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* To convince Mr Kempston and Mr Hardwick that they have remained in London, Jago and Ellie disguise themselves as the Doctor and Leela. | * To convince Mr Kempston and Mr Hardwick that they have remained in London, Jago and Ellie disguise themselves as the Doctor and Leela. | ||
* Lord Ampthill owns the quarry in Kempston-Hardwick from which the soil used to create the Sandmen was obtained. The Doctor, Litefoot and Leela discover Lord Ampthill trapped in a giant hourglass with the sand up to his neck. Leela rescues him by smashing the hourglass with a chair. | * Lord Ampthill owns the quarry in Kempston-Hardwick from which the soil used to create the Sandmen was obtained. The Doctor, Litefoot and Leela discover Lord Ampthill trapped in a giant hourglass with the sand up to his neck. Leela rescues him by smashing the hourglass with a chair. | ||
* Lord Ampthill's workmen discovered a [[ | * Lord Ampthill's workmen discovered a [[Temperon]] vessel which was dragged to the [[1890s]] by [[Payne (Swan Song)|Payne]]'s temporal experiments. Unlike the [[Time Lord]]s, the Temperons lack true [[time travel]]. The Doctor claims that, in a sense, Mr Kempston and Mr Hardwick are the vessel's pilots whereas, in another sense, they are part of the ship itself. They seek to absorb the [[artron energy]] from the TARDIS in order to access the [[Time Vortex]]. | ||
* The Doctor notes that the 1890s is a little too early for {{w|Werner Heisenberg}}. | * The Doctor notes that the 1890s is a little too early for {{w|Werner Heisenberg}}. | ||
* The | * The Temperons' empire is expanding. The Doctor believes they may have set their sights on Earth. | ||
* The Doctor states that the Sandmen are "unfinished" compared to Mr Kempston and Mr Hardwick as creating them requires a lot of energy from the | * The Doctor states that the Sandmen are "unfinished" compared to Mr Kempston and Mr Hardwick as creating them requires a lot of energy from the Temperon vessel. | ||
* Jago's erstwhile fiancé [[Abigail Woburn]] was created by Mr Kempston and Mr Hardwick from the soil in the same manner in which they manifested themselves and created their duplicates. Her name was taken from Woburn Abbey in Bedfordshire. | * Jago's erstwhile fiancé [[Abigail Woburn]] was created by Mr Kempston and Mr Hardwick from the soil in the same manner in which they manifested themselves and created their duplicates. Her name was taken from Woburn Abbey in Bedfordshire. | ||
* The roof of the tunnel which Mr Kempston and Mr Hardwick have built underneath the [[River Thames]] collapses under the weight of the water, causing the two of them, their various duplicates and all of the other Sandmen to be diluted. | * The roof of the tunnel which Mr Kempston and Mr Hardwick have built underneath the [[River Thames]] collapses under the weight of the water, causing the two of them, their various duplicates and all of the other Sandmen to be diluted. | ||