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* Of the three novels released in April 2013, this is the only one to feature Clara Oswald and marks her literary debut. It is also, to date, the only full-length Eleventh Doctor novel to feature her. | * Of the three novels released in April 2013, this is the only one to feature Clara Oswald and marks her literary debut. It is also, to date, the only full-length Eleventh Doctor novel to feature her. | ||
* At the time of its release, this was the only piece of spin-off fiction confirmed to feature Clara, as neither the ''[[Doctor Who Magazine]]'' nor ''[[Doctor Who Adventures]]'' comic strips, nor [[AudioGO]] talking books line had announced any upcoming stories featuring the companion. | * At the time of its release, this was the only piece of spin-off fiction confirmed to feature Clara, as neither the ''[[Doctor Who Magazine]]'' nor ''[[Doctor Who Adventures]]'' comic strips, nor [[AudioGO]] talking books line had announced any upcoming stories featuring the companion. | ||
* The novel is set on and around 23rd November, 1963, the day ''Doctor Who'' debuted, and revisits [[Totter's Lane]]. A meta reference to this takes place when Doctor notes that it's Saturday teatime in Britain and "the fun is about to begin." Published in the 50th anniversary year, this is the only original novel published that year to have an explicit tie to the milestone. | * The novel is set on and around 23rd November, 1963, the day ''Doctor Who'' debuted, and revisits [[Totter's Lane]]. A meta reference to this takes place when Doctor notes that it's Saturday teatime in Britain and "the fun is about to begin." Published in the 50th anniversary year, this is the only original novel published that year to have an explicit tie to the milestone. However, its sibling releases, ''[[Plague of the Cybermen (novel)|Plague of the Cybermen]]'' and ''[[The Dalek Generation (novel)|The Dalek Generation]]'', released on the same day also, contain brief (and possibly coincidental) references to anniversary: the former mentioned [[Karn]] ahead of the premier of ''[[The Night of the Doctor (TV story)|The Night of the Doctor]]'', while the latter ends with the Doctor declaring "No more." | ||
* A character in this book, [[Reg Cranfield]], is a policeman patrolling [[Totter's Lane]], and is named for [[Reg Cranfield (actor)|the actor]] who played [[Policeman (An Unearthly Child)|the policeman]] at the beginning of "[[An Unearthly Child (episode)|An Unearthly Child]]". | * A character in this book, [[Reg Cranfield]], is a policeman patrolling [[Totter's Lane]], and is named for [[Reg Cranfield (actor)|the actor]] who played [[Policeman (An Unearthly Child)|the policeman]] at the beginning of "[[An Unearthly Child (episode)|An Unearthly Child]]". | ||
* The wormhole in this story is described as unique; there was a tunnel that needed to be traversed, unlike other wormholes that were instantaneous, there was breathable air, it had a solid area to walk across (though it was described as uneven), it resembled a "dead" Time Vortex, and had the bodies of the Shroud's previous victims spread across its walls. The Doctor mentions that the bodies greatly resembled the bodies of [[Pompeii]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Fires of Pompeii (TV story)|The Fires of Pompeii]]'', [[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Fires of Vulcan (audio story)|The Fires of Vulcan]]'') People that travel across the wormhole also have a chance of experiencing a mental jump and going through what one of the victims went through before their death. | * The wormhole in this story is described as unique; there was a tunnel that needed to be traversed, unlike other wormholes that were instantaneous, there was breathable air, it had a solid area to walk across (though it was described as uneven), it resembled a "dead" Time Vortex, and had the bodies of the Shroud's previous victims spread across its walls. The Doctor mentions that the bodies greatly resembled the bodies of [[Pompeii]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Fires of Pompeii (TV story)|The Fires of Pompeii]]'', [[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Fires of Vulcan (audio story)|The Fires of Vulcan]]'') People that travel across the wormhole also have a chance of experiencing a mental jump and going through what one of the victims went through before their death. | ||
