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|companions = [[Tegan Jovanka|Tegan]], [[Vislor Turlough|Turlough]], [[Kamelion]] | |companions = [[Tegan Jovanka|Tegan]], [[Vislor Turlough|Turlough]], [[Kamelion]] | ||
|enemy = [[Maximillian Arrestis]] | |enemy = [[Maximillian Arrestis]] | ||
|setting = [[The Crystal Bucephalus|Crystal Bucephalus]] New Alexandria, | |setting = {{il|[[The Crystal Bucephalus|Crystal Bucephalus]]|[[New Alexandria]], | ||
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|writer = [[Craig Hinton]] | |writer = [[Craig Hinton]] | ||
|publisher = Virgin Books | |publisher = Virgin Books | ||
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== Notes == | == Notes == | ||
* [[Craig Hinton]] jokingly referred to this novel as "the Crystal Bucket".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://davidj.richardson.name/drwho/prose_interview_craggles.html|title=Interview: Craig Hinton|author=David J Richardson|date of source=January 1995|website name=David J Richardson|accessdate= | * [[Craig Hinton]] jokingly referred to this novel as "the Crystal Bucket".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://davidj.richardson.name/drwho/prose_interview_craggles.html|title=Interview: Craig Hinton|author=David J Richardson|date of source=January 1995|website name=David J Richardson|accessdate=11 April 2012}}</ref> | ||
* The image of [[Kamelion]] on the cover is a photograph rather than an illustration. | * The image of [[Kamelion]] on the cover is a photograph rather than an illustration. | ||
* At the climax of this story, the internal dimensions of the TARDIS are so massively damaged (while stopping a [[vortex rupture]]) that all that is left is the cloister room and a lot of empty white space. This leads the Doctor to comment it's high time to redesign the console room. This leads directly into the television story ''[[The Five Doctors (TV story)|The Five Doctors]]'', where he is cleaning the reconfigured console. | * At the climax of this story, the internal dimensions of the TARDIS are so massively damaged (while stopping a [[vortex rupture]]) that all that is left is the cloister room and a lot of empty white space. This leads the Doctor to comment it's high time to redesign the console room. This leads directly into the television story ''[[The Five Doctors (TV story)|The Five Doctors]]'', where he is cleaning the reconfigured console. | ||
* Kamelion admits to needing someone to command him. Free will is unsettling for him. The TARDIS also talks to him. This explains his whereabouts between the television stories ''[[The King's Demons (TV story)|The King's Demons]]'' and ''[[Planet of Fire (TV story)|Planet of Fire]]''. | * Kamelion admits to needing someone to command him. Free will is unsettling for him. The TARDIS also talks to him. This explains his whereabouts between the television stories ''[[The King's Demons (TV story)|The King's Demons]]'' and ''[[Planet of Fire (TV story)|Planet of Fire]]''. | ||
* Kamelion points out that "the co-ordinates for [[New Alexandria]] are the same as-" but is cut off by Turlough. | * The Crystal Bucephalus resembles the [[Capitol]] on [[Gallifrey]]; Kamelion points out that "the co-ordinates for [[New Alexandria]] are the same as-" but is cut off by Turlough. The [[2018 (releases)|2018]] short story ''[[The Story So Far... (short story)|The Story So Far...]]'' later established that New Alexandria was one of the [[Nine Homeworlds]]. | ||
* Turlough notes that the planet [[Qo'noS]] has suffered [[plasma]] damage on its biosphere. This is a reference to the [[Klingon]] homeworld and the destruction wrought by the explosion of its moon {{ma|Praxis}} in ''{{ma|Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country}}''. | * Turlough notes that the planet [[Qo'noS]] has suffered [[plasma]] damage on its biosphere. This is a reference to the [[Klingon]] homeworld and the destruction wrought by the explosion of its moon {{ma|Praxis}} in ''{{ma|Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country}}''. | ||
* The novel was originally pitched as a [[Virgin New Adventure|New Adventure]] featuring the [[Seventh Doctor]];<ref>{{cite web|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050407072744/http://www.bbc.co.uk/cult/news/drwho/2004/06/01/13206.shtml|title=Interview: The Crystal Bucephalus|date of source=1 June 2004|website name=BBC|accessdate=7 April 2005}}</ref> a chapter of this original submission was published in the [[1999 (releases)|1999]] [[charity publications|charity anthology]] ''Perfect Timing 2''. | |||
== Continuity == | == Continuity == | ||
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* {{whoniverse|ma04|The Crystal Bucephalus}} | * {{whoniverse|ma04|The Crystal Bucephalus}} | ||
* [http://mysite.science.uottawa.ca/rsmith43/cloister/crys.htm The Cloister Library: '''The Crystal Bucephalus'''] | * [http://mysite.science.uottawa.ca/rsmith43/cloister/crys.htm The Cloister Library: '''The Crystal Bucephalus'''] | ||
== Footnotes == | == Footnotes == | ||
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