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* As befitting the technology of the [[Time Lord|"Gods"]], Box's circuits contain a "non-linear" element in the form of a "[[Synchronicity|synchronised]] [[reversal loop]]", made of "thin strands of artificially-woven [[biodata]]". It is a form of engineered, miniature [[time loop]]. | * As befitting the technology of the [[Time Lord|"Gods"]], Box's circuits contain a "non-linear" element in the form of a "[[Synchronicity|synchronised]] [[reversal loop]]", made of "thin strands of artificially-woven [[biodata]]". It is a form of engineered, miniature [[time loop]]. | ||
* Box also contains a [[chronomium]] [[memory core]]. | * Box also contains a [[chronomium]] [[memory core]]. | ||
* Maxie believes that the [[human]] [[Internet]] "hadn't been invented yet" when Box was first gifted to [[ | * Maxie believes that the [[human]] [[Internet]] "hadn't been invented yet" when Box was first gifted to [[P.R.O.B.E.]]. | ||
* Maxie Masters claims to [[the Greth]] that Box is a [[data-cube]] of the [[Time Lord|Shadow People]]. | * Maxie Masters claims to [[the Greth]] that Box is a [[data-cube]] of the [[Time Lord|Shadow People]]. | ||
=== Other === | === Other === | ||
* The events of the story take place in late [[2019]], beginning in early [[November]] and creeping near to [[December]]. | * The events of the story take place in late [[2019]], beginning in early [[November]] and creeping near to [[December]]. | ||
* The newer members of [[ | * The newer members of [[P.R.O.B.E.]] are baffled by the name of the [[Dr Smith shelf]] because P.R.O.B.E. has never, to their knowledge, employed anyone named Smith. | ||
* One of the items dropped off in P.R.O.B.E.'s custody by [[time travel]]lers in expectation that they would become useful in the [[future]] is a jar full of [[wax]], whose purpose will apparently become apparent in [[2076]]. | * One of the items dropped off in P.R.O.B.E.'s custody by [[time travel]]lers in expectation that they would become useful in the [[future]] is a jar full of [[wax]], whose purpose will apparently become apparent in [[2076]]. | ||
* Protocol states that items must not be taken off the [[Dr Smith shelf]] except in a [[triple-Z-class emergency]]. | * Protocol states that items must not be taken off the [[Dr Smith shelf]] except in a [[triple-Z-class emergency]]. | ||
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* Among the items on the [[Dr Smith shelf]] is a collection of ''[[Noddy]]'' books with a post-it note attached, claiming that they are "very important". In [[2009 (releases)|2009]], the blog ''Teatime Brutality'' jokingly asserted that, based on the [[Tenth Doctor]]'s lines about Noddy in ''[[The Unicorn and the Wasp (TV story)|The Unicorn and the Wasp]]'', Enid Blyton's ''Noddy'' books were the only work of fiction which could resolutely be stated to be [[Canon|non-canonical]] relative to ''[[Doctor Who]]'', complete with a tongue-in-cheek "diagram" to this effect.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20181007134213/http://teatimebrutality.blogspot.com/2009/07/canon-and-sheep-shit-why-we-fight.html ''Canon and Sheep Shit: Why We Fight.'' on ''Teatime Brutality''] (2009).</ref> This claim was later echoed in [[Elizabeth Sandifer]]'s ''[[TARDIS Eruditorum]]''.<ref>[https://www.eruditorumpress.com/blog/you-were-expecting-someone-else-ii-1966-annual-the-dalek-book-dalek-world ''You Were Expecting Someone Else II (1966 Annual, The Dalek Book, Dalek World)'' on ''TARDIS Eruditorum''] (2011).</ref> | * Among the items on the [[Dr Smith shelf]] is a collection of ''[[Noddy]]'' books with a post-it note attached, claiming that they are "very important". In [[2009 (releases)|2009]], the blog ''Teatime Brutality'' jokingly asserted that, based on the [[Tenth Doctor]]'s lines about Noddy in ''[[The Unicorn and the Wasp (TV story)|The Unicorn and the Wasp]]'', Enid Blyton's ''Noddy'' books were the only work of fiction which could resolutely be stated to be [[Canon|non-canonical]] relative to ''[[Doctor Who]]'', complete with a tongue-in-cheek "diagram" to this effect.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20181007134213/http://teatimebrutality.blogspot.com/2009/07/canon-and-sheep-shit-why-we-fight.html ''Canon and Sheep Shit: Why We Fight.'' on ''Teatime Brutality''] (2009).</ref> This claim was later echoed in [[Elizabeth Sandifer]]'s ''[[TARDIS Eruditorum]]''.<ref>[https://www.eruditorumpress.com/blog/you-were-expecting-someone-else-ii-1966-annual-the-dalek-book-dalek-world ''You Were Expecting Someone Else II (1966 Annual, The Dalek Book, Dalek World)'' on ''TARDIS Eruditorum''] (2011).</ref> | ||
