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|image       = Divided Loyalties.jpg  
name= Divided Loyalties |
|series       = [[BBC Past Doctor Adventures]]  
image= Divided Loyalties.jpg |
|number       = 25
series=[[BBC Past Doctor Adventures]] |
|doctor       = Fifth Doctor  
number= 26 |
|companions   = [[Adric]], [[Tegan Jovanka|Tegan]], [[Nyssa]]
doctor=Fifth Doctor |
|featuring    = [[Gaylord Lefevre]]
companions= [[Adric]], [[Nyssa]], [[Tegan]]|
|enemy       = [[The Toymaker]]
enemy= [[The Celestial Toymaker]]|
|setting      = [[Dymok]], 2370s<br>[[Celestial Toyroom]]  
year= |
|writer      = Gary Russell
writer= [[Gary Russell]] |
|publisher   = BBC Books  
publisher= [[BBC Books]] |
|release date = 4 October 1999
release date= October [[1999]] |
|format       = Paperback Book;<br>22 Chapters, 252 Pages  
format= Paperback Book, 252 Pages |
|isbn         = ISBN 0-563-55578-5  
isbn= ISBN 0-563-55578-5 |
|prev         = City at World's End (novel)  
prev=City at World's End (novel) |
|next         = Corpse Marker (novel)
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}}{{prose stub}}
'''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was the twenty-sixth [[BBC Past Doctor Adventures]] novel. It featured the [[Fifth Doctor]], [[Adric]], [[Nyssa]] and [[Tegan Jovanka]]. This was the first [[PROSE]] novel to feature this line up of Doctor and companions and the first full length novel to do so since [[1996]]'s [[PROSE]]: ''[[Cold Fusion (novel)|Cold Fusion]]''. This was the first, and {{As of|2012|lc=y}}, only full length novel to feature the [[Celestial Toymaker]].
{{you may|Divided Loyalties (in-universe)|n1=its in-universe counterpart}}
'''''Divided Loyalties''''' was the twenty-fifth novel in the [[BBC Past Doctor Adventures]] series. It was written by [[Gary Russell]], released [[4 October (releases)|4 October]] [[1999 (releases)|1999]] and featured the [[Fifth Doctor]], [[Adric]], [[Nyssa]] and [[Tegan Jovanka]].
 
This was the first Past Doctor Adventures novel to feature this line up of Doctor and companions and the first full length novel to do so since 1996's ''[[Cold Fusion (novel)|Cold Fusion]]''. This was the first full length novel to feature [[the Toymaker]], originating from ''[[The Celestial Toymaker (TV story)|The Celestial Toymaker]]''.


== Publisher's summary ==
== Publisher's summary ==
''There are some evils in the [[universe]] that need to be fought. And others that need redeeming...''
''There are some evils in the [[universe]] that need to be fought. And others that need redeeming...''


Many years ago the [[First Doctor]], a student at [[Time Lord Academy|the Academy]] on [[Gallifrey]], lost a friend to the mysterious and malevolent force known as [[the Celestial Toymaker]]. Now, in his [[Fifth Doctor|fifth incarnation]], the Doctor receives a [[telepathic]] call from his long-lost classmate, begging for help.
Many years ago [[First Doctor|the Doctor]], a student at [[Time Lord Academy|the Academy]] on [[Gallifrey]], lost a friend to the mysterious and malevolent force known as the [[The Toymaker|Celestial Toymaker]]. Now, in his fifth incarnation, [[Fifth Doctor|the Doctor]] receives a [[telepathic]] call from his long-lost classmate, begging for help.


As he sets out to rescue his friend and exact revenge, the Doctor's companions become increasingly involved. [[Adric]], determined to justify his place aboard the [[the Doctor's TARDIS|TARDIS]], opts to face the Toymaker's game challenges while [[Nyssa]], angered by the Doctor's actions, finds herself excluded by the people she thought were her friends. And what is the connection between the Toymaker and the [[planet]] [[Dymok]], whose comatose inhabitants find a new saviour in the shape of [[Tegan Jovanka]]?
As he sets out to rescue his friend and exact revenge, the Doctor's companions become increasingly involved. [[Adric]], determined to justify his place aboard [[the Doctor's TARDIS|the TARDIS]], opts to face the Toymaker's game challenges while [[Nyssa]], angered by the Doctor's actions, finds herself excluded by the people she thought were her friends. And what is the connection between the Toymaker and the [[planet]] [[Dymok]], whose comatose inhabitants find a new saviour in the shape of [[Tegan Jovanka]]?


