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== Notes ==
== Notes ==
* The story unambiguously set the year of the Doctor and Jo working with UNIT as 1973. See [[UNIT dating controversy]].
* The story unambiguously set the year of the Doctor and Jo working with UNIT as 1973. See [[UNIT dating controversy]].
* An audiobook of the story was read by its author, [[Marcus Sedgwick]].


== Continuity ==
== Continuity ==

Revision as of 18:03, 23 July 2015

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The Spear of Destiny was the third Puffin eshort released to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Doctor Who.

Publisher's summary

The Third Doctor and Jo Grant are trying to track down the magical spear of Odin when they find themselves caught up in a vicious battle between two Viking tribes. But one of the Vikings is even more dangerous than he appears to be. Can the Doctor stop the spear getting into the wrong hands before it's too late?

Plot

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Characters

References

  • According to the Doctor, the Spear of Destiny is the same spear which pierced the side of Jesus at the Crucifixion.
  • Due to being a Physical Temporal Nexus, the Spear of Destiny will not miss when it is thrown at a target, no matter the distance.
  • The Spear of Destiny was called Gungnir during 141, when it was in the possession of Odin.
  • The Doctor uses the temporal grace within the TARDIS to disable the spear's aim when it is thrown at him; he swaps it for a replacement.

Individuals

  • The Master uses the alias Frey — the Old Norse word for Lord or Master.
  • The Doctor and Jo meet Odin, High King of all Sweden, who was supposed a god due to the power of the Spear.
  • Adolf Hitler possessed the Spear of Destiny throughout World War Two.

Notes

Continuity

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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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