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* | * While the [[Cyberman (Pete's World)|Cybermen]] first appeared in the [[Quick Reads]] novella ''[[Made of Steel]]'', this is their first appearance in a standard [[BBC New Series Adventures|New Series Adventure]] novel. The [[Cyberman (Mondas)|original Cybermen]] previously appeared in print in ''[[Killing Ground (novel)|Killing Ground]]'', ''[[Iceberg (novel)|Iceberg]]'' and ''[[Illegal Alien (novel)|Illegal Alien]]''. | ||
* No regular [[companion]] is featured in this story (as is the case in [[COMIC]]: ''[[The Dalek Project]]'', [[PROSE]]: ''[[Dark Horizons (novel)|Dark Horizons]]'' and [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Dalek Generation (novel)|The Dalek Generation]]''). Olga serves as a one-off companion. | * No regular [[companion]] is featured in this story (as is the case in [[COMIC]]: ''[[The Dalek Project]]'', [[PROSE]]: ''[[Dark Horizons (novel)|Dark Horizons]]'' and [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Dalek Generation (novel)|The Dalek Generation]]''). Olga serves as a one-off companion. | ||
* It is not made clear which variant of Cyberman the Doctor encounters in this novel. The Doctor's mention of the [[Telos]]ian [[Cyber-tomb]]s imply they are [[Cyberman (Mondas)|the ones]] from [[Mondas]]. However, the Cybermen are heard using the term "Delete" and have [[Cyber wrist blaster|blasters on the wrists]] (although they do not use them) like the [[Cybus Industries|Cybus]] [[Cyberman (Pete's World)|variant]]. As seen on the cover, they are the same Cybermen of the [[Cyber Legion]]s from [[TV]]: ''[[A Good Man Goes to War]] '', [[TV]]: ''[[Closing Time (TV story)|Closing Time]]'' and [[GAME]]: ''[[The Eternity Clock (video game)|The Eternity Clock]]''. [[TV]]: ''[[Nightmare in Silver (TV story)|Nightmare in Silver]]'' implies the two separate Cyberman variants have become the same race. | * It is not made clear which variant of Cyberman the Doctor encounters in this novel. The Doctor's mention of the [[Telos]]ian [[Cyber-tomb]]s imply they are [[Cyberman (Mondas)|the ones]] from [[Mondas]]. However, the Cybermen are heard using the term "Delete" and have [[Cyber wrist blaster|blasters on the wrists]] (although they do not use them) like the [[Cybus Industries|Cybus]] [[Cyberman (Pete's World)|variant]]. As seen on the cover, they are the same Cybermen of the [[Cyber Legion]]s from [[TV]]: ''[[A Good Man Goes to War]] '', [[TV]]: ''[[Closing Time (TV story)|Closing Time]]'' and [[GAME]]: ''[[The Eternity Clock (video game)|The Eternity Clock]]''. [[TV]]: ''[[Nightmare in Silver (TV story)|Nightmare in Silver]]'' implies the two separate Cyberman variants have become the same race. | ||
* Early in the book, the spelling "discoloration" is used. Later, it is spelled "discolo''u''ration". | * Early in the book, the spelling "discoloration" is used. Later, it is spelled "discolo''u''ration". Later, "Cyber Wolves" is also written as "cyber-wolves". | ||
== Continuity == | == Continuity == | ||
