Oh my goodness, I would LOVE to read a blog about all of that... I didn't even think of some of the similarities... almost makes me sigh that Moffat wasn't as original as we hoped... Unless this episode was written by Santa Moff?
HAHAHA I'll have to go back and watch those scenes; I was sort of in a giddy haze when I plopped down in front of the TV to watch it. I haven't sat that close to a television in a long time. haha I thought that, too, about who the TARDIS chose to show. :p