== Plot ==
== Plot ==
The Doctor dreams about a familiar voice calling to him for help, and awakens to find that the TARDIS has materialized aboard an Earth space station orbiting the planet Dymok. The Dymova have cut themselves off from the rest of the galaxy, and refuse to communicate with anyone beyond their planet apart from a repeated signal warning others away; however, an Observer on Dymok's surface detects the arrival of the TARDIS, and knows that salvation is at hand. At the very same moment that the TARDIS materializes, all communication from Dymok ceases and the crew of the Little Boy 2 find themselves unable to detect any life signs from the planet. Commander Oakwood leads a team into the cargo bays to investigate the energy spike caused by the TARDIS materialization, and the Doctor and his companions are captured as they explore their surroundings. The Doctor reluctantly leads Oakwood's security team to the TARDIS to explain his and his friends' presence -- only to find that someone or something has placed a force field around the TARDIS, blocking him out.
''to be added''


Tegan touches the force field and is transported to what appears to be her home city of Brisbane; however, the city is deserted and the buildings have been rearranged to form a giant maze. Although vicious replicas of Adric and Nyssa appear in the maze to spur her on, she refuses to play the game which has been set for her, thus proving herself ideal for the Observer's purposes. As she demands to know what is happening, she experiences a vision of a strange man begging for help, and then of another man in the clothing of a Chinese Mandarin, who dismisses her as unsuitable and sends her back to the space station at the moment of her departure, with no memory of what has happened to her. The Doctor convinces Oakwood to tell him what has happened to Dymok, and Tegan realizes to her disgust that once again he is involving himself in a potentially dangerous situation which is no concern of his; or so she believes. In fact, events on Dymok are all part of the trap the Celestial Toymaker has set for the Doctor. Already, he has collected a new set of players from across time and space. A World War Two aviatrix is plucked from her crashing aeroplane and forced to play backgammon for her life; and a single hand of cards costs Sir Henry Rugglesthorpe not only his freedom, but the lives of his wife, children and household servants...
== Characters ==
 
* [[Fifth Doctor]]
Nyssa tells the curious Lieutenant Paladopous about the death of her world and how the Master took over her father's body, killing him. Adric then has a vision of the Toymaker, who tells him that he will soon have to decide just how much he trusts this new Doctor. Meanwhile, Oakwood refuses to send an away team to Dymok to investigate the sudden silence, until an energy spike from the planet's surface possesses Tegan, who speaks with an alien voice and orders the crew of the station to bring her to Dymok. Faced with such an invitation, Oakwood has little choice but to agree. The Doctor takes Tegan and Nyssa but orders Adric to remain behind and keep an eye on the TARDIS; he claims that Adric is the only one he trusts with such a role, but Adric nevertheless feels as though he's being sidelined again.
* [[Adric]]
 
* [[Tegan Jovanka]]
As the away team's shuttle approaches Dymok, some unknown power forces it to land near a single black pyramid, the only landmark on the planet's surface. The Doctor finds it oddly familiar, and when Oakwood comments on its puzzling appearance he realizes why too late -- the pyramid resembles the famous Towers of Hanoi puzzle, or the Celestial Toymaker's Trilogic Game. The Observer appears to them and destroys their shuttle with minimal mental effort, leaving them with no choice but to follow him into the depths of the pyramid. There, Tegan experiences a vision of her father's death from cancer, and realizes that because the Doctor abducted her from the site of her aunt Vanessa's murder, her mother will be left alone, believing her to be dead. Tegan's sudden fury at the Doctor is something the Observer can use for his own ends, and he therefore separates Tegan from the others, who find themselves abandoned in the heart of the pyramid amongst the sleeping forms of comatose Dymova. With little choice, they eat the food which has been laid out for them, but it has been drugged and then all find themselves falling asleep...
* [[Nyssa]]
 
