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* The story takes place between ''[[The Power of the Daleks (TV story)|The Power of the Daleks]]'' and ''[[The Highlanders (TV story)|The Highlanders]]''. | * The story takes place between ''[[The Power of the Daleks (TV story)|The Power of the Daleks]]'' and ''[[The Highlanders (TV story)|The Highlanders]]''. | ||
* At the beginning of this story, three weeks have passed since the Doctor's regeneration. | * At the beginning of this story, three weeks have passed since the Doctor's regeneration. | ||
* This is the first story to use Polly's surname, Wright, which originated from Polly's original character outline and audition scrips for ''[[The War Machines]]'' ([[REF]]: ''[[Doctor Who The Handbook: The First Doctor|The First Doctor Handbook]]'') but was ultimately never given on-screen. The name became universally used for the character. It was carried over into the [[BBC New Series Adventures]] novels ''[[The Murder Game (novel)|The Murder Game]]'' and ''[[The Roundheads (novel)|The Roundheads]]'', and eventually made its way into the [[Big Finish Doctor Who audio stories|audio stories]] by [[Big Finish Productions]]. The [[2009 (releases)|2009]] [[The Companion Chronicles|Companion Chronicles]] release ''[[Resistance (audio story)|Resistance]]'' was the first audio story to use Polly's surname. It also explores her uncle, [[Randolph Wright]], who was also first mentioned in this story. | * This is the first story to use Polly's surname, Wright, which originated from Polly's original character outline and audition scrips for ''[[The War Machines (TV story)|The War Machines]]'' ([[REF]]: ''[[Doctor Who The Handbook: The First Doctor|The First Doctor Handbook]]'') but was ultimately never given on-screen. The name became universally used for the character. It was carried over into the [[BBC New Series Adventures]] novels ''[[The Murder Game (novel)|The Murder Game]]'' and ''[[The Roundheads (novel)|The Roundheads]]'', and eventually made its way into the [[Big Finish Doctor Who audio stories|audio stories]] by [[Big Finish Productions]]. The [[2009 (releases)|2009]] [[The Companion Chronicles|Companion Chronicles]] release ''[[Resistance (audio story)|Resistance]]'' was the first audio story to use Polly's surname. It also explores her uncle, [[Randolph Wright]], who was also first mentioned in this story. | ||
* When commenting on the Cat-People, the Doctor mentions they are related to races with names not previously mentioned in the ''[[Doctor Who Universe|Doctor Who]]'' [[Doctor Who Universe|Universe]]. These included: {{iw|flashgordon|Lion Men|Lion-Men of Mongo}} (''Flash Gordon''), {{iw|memory-alpha|Caitian|Caitians}} (''[[Star Trek (franchise)|Star Trek]]''), {{w|Kzin}}ti (Larry Niven's ''Known Space'' series) and agents of the {{iw|memory-beta|Aegis}} (''[[Star Trek]]''). He also references [[Mercenary|mercenaries]] from [[Gin-Seng]] and the natives of [[Vedela]] and [[Capella (planet)|Capella]]. | * When commenting on the Cat-People, the Doctor mentions they are related to races with names not previously mentioned in the ''[[Doctor Who Universe|Doctor Who]]'' [[Doctor Who Universe|Universe]]. These included: {{iw|flashgordon|Lion Men|Lion-Men of Mongo}} (''Flash Gordon''), {{iw|memory-alpha|Caitian|Caitians}} (''[[Star Trek (franchise)|Star Trek]]''), {{w|Kzin}}ti (Larry Niven's ''Known Space'' series) and agents of the {{iw|memory-beta|Aegis}} (''[[Star Trek]]''). He also references [[Mercenary|mercenaries]] from [[Gin-Seng]] and the natives of [[Vedela]] and [[Capella (planet)|Capella]]. | ||
* As well as listing his preferred casting choices for an imaginary televised version of the novel, Gary Russell also notes his preference of [[Graeme Harper]] as the [[director]], [[Mike Fillis]] and [[Adrian Pack]] working on the [[music]], and [[Michael Chapman]] as the [[producer]]. It would be a Virgin Films production. | * As well as listing his preferred casting choices for an imaginary televised version of the novel, Gary Russell also notes his preference of [[Graeme Harper]] as the [[director]], [[Mike Fillis]] and [[Adrian Pack]] working on the [[music]], and [[Michael Chapman]] as the [[producer]]. It would be a Virgin Films production. | ||
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