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== Continuity == | == Continuity == | ||
* The Sontarans previously appeared in ''[[The Time Warrior]]'', ''[[The Sontaran Experiment]]'' | * The Sontarans previously appeared in ''[[The Time Warrior]]'', ''[[The Sontaran Experiment]]'' and ''[[The Invasion of Time]]''. This was to be their final appearance for twenty-three years, until ''[[The Sontaran Stratagem]]''. | ||
* This is chronologically the earliest point in the Doctor's personal timestream that he has been seen to encounter the Sontarans. The Third Doctor demonstrated | * This is chronologically the earliest point in the Doctor's personal timestream that he has been seen to encounter the Sontarans. The Third Doctor demonstrated knowledge of the Sontarans when he encountered [[Jingo Linx]] in ''[[The Time Warrior]]''. | ||
* The Second Doctor is working for the [[Time Lord]]s | * The Second Doctor is working for the [[Time Lord]]s in seeming contrast to his being on the run from them during his second incarnation. This suggests that he was taken out of time by the Time Lords at some later point, which may or may not have been connected to the [[Season 6B]] hypothesis. | ||
* [[Victoria Waterfield]] is mentioned | * [[Victoria Waterfield]] is mentioned as off studying [[graphology]], but the Doctor and Jamie will return for her after their mission is complete. | ||
* In the opening sequence, the Doctor and Jamie are standing in the 'old' console room, not seen since ''[[The Five Doctors (TV story)|The Five Doctors]]''. | * In the opening sequence, the Doctor and Jamie are standing in the 'old' console room, not seen since ''[[The Five Doctors (TV story)|The Five Doctors]]''. | ||
* The scene where the Sixth Doctor poisons Shockeye is one of the few times that the Doctor has deliberately taken a life face-to-face. Other examples have included the killing of [[Mehendri Solon]] (also using cyanide) in [[DW]]: ''[[The Brain of Morbius]]'', shooting several Sontarans with the [[De-mat Gun]] in ''[[The Invasion of Time]]'' and the shooting of the [[Cyber-Leader (Mondas)|Cyber-Leader]] in ''[[Earthshock]]''. In all cases, these were in self-defence; the First Doctor once mentioned that he only took life when his own was sufficiently threatened. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Dalek Invasion of Earth]]'') | * The scene where the Sixth Doctor poisons Shockeye is one of the few times that the Doctor has deliberately taken a life face-to-face. Other examples have included the killing of [[Mehendri Solon]] (also using cyanide) in [[DW]]: ''[[The Brain of Morbius]]'', shooting several Sontarans with the [[De-mat Gun]] in ''[[The Invasion of Time]]'' and the shooting of the [[Cyber-Leader (Mondas)|Cyber-Leader]] in ''[[Earthshock]]''. In all cases, these were in self-defence; the First Doctor once mentioned that he only took life when his own was sufficiently threatened. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Dalek Invasion of Earth]]'') | ||
