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== Notes == | == Notes == | ||
* Although officially considered the last release of the Doctor Who New Adventures line, it was in fact not the last to be published. Due to production delays, a novel featuring the [[Seventh Doctor]] that had been intended for release several months earlier, ''[[So Vile a Sin]]'', was not published until a month ''after'' this novel came out, making it, technically, the final Doctor Who NA release. | * Although officially considered the last release of the ''Doctor Who'' New Adventures line, it was in fact not the last to be published. Due to production delays, a novel featuring the [[Seventh Doctor]] that had been intended for release several months earlier, ''[[So Vile a Sin]]'', was not published until a month ''after'' this novel came out, making it, technically, the final ''Doctor Who'' NA release. | ||
* This was the only New Adventures book to feature the Eighth Doctor, and is the last Doctor Who book to be published by Virgin. | * This was the only New Adventures book to feature the Eighth Doctor, and is the last ''Doctor Who'' book to be published by Virgin. | ||
* Rather than using the McCoy era Doctor Who logo on the spine, or the later New Adventures logo intended for the Summerfield novels, ''The Dying Days'' features the Virgin Books logo on the spine. | * Rather than using the McCoy era Doctor Who logo on the spine, or the later New Adventures logo intended for the Summerfield novels, ''The Dying Days'' features the Virgin Books logo on the spine. | ||
* For over ten years (before the release of [[The Company of Friends]]) this was the only appearance of Professor [[Bernice Summerfield]] with the Eighth Doctor. | * For over ten years (before the release of ''[[The Company of Friends]]'') this was the only appearance of Professor [[Bernice Summerfield]] with the Eighth Doctor. | ||
* Virgin would continue to publish The New Adventures of Bernice Summerfield. ''The Dying Days'' ends leading Bernice to her new home at the University of [[Dellah]]. | * Virgin would continue to publish The New Adventures of Bernice Summerfield. ''The Dying Days'' ends leading Bernice to her new home at the University of [[Dellah]]. | ||
* At the Mars landing party there are a few notable guests | * At the Mars landing party there are a few notable guests: Jeremy Paxman, Richard Dawkins, Chris Evans, Gillian Anderson, Richard Branson, Alan Yentob, Emma Peel and [[Lalla Ward]] (who appears as herself and "in character" as Romana II at the end of the book). | ||
* Benny's knowledge speciality of the 20th century actually ranges from [[1963]] to [[1989]] (which is the length of the TV series' original continuous run). | * Benny's knowledge speciality of the 20th century actually ranges from [[1963]] to [[1989]] (which is the length of the TV series' original continuous run). | ||
* When Xznaal is seen from the point of view of Greyhaven, the Doctor, or Benny, the pronoun Parkin uses for Xznaal is "he". From anyone eles's point of view Parkin refers to Xznaal as "it". As in, "Xznaal moved its scaly body". | * When Xznaal is seen from the point of view of Greyhaven, the Doctor, or Benny, the pronoun Parkin uses for Xznaal is "he". From anyone eles's point of view Parkin refers to Xznaal as "it". As in, "Xznaal moved its scaly body". | ||
* The human names are also written (when viewed from the Ice Warrior's point of view) as they would pronounce them ie: Gerayhavun/Greyhaven, Xztaynz/Staines. | * The human names are also written (when viewed from the Ice Warrior's point of view) as they would pronounce them, ie: Gerayhavun/Greyhaven, Xztaynz/Staines. | ||
* Supposedly Philip Segal stated that a big alien invasion couldn't be done on | * Supposedly Philip Segal stated that a big alien invasion couldn't be done on the TV movie's budget because of the cost of multiple prosthetic costumes and the cost of ''showing'' a full alien invasion. ''The Dying Days'' does an alien invasion with three Ice Warriors (there are never more than two Ice Warriors in a room together throughout the book). <ref>[http://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/classic/ebooks/dyingdays/notes/page10.shtml '''The Dying Days''' Lance Parkin Ebook Author Notes Chapter 7]</ref> | ||
* The book's concluding chapter has been interpreted as showing Benny initiating a romantic encounter with the Doctor. | * The book's concluding chapter has been interpreted as showing Benny initiating a romantic encounter with the Doctor. | ||
* This book is notable for not having the Doctor Who logo anywhere on the cover, spine or interior, due to Virgin not having the rights to the logo introduced for the Eighth Doctor (the rights to which were owned by BBC Books) and not wanting to use the Seventh Doctor's logo. Instead, Virgin Publishing's logo is used instead. In addition, the title | * This book is notable for not having the Doctor Who logo anywhere on the cover, spine or interior, due to Virgin not having the rights to the logo introduced for the Eighth Doctor (the rights to which were owned by BBC Books) and not wanting to use the Seventh Doctor's logo. Instead, Virgin Publishing's logo is used instead. In addition, the title ''Doctor Who'' appears nowhere on the back cover or interior pages until one gets to the copyright page. There is also a brief mention on an acknowledgements page. | ||
* The book concludes with the afterword "The End and a new beginning", signed by the editors of the New Adventures line, acknowledging this as the final Doctor Who novel and promoting the start of the [[Virgin Bernice Summerfield New Adventures]] line. | * The book concludes with the afterword, "The End and a new beginning", signed by the editors of the New Adventures line, acknowledging this as the final ''Doctor Who'' novel and promoting the start of the [[Virgin Bernice Summerfield New Adventures]] line. | ||
* There was a "final chapter" released by Lance Parkin and posted on ''rec.arts.drwho'' some time in 1997 | * There was a "final chapter" released by Lance Parkin and posted on ''rec.arts.drwho'' some time in 1997. It was Parkin's original epilogue / final chapter to ''The Dying Days''. | ||
* The novel's title was originally inspired by the lyrics from A-Ha's ''The Living Daylights''. | * The novel's title was originally inspired by the lyrics from A-Ha's ''The Living Daylights''. | ||
