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== References == | == References == | ||
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* Peri compares the statue of [[Eros (god)|Eros]] to [[Elton John]]. | * Peri compares the statue of [[Eros (god)|Eros]] to [[Elton John]]. She mentions other deities: [[Poseidon]] and [[Hephaestus]]. | ||
* The Doctor guesses that a ''kouros'' is dated late Classical period and a work by a pupil of [[Praxiteles]]. | |||
* Peri gives to understand that her mother is busy exploring a [[Cro-Magnon]] cave. | |||
* Peri said, "You don't need to be [[Albert Einstein]] to find the off switch" of the Master's control box, conveying she was able to. | |||
=== Individuals === | === Individuals === | ||
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* Vislor Turlough's rank is Junior Ensign Commander. He is from [[Trion (planet)|Trion]] and he was on the losing side in the planet's civil war. | * Vislor Turlough's rank is Junior Ensign Commander. He is from [[Trion (planet)|Trion]] and he was on the losing side in the planet's civil war. | ||
* Turlough's father and his brother [[Malkon]] were exiled to [[Sarn (planet)|Sarn]], where the Trions sent occasional prisoners. Such prisoners were branded with the [[Misos Triangle]] and the indigenous population heralded them as leaders chosen by [[Logar]], their [[fire]] god. Turlough's father died when the spacecraft crashed. The volcanic forces of Sarn were kept in check for a while by Trion scientists. | * Turlough's father and his brother [[Malkon]] were exiled to [[Sarn (planet)|Sarn]], where the Trions sent occasional prisoners. Such prisoners were branded with the [[Misos Triangle]] and the indigenous population heralded them as leaders chosen by [[Logar]], their [[fire]] god. Turlough's father died when the spacecraft crashed. The volcanic forces of Sarn were kept in check for a while by Trion scientists. | ||
* {{Ainley|c}} controls [[Kamelion]], forcing him to control the TARDIS. | * {{Ainley|c}} controls [[Kamelion]], forcing him to control the TARDIS. The Master tries to use [[hypnosis]] through Kamelion, on Peri, in vain, partly because she has a "strong" will. | ||
=== Places === | |||
* [[Sarn (planet)|Sarn]] is a [[prison planet]] for political prisoners from [[Trion (planet)|Trion]]. | |||
* According to Turlough, the Trions have undercover agents on every civilised planet, and cites as possibile examples an agrarian commissioner on [[Verdon]], a tax inspector on [[Darvey]], and a very eccentric solicitor in [[Chancery Lane]]. | |||
* Turlough defines the [[Brendon School]] as the "worst place in the universe". | |||
* Peri meant to move to [[Morocco]] for a while. | |||
* Trion was the battleground of a [[civil war]]. | |||
* At the bar, the Doctor pays with a unknown kind of coin, not accepted in [[Lanzarote]]. | |||
=== Science === | === Science === | ||
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=== TARDIS === | === TARDIS === | ||
* Kamelion is endagered when it is connected to the [[TARDIS databank]]. | |||
* The Master removes the [[temporal stabiliser]] from [[the Doctor's TARDIS]], rendering it inoperable. Kamelion removes the [[comparator]], another vital circuit. | * The Master removes the [[temporal stabiliser]] from [[the Doctor's TARDIS]], rendering it inoperable. Kamelion removes the [[comparator]], another vital circuit. | ||
* The TARDIS is provided with a [[seismic scanner]]. | |||
* Turlough sets the TARDIS on a time-delayed takeoff. | |||
=== Technology === | === Technology === | ||
* The Master accidentally [[shrink|shrank]] himself while adjusting his [[Tissue Compression Eliminator]]. | * The Master accidentally [[shrink|shrank]] himself while adjusting his [[Tissue Compression Eliminator]]. | ||
* Peri Brown finds and uses a [[telescope]] on the slope of the volcano. | |||
* The Doctor calls "psychomorfic fringing" the shape-shifting ability of Kamelion. | |||
== Story notes == | == Story notes == | ||