* [[Henry Rugglesthorpe]]
The Doctor dreams of his misspent youth at the Time Lords' Academy, and of the time that he refused to return home to Lungbarrow for his Name Day because Kithriarch Quences seemed to expect his automatic, unthinking obedience. His tutor Delox, learning of his refusal, suspended him from the Academy until he had learned humility. It was on this day that the Doctor visited the hermit behind the Academy and learned the secret of life in a daisy. Armed with his new determination to prove to the Time Lords that things could change, he convinced his friend Mortimus to hack into the Time Lords' secret files and find something of interest that he could investigate. Mortimus found an entry on a legendary being, or beings, called the Toymakers, and the Doctor set off to investigate with his friends Rallon and Millennia, stealing a TARDIS with the help of their fellow student Magnus. Upon entering the realm of the Toymaker, however, Rallon was consumed and possessed by the spirit of the Toymaker, an ancient collective intelligence which took on Rallon's physical form and forced the Doctor to play its games. The Doctor won a game of Capture the Flag against a tin soldier by setting a trap on the muddy battlefield, and the Toymaker, impressed by the Doctor's skill, decided to release him in order to let him mature; he would prove a worthy opponent later in life. The Doctor was forced to return to Gallifrey in disgrace, having led Rallon to his death and Millennia to a worse fate, trapped forever as one of the Toymaker's living dolls.
* [[Mrs Rugglesthorpe]]
 
* [[Charles Rugglesthorpe]]
Tegan awakens elsewhere in the pyramid to find herself surrounded by the Dymova, who chant praise to her, their Chosen One. In fact, their chanting serves to distract the Toymaker, giving the Observer time to explain what is happening to Tegan. The Dymova are some of the most powerful telepaths in the galaxy, but when the Toymaker arrived on their planet they welcomed him as a god; ever since, in return for his protection, they have slept and given him access to their powers, which he uses to create his illusions and dreamscapes. Tegan's forthrightness and strength of will are just what the Dymova need to free themselves from slavery to their god -- but there is one more secret which the Observer must reveal before Tegan is ready to stop the Doctor from spoiling the Observer's plans...
* [[Elisabeth Jane Rugglesthorpe]]
 
* [[Stefan (The Nightmare Fair)|Stefan]]
Nyssa dreams of the death of Traken and her father, and of the Toymaker warning the Consuls not to trust the Doctor. The Toymaker then brings the Doctor to his realm, where he reveals that he is the Guardian of Dreams, one of the fundamental forces which make up the Universe; as such, he creates games and illusions to justify his existence, just as the Black and White Guardians create chaos and conflict to justify theirs. As such he does not require a physical existence, but since he bound himself to Rallon he has found he cannot separate himself from his stolen form -- and since Rallon is now dying after centuries of existence bound to the Toymaker, the Toymaker too will die unless the Doctor can separate them and take Rallon's place. If he does not, the Toymaker will torture him and his companions for the rest of eternity. Nyssa storms out on the Doctor, furious beyond measure; if the Doctor can free Rallon from his bond to the Toymaker, why can he not free her father from the Master? Before the Doctor can think how to respond to her, the Toymaker presents him with a new puzzle -- a double-sided jigsaw with the Doctor's face on both sides. He must complete the puzzle at the same time that his friends complete their game, or his companions will become the Toymaker's new playthings and the Doctor will be subsumed into the Toymaker's being to provide him with a new, fresh source of imaginative power.
* [[Gaylord Lefevre]]
 
Adric is surprised when the crew of the Little Boy 2 suddenly seems to forget who he is and places him in prison for trespassing. He is then transported to a surreal dreamscape where his personal insecurities are given physical form, but there he realizes that his fellow travellers only treat him as a spoiled brat because he believes that of himself; he must learn that he has matured and start behaving appropriately, and once he does so the others will treat him accordingly. He and Nyssa are then "invited" to a new game -- and become the White King and Queen of a chess set, on a board which sets the crew of the Little Boy 2 against the Red of Sir Henry Rugglesthorpe and his household. Adric begins to play the game, unaware that whenever a piece is lost, the person represented by that piece dies. Fortunately, before the game goes too far, the Dymova make their move, relying upon Tegan's strength to keep them focussed while they release a blast of mental energy at the Toymaker. The chess game is interrupted and abandoned, but the Toymaker resists the attack -- and sends the energy back to its source, erasing the entire planet Dymok from existence.
 