* Although in no real sense a [[crossover]] story, the story featured references to elements which originated outside the [[Doctor Who universe|''Doctor Who'' universe]], licensed from their owners and mentioned as such on ''[[Out of the Shadows (anthology)|Out of the Shadows]]''<nowiki>'s</nowiki> copyright page: | * Although in no real sense a [[crossover]] story, the story featured references to elements which originated outside the [[Doctor Who universe|''Doctor Who'' universe]], licensed from their owners and mentioned as such on ''[[Out of the Shadows (anthology)|Out of the Shadows]]''<nowiki>'s</nowiki> copyright page: | ||
** The [[Living Flesh Supercomputer]], owned by [[Stuart Hardy]], is a recurring element of Hardy's horror animated webseries ''Class''. | ** The [[Living Flesh Supercomputer]], owned by [[Stuart Hardy]], is a recurring element of Hardy's horror animated webseries ''[[Class (web series)|Class]]''. | ||
** [[Chronon Flea]]s and the eldritch god [[Thymon]] are elements of worldbuilding from ''[[The Crew of the Copper-Colored Cupids (series)|The Crew of the Copper-Colored Cupids]]'', created by [[Aristide Twain]] and [[Lupan Evezan]]. Thymon was previously also featured in ''[[Auteur's Abecedarium (short story)|Auteur's Abecedarium]]'' by [[Jayce Black]], which was a crossover between this series and the DWU. | ** [[Chronon Flea]]s and the eldritch god [[Thymon]] are elements of worldbuilding from ''[[The Crew of the Copper-Colored Cupids (series)|The Crew of the Copper-Colored Cupids]]'', created by [[Aristide Twain]] and [[Lupan Evezan]]. Thymon was previously also featured in ''[[Auteur's Abecedarium (short story)|Auteur's Abecedarium]]'' by [[Jayce Black]], which was a crossover between this series and the DWU. | ||
** [[B. S. Ghast|Beauregard Ghast]] and his ''[[Compendium on Ghost Physics]]'' were created by [[Myrriah Hopkins]]. | ** [[B. S. Ghast|Beauregard Ghast]] and his ''[[Compendium on Ghost Physics]]'' were created by [[Myrriah Hopkins]]. | ||
* The story also included a reference to the [[Starcorp Corporation]], credited to [[P. Pudding]]. The Corporation is a recurring element of the ''N.C.J.D.D.A.S.'', or "Non-Canon Judi Dench Doctor Adventures", a series of [[Doctor Who parodies|parodical]] ''Doctor Who'' fanfictions published online, starring an imaginary incarnation of [[the Doctor]] putatively played by actress {{w | * The story also included a reference to the [[Starcorp Corporation]], credited to [[P. Pudding]]. The Corporation is a recurring element of the ''N.C.J.D.D.A.S.'', or "''[[Non-Canon Judi Dench Doctor Adventures (fan work)|Non-Canon Judi Dench Doctor Adventures]]''", a series of [[Doctor Who parodies|parodical]] ''Doctor Who'' fanfictions published online, starring an imaginary incarnation of [[the Doctor]] putatively played by actress {{w|Judi Dench}}.<ref>[https://plumpuddingreviews.blogspot.com/p/ncjddas.html ''NCJDDAS'' on'' Plum Pudding Reviews'']</ref> | ||
* When fearing that she's in trouble for having glimpsed "forbidden information" on the [[Dr Smith shelf]], [[Maxie Masters]] irrationally considers "faking her death and packing her bags for [[Alpha Centauri (planet)|Alpha Centauri]]". In the miniseries ''Good Omens'', written by [[Neil Gaiman]], [[David Tennant]]'s character Crowley also considered running away to Alpha Centauri to evade his own authorities, a plan likewise left unfuifilled. | * When fearing that she's in trouble for having glimpsed "forbidden information" on the [[Dr Smith shelf]], [[Maxie Masters]] irrationally considers "faking her death and packing her bags for [[Alpha Centauri (planet)|Alpha Centauri]]". In the miniseries ''Good Omens'', written by [[Neil Gaiman]], [[David Tennant]]'s character Crowley also considered running away to Alpha Centauri to evade his own authorities, a plan likewise left unfuifilled. | ||
