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doctor=[[Eighth Doctor]] | | doctor=[[Eighth Doctor]] | | ||
companions= [[Grace Holloway]] | | companions= [[Grace Holloway]] | | ||
enemy= | enemy= [[The Master (Bruce)|The Master]] | | ||
year= [[San Francisco]], [[31 December]] [[1999]] to [[1 January]] [[2000]]| | year= [[San Francisco]], [[31 December]] [[1999]] to [[1 January]] [[2000]]| | ||
writer= [[Gary Russell]] | | writer= [[Gary Russell]] | | ||
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* Dr. [[Salinger]] is depicted as at least somewhat romantically attracted to Grace, offering to take [[Brian (Doctor Who)|Brian's]] place in her life. | * Dr. [[Salinger]] is depicted as at least somewhat romantically attracted to Grace, offering to take [[Brian (Doctor Who)|Brian's]] place in her life. | ||
* Nurses [[Wheeler]] and [[Curtis]] are described somewhat in opposition to how they were actually cast. In the movie, Curtis is obviously older and she has more lines in the final cut. In the book, Russell describes Wheeler as the "senior" nurse. | * Nurses [[Wheeler]] and [[Curtis]] are described somewhat in opposition to how they were actually cast. In the movie, Curtis is obviously older and she has more lines in the final cut. In the book, Russell describes Wheeler as the "senior" nurse. | ||
* The final cut of the movie never quite explains how Chang Lee knows the ambulance driver's name is [[Bruce]], nor why he would have been allowed to travel in the ambulance with the Doctor. There's not even a hint that Lee looked at Bruce's name tag. The novel suggests a scene may have ended up on the cutting room floor. In it, the police who arrive at the scene of the shooting interrogate Lee and determine he he might be of help to the paramedics. A policeman introduces Lee to the paramedic, who introduces himself as "Bruce Gerhardt". Bruce's last name is never revealed on screen. | * The final cut of the movie never quite explains how Chang Lee knows the ambulance driver's name is [[Bruce (Doctor Who)|Bruce]], nor why he would have been allowed to travel in the ambulance with the Doctor. There's not even a hint that Lee looked at Bruce's name tag. The novel suggests a scene may have ended up on the cutting room floor. In it, the police who arrive at the scene of the shooting interrogate Lee and determine he he might be of help to the paramedics. A policeman introduces Lee to the paramedic, who introduces himself as "Bruce Gerhardt". Bruce's last name is never revealed on screen. | ||
* When the Doctor says to Grace, "it was a child's dream that made you want to be a doctor", the movie leaves the audience to wonder what that dream might have been. The book shows us a flashback to Grace's youth in Sacramento. There, we witness her mother dying young and Grace dreaming of finding a way to prevent other kids having to endure the pain of their parent's premature death. | * When the Doctor says to Grace, "it was a child's dream that made you want to be a doctor", the movie leaves the audience to wonder what that dream might have been. The book shows us a flashback to Grace's youth in Sacramento. There, we witness her mother dying young and Grace dreaming of finding a way to prevent other kids having to endure the pain of their parent's premature death. | ||
* Russell envisaged something a bit different for the scene in which the the Eye of Harmony projected the images of the old Doctor and the new Doctor. He posits that Lee and the Master don't just see the [[Seventh Doctor]], but ''all seven'' previous Doctors. | * Russell envisaged something a bit different for the scene in which the the Eye of Harmony projected the images of the old Doctor and the new Doctor. He posits that Lee and the Master don't just see the [[Seventh Doctor]], but ''all seven'' previous Doctors. | ||
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[[Category:1996 novels]] | [[Category:1996 novels]] | ||
[[Category:Post-Target novelisations]] | [[Category:Post-Target novelisations]] | ||
[[Category:BBC Books]] | [[Category:BBC Books]] | ||