It appears that the Toymaker has won, and with delight he summons the Doctor's companions and the crew of the Little Boy 2 to witness his final defeat. But the Doctor's companions stop him from placing the final jigsaw puzzle piece into place; they have seen through the Toymaker's attempts to turn them against him and do not wish him to sacrifice himself for their sakes. The Toymaker, furious, realizes too late that Rallon is using the distraction to make his move at last. The captured Time Lord uses the energy from Dymok's destruction to force himself through twelve regenerations all at once, and the trauma expels the Toymaker from his body. As Rallon dies, free at last, the Doctor realizes that Rallon's spirit had always been present within the Toymaker, keeping the Toymaker in check and allowing the Doctor to defeat him and escape with his life. Tegan also reveals that Dymok never existed; it was an illusion created by Rallon to lay the groundwork for this plan. The Observer was in fact a Watcher, a shayde projection of Rallon's future incarnations, and it now merges with the Toymaker to ensure that the Toymaker's vast powers remain in check in the future.


The Toymaker recovers more quickly than expected, but crewman Matt Desorgher gives his life to complete the jigsaw, thus destroying the Toyroom and giving the others the chance to escape. The TARDIS comes to their rescue, apparently sensing the Doctor's distress, and he returns the surviving crew of the Little Boy 2 to their station. As they set about reporting the odd events to Earth, the Doctor and his friends set off to come to terms with what they have learned about themselves. The Toymaker, meanwhile, decides to take his servant Stefan to Earth to seek amusement while waiting for his Toyroom to repair itself...
=== Little Boy II crew ===
* [[Matt Desorgher]]
* [[Oakwood]]
* [[Sarah Townsend]]
* [[Nikos Paladopous]]
* [[Dieter]]
* [[Braune]]


== Characters ==
=== Nightmare ===
*[[Fifth Doctor|The Doctor]]
* [[First Doctor]]
*[[Adric]]
* [[The Master|Koschei]]
*[[Tegan Jovanka]]
* [[The War Chief|Magnus]]
*[[Nyssa]]
* [[Ushas]]
* [[Mortimus]]
* [[Second Drax]]
* [[Rallon]]
* [[Vansell]]
* [[Millennia]]
* [[Jelpax]]
* [[Runcible]]
* [[Badger (Lungbarrow)|Badger]]
* [[Delox]]
* [[Sendok]]
* [[Drall]]
* [[Azmael]]
* [[Borusa]]


== References ==
== Worldbuilding ==
=== Foods and beverages ===
=== Foods and beverages ===
* Adric doesn't know what [[pizza]] is.
* Adric eats an [[apple]] in the TARDIS and doesn't know what [[pizza]] is.


=== Individuals ===
=== Individuals ===
* While attempting to turn Adric against the Doctor, the Toymaker creates a hallucination of a childhood friend of Adric, who reminds him about some of the things he's run into with the Doctor, including [[Great Vampire]]s, [[Tharil]]s, {{Ainley}}, the [[Ferutu]] and [[Terileptil]]s.
* While attempting to turn Adric against the Doctor, the Toymaker creates a hallucination of [[Jiana]], a childhood friend of Adric, who reminds him about some of the things he's run into with the Doctor, including [[Great Vampire]]s, [[Tharil]]s, {{Ainley}}, the [[Ferutu]] and [[Terileptil]]s.
* Runcible threatens to report Magnus and Mortimus to Lord Cardinal [[Zass]].
* Tegan is [[Jew]]ish.
* The Toymaker likens himself to a "pan-dimensional [[Walt Disney]], [[Charles Darrow]] and [[Hiroshi Yamauchi]]".
 
