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Microsoft were a manufacturer of games consoles. (PROSE: Slow Decay [+]Loading...["Slow Decay (novel)"])
In 1996, Microsoft manufactured android versions of Frankenstein's Monster, Dracula and the Grey Lady for the Festival of Ghana. The company later underwent investigation for building dangerous robots. (PROSE: Interference - Book One [+]Loading...["Interference - Book One (novel)"], TV: "Journey into Terror" [+]Part of The Chase, Loading...{"namedep":"Journey into Terror (4)","1":"The Chase (TV story)"})
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- The original 1965 serial The Chase does not identify Microsoft as the maker of the robots — indeed the company wasn't even established for another decade. This was later subject to a retcon in the aforementioned novel.
- In the real world, Microsoft manufactured the Xbox, and released Windows Vista and Windows 7. These links, however, have yet to be made within the DWU.
- Word, PowerPoint, and Outlook also exist in the DWU, but no connection has been made in-universe to Microsoft or to the Microsoft Office suite, to which they belong.
Image used on Windows devices to promote the 60th anniversary. - An illustration of the TARDIS and the Fourth Doctor's scarf was used to promote Doctor Who's 60th anniversary on Windows computers on 23 November 2023.
