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|companions = [[Jamie McCrimmon|Jamie]] | |companions = [[Jamie McCrimmon|Jamie]] | ||
|enemy = [[Archon (species)|Archons]], [[the Master|Thascalos]] | |enemy = [[Archon (species)|Archons]], [[the Master|Thascalos]] | ||
|setting | |setting = [[London]], [[1968]], The [[Nameless City]], [[Great Desolation]] | ||
|writer = [[Michael Scott]] | |writer = [[Michael Scott]] | ||
|publisher = Puffin Books | |publisher = Puffin Books | ||
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* ''[[The Financial Times]]'' states that [[gold]] is priced at 37 American dollars an ounce, and Jamie states that they will never be able to get a ton of gold. | * ''[[The Financial Times]]'' states that [[gold]] is priced at 37 American dollars an ounce, and Jamie states that they will never be able to get a ton of gold. | ||
* The Doctor states that he still has plenty of [[jewel]]lery from [[Tutankhamun]] that they can sell. | * The Doctor states that he still has plenty of [[jewel]]lery from [[Tutankhamun]] that they can sell. | ||
* The ''Necronomicon'' takes the TARDIS to the [[Great Desolation]], a journey that takes more than eight hours. | |||
* The ''Necronomicon'' takes the TARDIS to the [[Great Desolation]]. | |||
* [[Gallifreyan]]s can identify each other by [[smell]]. The Doctor realizes the Master has engineered this when he smells the cloth the Master used to wrap around the book. | * [[Gallifreyan]]s can identify each other by [[smell]]. The Doctor realizes the Master has engineered this when he smells the cloth the Master used to wrap around the book. | ||
* The Doctor has almost forgotten what it is like to have a [[birthday]] gift. It has been hundreds of years since he last had one. | * The Doctor has almost forgotten what it is like to have a [[birthday]] gift. It has been hundreds of years since he last had one. | ||
* The ''Necronomicon'' is partially written in [[Sumerian]], [[Rongorongo]] and one of the [[Vedic Scripts]]. | * The ''Necronomicon'' is partially written in [[Sumerian]], [[Rongorongo]] and one of the [[Vedic Scripts]]. | ||
=== Old Man === | |||
* The book that Jamie is given by [[The Master|the old man]] is the ''[[Necronomicon]]''. | |||
* The Doctor knows the old man has black/grey hair and a goatee. | |||
== Notes == | == Notes == | ||
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* The Doctor states that his TARDIS is an "Old TT [[Type 40|Type-40]] Mark-III machine" ([[TV]]: ''[[The Time Meddler (TV story)|The Time Meddler]]'', [[TV]]: ''[[Victory of the Daleks]]'') | * The Doctor states that his TARDIS is an "Old TT [[Type 40|Type-40]] Mark-III machine" ([[TV]]: ''[[The Time Meddler (TV story)|The Time Meddler]]'', [[TV]]: ''[[Victory of the Daleks]]'') | ||
* [[The Doctor]] and Jamie travel alone. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Two Doctors]]'') | * [[The Doctor]] and Jamie travel alone. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Two Doctors]]'') | ||
* The Doctor, Jamie, and [[Victoria Waterfield]] met the Master on the [[Darkheart]] colony, as the Doctor knows the old man has black/grey hair and a goatee, though why Jamie doesn't recognize him is unclear, depending on which story happens first. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Dark Path]]'') | |||
== External links == | == External links == | ||
