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== References ==
== References ==
=== Individuals ===
=== Individuals ===
* Mr Chandra is attracted to a woman named [[Dawn French]].
* Mr Chandra is attracted to a woman named [[Dawn French]].
* Sarah Jane suffers from [[coulrophobia]], the fear of clowns.
* Sarah Jane Smith views a photograph of [[Clara the Clown]].
* [[Albert G Wicks]] is a senator in Springfield.
* [[Keith Hartridge]] is the chief constable of the Ealing police.
* [[Barbara Knorr]] asks for help in a newspaper after her daughter [[Elizabeth Knorr]] vanished.
* [[Francis Lincoln]] and [[Thomas C. Kent]] are journalists.
* [[Edwin Cleaver]] is a major in [[Littlewood]]
* [[Kevin Warner|Kevin]] and [[Marie Warner]] are the parents of [[Tony Warner]]
* [[Jeremy Larsson]] and [[Tricia Chan]] are kidnapped by the [[Pied Piper]] in [[2009]]. [[Louis Arbourne]], [[Melissa Deaver]] are kidnapped in the [[1930s]] or [[1940]]s.
* [[Webster (The Day of the Clown)|Miss Webster]] organises the [[National Schools Science Challenge]].


=== Cultural references from the real world ===
=== Cultural references from the real world ===
* [[Steve Wallace]] refers to the [[Pied Piper]] (while in his Odd Bob the Clown guise) as "{{w|Krusty the Clown|Krusty}}", alluding to the recurring clown character from ''[[The Simpsons]]''.
* [[Steve Wallace]] refers to the [[Pied Piper]] (while in his Odd Bob the Clown guise) as "{{w|Krusty the Clown|Krusty}}", alluding to the recurring clown character from ''[[The Simpsons]]''.
* When Sarah Jane confronts Spellman as he summons the students of Park Vale School and he discredits her power to stop him, she says, "Perhaps I should phone a friend?", a joke regarding the "Phone-A-Friend" lifeline on ''Who Wants to be a Millionaire?''
* When Sarah Jane confronts Spellman as he summons the students of Park Vale School and he discredits her power to stop him, she says, "Perhaps I should phone a friend?", a joke regarding the "Phone-A-Friend" lifeline on ''Who Wants to be a Millionaire?''
* Gita mentions [[William Bligh|Captain Bligh]].
* Luke reads about [[Johnny Depp]]'s [[coulrophobia]] in the [[Heat]] magazine.
* Clyde makes a joke about [[Dracula (fictional character)|Dracula]].


=== Foods and beverages ===
=== Foods and beverages ===
* [[Sarah Jane Smith]] and [[Gita Chandra]] share [[tea]] and biscuits.
* [[Sarah Jane Smith]] and [[Gita Chandra]] share [[tea]] and biscuits.
=== Locations ===
* The [[Weserbergland meteorite]] falls to Earth in the [[Weserbergland Mountains]] of [[Lower Saxony]]. [[Hamelin]] is located near the mountains.
* [[Spellman's Magical Museum of the Circus]] is a museum dedicated to the history of the circus.
* From [[1932]] and [[1940]] Odd Bob kidnapped children from,  the [[Millhouse community]] in [[Pennsylvania]], [[Littlewood]], [[Nebraska]],
* The [[Jeggorabax Cluster]] is a dark nebula located near the [[Bezeta-Vordak system]].
* The [[Weserbergland meteorite]] was preserved at [[University of Munich|the University of]] [[Munich]].
=== Objects ===
* The [[circus museum ticket]]s are marked with an alien enzyme.
* Sarah Jane gives a [[Vorgatt defence field emitter]] to Rani.
* Sarah Jane has a [[Halkonite puzzle box|puzzle box]] made from [[Halkonite steel]] and a [[Cylethian distress beacon]] from a [[Cylethian scoutship]] inside her attic.
=== Other ===
* The [[Park Vale Comprehensive School]] football team have been knocked out by West Hill after a 4-0 mauling at the [[Inter-School Challenge Cup]].


== Story notes ==
== Story notes ==
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