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|number = 208 | |number = 208 | ||
|doctor = Fifth Doctor | |doctor = Fifth Doctor | ||
|companions = [[Tegan Jovanka|Tegan]] | |companions = [[Tegan Jovanka|Tegan]]<br>[[Nyssa]] | ||
|enemy = Countess [[Teldak]] | |enemy = Countess [[Teldak]]<br>The [[Nix]] | ||
|setting = [[Amsterdam]], [[1983]], [[ | |setting = [[Amsterdam]], [[1983]] and [[1658]]<br>[[Sydney]], [[1982]]<br>[[Amsterdam]], alternate [[1983]] | ||
|writer = [[Jonathan Morris]] | |writer = [[Jonathan Morris]] | ||
|director = [[Jamie Anderson]] | |director = [[Jamie Anderson]] | ||
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== References == | == References == | ||
* [[Kylex-12|Kyle]] is Tegan's ex-boyfriend. They dated for three months. | |||
* When Kyle refers to [[Rembrandt van Rijn]] as "the Master", the Doctor initially believes that he is referring to his [[The Master|enemy and fellow Time Lord]]. | |||
* Tegan and Kyle met in [[Sydney]] in [[1982]]. | |||
* Tegan is a fan of the band [[Talking Heads]]. | |||
* Tegan dislikes modern art. | |||
* Tegan explains how to ride a [[bicycle]] to Nyssa, who understands the principle. | * Tegan explains how to ride a [[bicycle]] to Nyssa, who understands the principle. | ||
* In an alternate timeline, by 1983, the Galactic Dutch Company has created domed colonies on both [[Venus]] and [[Mars]], and possesses a fleet of 1,000 interstellar ships. | * In [[1658]], [[Polsbroek]] is the [[Mayor]] of [[Amsterdam]] and [[President]] of the [[East India Company]]. | ||
* Rembrandt's wife Saskia died before 1658. Their son is studying in [[Leiden]]. | |||
* Countess Mach-Teldak is the first born of the Imperial Dynasty and the rightful heir to the Veraxi throne. | |||
* Teldak has never heard of [[Traken]]. | |||
* In an alternate timeline, by 1983, the [[Galactic Dutch Company]] has created domed colonies on both [[Venus]] and [[Mars]], and possesses a fleet of 1,000 interstellar ships. | |||
* Teldak's craft includes [[warp drive]] and a [[focus resonator]]. | * Teldak's craft includes [[warp drive]] and a [[focus resonator]]. | ||
* Nyssa mentions the [[Relative Dimensional Stabiliser|dimensional stabiliser]]. | * Nyssa mentions the [[Relative Dimensional Stabiliser|dimensional stabiliser]]. | ||
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== Continuity == | == Continuity == | ||
* This story takes place immediately after [[Omega]] was defeated ([[TV]]: ''[[Arc of Infinity (TV story)|Arc of Infinity]]'') and a year after [[Tegan]] left the Doctor and Nyssa at [[Heathrow Airport]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Time-Flight]]'') | * This story takes place immediately after [[Omega]] was defeated ([[TV]]: ''[[Arc of Infinity (TV story)|Arc of Infinity]]'') and a year after [[Tegan]] left the Doctor and Nyssa at [[Heathrow Airport]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Time-Flight]]'') | ||
* Tegan references some of her past trips in the TARDIS, including visiting spaceships ([[TV]]: ''[[Four to Doomsday (TV story)|Four to Doomsday]]''), the [[1920s]] ([[TV]]: ''[[Black Orchid (TV story)|Black Orchid]]'') and the [[Great Fire of London]] on [[2 September]] [[1666]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Visitation (TV story)|The Visitation]]'') | * Tegan mentions that she saw her cousin [[Colin Frazer]] turned into a [[zombie]] and describes [[the Ergon]] as "looking suspiciously like a plucked [[chicken]]". ([[TV]]: ''[[Arc of Infinity (TV story)|Arc of Infinity]]'') | ||
* The Countess wants the Doctor to take her back in time and prevent the destruction of her [[homeworld]], something he says has been tried before. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Hand of Fear]]'') | * Tegan tells Kyle that she does a "mean [[Charleston (dance)|Charleston]]". ([[TV]]: ''[[Black Orchid (TV story)|Black Orchid]]'') | ||
* The Doctor would later encounter other living water creatures during both his [[Seventh Doctor|seventh]] ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Genocide Machine (audio story)|The Genocide Machine]]'') and [[Ninth Doctor|ninth incarnations]] ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Pitter-Patter (short story)|Pitter-Patter]]''). | |||
* Tegan references some of her past trips in the TARDIS, including visiting spaceships ([[TV]]: ''[[Four to Doomsday (TV story)|Four to Doomsday]]''), [[Ireland]] ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Iterations of I (audio story)|Iterations of I]]''), [[England]] in the [[1920s]] ([[TV]]: ''[[Black Orchid (TV story)|Black Orchid]]'') and the [[Great Fire of London]] on [[2 September]] [[1666]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Visitation (TV story)|The Visitation]]'') | |||
* Polsbroek refers to the fact that [[Oliver Cromwell]], the [[Lord Protector]] of England, is dying. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Roundheads (novel)|The Roundheads]]'') | |||
* Nyssa refers to the destruction of Traken in [[1981]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Logopolis (TV story)|Logopolis]]'') | |||
* The Countess wants the Doctor to take her back in time and prevent the destruction of her [[homeworld]], something that he says has been tried before. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Hand of Fear (TV story)|The Hand of Fear]]'') | |||
*The Doctor wonders why he hasn't built another [[sonic screwdriver]] after his previous one was destroyed by the [[Terileptil]]s. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Visitation (TV story)|The Visitation]]'') | *The Doctor wonders why he hasn't built another [[sonic screwdriver]] after his previous one was destroyed by the [[Terileptil]]s. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Visitation (TV story)|The Visitation]]'') | ||
* At the conclusion of the story, the Doctor departs from Amsterdam in the TARDIS, leaving Nyssa and Tegan behind until he returns thirty seconds later, saying that he had to run a "quick errand" for the Time | * At the conclusion of the story, the Doctor departs from Amsterdam in the TARDIS, leaving Nyssa and Tegan behind until he returns thirty seconds later, saying that he had to run a "quick errand" for the [[Time Lord]]s. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Omega (audio story)|Omega]]'') | ||
== External links == | == External links == | ||
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[[Category:Pseudo-historical stories]] | [[Category:Pseudo-historical stories]] | ||
[[Category:Stories set in Australia]] | |||
[[Category:Stories set in 1982]] | |||
[[Category:Stories set in 1983]] | [[Category:Stories set in 1983]] | ||
[[Category:Stories set in alternate timelines]] | [[Category:Stories set in alternate timelines]] | ||
[[Category:Stories set in the 1650s]] | [[Category:Stories set in the 1650s]] | ||