=== Planets ===
* In stellar cartography, Sendok asks his pupils for the co-ordinates of [[Brus]], [[Mollassis]] and [[Ava]]. He also mentions the [[Alys system]]


=== Species ===
=== Species ===
* Rassilon gave the [[Great Old One]]s names. These included; [[Hastur]], [[Yog-Sothoth]], [[Shub-Niggurath]], [[Cthulhu]], [[Melefescent]], [[Tor-Gasukk]], [[Lloigor]], [[Gog and Magog]], [[Nyarlathotep]], [[Dagon]] and [[Gods of Ragnarok|Raag, Nah and Rok]].
* Rassilon gave the [[Great Old One]]s names. These included [[Hastur]], [[Yog-Sothoth]], [[Shub-Niggurath]], [[Cthulhu]], [[Melefescent]], [[Tor-Gasukk]], [[Lloigor]], [[Gog and Magog]], [[Nyarlathotep]], [[Dagon]] and [[Gods of Ragnarok|Raag, Nah and Rok]].
 
=== Technology ===
* The Doctor, Rallon and Millennia steal a [[Type 18]] [[TARDIS (Divided Loyalties)|TARDIS]]. Rallon notes that a [[Type 35]], or a [[Type 30 Mark III]] would have been more comfortable.


=== Timeline ===
=== Dates ===
*Tegan left [[Earth]] (the first time) on [[28 February]] [[1981]].
* Tegan left [[Earth]] (the first time) on [[28 February]] [[1981]].


=== Time Lords ===
=== Time Lords ===
* The Doctor, while at the Academy on [[Gallifrey]], was one of [[the Deca]], an elite group that included [[The Master|Koschei]], [[The Rani|Ushas]], [[Drax]], [[the Monk]] and [[The War Chief|Magnus]].
* In the Doctor's nightmare set in the [[Time Lord Academy|Academy]], he was a part of [[the Deca]], an elite group that included [[The Master|Koschei]], [[The Rani|Ushas]], [[Drax]], [[the Monk]] and [[The War Chief|Magnus]].
* In a flashback [[Vansell]], [[Azmael]] and [[Borusa]] are also seen.
* In the nightmare, [[Vansell]], [[Azmael]] and [[Borusa]] are also seen.
* Also in the flashback scene, the Doctor and Rallon meet up with [[Badger (Lungbarrow)|Badger]].
* Two members of the [[Celestial Intervention Agency]] travel from the future, who know that [[Mortimus]] will cause trouble once he leaves Gallifrey, and that another member of the Deca has a very important destiny. After studying the individuals in the Deca, they find that this individual is the Doctor.


== Notes ==
== Notes ==
* [[Lawrence Miles]] criticised [[Gary Russell]], targeting this work in particular. He stated that it was the lowest rated ''Doctor Who'' novel of all time. <ref name="Miles Interview"> [http://web.archive.org/web/20050301095733/http:/planeteleven.co.uk/features/lmia/lastever.php Lawrence Miles : The Last Ever Interview 28th May 2000]</ref>
* Though largely viewed as a spoof/ill-hearted satire of Virgin's Doctor Who novels, Gary Russell has stated that this is an erroneous reading of the novel.
* Each chapter in the book is the title of a song by {{w|Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark}}


== Continuity ==
== Continuity ==
* The Celestial Toymaker last appeared in [[TV]]: ''[[The Celestial Toymaker (TV story)|The Celestial Toymaker]]''.
* The [[First Doctor]], [[Steven Taylor]] and [[Dodo Chaplet]] previously encountered [[the Toymaker]] during their travels. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Celestial Toymaker (TV story)|The Celestial Toymaker]]'')
For the [[First Doctor]] (Flashback):
* The First Doctor is shown to be one of the best students of his class, despite being previously identified as not having excelled academically in [[TV]]: ''[[The Ribos Operation (TV story)|The Ribos Operation]]''.
* This story occurs before [[COMIC]]: ''[[Flashback (comic story)|Flashback]]'' (flashback).
* [[Jelpax]] was part of the team who foresaw [[Dalek]] dominion over all life. ([[TV]]:''[[Genesis of the Daleks (TV story)|Genesis of the Daleks]]'') This is contradicted by [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Ascension (Gallifrey audio story)|Ascension]]'', in which [[Narvin]] orders [[Valyes]] to complete this task.
 
