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=== Technology ===
=== Technology ===
* Reading about the impeller engine in Haliwell's diary, the Doctor compares it to a form of reactionless drive, which he states humanity will develop for real two centuries after the events described here.
* Reading about the impeller engine in Haliwell's diary, the Doctor compares it to a form of reactionless drive, which he states humanity will develop for real two centuries after the events described here.
* Turlough argues the human technology was not advanced at this point to develop spaceships, but the Doctor argues that Victorian engineering had reached the level to build a sound, airtight hull. They also had the chemical means of producing air.  
* Turlough argues that human technology was not advanced enough in the Victorian era to develop spaceships, but the Doctor argues that Victorian engineering had reached the level to build a sound, airtight hull and could chemically purify the air, even if he agrees that the impeller engine is an example of anomalous technology.


=== Individuals ===
=== Individuals ===
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