The Bells of Saint John (TV story)

 was the sixth episode of the seventh series of Doctor Who produced by BBC Wales. It introduced a new companion to the show, although she had, in different forms, previously appeared in both TV: Asylum of the Daleks and The Snowmen. It also reintroduced the Great Intelligence, who had last appeared in TV: The Snowmen.

Synopsis
London, 2013. "Danger. This is a warning. A warning to the whole world. You're looking for Wi-Fi. Sometimes you see something, a bit like this. Don't click it. Do not click it. Once you've clicked it, they're in your computer. They can see you. If they can see you, they might choose you. And if they do... you die."

When Clara Oswald has problems with her Internet, she's given a telephone number: the number of "the best." When the Eleventh Doctor answers at the other end, Clara is pulled into a life of adventure and mystery. But danger is lurking in the signals, picking off minds and imprisoning them. "It's like immortality, only fatal." But can the Doctor save Clara before... "I don't know where I am."

Plot
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Cast

 * The Doctor - Matt Smith
 * Clara Oswald - Jenna-Louise Coleman
 * Miss Kizlet – Celia Imrie
 * Mahler – Robert Whitlock
 * Alexei - Dan Li
 * Nabile – Manpreet Bachu
 * Paul – Sean Knopp
 * The Abbot – James Greene
 * George – Geff Francis
 * Angie – Eve de Leon Allen
 * Artie – Kassius Carey Johnson
 * Little Girl – Danielle Eames
 * Barista – Fred Pearson
 * Waitress – Jade Anouka
 * Newsreader – Olivia Hill
 * Child Reading with Comic – Isabella Blake-Thomas
 * Man with Chips – Matthew Earley
 * Pilot – Antony Edridge
 * Great Intelligence - Richard E. Grant

Story notes

 * This story takes a lot of the directing tropes of the BBC television series , a show written and created by Doctor Who show runner Steven Moffat and writers Mark Gatiss and Steve Thompson. A prime example of this is formulas and words appearing on-screen.
 * The title of this episode is a reference to the phone incorporated into the TARDIS police box disguise, and to the "St. John's Ambulance" logo on the door of this version of the TARDIS. The "Bells" part is referring to the police box phone ringing.
 * As is routine for post-2005 Doctor Who, a "NEXT TIME" trailer for the next episode is shown at the end of the episode.

Ratings
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Filming locations
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Production errors

 * During the motorcycle scene, a crew member and camera can be seen reflected in the Doctor's helmet.
 * When Clara is entering the the Doctor's TARDIS, her mug shakes several times, which would cause it to spill, yet it doesn't. Later, on the airplane, she starts to take a sip but is pulled away by the Doctor, and it still doesn't spill. However, when she returns to the TARDIS, she takes a sip, proving once and for all that it wasn't empty and that it should have spilled several times.
 * When the Doctor and Clara are talking after she wakes up, he sets the laptop on the ground and the monitor is upright, however, after the camera switches back to him from Clara, the screen is bent back.
 * While in the airplane, you can't see the city below through the open windows.
 * When the TARDIS has travelled to the airplane, just before the Doctor gets out, a scene change is visible and the wall position changes.

Continuity

 * This isn't the first time that the Doctor has encountered an alien whose plan was to upload humans to a popular technology. Previously, the Tenth Doctor encountered the Wire, who extracted the faces of humans. Both times, the victims were trapped in screens. (TV: The Idiot's Lantern)
 * The Doctor rides a motorbike out of the TARDIS. Previously, a motorbike drove into the TARDIS, turned around, and drove back out. (TV: Doctor Who)
 * The Doctor mentions that the TARDIS's telephone should not work. (TV: The Empty Child)
 * The Doctor can't fly an airplane. He'd previously claimed that he was due for a lesson in flying a bi-plane in 1911. (TV: The Impossible Astronaut) He clearly never attended that lesson.
 * The Doctor mentions that Angie, one of the children Clara babysits, went to stay over at Nina's. (TV: Asylum of the Daleks)
 * After saving Clara from being downloaded, the Doctor sends a message to her attempted captors stating that she's "under my protection." (TV: ''The Christmas Invasion, The Eleventh Hour)
 * Summer Falls, a book that Clara owns, was written by Amelia Williams. (TV: ''The Angels Take Manhattan)
 * The Doctor once again wears Amy's reading glasses. (TV: ''The Angels Take Manhattan, The Snowmen)
 * Miss Kizlet's client is revealed to be the Great Intelligence, which still has Walter Simeon's image, despite it being over two centuries since it first took his form. (TV: ''The Snowmen)
 * The Doctor mentions having two hearts. (TV: The Shakespeare Code, The Doctor's Daughter, The Power of Three, et al.)

Home video releases
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