* In Adric's fantasy, [[Jiana]] mentions his fights against the vampires, ([[TV]]: ''[[State of Decay (TV story)|State of Decay]]'') [[Tharil]]s, ([[TV]]: ''[[Warriors' Gate (TV story)|Warriors' Gate]]'') the Master, ([[TV]]: ''[[The Keeper of Traken (TV story)|The Keeper of Traken]]'', ''[[Logopolis (TV story)|Logopolis]]'') the [[Ferutu]], ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Cold Fusion (novel)|Cold Fusion]]'') and the [[Terileptil]]s. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Visitation (TV story)|The Visitation]]'')
== Footnotes ==
* In [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Dark Path (novel)|The Dark Path]]'', the [[Second Doctor]] failed to recognise the Master by the name "Koschei".
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* Drax's work for the [[Black Guardian]] on Zeos is mentioned, ([[TV]]: ''[[The Armageddon Factor (TV story)|The Armageddon Factor]]'') as is Koschei and the DarkHeart imbuing him with his hatred for the Doctor. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Dark Path (novel)|The Dark Path]]'')
* In ''[[No Future (novel)|No Future]]'' it was stated that the Doctor and Mortimus didn't know each other on Gallifrey. Yet in ''Divided Loyalties'' they are good friends, and members of the same Deca gang. In addition, it is stated that Mortimus "gave atomic bazookas to the Normans". However, in ''[[The Time Meddler (TV story)|The Time Meddler]]'' the Time Meddler's entire plot was to prevent the Norman Conquest of England. The Time Meddler had planned to use an atomic warhead to aid the Anglo-Saxons.
* It is stated that a [[Rassilon Imprimatur]] is essential for Time Lords, as without it no Time Lord will be able to regenerate, and that only graduates of the Academy are given the Rassilon Imprimatur. It is also stated in the last chapter of ''Divided Loyalties'' that Jelpax was the only member of the Deca to graduate from the Academy.
* This book is highly significant, as, during the dream sequence, it depicts two separate characters named ''Magnus'' and ''Koschei'' together on Gallifrey at the same time. ''Koschei'' was the name [[The Master]] used in ''[[The Dark Path (novel)|The Dark Path]]''. whereas ''Magnus'' fantasises about working with the [[War Lord]]s, hinting that he is the same person as [[the War Chief]]. As such, many people take this as "proof" that 'The War Chief is not the same character as the Master'. However, this occurs during what is explicitly said to be a "strange dream", brought on by [[the Toymaker]]. In addition, time is mixed-up within the dream, as Type 30 TARDISes are still being invented one night, yet the next morning Type 35 TARDISes have already been used for some time. And characters who the Doctor only met long after his time at the Academy interact with him while he is at the Academy.
* [[Gaylord Lefevre]], who appears in this novel, debuted in the [[DWM]] [[DWM backup comic stories|backup comic strip]] ''[[The Greatest Gamble (comic story)|The Greatest Gamble]]''.


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Divided Loyalties was the twenty-fifth novel in the BBC Past Doctor Adventures series. It was written by Gary Russell, released 4 October 1999 and featured the Fifth Doctor, Adric, Nyssa and Tegan Jovanka.

This was the first Past Doctor Adventures novel to feature this line up of Doctor and companions and the first full length novel to do so since 1996's Cold Fusion. This was the first full length novel to feature the Toymaker, originating from The Celestial Toymaker.

Publisher's summary[[edit] | [edit source]]

There are some evils in the universe that need to be fought. And others that need redeeming...

Many years ago the Doctor, a student at the Academy on Gallifrey, lost a friend to the mysterious and malevolent force known as the Celestial Toymaker. Now, in his fifth incarnation, the Doctor receives a telepathic call from his long-lost classmate, begging for help.

As he sets out to rescue his friend and exact revenge, the Doctor's companions become increasingly involved. Adric, determined to justify his place aboard the TARDIS, opts to face the Toymaker's game challenges while Nyssa, angered by the Doctor's actions, finds herself excluded by the people she thought were her friends. And what is the connection between the Toymaker and the planet Dymok, whose comatose inhabitants find a new saviour in the shape of Tegan Jovanka?

