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|doctor=Sixth Doctor | |doctor=Sixth Doctor | ||
|companions=[[Peri Brown|Peri]] | |companions=[[Peri Brown|Peri]] | ||
|enemy= | |enemy= [[Computer (Slipback)|Vipod Mor computer]] | ||
|setting= [[Vipod Mor (Slipback)|Vipod Mor]] | |setting= [[Vipod Mor (Slipback)|Vipod Mor]] | ||
|writer= [[Eric Saward]] | |writer= [[Eric Saward]] | ||
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* The first 50 pages of the novel do not feature the Doctor or Peri and do not adapt the radio play; instead they provide backstory on the characters and circumstances encountered by the Doctor later. | * The first 50 pages of the novel do not feature the Doctor or Peri and do not adapt the radio play; instead they provide backstory on the characters and circumstances encountered by the Doctor later. | ||
* In the radio play, when the Doctor tells Peri he's about to recite his favourite sonnet, "Ode to a Flashist Mud Scavenger", Peri replies that this inspiring title "brings tears to my ears"! This is changed to "eyes" in the novelisation even though "ears" was correct given that Peri was hearing, not reading, the poem. | * In the radio play, when the Doctor tells Peri he's about to recite his favourite sonnet, "Ode to a Flashist Mud Scavenger", Peri replies that this inspiring title "brings tears to my ears"! This is changed to "eyes" in the novelisation even though "ears" was correct given that Peri was hearing, not reading, the poem. | ||
* The steward, named as Vesper, kills [[Slarn]] before he can release his virus, then incinerates both of them to destroy the infection. | |||
* The computer's external personality orders the crew to evacuate the ship before sending it back in time. | |||
== Writing and publishing notes == | == Writing and publishing notes == | ||
