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* Upon first viewing ''[[Star Trek|Star Trek: The Next Generation]]'', Bernice mistakes it for a documentary. | * Upon first viewing ''[[Star Trek|Star Trek: The Next Generation]]'', Bernice mistakes it for a documentary. | ||
* Benny compares how they received Christian's note to ''[[Back to the Future]]''. | * Benny compares how they received Christian's note to ''[[Back to the Future]]''. | ||
* "[[Chilango]]" is [[ | * "[[Chilango]]" is [[Mexico|Mexican]] slang for the city dwellers of [[Mexico City]]. | ||
=== The Doctor === | === The Doctor === | ||
* The Aztecs call the Doctor a 'Midwife' - healer, curer. | * The Aztecs call the Doctor a 'Midwife' - healer, curer. | ||
* | * Upon arriving in [[1968]], the Doctor suggests they visit [[Woodstock]]. Two of his earlier incarnations are there. | ||
=== Drugs and medicines === | === Drugs and medicines === | ||
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=== Individuals === | === Individuals === | ||
* Benny still does not trust the Doctor. | * Benny still does not trust the Doctor. | ||
* Cristián | * 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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* Lt. [[Hamlet Macbeth]] was part of [[Unified Intelligence Taskforce|UNIT]]. He created the [[Paranormal Division]]. | * Lt. [[Hamlet Macbeth]] was part of [[Unified Intelligence Taskforce|UNIT]]. He created the [[Paranormal Division]]. | ||
* Bernice calls in Hamlet Macbeth, who brings UNIT when the Doctor becomes infested by Huitzilin. | * Bernice calls in Hamlet Macbeth, who brings UNIT when the Doctor becomes infested by Huitzilin. | ||
* By [[1994]], [[Mike Yates]] does not speak to anyone, shunning reporters. | * By [[1994]], [[Mike Yates]] does not speak to anyone, shunning reporters. | ||
* Corporal [[Carol Bell]] was promoted to Captain, but was brain damaged in a car accident. | * Corporal [[Carol Bell]] was promoted to Captain, but was brain damaged in a car accident. | ||
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== Notes == | == Notes == | ||
* Kate Orman | * Kate Orman was the first, and ultimately the only, woman to write an original full-length novel for either of Virgin's post-series lines; she would write or co-write several more books in the New Adventures series up to 1997. | ||
* Interlude 3 is written from Bernice's diary. | * Interlude 3 is written from Bernice's diary. | ||
* A [[Prelude The Left-Handed Hummingbird (short story)|prelude]] to this novel was published in [[DWM 207]]. | * A [[Prelude The Left-Handed Hummingbird (short story)|prelude]] to this novel was published in [[DWM 207]]. | ||
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* [[Barbara Wright]]'s attempt to change history whilst visiting the [[Aztec]] period with the [[First Doctor]] is mentioned several times. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Aztecs]]'') | * [[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]]''. | * Ace contacts Air Commodore [[Ian Gilmore]] in an attempt to get clearance to get the Doctor out of the UNIT facility. 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 would occur to him in the circumstances of his death. ([[TV]]: ''[[Doctor Who (TV story)|Doctor Who]]'') | * 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]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Wonderland]]'') | * The Doctor mentions visiting Woodstock and that at least two of him are there already. One is the [[Second Doctor]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Wonderland]]'') | ||