Plot[[edit] | [edit source]]

to be added

Characters[[edit] | [edit source]]

Little Boy II crew[[edit] | [edit source]]

Nightmare[[edit] | [edit source]]

Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]

Foods and beverages[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • Adric eats an apple in the TARDIS and doesn't know what pizza is.

Individuals[[edit] | [edit source]]

Planets[[edit] | [edit source]]

Species[[edit] | [edit source]]

Technology[[edit] | [edit source]]

Dates[[edit] | [edit source]]

Time Lords[[edit] | [edit source]]

Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • Though largely viewed as a spoof/ill-hearted satire of Virgin's Doctor Who novels, Gary Russell has stated that this is an erroneous reading of the novel.

Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • The First Doctor, Steven Taylor and Dodo Chaplet previously encountered the Toymaker during their travels. (TV: The Celestial Toymaker)
  • The First Doctor is shown to be one of the best students of his class, despite being previously identified as not having excelled academically in TV: The Ribos Operation.
  • Jelpax was part of the team who foresaw Dalek dominion over all life. (TV:Genesis of the Daleks) This is contradicted by AUDIO: Ascension, in which Narvin orders Valyes to complete this task.
  • In Adric's fantasy, Jiana mentions his fights against the vampires, (TV: State of Decay) Tharils, (TV: Warriors' Gate) the Master, (TV: The Keeper of Traken, Logopolis) the Ferutu, (PROSE: Cold Fusion) and the Terileptils. (TV: The Visitation)
  • In PROSE: The Dark Path, the Second Doctor failed to recognise the Master by the name "Koschei".
  • Drax's work for the Black Guardian on Zeos is mentioned, (TV: The Armageddon Factor) as is Koschei and the DarkHeart imbuing him with his hatred for the Doctor. (PROSE: The Dark Path)
  • In No Future it was stated that the Doctor and Mortimus didn't know each other on Gallifrey. Yet in Divided Loyalties they are good friends, and members of the same Deca gang. In addition, it is stated that Mortimus "gave atomic bazookas to the Normans". However, in The Time Meddler the Time Meddler's entire plot was to prevent the Norman Conquest of England. The Time Meddler had planned to use an atomic warhead to aid the Anglo-Saxons.
  • It is stated that a Rassilon Imprimatur is essential for Time Lords, as without it no Time Lord will be able to regenerate, and that only graduates of the Academy are given the Rassilon Imprimatur. It is also stated in the last chapter of Divided Loyalties that Jelpax was the only member of the Deca to graduate from the Academy.
  • This book is highly significant, as, during the dream sequence, it depicts two separate characters named Magnus and Koschei together on Gallifrey at the same time. Koschei was the name The Master used in The Dark Path. whereas Magnus fantasises about working with the War Lords, hinting that he is the same person as the War Chief. As such, many people take this as "proof" that 'The War Chief is not the same character as the Master'. However, this occurs during what is explicitly said to be a "strange dream", brought on by the Toymaker. In addition, time is mixed-up within the dream, as Type 30 TARDISes are still being invented one night, yet the next morning Type 35 TARDISes have already been used for some time. And characters who the Doctor only met long after his time at the Academy interact with him while he is at the Academy.
  • Gaylord Lefevre, who appears in this novel, debuted in the DWM backup comic strip The Greatest Gamble.

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According to one account, the Master had the appearance of Roger Delgado while on Gallifrey. According to another, he had Anthony Ainley's likeness. According to another one, the one with James Dreyfus's appearance was the incarnation who ran away from Gallifrey.

Divided Loyalties, A Brief History of Time Lords and The Legions of Death feature, or otherwise acknowledge, the War Chief, but in the process contradicted the notion put forward by other stories that he was an incarnation of the Master.

One account suggests that the incarnation portrayed by Roger Delgado may be the same as the one portrayed by Peter Pratt while some others distinguish them.

According to one account, the incarnation portrayed by Gordon Tipple is the one portrayed by Anthony Ainley, while some others state that the Ainley one was already lost by then.

While fighting to extend his life at the end of his regeneration cycle, many bodies were possessed by the Beevers incarnation, but all kept somehow reverting to his real being until he finally regenerated into the MacQueen one. Hence, these sections cannot be strictly chronological
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