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* As with other stories in [[Doctor Who Annual 1968|the 1968 annual]], the second Doctor refers to Ben and Polly as "my children", or, individually, "my child", "my girl", or "my boy". Uncharacteristic of the [[Patrick Troughton|Troughton]] Doctor, this seems to be a hold-over from the [[William Hartnell|Hartnell]] interpretation; there was simply too little time between when Troughton took over and this annual had to go to print for the annual's editors to understand Troughton's approach to the role. | * As with other stories in [[Doctor Who Annual 1968|the 1968 annual]], the second Doctor refers to Ben and Polly as "my children", or, individually, "my child", "my girl", or "my boy". Uncharacteristic of the [[Patrick Troughton|Troughton]] Doctor, this seems to be a hold-over from the [[William Hartnell|Hartnell]] interpretation; there was simply too little time between when Troughton took over and this annual had to go to print for the annual's editors to understand Troughton's approach to the role. | ||
* As in other illustrated stories throughout the second Doctor's appearances in [[World Distributors]] annuals, the Doctor is shown here wearing his [[stovepipe hat]] — despite the fact that Troughton had abandoned the hat some eight months before publication. | * As in other illustrated stories throughout the second Doctor's appearances in [[World Distributors]] annuals, the Doctor is shown here wearing his [[stovepipe hat]] — despite the fact that Troughton had abandoned the hat some eight months before publication. | ||
* The [[ | * The [[Second Doctor]] and [[Ben Jackson|Ben]] have an especially contentious relationship here, perhaps because the second Doctor is generally characterised throughout [[Doctor Who Annual 1968|this annual]] as being considerably more like the televised [[First Doctor]]. At one point, the Doctor threatens to abandon Ben "in some world filled with loathsome monsters [where] you may begin to feel at home at last." Their extreme discord, however, is a essentially a {{w|plot device}}. | ||
== Continuity == | == Continuity == | ||
