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== Notes == | == Notes == | ||
* | * The Doctor comments, ''"I'm [[human]], just like you are."'' However, as the people he's talking to are not from Earth, the word "human" seems to be used to mean [[humanoid]], though he also adds that he is from Earth: ''"I have come from a galaxy we call the [[Milky Way]]. To us on [[Earth]] this [[planet]] is what we call the [[Crab Nebula|Nebula of the Crab]]."'' | ||
* The Doctor refers to [[galaxy|galaxies]] as "island universes", an archaic term used in science until the early twenty-first century, when it began to fall out of use. | * The Doctor refers to [[galaxy|galaxies]] as "island universes", an archaic term used in science until the early twenty-first century, when it began to fall out of use. | ||
* The story is a clear commentary on {{w|in vitro fertilisation|''in vitro'' fertilisation}} and features literal test tube babies. The author makes their opposition to the process quite obvious in the conclusion of the story, deeming it as unnatural, although the Doctor himself never expresses such concerns. In the real world, the first IVF baby was born in [[1978]], almost thirteen years after this story was published. | * The story is a clear commentary on {{w|in vitro fertilisation|''in vitro'' fertilisation}} and features literal test tube babies. The author makes their opposition to the process quite obvious in the conclusion of the story, deeming it as unnatural, although the Doctor himself never expresses such concerns. In the real world, the first IVF baby was born in [[1978]], almost thirteen years after this story was published. | ||
*The story was read by [[Dan Starkey]] for the audio anthology ''[[Time Wake & Other Stories]]''. | * The story was read by [[Dan Starkey]] for the audio anthology ''[[Time Wake & Other Stories]]''. | ||
== Continuity == | == Continuity == | ||