The Slow Invasion (short story): Difference between revisions

There are three portraits of Professor Travers in existence: the one that Quantel possesses, one hanging in the National Portrait Gallery, and a third that may have been painted by Andy Warhol.
Anne recalls the film The Portrait Of Dorian Gray, released in 1945.
Hare quotes the 'Clunk Click Every Trip' advert that was aired a few years prior to the setting of this story.
David Russell is the owner of the circus, given to using an exaggerated Italian accent to entice customers. He remembers his father - the previous circus owner - dying a few years previously. It's implied that his father is Lew Russell (Rossini), the man murdered by the Master early in Terror Of The Autons.

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Anne sees someone at the exhibition who closely resembles, and presumably actually is, Andy Warhol.
Quantel's name invokes the Quantal Paintbox, a computer graphics workstation used by the BBC.
'Look upon my works' is a line often invoked by the antagonists in this story. It's a quote from Ozymandias, a poem by Byron, and obliquely refers to the invading aliens who are known as Mighty.
Anne acknowledges that the Mighty are named because it sounds good rather than scientific accuracy, a reference to the Silurians of Doctor Who.
Bill mentions that he could barely get through a month without a new alien invasion, in reference to the turnaround of stories in the Pertwee era of Doctor Who.

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