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* Despite being a Fifth Doctor story, this story uses the First Doctor theme tune to indicate the era in which this story is set from the companions' perspective. | * Despite being a Fifth Doctor story, this story uses the First Doctor theme tune to indicate the era in which this story is set from the companions' perspective. | ||
* Graeme Garden was not credited in order to keep the Monk's appearance in the story a secret. | * Graeme Garden was not credited in order to keep the Monk's appearance in the story a secret. | ||
* The title of the story refers to Procopius' account of events, ''The Secret History'', a document that exists in real life. | |||
== Continuity == | == Continuity == | ||
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* The Doctor tells Vicki that he cannot change history, because if he did the Roman Empire may survive to her day. His [[Fourth Doctor|fourth incarnation]] encountered an alternative Roman Empire in the [[1970s]]. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Doctor Who and the Iron Legion (comic story)|The Iron Legion]]'') | * The Doctor tells Vicki that he cannot change history, because if he did the Roman Empire may survive to her day. His [[Fourth Doctor|fourth incarnation]] encountered an alternative Roman Empire in the [[1970s]]. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Doctor Who and the Iron Legion (comic story)|The Iron Legion]]'') | ||
* The Doctor is surprised he is the only one with a key to the TARDIS, and says that Vicki and Steven should have keys of their own. He would later grant keys to companions such as [[Liv Chenka]] and [[Rose Tyler]], and had previously given one to [[Susan Foreman]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[A Life in the Day (audio story)|A Life in the Day]]''; [[TV]]: ''[[Aliens of London (TV story)|Aliens of London]]'', ''[[The Daleks (TV story)|The Daleks]]'') | * The Doctor is surprised he is the only one with a key to the TARDIS, and says that Vicki and Steven should have keys of their own. He would later grant keys to companions such as [[Liv Chenka]] and [[Rose Tyler]], and had previously given one to [[Susan Foreman]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[A Life in the Day (audio story)|A Life in the Day]]''; [[TV]]: ''[[Aliens of London (TV story)|Aliens of London]]'', ''[[The Daleks (TV story)|The Daleks]]'') | ||
* Steven and Vicki do not initially recognise the Monk as he has changed his appearance from the last time they encountered him. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Time Meddler (TV story)|The Time Meddler]]'') | |||
* The Monk has decided to intervene in the Doctor's past to remove him from existence, because through the Doctor he [[Tamsin Drew|lost someone very close to him]] (AUDIO: ''[[To the Death (audio story)|To the Death]]''). The Monk decided to intervene in certain points in the Doctor's life in the process of returning to his first incarnation ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Defectors (audio story)|The Defectors]], [[Last of the Cybermen (audio story)|Last of the Cybermen]]'') and take control of his timestream, removing the Doctor from existence. The Great Intelligence would later attempt a similar aim. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Name of the Doctor (TV story)|The Name of the Doctor]]'') | |||
* The Monk believes the First Doctor would have done nothing to alter history. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Aztecs (TV story)|The Aztecs]]'') | |||
== External links == | == External links == | ||
