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* [[1994]]: A gunman runs amok in [[Mexico City]]. | * [[1994]]: A gunman runs amok in [[Mexico City]]. | ||
Each time, Cristian is there. Each time, he experiences the [[Huitzilin|Blue]], a traumatic psychic shock. Only the Doctor can help him | Each time, Cristian is there. Each time, he experiences the [[Huitzilin|Blue]], a traumatic psychic shock. Only the Doctor can help him – but the Doctor has problems of his own. Following the events of [[Blood Heat]] and [[the Dimension Riders]], the Doctor knows that someone or something has been tinkering with time. Now he finds that events in his own past have been altered – and a lethal force from [[South America]]’s prehistory has been released. | ||
The Doctor, [[Ace]] and [[Bernice Summerfield|Bernice]] travel to the [[Aztec Empire]] in [[1487]], to London in the [[1960s|Swinging Sixties]], and to the sinking of the [[Titanic]] as they attempt to rectify the temporal faults -- and survive the attacks of the living god [[Huitzilin]]. | The Doctor, [[Ace]] and [[Bernice Summerfield|Bernice]] travel to the [[Aztec Empire]] in [[1487]], to London in the [[1960s|Swinging Sixties]], and to the sinking of the [[Titanic]] as they attempt to rectify the temporal faults -- and survive the attacks of the living god [[Huitzilin]]. | ||
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* The Doctor and companions follow [[Huitzilin]] to the ''[[Titanic]]''. | * The Doctor and companions follow [[Huitzilin]] to the ''[[Titanic]]''. | ||
* [[Huitzilopochtli]] is pronounced Weet-Zeelo-Potch-Tlee. | * [[Huitzilopochtli]] is pronounced Weet-Zeelo-Potch-Tlee. | ||
=== Communications technology === | === Communications technology === | ||
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* Bernice eats [[pizza]] for the first time. | * Bernice eats [[pizza]] for the first time. | ||
* Bernice eats [[hot dog]]s with [[mustard]] and [[sauerkraut]]. | * Bernice eats [[hot dog]]s with [[mustard]] and [[sauerkraut]]. | ||
=== Individuals === | === Individuals === | ||
* | * Benny still does not trust the Doctor. | ||
* | * Cristián was known as "Cris" in [[1968]]. | ||
* Professor [[Lawrence Fitzgerald]] knows the Doctor. | * Professor [[Lawrence Fitzgerald]] knows the Doctor. | ||
* Ace rescues a slave, [[Iccauhtli]], who was to be sacrificed. He dies after he and Ace get into a fight with some warriors. He drowns in a canal after a warrior splits his rib cage open. | * Ace rescues a slave, [[Iccauhtli]], who was to be sacrificed. He dies after he and Ace get into a fight with some warriors. He drowns in a canal after a warrior splits his rib cage open. | ||
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* Ace recalls [[Saul]] and the natural way the [[psychic]] energy pooled to create him. | * Ace recalls [[Saul]] and the natural way the [[psychic]] energy pooled to create him. | ||
* When the casing of a Dalek shatters, it sounds like chips in hot oil, according to Ace. | * When the casing of a Dalek shatters, it sounds like chips in hot oil, according to Ace. | ||
* Ace gets hit by a [[telepathic]] bomb. | * Ace gets hit by a [[telepathic]] bomb. | ||
* After a telepathic event attacks her, Bernice attacks someone with a frying pan. | * After a telepathic event attacks her, Bernice attacks someone with a frying pan. | ||
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=== Religion === | === Religion === | ||
* [[Achtli]] is a novice [[priest]] and touched by the | * [[Achtli]] is a novice [[priest]] and touched by the Blue. He is also Ce Xochitl's son. | ||
=== TARDIS === | === TARDIS === | ||
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== Continuity == | == Continuity == | ||
* | * [[Barbara Wright]]'s attempt to change history whilst visiting the [[Aztec]] period with the [[First Doctor]] is mentioned several times. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Aztecs]]'') | ||
* Corporal Bell appeared in [[TV]]: ''[[The Mind of Evil]]'' and ''[[The Claws of Axos]]''. | * Corporal Bell appeared in [[TV]]: ''[[The Mind of Evil]]'' and ''[[The Claws of Axos]]''. | ||
* Gilmore first appeared in [[TV]]: ''[[Remembrance of the Daleks]]''. | * Gilmore first appeared in [[TV]]: ''[[Remembrance of the Daleks]]''. | ||
* The Doctor gets put on a gurney and wheeled into a morgue with "John Doe" on his toe tag, exactly what | * The Doctor gets put on a gurney and wheeled into a morgue with "John Doe" on his toe tag, exactly what would occur to him in the circumstances of his death. ([[TV]]: ''[[Doctor Who (TV story)|Doctor Who]]'') | ||
* The Doctor mentions visiting Woodstock and that at least two of him are there already. One is the [[Second Doctor]] | * The Doctor mentions visiting Woodstock and that at least two of him are there already. One is the [[Second Doctor]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Wonderland]]'') | ||
* | * Herbert Clegg died in [[TV]]: ''[[Planet of the Spiders]]''. | ||
* The Garvond and | * The Doctor refers to the trio's recent encounters with the [[Garvond]] and [[Silurian]]s. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Dimension Riders]]'' and ''[[Blood Heat]]'' respectively) | ||
<!--<blockquote>"Do you think it's got anything to do with what happened in Oxford?"<br />"You mean whatever caused our brush with our skull-faced friend."</blockquote>--> | |||
* Exxilons previously appeared in [[TV]]: ''[[Death to the Daleks]]''. | * Exxilons previously appeared in [[TV]]: ''[[Death to the Daleks]]''. | ||
* Corporal Bell also appears in [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Face of the Enemy]]''. | * Corporal Bell also appears in [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Face of the Enemy]]''. | ||
* The [[BBC]] [[science fiction]] series ''[[Nightshade (series)|Nightshade]]'' is being repeated on [[BBC Two|BBC2]] in [[December]] [[1968]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Nightshade (novel)|Nightshade]]'') | * The [[BBC]] [[science fiction]] series ''[[Nightshade (series)|Nightshade]]'' is being repeated on [[BBC Two|BBC2]] in [[December]] [[1968]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Nightshade (novel)|Nightshade]]'') | ||
* This story takes place before [[PROSE]]: ''[[Conundrum (novel)|Conundrum]]''. | * This story takes place before [[PROSE]]: ''[[Conundrum (novel)|Conundrum]]''. | ||
* During a conversation about [[vampire]]s, the Doctor refers to the [[Mara]] and the [[Fendahl]]. | |||
* Ace asks the Doctor if this could be another example of [[Ishtar]] mucking around with history. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Timewyrm: Genesys (novel)|Timewyrm: Genesys]]'' et al) | |||
== External links == | == External links == | ||
