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|companions    = [[Romana II]], [[K9 Mark II|K9]]
|companions    = [[Romana II]], [[K9 Mark II|K9]]
|enemy          = [[Skagra]]
|enemy          = [[Skagra]]
|setting          = [[Cambridge]] and [[Skagra]]'s Command Station, [[1979]]
|setting          = [[Cambridge]] and [[Skagra]]'s Command Station, [[October]] [[1979]]
|writer        = [[Gareth Roberts]]
|writer        = [[Gareth Roberts]]
|publisher      = BBC Books
|publisher      = BBC Books
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== References ==
== References ==
* [[Chris Parsons|Chris]] is 27 years old and studying his postgraduate degree. He has been studying at Cambridge for 9 years.
* One of the undergraduate students is wearing a [[Jethro Tull]] shirt.
* [[Romana II]] recalls [[Zetar]], another evil [[renegade Time Lord]] who, like Morbius, was executed by [[vaporisation]].
* [[Romana II]] recalls [[Zetar]], another evil [[renegade Time Lord]] who, like Morbius, was executed by [[vaporisation]].
* The Doctor prepares to send a [[hypercube|message cube]] to the [[Time Lord]]s.  This cube looks and behaves like the cube the [[Second Doctor]] used. ([[TV]]: ''[[The War Games (TV story)|The War Games]]'')
* The Doctor prepares to send a [[hypercube|message cube]] to the [[Time Lord]]s.  This cube looks and behaves like the cube the [[Second Doctor]] used. ([[TV]]: ''[[The War Games (TV story)|The War Games]]'')
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== Continuity ==
== Continuity ==
Author [[Gareth Roberts]] inserted a few references to earlier and later ''Doctor Who'' stories in this novelisation. These include:
* Chronotis is resurrected in part because Clare places his TARDIS in a [[temporal orbit]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Doctor Who (1996)|Doctor Who]]'')
* Chronotis is resurrected in part because Clare places his TARDIS in a [[temporal orbit]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Doctor Who (1996)|Doctor Who]]'')
* One of the prisoners in Shada, [[Scintilla]], was sentenced for "conspiring with [[Carrionite]]s". ([[TV]]: ''[[The Shakespeare Code (TV story)|The Shakespeare Code]]'') She is referred to as the "greatest of the [[The Visionary|visionaries]]". ([[TV]]: ''[[The End of Time (TV story)|The End of Time]]'')
* One of the prisoners in Shada, [[Scintilla]], was sentenced for "conspiring with [[Carrionite]]s". ([[TV]]: ''[[The Shakespeare Code (TV story)|The Shakespeare Code]]'') She is referred to as the "greatest of the [[The Visionary|visionaries]]". ([[TV]]: ''[[The End of Time (TV story)|The End of Time]]'')
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