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=== Spacecraft === | === Spacecraft === | ||
* The ship that | * The Xaranti ship that is a [[Morok]] [[Morok battle cruiser|battle cruiser]] with some amount of [[Kraal (species)|Kraal ]]technology. | ||
=== Technology === | === Technology === | ||
* The Doctor | * The Doctor explains that the TARDIS has an in-built function that allows it to home in on suitable areas for materialisation, which is why it never materialises in solid rock or under water. | ||
* The Xaranti virus or plague, which they call "Xaranti energy," is psychological: people infected ''think'' they're becoming Xaranti, so they physically mutate. | |||
== Notes == | == Notes == | ||
* With references to a Pleasure Beach and attractions such as a ghost train, Tayborough Sands features many similarities with the town of [[Blackpool]]. | * With references to a Pleasure Beach and attractions such as a ghost train, Tayborough Sands features many similarities with the town of [[Blackpool]]. | ||
* This story takes place 10 or so years before Tegan's time, no more than 12, so circa 1974. Mike tells the Doctor the year. See [[UNIT dating controversy|''UNIT dating controversy'']]. | |||
== Continuity == | == Continuity == | ||
* | * It's been 6 months since [[UNIT]] dealt with the [[Global Chemicals]] incident. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Green Death (TV story)|The Green Death]]'') with the Third Doctor currently off on his own while Mike Yates is recovering from his brainwashing. | ||
* The | * The Xaranti warred with the [[Zygon|Zygons]], destroying their planet. ([[TV]]: ''[[Terror of the Zygons (TV story)|Terror of the Zygons]]'') | ||
* The Doctor, [[Tegan Jovanka|Tegan]] and [[Turlough]] are spending a vacation in order to recover from the events of [[TV]]: ''[[Warriors of the Deep (TV story)|Warriors of the Deep]]''. | * The Doctor, [[Tegan Jovanka|Tegan]] and [[Turlough]] are spending a vacation in order to recover from the events of [[Sea Base 4|Sea Base Four]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Warriors of the Deep (TV story)|Warriors of the Deep]]'') | ||
* Tegan last saw her [[Andrew Verney|grandfather]] just before he was about to move house and had promised to visit him as soon as she returned from Amsterdam ([[TV]]: ''[[Arc of Infinity (TV story)|Arc of Infinity]]'') and thinks of | * Turlough is still trying to make amends after working for the [[Black Guardian]]. ([[TV]]: [[Mawdryn Undead (TV story)|''Mawdryn Undead'']]) | ||
* Tegan last saw her [[Andrew Verney|grandfather]] just before he was about to move house and had promised to visit him as soon as she returned from Amsterdam ([[TV]]: ''[[Arc of Infinity (TV story)|Arc of Infinity]]'') and thinks of asking the Doctor to visit him. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Awakening (TV story)|The Awakening]]'') | |||
* Tegan thinks about staying in the 70s, but even if she did, she couldn't prevent [[the Master]] from killing [[Vanessa (Logopolis)|Auntie Vanessa]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Logopolis (TV story)|Logopolis]]'') | |||
* The Doctor uses the [[Image Reproduction Integrating System|IRIS machine]] again, though reluctantly as the last time he did so someone died. ([[TV]]: ''[[Planet of the Spiders (TV story)|Planet of the Spiders]]'') | |||
* The Doctor tells Mike Yates that he has [[Regeneration|regenerated]] twice since he last saw him. ([[TV]]: ''[[Planet of the Spiders (TV story)|Planet of the Spiders]]'', ''[[Logopolis (TV story)|Logopolis]]'') | * The Doctor tells Mike Yates that he has [[Regeneration|regenerated]] twice since he last saw him. ([[TV]]: ''[[Planet of the Spiders (TV story)|Planet of the Spiders]]'', ''[[Logopolis (TV story)|Logopolis]]'') | ||
* Turlough is worried that he might meet the Brigadier now, but the Brigadier didn't recognise him later when he turns up as a pupil at the school where he teaches Maths. ([[TV]]: ''[[Mawdryn Undead (TV story)|Mawdryn Undead]]'') | * Turlough is worried that he might meet the Brigadier now, but the Brigadier didn't recognise him later when he turns up as a pupil at the school where he teaches Maths. ([[TV]]: ''[[Mawdryn Undead (TV story)|Mawdryn Undead]]'') | ||
* Tegan remembers being possessed by the [[Mara]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Kinda (TV story)|Kinda]]'') | * Tegan remembers being possessed by the [[Mara]], and implies it's the only time she's been possessed, the Xaranti being the second force to do so. ([[TV]]: ''[[Kinda (TV story)|Kinda]], [[Snakedance (TV story)|Snakedance]], ''[[PROSE]]:'' [[Mark of the Medusa (short story)|Mark of the Medusa]]'') | ||
* The [[Thirteenth Doctor]] will later encounter [[Skithra|another scorpion-like race of scavengers lead by a queen in a stolen spaceship.]] ([[TV]]: [[Nikola Tesla's Night of Terror (TV story)|''Nikola Tesla's Night of Terror'']]) | |||
== External links == | == External links == | ||
