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|companions        = [[Ann Kelso|Ann]]
|companions        = [[Ann Kelso|Ann]]
|featuring        = [[Ada Lovelace]]
|featuring        = [[Ada Lovelace]]
|enemy            = [[Virus (The Enchantress of Numbers)|Virus]]
|enemy            = [[Finlar contagion]], [[anti-virus (The Enchantress of Numbers)|anti-virus expedition]]
|setting          = [[Newstead Abbey]], [[1852]]
|setting          = [[Newstead Abbey]], [[1852]]
|writer            = [[Simon Barnard]], [[Paul Morris]]
|writer            = [[Simon Barnard]], [[Paul Morris]]
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* [[Hettie Jacobs|Hettie]] / [[Cleverley|Lady Cleverley]] - [[Eve Webster]]
* [[Hettie Jacobs|Hettie]] / [[Cleverley|Lady Cleverley]] - [[Eve Webster]]
* [[Hobhouse|Mr Hobhouse]] - [[Barnaby Edwards (actor)|Barnaby Edwards]]
* [[Hobhouse|Mr Hobhouse]] - [[Barnaby Edwards (actor)|Barnaby Edwards]]
* [[Edvard Scheutz]] / [[Virus (The Enchantress of Numbers)|Lord Byron]] / [[Harry (The Enchantress of Numbers)|Harry]] - [[Glen McCready]]
* [[Edvard Scheutz]] / [[Finlar contagion|Lord Byron]] / [[Harry (The Enchantress of Numbers)|Harry]] - [[Glen McCready]]


== References ==
== References ==
* Among elements "stolen" from history by the [[Finlar contagion]] are [[Charles Wheatstone]], Wheatstones' residence at [[168 Bleak Lane]], the [[British Association for the Advancement of Science]], and [[Albemarle Street]], off [[Piccadilly]], and the whole of [[Bloomsbury]].
* Among elements "stolen" from history by the [[anti-virus (The Enchantress of Numbers)|anti-virus]] are [[Charles Wheatstone]], Wheatstones' residence at [[168 Bleak Lane]], the [[British Association for the Advancement of Science]], and [[Albemarle Street]], off [[Piccadilly]], and the whole of [[Bloomsbury]].
* [[Edvard Scheutz]] is [[Charles Babbage]]'s biggest [[rival]]. Since Babbage's [[retirement]], Scheutz has been working on his [[calculation engine]], which he feels is an improvement upon Babbage's [[analytical engine]].
* [[Edvard Scheutz]] is [[Charles Babbage]]'s biggest [[rival]]. Since Babbage's [[retirement]], Scheutz has been working on his [[calculation engine]], which he feels is an improvement upon Babbage's [[analytical engine]].
* Scheutz has been acquiring Lovelace's private [[notebook]]s, stolen and sold to him by [[Hettie (The Enchantress of Numbers)|Hettie]]. The Doctor identifies recent pages' apparent "[[doodle]]s" as [[Block Transfer Computation]]s.
* Scheutz has been acquiring Lovelace's private [[notebook]]s, stolen and sold to him by [[Hettie (The Enchantress of Numbers)|Hettie]]. The Doctor identifies recent pages' apparent "[[doodle]]s" as [[Block Transfer Computation]]s.
* The "plague doctors" come from the year [[7073]], during the time of the [[Block Transfer Wars]].
* The [[anti-virus (The Enchantress of Numbers)|anti-virus software]], manifesting as plague doctors, were sent as a [[temporal expeditionary force]] from the year [[7073]], during the time of the [[Block Transfer Wars]].
* The [[Industrial Revolution]] took place recently, while the [[Computer Age]] is still "decades" away.
* The [[Industrial Revolution]] took place recently, while the [[Computer Age]] is still "decades" away.


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