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A major subplot is of Erimem recovering from the unpleasant experiences of ''[[The Roof of the World (audio story)|The Roof of the World]]''. Indeed, the opening TARDIS interior scenes share some common beats with [[Tegan]]'s opening scenes in both ''[[The Visitation (TV story)|The Visitation]]'' and ''[[Mawdryn Undead (TV story)|Mawdryn Undead]]'' as she struggled to deal with [[Mara]] encounters in the previous stories. Erimem's disquiet, however, isn't just mentioned in the opening episode and then forgotten; rather it's a comparatively more complex part of ''Crowd''{{'}}s narrative. It also reaches all the way back to ''[[The Eye of the Scorpion (audio story)|The Eye of the Scorpion]]'', and at last addresses the way in which Peri effectively forced Erimem into the TARDIS and onto an apparently unenthused Doctor. | A major subplot is of Erimem recovering from the unpleasant experiences of ''[[The Roof of the World (audio story)|The Roof of the World]]''. Indeed, the opening TARDIS interior scenes share some common beats with [[Tegan]]'s opening scenes in both ''[[The Visitation (TV story)|The Visitation]]'' and ''[[Mawdryn Undead (TV story)|Mawdryn Undead]]'' as she struggled to deal with [[Mara]] encounters in the previous stories. Erimem's disquiet, however, isn't just mentioned in the opening episode and then forgotten; rather it's a comparatively more complex part of ''Crowd''{{'}}s narrative. It also reaches all the way back to ''[[The Eye of the Scorpion (audio story)|The Eye of the Scorpion]]'', and at last addresses the way in which Peri effectively forced Erimem into the TARDIS and onto an apparently unenthused Doctor. | ||
As the title suggests, the story is in some ways about whether the Doctor and Erimem really want to travel together and [[Peri]]'s struggle to stabilise them all into a coherent, three-person "TARDIS team". However, the title has a double meaning. It also refers to the people whom the Doctor and his friends meet. Made acutely agoraphobic by the rules of their society, it's intensely difficult for even two of them to physically meet. For them, three is very definitely a crowd. | As the title suggests, the story is in some ways about whether the Doctor and Erimem really want to travel together and [[Peri Brown|Peri]]'s struggle to stabilise them all into a coherent, three-person "TARDIS team". However, the title has a double meaning. It also refers to the people whom the Doctor and his friends meet. Made acutely agoraphobic by the rules of their society, it's intensely difficult for even two of them to physically meet. For them, three is very definitely a crowd. | ||
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