Doctor Who: Empire Of Death BREAKDOWN - 38 Easter Eggs & References! (PART 1)

There are SO MANY easter eggs in Doctor Who's season finale Empire of Death, that we've had to split them into two chunks. Here's Ellie with PART 1 of our bumper finale breakdown!

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[rossjones]

“Oh, one day…” was my favourite line of the episode, such a deep cut reference but also genuinely funny in its own right.

[Amanda_Butterfly]

"Sutehk....bit of a dick!" Don't mince your words Ellie tell us what you really think! 😂

[ycfzvvu]

I think that this version of Sutekh is actually quite sweet looking. To me he looks like a Flying Fox (the bat, not the rope slide) who is hugging the Tardis like a teddy bear. And he has a cute velvety nose that I want to pat. The only creepy bit is the words that come from that lovely resonant voice.

[Geitungur]

This isn't an Easter egg, but I just want to say that Sutekh looks _awesome_ (the dog-ish thing, not the skull people). I know he's evil and everything, but _damn_ a jackal in a big black cloak looks cool.

[TigerofRobare]

Penzance? I'm hoping this means we get Ncuti singing "I Am The Very Model of a Gallifreyan Buccaneer" next season.

[darynvoss]

Garnets are often used as fake rubies, indicating that this dude is not the real deal.

[thegeekyskunkgamer]

Another reference. If Ruby's parents were together, she'd be Ruby Garnet, which is one gem away from a Steven Universe reference. All her middle name has to be is Sapphire.

[Devlinator]

Imagine living in, like, Jakarta or Perth, knowing you're the last surviving humans, and then the dust closes in.

[jamesmatthews]

Big up Penzance!!! My home town.
Plus that picture was not Penzance I'm sorry to say. The picture is of Mousehole, a village a few milles from the town. But I forgive you lol
Keep up the awesome work Ellie, Sean and the rest of the who culture team

[Terahnee]

This seems maybe a good place to put this.

For the Martha Jones fans, Freema Agyeman will be at FanX in Salt Lake City in September 🙂

[bentbliley]

something i'd like to mention about the louise lucille connection is that big finish actually currently has a big sale going on for lucille miller audio dramas, up to 50% off. this could be nothing, but it warrents mentioning

[rbobinsky]

I am beyond impressed with your research department! Knowing all of the references, episodes, which Doctor they belong to, and such...AMAZING!

[perkasenior]

Referencing 2005, obvious nod to RTD1. Referencing 1999, nice acknowledgement of the TV movie, and not the only one in the episode which is nice. But referencing 1066, from the Time Meddler story? It can be a random reference, but I find it suspicious, with all the talk of memory changing and the details from the scene in the Time Window that ended up not being well explained. And I have a feeling Mrs. Flood is involved in that.

[shadowoftime]

Your reference for 1066 doesn't make sense if Sutekh was only on the TARDIS since Pyramids of Mars, it would make more sense if it was when the 11th Doctor visited in Pond Life Part 5 and got it hit with an arrow.

[jasonfurmanek]

There’s a famous hacking incident that involved a whistle. Captain Crunch cracked a high security system with a tin whistle. This was back in the modem days when computer communication used tones.

[igorschmidlapp]

:There is no spoon..." was my first thought... ;-P

[nurimep]

Whistle is a sonic device, he did it so sutek would have no idea The Doctor could still control the Tardis.

[sisterjesscah]

I now have to go find that sneak peak, which I appear to have missed. 😂

[davidponseigo]

Well Miss. Ellie I think you just named them Space Stingrays. Works for me !

[xkabuto]

"Oh you clever boy" - this sentence alone is killing me!