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*Travers and Evans are watching the second day of riots in the {{w|Battle of the Bogside}} in chapter 3. | *Travers and Evans are watching the second day of riots in the {{w|Battle of the Bogside}} in chapter 3. | ||
*They're later caught watching ''{{w|The Flower Pot Men}}''. | *They're later caught watching ''{{w|The Flower Pot Men}}''. | ||
*The TV show [[BLIMEY]] shows several parodies of Pertwee-era ''Doctor Who'', including the tortured military acronym (ala UNIT). The villain's roar of "Nuzzink in ze vorld can schtop me now!" is a joke at the expense of ''[[The Underwater Menace (TV story)|The Underwater Menace]]''. | *Lovac refers to {{w|Lew Grade}} and ATV. | ||
*The TV show [[BLIMEY]] shows several parodies of contemporary ATV adventure serials and Pertwee-era ''Doctor Who'', including the tortured military acronym (ala UNIT). The villain's roar of "Nuzzink in ze vorld can schtop me now!" is a joke at the expense of ''[[The Underwater Menace (TV story)|The Underwater Menace]]''. | |||
*When describing Mondegreene as a racist, Samson makes a joke off the title of ''{{w|Guess Who's Coming to Dinner}}''. | *When describing Mondegreene as a racist, Samson makes a joke off the title of ''{{w|Guess Who's Coming to Dinner}}''. | ||
*It turns out in the world of ''Doctor Who'', the [[CIA]] did have a mind control method that's blotted out by tin foil hats. | |||
*Hannsen tells the colonel and Travers about {{w|Operation Paperclip}} and how Nazi scientists gathered by it were used in CIA mind control experiments. This is the first time Lethbridge-Stewart's heard of it and he's suspicious about how accurate it is. | |||
== Notes == | == Notes == | ||
*As Lethbridge-Stewart says Northern Ireland's riots started "last night", when the book started, the story begins on 12th August [[1969]]. | *As Lethbridge-Stewart says Northern Ireland's riots started "last night", when the book started, the story begins on 12th August [[1969]]. | ||
==Errors== | |||
*Travers and Lethbridge-Stewart know about the use of Nazi scientists but are unfamiliar with Paperclip. In real life, Paperclip had been partly exposed in late [[1946]]. | |||
== Continuity == | == Continuity == | ||
*At the end of the story, Lethbridge-Stewart learns he's being promoted to brigadier so he can run HAVOC. | |||
*Travers refers to [[Quark]] remains from ''[[Mutually Assured Domination (novel)|Mutually Assured Domination]]''. | *Travers refers to [[Quark]] remains from ''[[Mutually Assured Domination (novel)|Mutually Assured Domination]]''. | ||
*HAVOC still haven't completed their move to [[Dolerite Base]]. | *HAVOC still haven't completed their move to [[Dolerite Base]]. | ||
*[[Bill Filer]] is mentioned as a US intelligence contact. | |||
*Lethbridge-Stewart briefly thinks a "blowhard like [[Scobie]]" is going to be put in charge of HAVOC. | |||
*The bunker doors have been constructed from [[dwarf star alloy]] the CIA has, as established in [[TV]]: ''[[Day of the Moon (TV story)|Day of the Moon]]''. | |||
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Revision as of 21:20, 15 April 2017
The Showstoppers was the sixth novel in the Lethbridge-Stewart series, released by Candy Jar Books in 2016.
Publisher's summary
- ‘Nuzzink in ze vorld can schtop me now!’
There’s a new TV show about to hit the airwaves, but Colonel Lethbridge-Stewart won’t be tuning in. With the future of the Fifth Operational Corps in doubt he’s got enough to worry about, but a plea from an old friend soon finds Lethbridge-Stewart and Anne Travers embroiled in a plot far more fantastical than anything on the small screen.
Can charismatic star Aubrey Mondegreene really be in two places at the same time? What lengths will ailing entertainment mogul Billy Lovac go to in order to reach his audience? And is luckless journalist Harold Chorley really so desperate that he’ll buy into a story about Nazi conspiracies from a tramp wearing a tin foil hat?
There’s something very rotten at the heart of weekend television, and it isn’t all due to shoddy scripts and bad special effects.
Plot
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Characters
- Colonel/Brigadier Alistair Lethbridge-Stewart
- Anne Travers
- Lance Corporal William Bishop
- Lieutenant Colonel Walter Douglas
- Private Gwynfor Evans
- Lance Corporal Sally Wright
- Major General Oliver Hamilton
- Harold Chorley
- Samson Ware
References
- The real-life near collapse of London Weekend Television forms the backdrop to the story.
- Travers and Evans are watching the second day of riots in the Battle of the Bogside in chapter 3.
- They're later caught watching The Flower Pot Men.
- Lovac refers to Lew Grade and ATV.
- The TV show BLIMEY shows several parodies of contemporary ATV adventure serials and Pertwee-era Doctor Who, including the tortured military acronym (ala UNIT). The villain's roar of "Nuzzink in ze vorld can schtop me now!" is a joke at the expense of The Underwater Menace.
- When describing Mondegreene as a racist, Samson makes a joke off the title of Guess Who's Coming to Dinner.
- It turns out in the world of Doctor Who, the CIA did have a mind control method that's blotted out by tin foil hats.
- Hannsen tells the colonel and Travers about Operation Paperclip and how Nazi scientists gathered by it were used in CIA mind control experiments. This is the first time Lethbridge-Stewart's heard of it and he's suspicious about how accurate it is.
Notes
- As Lethbridge-Stewart says Northern Ireland's riots started "last night", when the book started, the story begins on 12th August 1969.
Errors
- Travers and Lethbridge-Stewart know about the use of Nazi scientists but are unfamiliar with Paperclip. In real life, Paperclip had been partly exposed in late 1946.
Continuity
- At the end of the story, Lethbridge-Stewart learns he's being promoted to brigadier so he can run HAVOC.
- Travers refers to Quark remains from Mutually Assured Domination.
- HAVOC still haven't completed their move to Dolerite Base.
- Bill Filer is mentioned as a US intelligence contact.
- Lethbridge-Stewart briefly thinks a "blowhard like Scobie" is going to be put in charge of HAVOC.
- The bunker doors have been constructed from dwarf star alloy the CIA has, as established in TV: Day of the Moon.
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