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* The "Gods of Gendar" are also referred to as the [[Sun Builder]]s ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Going Once, Going Twice (short story)|Going Once, Going Twice]]'', [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Sabbath and the King (audio story)|Sabbath and the King]]'') and as "the Shadow People", with their base sometimes being known as simply "the [[Base of Operations]]". ([[PROSE]]: ''[[A Bright White Crack (short story)|A Bright White Crack]]'') Their leader held the title of [[Supreme Being]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[From Wildthyme with Love (novel)|From Wildthyme with Love]]'') | * The "Gods of Gendar" are also referred to as the [[Sun Builder]]s ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Going Once, Going Twice (short story)|Going Once, Going Twice]]'', [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Sabbath and the King (audio story)|Sabbath and the King]]'') and as "the Shadow People", with their base sometimes being known as simply "the [[Base of Operations]]". ([[PROSE]]: ''[[A Bright White Crack (short story)|A Bright White Crack]]'') Their leader held the title of [[Supreme Being]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[From Wildthyme with Love (novel)|From Wildthyme with Love]]'') | ||
* The Gendar religion where the Sun Builders are cast as benevolent gods also include "[[Bogeyman|bogeymen]]" who are "[[The Enemy|furred, fell things]] of [[Original Mammoth|tusks]] and [[Vampire|fangs]] and [[Cernunnos|antlers]]". ([[PROSE]]: ''[[A Bloody (And Public) Domaine (short story)|A Bloody (And Public) Domaine]]'', ''[[Cobweb and Ivory (short story)|Cobweb and Ivory]]'') | * The Gendar religion where the Sun Builders are cast as benevolent gods also include "[[Bogeyman|bogeymen]]" who are "[[The Enemy|furred, fell things]] of [[Original Mammoth|tusks]] and [[Vampire|fangs]] and [[Cernunnos|antlers]]". ([[PROSE]]: ''[[A Bloody (And Public) Domaine (short story)|A Bloody (And Public) Domaine]]'', ''[[Cobweb and Ivory (short story)|Cobweb and Ivory]]'') | ||
* [[ | * [[P.R.O.B.E.]] deal with [[space barnacle]]s who ended up on [[Earth]] due to a [[Time rift|space-time rift]] and need to be corralled back into the rift. | ||
* P.R.O.B.E investigate mine shafts in [[Bedfordshire]], which Box realises are temporal echoes of a future digging operation, rather than remains of a past one. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[A Bloody (And Public) Domaine (short story)|A Bloody (And Public) Domaine]]'', [[TV]]: ''[[The Dalek Invasion of Earth (TV story)|The Dalek Invasion of Earth]]'') | * P.R.O.B.E investigate mine shafts in [[Bedfordshire]], which Box realises are temporal echoes of a future digging operation, rather than remains of a past one. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[A Bloody (And Public) Domaine (short story)|A Bloody (And Public) Domaine]]'', [[TV]]: ''[[The Dalek Invasion of Earth (TV story)|The Dalek Invasion of Earth]]'') | ||
* [[The Greth]] recognises that some of the human members of P.R.O.B.E., especially [[Azacca Dixon|Az]], possess "a little [[witch-blood]]". ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Book of the War (novel)|The Book of the War]]'', [[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Eleven Day Empire (audio story)|The Eleven Day Empire]]'') | * [[The Greth]] recognises that some of the human members of P.R.O.B.E., especially [[Azacca Dixon|Az]], possess "a little [[witch-blood]]". ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Book of the War (novel)|The Book of the War]]'', [[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Eleven Day Empire (audio story)|The Eleven Day Empire]]'') |