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== Notes == | == Notes == | ||
* This novel is written from the point of view | * This novel is written from the point of view of Watson and Benny's diaries. | ||
* It is one of the few New Adventures releases to include illustrations. | * It is one of the few New Adventures releases to include illustrations. | ||
* According to [[Andy Lane]], [[Peter Darvill-Evans]] had told Lane that Holmes and Watson were going to be the new [[companion]]s in the [[New Adventures]] book range. Said Lane, "Even when I finished the book it was still on the cards - hence the ambiguous ending." ([[DWM 252]]) | * According to [[Andy Lane]], [[Peter Darvill-Evans]] had told Lane that Holmes and Watson were going to be the new [[companion]]s in the [[New Adventures]] book range. Said Lane, "Even when I finished the book it was still on the cards - hence the ambiguous ending." ([[DWM 252]]) | ||
* A [[Prelude All-Consuming Fire (short story)|prelude]] to this novel was published in [[DWM 213]]. | * A [[Prelude All-Consuming Fire (short story)|prelude]] to this novel was published in [[DWM 213]]. | ||
* In the acknowledgements for | * In the acknowledgements for the novel ''[[The Empire of Glass (novel)|The Empire of Glass]]'', Lane notes that this was his own version of {{w|Tim Powers}}' {{wi|The Anubis Gates}}. | ||
* There is a reference to a Baron Maupertuis, one of the villains of this story, in the Sherlock Holmes novel "{{w|The Adventure of the Reigate Squire}}", in which Watson mentions an unrecorded case called "the colossal schemes of Baron Maupertuis". | * There is a reference to a Baron Maupertuis, one of the villains of this story, in the Sherlock Holmes novel "{{w|The Adventure of the Reigate Squire}}", in which Watson mentions an unrecorded case called "the colossal schemes of Baron Maupertuis". | ||
* In 2015, [[Big Finish Productions]] released an [[All-Consuming Fire (audio story)|audio adaptation]] of this novel. | * In 2015, [[Big Finish Productions]] released an [[All-Consuming Fire (audio story)|audio adaptation]] of this novel. | ||
=== Holmes and Watson in the DWU === | |||
This novel portrays "Holmes" and "Watson" as the fictional names for non-fictional people. Benny is cut off several times right before she announces the ''actual'' names of "Holmes" and "Watson". | |||
This notion that they are real people is confirmed in [[PROSE]]: ''[[Happy Endings]]'', when the duo show up for Benny's wedding. Later she even meets "[[Mycroft Holmes]]" ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Adventure of the Diogenes Damsel (audio story)|The Adventure of the Diogenes Damsel]]'') | |||
However, almost every story written thereafter suggests quite the opposite. ''[[Evolution (novel)|Evolution]]'', for instance, strongly implies that Holmes and Watson are ''wholly'' fictional characters, created by Doyle, based on the Doctor and Doyle himself (although a prelude written suggests that Doyle, altering the characters slightly to protect their true identities, simply based some of the "fictional" Holmes' characteristics on the Doctor). While the [[Eleventh Doctor]] suggests that Holmes is fictional in ''[[The Snowmen (TV story)|The Snowmen]]'', he may simply be responding to [[Walter Simeon]]'s own belief that they are fictional when he himself knows otherwise. | |||
== Continuity == | == Continuity == | ||
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* A brief speech by the Seventh Doctor defines who the [[Great Old One]]s are. This ties together several creatures encountered in ''[[Doctor Who]]'', and binds them in a common group with other mythologies, such as the [[H. P. Lovecraft]] [[Cthulhu]] stories. He says that the following are "Great Old Ones": Cthulhu, the Gods of Ragnarok, [[Nyarlathotep]], [[Dagon]], Fenric (otherwise known as Hastur the Unspeakable), Yog-Sothoth (better known as the Great Intelligence), and Lloigor. | * A brief speech by the Seventh Doctor defines who the [[Great Old One]]s are. This ties together several creatures encountered in ''[[Doctor Who]]'', and binds them in a common group with other mythologies, such as the [[H. P. Lovecraft]] [[Cthulhu]] stories. He says that the following are "Great Old Ones": Cthulhu, the Gods of Ragnarok, [[Nyarlathotep]], [[Dagon]], Fenric (otherwise known as Hastur the Unspeakable), Yog-Sothoth (better known as the Great Intelligence), and Lloigor. | ||
* The Doctor says that he has seen fast, rapid movement invisible to the human eye in [[Raston Warrior Robot]]s, but never in a living creature. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Five Doctors (TV story)|The Five Doctors]]'') | * The Doctor says that he has seen fast, rapid movement invisible to the human eye in [[Raston Warrior Robot]]s, but never in a living creature. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Five Doctors (TV story)|The Five Doctors]]'') | ||
== External links == | == External links == | ||
