Profits of Doom! (comic story): Difference between revisions

*The Doctor has described the [[TARDIS]] as "the primary social artefact upon which Gallifreyan culture made its quantum evolutionary bound from time-locked to time-spanned."   

*Among potential candidates for a holiday retreat include the planet [[Argolis]], Quiexly Major, Placet and Trantor. The Doctor dismisses each, respectively, for past ''faux pas'', being "too touristy", having "crazy geography" and being "far too cosmopolitan." Eventually, he decides on a holiday to [[Arcadia (planet)|Arcadia]], a paradise [[planet]].   

*Indulging in his penchant for recitation, the Doctor quotes William Wordsworth's ''Resolution and Independence''.   

*The TARDIS chambers include the Falloean Gardens and the Bagdejalucian phosphorescent anti-gravity shrubs. The Diamond Avenue features the brightest gems from a dozen star systems.   

*Frobisher plays [[chess]] with the TARDIS console and loses (though he claims that it cheated).   

*[[Arcadia (planet)|Arcadia]] is described as a planet of "verdant rolling fields, glittering still lakes, vast cloudless skies."

*The [[Profiteer of Ephte|Profiteers of Ephte]] come from Ephte Major, their tax haven on the spur of Friedman's Curve, and are an ancient race who have ravaged the galaxy under the philosophy of "profit or die". They communicate in a number-orientated language. When Peri and Frobisher are captured, they intend to sell them off to other races for enormous profit. Peri will go to the Grodomorphs of Cebalias Alpha as a handmaiden and Frobisher to the Tralfamadorians of Vonnegut as a zoo animal.

*[[Seth (Profits of Doom)|Seth]], a Methuselah-like figure, also adopted the titles of a 14th-century grand schemer in Rome and Vincent Grant who unified the Western Alliance in the 22nd-century, The latter is known to the Doctor as the Butcher of Strasbourg.

*[[Kara McAllista]] is a third-class maintenance technician responsible for the cryo-sleep chambers aboard the ''Mayflower''.  One of ten awoken every six months and assisted by a mobile robot designated as Monitor. She curses with the epithets of "''skaj''", "''seg-jak''" and "what the ''jaxx''".

*The planet Trantor featured as a prominent location in Isaac Asimov's ''Foundation'' series. It was the location of the First Galactic Empire and a single planetwide city with a heavy dependence on external trade to maintain its stability.

*The Tralfamadorians of Vonnegut feature in Kurt Vonnegut's ''Slaughterhouse Five''. A story with a singularly unusual approach to time travel. Their potential interest in Frobisher as a zoo animal echoes the protagonist, Billy, and his own experiences in the novel.

* Frustrated with the quiet, Peri asks to visit somewhere her fellow travellers won't meet "[[Irna|furry alien princesses]], [[Shockeye of the Quawncing Grig|alien chefs]], [[Cyberman|Cybermen]] or {{Ainley|n=the Master}}". ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Nature of the Beast! (comic story)|Nature of the Beast]]''; [[TV]]: ''[[The Two Doctors (TV story)|The Two Doctors]], [[Attack of the Cybermen (TV story)|Attack of the Cybermen]], [[The Mark of the Rani (TV story)|The Mark of the Rani]]'')

* The Doctor laments the lose of his sonic screwdriver.