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== Continuity == | == Continuity == | ||
* The [[second Doctor]] and [[Ben Jackson|Ben]] have an especially contentious relationship here, perhaps because the second Doctor is generally characterised throughout [[Doctor Who Annual 1968|this annual]] as being considerably more like the televised [[first Doctor]]. At one point, the Doctor threatens to abandon Ben "in some world filled with loathsome monters [where] you may begin to feel at home at last." Their extreme discord, however, is a essentially a [[wikipedia:plot device|plot device]]. | * The [[second Doctor]] and [[Ben Jackson|Ben]] have an especially contentious relationship here, perhaps because the second Doctor is generally characterised throughout [[Doctor Who Annual 1968|this annual]] as being considerably more like the televised [[first Doctor]]. At one point, the Doctor threatens to abandon Ben "in some world filled with loathsome monters [where] you may begin to feel at home at last." Their extreme discord, however, is a essentially a [[wikipedia:plot device|plot device]]. | ||
* The Doctor gives the world the name "Arcady". Where he gets this name from is unclear, but it shouldn't be confused with [[Arcadia]], a world oft-mentioned by the [[tenth Doctor|tenth]] and [[eleventh Doctor]]s. ([[ | * The Doctor gives the world the name "Arcady". Where he gets this name from is unclear, but it shouldn't be confused with [[Arcadia]], a world oft-mentioned by the [[tenth Doctor|tenth]] and [[eleventh Doctor]]s. ([[TV]]: ''[[Doomsday]]'', ''[[Vincent and the Doctor]]'') | ||
* The ''actual'' name of the planet, at least according to its inhabitants, is "[[Harmony (planet)|Harmony]]". | * The ''actual'' name of the planet, at least according to its inhabitants, is "[[Harmony (planet)|Harmony]]". | ||
* The Doctor suggests the [[Milky Way]] is his home galaxy. This is consistent with later ''Doctor Who'' fiction, but the preferred ''Doctor Who'' term is "[[Mutter's Spiral]]". ([[ | * The Doctor suggests the [[Milky Way]] is his home galaxy. This is consistent with later ''Doctor Who'' fiction, but the preferred ''Doctor Who'' term is "[[Mutter's Spiral]]". ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Human Nature (novel)|Human Nature]]'', [[PROSE]]: ''[[Alien Bodies]]'') | ||
== Timeline == | == Timeline == | ||
In broad terms, this story must occur between [[ | In broad terms, this story must occur between [[TV]]: ''[[The Power of the Daleks]]'' and ''[[The Highlanders]]''. More precise location is difficult, because there are no continuity references in the story. However, placing it in "table of contents order" of the 1968 annual is reasonable enough. Thus: | ||
* ''Planet of Bones'' occurs after [[DWAN]]: ''[[Only a Matter of Time]]'' | * ''Planet of Bones'' occurs after [[DWAN]]: ''[[Only a Matter of Time]]'' | ||
* ''Planet of Bones'' occurs before [[DWAN]]: ''[[When Starlight Grows Cold]]'' | * ''Planet of Bones'' occurs before [[DWAN]]: ''[[When Starlight Grows Cold]]'' | ||
