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series=[[Doctor Who]] -<br/>[[TV stories|TV Stories]]| | series=[[Doctor Who]] -<br/>[[TV stories|TV Stories]]| | ||
number= [[Season 24]] | | number= [[Season 24]] | | ||
story number= | story number= 148| | ||
doctor=[[Seventh Doctor]] | | doctor=[[Seventh Doctor]] | | ||
companions= [[Melanie Bush|Mel]](Departure), [[Ace]] | | companions= [[Melanie Bush|Mel]](Departure), [[Ace]] | | ||
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==References== | ==References== | ||
[[Dragonfire|Dragonfire (power source]] | *The [[Dragonfire|Dragonfire (power source]] is the power source for the Iceworld space craft. | ||
*There are [[Ice Gardens]] below Iceworld. | |||
*Ace was brought to [[Iceworld]] by a [[time storm]]. | *Ace was brought to [[Iceworld]] by a [[time storm]]. | ||
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===[[:Category:Individuals|Individuals]]=== | ===[[:Category:Individuals|Individuals]]=== | ||
*[[Ace]]'s real name is Dorothy, she's 16 years old. | *[[Ace]]'s real name is Dorothy, she's 16 years old. | ||
*[[Sabalom Glitz]] | *[[Sabalom Glitz]] has met Melanie and the [[Sixth Doctor|sixth incarnation]] of the Doctor before. | ||
==Story Notes== | ==Story Notes== | ||
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*At one point, the character Kane would have been called Hess, but that was changed due to the news that Nazi war criminal Hess was petitioning for his release from prison. | *At one point, the character Kane would have been called Hess, but that was changed due to the news that Nazi war criminal Hess was petitioning for his release from prison. | ||
*Although Ace is 16, the actress who plays her is in fact nearly 10 years older. | *Although Ace is 16, the actress who plays her is in fact nearly 10 years older. | ||
*The melting of Kane is | *The melting of Kane is reminiscent of the melting of the villain in the original ''Raiders of the Lost Ark'' film. | ||
===Ratings=== | ===Ratings=== | ||
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===Myths=== | ===Myths=== | ||
*This is the 150th Doctor Who story. ''(It is the 147th, although the BBC promoted it as the 150th. The production team apparently arrived at the total by counting the four segments of season twenty-three's The Trial of a Time Lord as four separate stories.)'' | *This is the 150th Doctor Who story. ''(It is the 147th broadcast, although the BBC promoted it as the 150th. The production team apparently arrived at the total by counting the four segments of season twenty-three's The Trial of a Time Lord as four separate stories.)'' ''(Additionally this is listed as the 148th as Shada (TV version) is counted as a story, making this the 148th produced and the 147th broadcast)'' | ||
===Filming Locations=== | ===Filming Locations=== | ||
' | *[[BBC Television Centre]] ([[List of stories recorded at BBC Television Centre|TC1 & TC3]]), Shepherd's Bush, [[London]] | ||
===Discontinuity, Plot Holes, Errors=== | ===Discontinuity, Plot Holes, Errors=== | ||
'' | *At the end of part one, the Doctor looks down an almost bottomless cliff of ice. By the start of the next part a little ledge has appeared, onto which Glitz is able to pull the Doctor. | ||
*In part two, when Ace throws Nitro 9 at the 'zombies', the 'rock face' behind her is a billowing white curtain. | |||
==Continuity== | ==Continuity== | ||
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*Ace was brought to Iceworld via a time storm, why this occurred is revealed in [[DW]]: ''[[The Curse of Fenric]]''. | *Ace was brought to Iceworld via a time storm, why this occurred is revealed in [[DW]]: ''[[The Curse of Fenric]]''. | ||
* Mel reunites with the Doctor in [[NA]]: ''[[Head Games]]'' and discovers why she left him in this story. | * Mel reunites with the Doctor in [[NA]]: ''[[Head Games]]'' and discovers why she left him in this story. | ||
==Timeline== | |||
*Dragonfire occurs after: [[ST]]: ''[[Special Weapons]]'' | |||
*Dragonfire occurs before: ''to be added'' | |||
==DVD and Video Releases== | ==DVD and Video Releases== | ||
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*[http://www.shannonsullivan.com/drwho/serials/7g.html A Brief History of Time (Travel) entry for '''Dragonfire'''] | *[http://www.shannonsullivan.com/drwho/serials/7g.html A Brief History of Time (Travel) entry for '''Dragonfire'''] | ||
{{season 24}} | {{season 24}} | ||
