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* The Doctor might have got caught [[skinny-dipping]] with a pretty female cousin of his in one timeline. | * The Doctor might have got caught [[skinny-dipping]] with a pretty female cousin of his in one timeline. | ||
* The Doctor contacts [[UNIT]] through General [[Adrienne Kramer]] concerning what's going on in [[San Francisco]]. | * The Doctor contacts [[UNIT]] through General [[Adrienne Kramer]] concerning what's going on in [[San Francisco]]. | ||
* The Doctor summons | * The Doctor summons a [[Boy (Unnatural History)|boy]] of the [[Faction Paradox]] using a ritual and an extract of his [[biodata]]. | ||
* The Doctor and his father's names were banned in one potential origin when they left [[Gallifrey]]. | * The Doctor and his father's names were banned in one potential origin when they left [[Gallifrey]]. | ||
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:* Returned a [[Triceratops]] infant to its mother. | :* Returned a [[Triceratops]] infant to its mother. | ||
* The Doctor phones Dr [[Grace Holloway]]. | * The Doctor phones Dr [[Grace Holloway]]. | ||
* [[Aaron Blinovitch|Blinovitch]] was a member of the Faction Paradox according to the | * [[Aaron Blinovitch|Blinovitch]] was a member of the Faction Paradox according to the boy. | ||
* The Doctor mentions [[Tubby Rowlands]]. | * The Doctor mentions [[Tubby Rowlands]]. | ||
* Professor [[Daniel Joyce]] has a tattoo on the cuff of his sleeve that he looks like he has tried to get rid of. He has a red headed assistant called [[Larna]]. | * Professor [[Daniel Joyce]] has a tattoo on the cuff of his sleeve that he looks like he has tried to get rid of. He has a red headed assistant called [[Larna]]. | ||
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:* He'd caught a [[cobblemouse]]. | :* He'd caught a [[cobblemouse]]. | ||
:* Mr [[Saldaamir]] is present. | :* Mr [[Saldaamir]] is present. | ||
* | * The boy comments on "the whole post-destination thing with the [[Vervoid]]s," and the way the Doctor "tricked the [[Dalek Empire]] into tangling their timeline so bad that their history collapsed under the weight of the paradoxes." | ||
=== Time travel === | === Time travel === | ||
* | * The boy uses a [[Blinovitch generator]] to create copies of himself and time travels using the energy built up from crossing his timestream. | ||
=== Theories and concepts === | === Theories and concepts === | ||
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* Whilst writing ''Unnatural History'' both Kate Orman and Jon Blum didn't deliberately make it part of "the War arc"; however:<blockquote>"When it comes to the Faction Paradox / War stuff, there is one big bit of foreshadowing for "Ancestor Cell" -- but we had no idea that we were foreshadowing it, we intended that bit as a red herring at the time! There were, however, deliberate bits of foreshadowing for the Earth arc, which went onto the drawing board while we were writing the book."<ref>[http://p102.ezboard.com/fthedoctorwhoforumfrm4.showMessageRange?topicID=7.topic&start=276&stop=300 Jonathan Blum on 'Ask Kate Orman and Jonathan Blum' - The Doctor Who Forum at Outpost Gallifrey (Page 12) (ezyboard membership required)]</ref></blockquote> | * Whilst writing ''Unnatural History'' both Kate Orman and Jon Blum didn't deliberately make it part of "the War arc"; however:<blockquote>"When it comes to the Faction Paradox / War stuff, there is one big bit of foreshadowing for "Ancestor Cell" -- but we had no idea that we were foreshadowing it, we intended that bit as a red herring at the time! There were, however, deliberate bits of foreshadowing for the Earth arc, which went onto the drawing board while we were writing the book."<ref>[http://p102.ezboard.com/fthedoctorwhoforumfrm4.showMessageRange?topicID=7.topic&start=276&stop=300 Jonathan Blum on 'Ask Kate Orman and Jonathan Blum' - The Doctor Who Forum at Outpost Gallifrey (Page 12) (ezyboard membership required)]</ref></blockquote> | ||
