Board Thread:Inclusion debates/@comment-2.26.183.189-20170416191252/@comment-26845762-20170416224529

The difference in how the Doctor responds to Bill asking about Daleks is one thing, but I certainly think there are some things which connect the two. There is a definite gap in The Pilot where Friend from the Future is set. The Doctor and Bill go from hiding at a corner with a Dalek on one side and the Heather-thing on the other to being at the end of a hallway with the Heather-thing close behind. Friend from the Future fills this gap.

Also, Moffat takes the time to set up the fact that the Psychic Paper will alert the Doctor to anything attacking the vault. This never amounts to anything in The Pilot, but Friend from the Future has the Doctor looking at the paper before announcing that they have to go back to 2017. Furthermore, it is mentioned later on in The Pilot that the Doctor received a false alarm on his psychic paper (something about a student sneezing, I think).