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== Deviations from televised story == | == Deviations from televised story == | ||
* The cause of the Ice Age is rewritten. In the original story, it was caused by the end of farming for agriculture; with the reduction of plants, there was too little carbon dioxide produced and the planet cooled. In the novelisation, mankind started "artificial recycling of waste gases to produce more oxygen" and "intensive depollution processes" that, due to a minor calculation error, took away too much carbon dioxide. | |||
* The [[Second Doctor]] shows several mannerisms from the [[Third Doctor]] (i.e. "my dear chap"), which the 2012 reprint attributes to Hayles having recently written two stories for Pertwee.<ref>Doctor Who and the Ice Warriors (2012 print); "Between the Lines"</ref> | |||
* The Brittanicus Base computer is named ''ECCO ''in the novelisation. | * The Brittanicus Base computer is named ''ECCO ''in the novelisation. | ||
* The novel's dialogue and Varga himself identifies him as a 'Warlord'. | * The novel's dialogue and Varga himself identifies him as a 'Warlord'. | ||