* There are suggestions in various fan-reviews that Daniel Joyce is Professor Chronotis (from [[Shada (TV story)|Shada]]), but there are only (very vague) hints; he has a tattoo on his arm which ''could be'' a mark of an exiled Time Lord. The house that he gives the Doctor a key to has some vague similarities to Chronotis' rooms from Shada. However, this has been denied by Blum on Usenet:<blockquote>''Oh, and about the Chronotis connection -- the only connection between Professor Joyce and Chronotis is that Robert DeLaurentis, who heavily influenced Joyce's character, was in turn inspired by "Shada". Other than the surface connection of the university, though, I don't think there's many other similarities... Joyce is much more connected to the world outside the university than the dried-up old don. :-)''<ref>[http://groups.google.co.uk/group/rec.arts.drwho/msg/c1d45b12d98e3bcd?hl=en& Jonathan Blum on 'Joyce and Savar! (SPOILERS)' - rec.arts.drwho]</ref></blockquote> | * There are suggestions in various fan-reviews that Daniel Joyce is Professor Chronotis (from [[Shada (TV story)|Shada]]), but there are only (very vague) hints; he has a tattoo on his arm which ''could be'' a mark of an exiled Time Lord. The house that he gives the Doctor a key to has some vague similarities to Chronotis' rooms from Shada. However, this has been denied by Blum on Usenet:<blockquote>''Oh, and about the Chronotis connection -- the only connection between Professor Joyce and Chronotis is that Robert DeLaurentis, who heavily influenced Joyce's character, was in turn inspired by "Shada". Other than the surface connection of the university, though, I don't think there's many other similarities... Joyce is much more connected to the world outside the university than the dried-up old don. :-)''<ref>[http://groups.google.co.uk/group/rec.arts.drwho/msg/c1d45b12d98e3bcd?hl=en& Jonathan Blum on 'Joyce and Savar! (SPOILERS)' - rec.arts.drwho]</ref></blockquote> | ||
* Following a deal with the Faction Paradox, their | * Following a deal with the Faction Paradox, their representative asks the Doctor some interesting questions about his past: | ||
:* "Is this the version where they banned all mention of his name, and yours, for consorting with aliens? Or the one where he got every record of himself deleted from the files?" | :* "Is this the version where they banned all mention of his name, and yours, for consorting with aliens? Or the one where he got every record of himself deleted from the files?" | ||
:* "Maybe you didn't use to have a father." | :* "Maybe you didn't use to have a father." | ||
:* "Maybe you're living in the middle of a time war. Maybe there's an Enemy out there... who's rewriting you when you're not looking." | :* "Maybe you're living in the middle of a time war. Maybe there's an Enemy out there... who's rewriting you when you're not looking." | ||
::This | ::This refers to [[the War]], in which the Time Lords fought [[the Enemy]]. | ||
:* "Maybe you weren't always half-human." | :* "Maybe you weren't always half-human." | ||
::First mentioned in the ''[[Doctor Who (1996)|Doctor Who]]'' TV movie. | ::First mentioned in the ''[[Doctor Who (1996)|Doctor Who]]'' TV movie. | ||
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* Youkali was mentioned in [[PROSE]]: ''[[Return of the Living Dad]]''. | * Youkali was mentioned in [[PROSE]]: ''[[Return of the Living Dad]]''. | ||
* Joyce states/accuses the Doctor of toppling governments on his spare weekends (a long list but for example): [[TV]]: ''[[The Happiness Patrol]]'', ''[[The Christmas Invasion]]''. | * Joyce states/accuses the Doctor of toppling governments on his spare weekends (a long list but for example): [[TV]]: ''[[The Happiness Patrol]]'', ''[[The Christmas Invasion]]''. | ||
* When the | * When the representative of the Faction tries to tell the Doctor of his future exploits he says, "No spoilers," a statement that would come back to him in [[TV]]: ''[[Silence in the Library]]'', but also because he doesn't want to know about the future he first learned of in [[PROSE]]: ''[[Alien Bodies]]''. | ||
* The Doctor last dropped acid in 1968 and nearly got transformed into an Aztec god in [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Left-Handed Hummingbird]]''. | * The Doctor last dropped acid in 1968 and nearly got transformed into an Aztec god in [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Left-Handed Hummingbird]]''. | ||
* The events of [[TV]]: ''[[Doctor Who (1996)|Doctor Who]]'' began the anomalies throughout San Francisco. | * The events of [[TV]]: ''[[Doctor Who (1996)|Doctor Who]]'' began the anomalies throughout San Francisco. | ||
