The Connolly family live on Florizel Street, which was a working title for Coronation Street (1960). At one point, the story would have concluded when the Doctor taped over the Wire with an episode of the series.
The line spoken by The Wire: "Are you sitting comfortably? Then I'll begin" was the opening for the BBC radio program "Listen with Mother", which ran from 1950 until 1982.
During stock footage showing the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II, the narrator can be heard saying that the Queen's dress was designed by Norman Hartnell. This was the second cousin of William Hartnell, the original Doctor Who (1963).
Torchwood Reference: Although you can barely hear it, Detective Inspector Bishop says to his colleague that "Torchwood will be all over us", behind The Doctor after Rose is brought in to the office.
Almost every scene is filmed at a Dutch angle, which is a type of camera shot which involves setting the camera at an angle so that the shot is composed with vertical lines at an angle to the side of the frame or so that the horizon line of the shot is not parallel with the bottom of the frame.