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* In order to prevent Boudica from severing the Doctor's head, Leela tells her that the Doctor is a prophet who foresaw her defeat at the hands of the Romans. | * In order to prevent Boudica from severing the Doctor's head, Leela tells her that the Doctor is a prophet who foresaw her defeat at the hands of the Romans. | ||
* Bragnar wishes that she was back in [[Venta Icenorum]], the Iceni capital in Norfolk. Unsurprisingly, she has never heard of the [[19th century]] novel ''[[Moby Dick]]''. | * Bragnar wishes that she was back in [[Venta Icenorum]], the Iceni capital in Norfolk. Unsurprisingly, she has never heard of the [[19th century]] novel ''[[Moby Dick]]''. | ||
* With the Trinovantes and the [[Brigantes]] on their side, the Iceni outnumber the Roman forces at Camulodunum five to one. She tells Leela that the Roman governor [[Suetonius Paulinus]] is waging war against the [[druid]]s on [[Mona]] and that he has left only a skeleton force of old soldiers. The Doctor tells her that the forces at Camulodunum are a decoy and Paulinus has stationed an army to the north and intends to attack Boudica's army while it is ransacking Camulodunum. However, this was not the case. There was no army to the north. According to established history, after the burning of Camolundunum, which would later become [[Colchester]], Boudica marched to [[London|Londinium]] and slaughtered almost everyone in the city including the old, the weak and the infirm. She was eventually defeated in a field in the middle of [[England]] which no has ever been able to identify. Her army may have numbered up to 80,000 by this time but the Doctor notes that this figure could have been exaggerated by later historians. There were no survivors. Instead of allowing the Romans to execute her, Boudica killed her daughters before killing herself. The Doctor tells Leela that he has no desire to witness Boudica's defeat first hand. | * With the Trinovantes and the [[Brigantes]] on their side, the Iceni outnumber the Roman forces at Camulodunum five to one. She tells Leela that the Roman governor [[Suetonius Paulinus]] is waging war against the [[druid]]s on [[Mona]] and that he has left only a skeleton force of old soldiers. The Doctor tells her that the forces at Camulodunum are a decoy and Paulinus has stationed an army to the north and intends to attack Boudica's army while it is ransacking Camulodunum. However, this was not the case. There was no army to the north. According to established history, after the burning of Camolundunum, which would later become [[Colchester]], Boudica marched to [[London|Londinium]] and slaughtered almost everyone in the city including the old, the weak and the infirm. She was eventually defeated in a field in the middle of [[England]] which no one has ever been able to identify. Her army may have numbered up to 80,000 by this time but the Doctor notes that this figure could have been exaggerated by later historians. There were no survivors. Instead of allowing the Romans to execute her, Boudica killed her daughters before killing herself. The Doctor tells Leela that he has no desire to witness Boudica's defeat first hand. | ||
* The Doctor refers to the American escapologist [[Harry Houdini]], whom he claims kept several lock picks on his person. | * The Doctor refers to the American escapologist [[Harry Houdini]], whom he claims kept several lock picks on his person. | ||
* Boudica declares that "[[Andraste]] rides with us" during her attack on Camulodunum. | * Boudica declares that "[[Andraste]] rides with us" during her attack on Camulodunum. | ||
