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 * The Doctor recites the names of his past companions to overcome the [[Haemovore]]s: [[Susan Foreman|Susan]], [[Ian Chesterton|Ian]], [[Barbara Wright|Barbara]], [[Vicki Pallister|Vicki]], [[Steven Taylor|Steven]], [[Jo Grant|Jo]] and [[Sarah Jane Smith|Sarah Jane]].
 * Nurse Crane is implied to be a soviet agent
+* [[Prozorov]] is renamed Trofimov and frequently thinks of his wife Irena and daughter. It is mentioned that he and [[Sorin]] investigated the deaths in Trannsylvania.
+* [[Vershinin]]'s rank is given as corporal, which is not clear on screen.
+* [[Jean (The Curse of Fenric)|Jean]] is described as blonde: On screen, she has dark hair.
+* There is dialogue indicating that Ace, Jean and [[Phyllis (The Curse of Fenric)|Phyllis]] are not "maidens". (This was scripted but cut down during filming and removed entirely during editing.)
+* The Doctor's name is obscured by a splodge on his forged authorisation.
+* [[Wainwright]] is described as "young", rather than middle-aged.
+* The sentry the Doctor encounters during the night is not identified as [[Perkins (The Curse of Fenric)|Perkins]].
+* The Haemavores that kill [[Petrossian]] are said to be the missing commandos. (They are not seen on screen.)
+* The marines that Jean and Phyllis tease and who are later killed by the Russians are replaced with a group of Home Guard, who [[Miss Hardaker]] asked to look for the pair. [[Leigh]] and Miss Hardaker witness the killings from a distance and Miss Hardaker blames the girls for it.
+* There is an extra scene of the Doctor and Ace visiting Miss Hardaker looking for Jean and Phyllis.
+* It is mentioned that the camp was set up by the navy as a rival to the army's research at Bletchley Park.
+* There is an extra scene of the Doctor and Ace finding Millington in a trance.
+* Miss Hardaker is given backstory as an unmarried mother who never escaped the stigma.
+* Millington causing Judson's disability is elaborated on; he broke his back during a rugby match, going in hard out of jealousy after seeing Judson exchanging looks with another player.
+* The refugees are said to have arrived that day, explaining why [[Bates (The Curse of Fenric)|Bates]] mistakes Ace for one.
+* It is two technicians who find Fenric's flask and ignore it, rather than Leigh and Perkins.
+* Sorin tells Vershinin to sharpen stakes to use against the Haemavores.
+* Ace mistakes the Doctor's reference to the flask coming from the Orient, believing he means Leyton Orient Football Club. (The novel contains interludes telling the story of the Doctor's first encounter with Fenric and the flask's journey to Northumbria).
+* The Doctor tells Ace she can hear the psychic "singing" against the Haemavores because she is slightly telepathic.
+* Ace drives a land rover into the Haemavores to help [[Kathleen Dudman|Kathleen]] and [[Audrey Dudman|Audrey]] escape.
+* Ace pulls out the cable from the [[Ultima Machine]] rather than wrestling with the power control but it continues to work anyway.
+* The Doctor attempts to question Ace about crying out for her mother when she is about to be executed.
+* The Doctor establishes it is Fenric, not Millington, who set the dynamite trap.
+* Millington kills Vershinin and Bates, with the result that Bates is dying when he tells Ace the clue to the chess solution. Millington later dies in the laboratory explosion.
+* The [[Ancient Haemavore]] helps Fenric because he believes he will return him to his own time.
+* The references to the Doctor knowing Fenric's influence with [[Lady Peinforte]] and the [[Cybermen]] is removed, with him instead saying he knew instantly that Audrey was Ace's mother.
 == Writing and publishing notes ==