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 {{Infobox Story
 |range            = Infinity (video game)
 |number in range  = 2
-|image        = The_Orphans_of_the_Polyoptra.jpg
+|image        = The Orphans of the Polyoptra.jpg
 |doctor       = Third Doctor
 |companions   = [[Jo Grant|Jo]]
-|enemy        = [[Zarbi Supremo]]
+|featuring    = [[Lily (The Orphans of the Polyoptra)|Lily]], [[Colin Young (The Orphans of the Polyoptra)|Colin Young]], [[Theodore Lodge]]
-|setting      = {{il|[[England]], [[1940s]]|Mining town, [[1842]]}}
+|enemy        = [[Red Zarbi]], The [[Zarbi Supremo (The Orphans of the Polyoptra)|Zarbi Supremo]]
+|setting      = [[Galebrook]], [[1942]] and [[9 August]] [[1842]]
 |release date = [[August (releases)|August]] [[2018 (releases)|2018]]
 |developer    = [[Tiny Rebel Games]]<br>Seed Studio
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 == Cast ==
-* [[Jo Jones]]/Zarbi Supremo - [[Katy Manning]]
+* [[Jo Jones]]/[[Zarbi Supremo (The Orphans of the Polyoptra)|Zarbi Supremo]] - [[Katy Manning]]
 == Crew ==
 * Writer - [[Gary Russell]]
-== Trivia ==
+== Worldbuilding ==
-This story takes place shortly after [[The Three Doctors (TV story)|The Three Doctors,]] as evidenced when Jo mentions [[Omega]] and the Doctor just having gotten his freedom back.
+* Jo recounts her adventure against the Zarbi Supremo to her grandchildren, including [[Santiago Jones]] and [[Lima (The Orphans of the Polyoptra)|Lima]], while riding a barrel down the [[Iguazu Falls]].
+* The village of [[Galebrook]] is serviced by a [[newspaper]] called ''[[The Ledger]]'', sold at [[Pye's News Agent]]. An edition dated [[1942]] featured a cover story concerning [[bombing raid]]s perpetrated by the [[Nazi]]s.
+* Jo claims that [[cow]]s are responsible for more deaths than [[shark]]s.
+* [[Sir]] [[Robert Peel]] was [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom]] ''circa'' [[1842]].
+* Jo finds the [[Polyoptra]] [[beauty|beautiful]].
+* The Polyoptra hail from [[Politicos]], a moon of [[Vortis]].
+* Polyoptra royalty lacked the distinctive segmented [[eye]]s and the luminous [[wing]]s of the rest of the species. Instead, they had [[psychic power]]s with which they could create [[shield]]s.
+* The [[Great House (The Orphans of the Polyoptra)|Great House]] was the site of a legendary natural [[time portal]].
+* The Polyoptra species belonged to the [[Optra Genus]].
+* With the support of both the [[Whig]]s and the [[Conservative Party|Conservatives]], the [[Mines and Colleries Act (1842)]] was written into [[law]] on [[10 August]] [[1842]].
+== Notes ==
+* The gameplay segment of ''The Orphans of the Polyoptra'' consists of 27 levels, each with their own name:
+** ''1: The Bombing Begins''
+** ''2: Terror From Above''
+** ''3: Searching''
+** ''4: The Trees Will Hurt You!''
+** ''5: Reign of Fire''
+** ''6: Every Beat Of The Heart''
+** ''7: Finding The Key''
+** ''8: Seeing Things Clearly Now''
+** ''9: The Pan Of Attack!''
+** ''10: Closing Time''
+** ''11: Free The Children''
+** ''12: Let Us Out Of Here''
+** ''13: Journey Into Terror''
+** ''14: A Sting In The Tale''
+** ''15: Let Sleeping Larvae Lie''
+** ''16: Red Is For Danger''
+** ''17: Escape To Danger''
+** ''18: The Young And The Free''
+** ''19: The Enemy Within''
+** ''20: Friends And Enemies''
+** ''21: Seeing The Point''
+** ''22: The Shield''
+** ''23: Colourful Clues''
+** ''24: A Dodgy Time''
+** ''25: In The Lair Of The Zarbi Supremo''
+** ''26: Flood!''
+** ''27: The Final Battle''
+== Continuity ==
+* The Third Doctor's [[exile on Earth]] was recently rescinded in return for his hand in defeating [[Omega]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Three Doctors (TV story)}})
+* Jo wears a [[gold]]en [[Jo Grant's ring|ring]], a sentimental memento given to her by [[King]] [[Peladon of Peladon]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Curse of Peladon (TV story)}})
+* When mentioning times he's encountered Zarbi under the control of others, the Doctor recalls [[the Animus]] ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Web Planet (TV story)}}) and the [[Skirkon]]s. ([[COMIC]]: {{cs|On the Web Planet (comic story)}})
+* The [[Zarbi Supremo (The Orphans of the Polyoptra)|Zarbi Supremo]] exerted control over others through the use of [[wishbone collar]]s and gold, the same ''modus operandi'' as the Animus. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Web Planet (TV story)}})
+* The [[First Doctor]] previously defeated [[Zarbi Supremo|another Zarbi Supremo]] on [[Vortis]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Lair of Zarbi Supremo (short story)}})
 == External links ==
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 {{Zarbi stories}}
 {{TitleSort}}
 [[Category:Doctor Who video games]]
 [[Category:2018 video games]]
-[[Category:Non-DWU video games]]
+[[Category:Stories set in Gloucestershire]]
+[[Category:Stories set in 1842]]
+[[Category:Stories set in 1942]]
 [[Category:Stories set in World War II]]
 [[Category:Zarbi stories]]