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== Notes == | == Notes == | ||
[[File:DWM_350_The_Indestructible_Man.jpg|thumb|An illustrated preview of the comic printed in ''[[Doctor Who Magazine]]'' issue [[DWM 350|350]].]] | [[File:DWM_350_The_Indestructible_Man.jpg|thumb|An illustrated preview of the comic printed in ''[[Doctor Who Magazine]]'' issue [[DWM 350|350]].]] | ||
* The novel pays homage to the works of [[Century 21 Productions|Gerry & Sylvia Anderson]]. The primary basis is ''[[Captain Scarlet (TV series)|Captain Scarlet]] and the Mysterons'': [[PRISM]], the Myloki and the eponymous Indestructible Man are based on SPECTRUM, the Mysterons and Captain [[Scarlet (fictional character)|Scarlet]] | * The novel pays homage to the works of [[Century 21 Productions|Gerry & Sylvia Anderson]]. The primary basis is ''[[Captain Scarlet (TV series)|Captain Scarlet]] and the Mysterons'' and ''UFO'': [[PRISM]], the Myloki and the eponymous Indestructible Man are based on SPECTRUM, the Mysterons and Captain [[Scarlet (fictional character)|Scarlet]], while [[SILOET]] and its front as a TV and film company (specifically the [[BBC]] and [[Television Centre]]) is a homage to SHADO, the agency from ''UFO''. (Since the book was made, the BBC moved out of Television Centre) Both SPECTRUM and SHADO were global security agencies handling covert alien incidents, though they were unrelated unlike their homages. | ||
* Some UNIT paperwork was destroyed to save space - a reference to the destruction of Second Doctor tapes by the BBC. | |||
* This would be the final novel to feature the Second Doctor, Jamie and Zoe until the novel ''[[The Wheel of Ice (novel)|The Wheel of Ice]]'' in August 2012. | * This would be the final novel to feature the Second Doctor, Jamie and Zoe until the novel ''[[The Wheel of Ice (novel)|The Wheel of Ice]]'' in August 2012. | ||
* An illustrated preview of the comic was printed in ''[[Doctor Who Magazine]]'' issue [[DWM 350|350]]. | * An illustrated preview of the comic was printed in ''[[Doctor Who Magazine]]'' issue [[DWM 350|350]]. | ||
== Continuity == | == Continuity == | ||
* | * PRISM is a successor to "several" anti-alien agencies, including [[Unified Intelligence Taskforce|UNIT]]. While PRISM formed some time before the Myloki contact, old paper documents were still being transferred from UNIT's files to PRISM during the war. | ||
* Zoe recalls life aboard [[Space Station W3]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Wheel in Space (TV story)|The Wheel in Space]]'') | * Alex Storm has read classified UNIT files from the [[20th century]] which contain numerous references to the Doctor, including accounts of the [[Mondas]] "asteroid" in [[December]] [[1986]], ([[TV]]: ''[[The Tenth Planet (TV story)|The Tenth Planet]]'') the rise and fall of [[International Electromatics]], ([[TV]]: ''[[The Invasion (TV story)|The Invasion]]'') the evacuation of [[London]], ([[TV]]: ''[[Invasion of the Dinosaurs (TV story)|Invasion of the Dinosaurs]]'') the incident with the [[Axos|Axons]] ([[TV]]: ''[[The Claws of Axos (TV story)|The Claws of Axos]]'') and a report from [[Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart|Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart]] regarding a [[Third Doctor|man]] in a [[Ashbridge Cottage Hospital|hospital bed]] who had [[regeneration|changed his appearance]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Spearhead from Space (TV story)|Spearhead from Space]]'') | ||
* Storm refers to the failure of the global [[transmat]] system. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Seeds of Death (TV story)|The Seeds of Death]]'') | * Humans are fully aware of some alien invasions, and the Myloki are cited as more alien than the historical "[[Cybermen]] or [[Axon]]s or [[Silurian|lizards]]". However, even Commander Bishop is unaware [[Mondas]] wasn't an asteroid that blew up - a continuity gaffe, as the Mondas invasion is known history in ''[[The Moonbase]]'' - or that the Cybermen used [[International Electromatics]]. | ||
* Zoe recalls life aboard [[Space Station W3]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Wheel in Space (TV story)|The Wheel in Space]]'') In this story, she was born many years after the events of this story (but is unaware of any of it); other stories have placed ''Wheel of Space'' in the late 21st century. | |||
* Storm refers to the failure of the global [[transmat]] system, which is presented as taking place before this story. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Seeds of Death (TV story)|The Seeds of Death]]'') | |||
* The Doctor recalls meeting [[Doc Holliday]] in [[Tombstone, Arizona|Tombstone]], [[Arizona]] in [[October]] [[1881]] during his [[First Doctor|first incarnation]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Gunfighters (TV story)|The Gunfighters]]'') | * The Doctor recalls meeting [[Doc Holliday]] in [[Tombstone, Arizona|Tombstone]], [[Arizona]] in [[October]] [[1881]] during his [[First Doctor|first incarnation]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Gunfighters (TV story)|The Gunfighters]]'') | ||
