretty boy. Every...last...morsel.
| (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.
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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.
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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."
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