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== References == | == References == | ||
=== Foods and beverages === | === Foods and beverages === | ||
* [[Rassilon's Red]] is Gallifrey's finest vintage. The Sixth Doctor and Eighth Doctor drink several goblets of it. | * [[Rassilon's Red]] is Gallifrey's finest vintage. The Sixth Doctor and Eighth Doctor drink several goblets of it. | ||
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* The Eighth Doctor meets the Brigadier (Although the Brigadier does not realise that he is the same man as the Third Doctor). | * The Eighth Doctor meets the Brigadier (Although the Brigadier does not realise that he is the same man as the Third Doctor). | ||
* [[Romana II|Romana]] has a different blood type from the Doctor. | * [[Romana II|Romana]] has a different blood type from the Doctor. | ||
* [[Rassilon]] has been guiding the Eighth Doctor's journeys throughout the novel "to make one or two small improvements in the pattern of history". | |||
=== Time Lords === | === Time Lords === | ||
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* Time Lords retain the same blood type across all their regenerations, allowing the Eighth Doctor to donate his own blood to save the Fourth. | * Time Lords retain the same blood type across all their regenerations, allowing the Eighth Doctor to donate his own blood to save the Fourth. | ||
===Temporal Mechanics=== | === Temporal Mechanics === | ||
* When the Eighth Doctor meets his predecessors, the initial contact triggers a moment of temporal stasis, giving the Doctors a few moments to talk before time restarts. | * When the Eighth Doctor meets his predecessors, the initial contact triggers a moment of temporal stasis, giving the Doctors a few moments to talk before time restarts. | ||
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* The title of chapter eleven, ''The Vampire Mutation'', was a working title for ''[[State of Decay]]''. | * The title of chapter eleven, ''The Vampire Mutation'', was a working title for ''[[State of Decay]]''. | ||
* The Doctor's first line in the ''BBC Eighth Doctor Adventures'' series is; "Dear old H.G., such an optimist. Such an enthusiast... especially for the ladies." | * The Doctor's first line in the ''BBC Eighth Doctor Adventures'' series is; "Dear old H.G., such an optimist. Such an enthusiast... especially for the ladies." | ||
* Flavia is president. However, Dick's | * Flavia is president. However, Dick's earlier novel [[PROSE]]: ''[[Blood Harvest (novel)|Blood Harvest]]'' established that [[Romana II|Romana]] was President. This discrepancy was addressed in [[PROSE]]: ''[[Unnatural History (novel)|Unnatural History]]'', where Rassilon's "improvements to the pattern of history" were explained as an attempt to undo the events of [[PROSE]]: ''[[Lungbarrow (novel)|Lungbarrow]]''. | ||
* By the end of the novel the first eight Doctors have appeared, three versions of [[the Master]] — the {{Delgado|n=Delgado}}, the {{Ainley|n=Ainley}}, and an unknown incarnation — have appeared, we meet two versions of the [[Sixth Doctor]], and [[Borusa]] is temporarily released from the [[Dark Tower]], but may have returned to [[Rassilon]] as he still feels as though he should be punished. | * By the end of the novel the first eight Doctors have appeared, three versions of [[the Master]] — the {{Delgado|n=Delgado}}, the {{Ainley|n=Ainley}}, and an unknown incarnation — have appeared, we meet two versions of the [[Sixth Doctor]], and [[Borusa]] is temporarily released from the [[Dark Tower]], but may have returned to [[Rassilon]] as he still feels as though he should be punished. | ||
