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[[File:DWM_350_The_Indestructible_Man.jpg|thumb|An illustrated preview of the comic printed in ''[[Doctor Who Magazine]]'' issue [[DWM 350|350]].]] | [[File:DWM_350_The_Indestructible_Man.jpg|thumb|An illustrated preview of the comic printed in ''[[Doctor Who Magazine]]'' issue [[DWM 350|350]].]] | ||
* The novel pays homage to the works of [[Century 21 Productions|Gerry & Sylvia Anderson]]. The primary basis is ''[[Captain Scarlet (TV series)|Captain Scarlet]] and the Mysterons'' and ''UFO'': [[PRISM]], the Myloki and the eponymous Indestructible Man are based on SPECTRUM, the Mysterons and Captain [[Scarlet (fictional character)|Scarlet]], while [[SILOET]] and its front as a TV and film company (specifically the [[BBC]] and [[Television Centre]]) is a homage to SHADO, the agency from ''UFO''. (Since the book was | * The novel pays homage to the works of [[Century 21 Productions|Gerry & Sylvia Anderson]]. The primary basis is ''[[Captain Scarlet (TV series)|Captain Scarlet]] and the Mysterons'' and ''UFO'': [[PRISM]], the Myloki and the eponymous Indestructible Man are based on SPECTRUM, the Mysterons and Captain [[Scarlet (fictional character)|Scarlet]], while [[SILOET]] and its front as a TV and film company (specifically the [[BBC]] and [[Television Centre]]) is a homage to SHADO, the agency from ''UFO''. (Since the book was written, the BBC have moved out of Television Centre.) Both SPECTRUM and SHADO were global security agencies handling covert alien incidents, though they were unrelated unlike their homages. | ||
* PRISM is a successor to "several" anti-alien agencies, including [[Unified Intelligence Taskforce|UNIT]]. While PRISM formed some time before the Myloki contact, old paper documents were still being transferred from UNIT's files to PRISM during the war. | * PRISM is a successor to "several" anti-alien agencies, including [[Unified Intelligence Taskforce|UNIT]]. While PRISM formed some time before the Myloki contact, old paper documents were still being transferred from UNIT's files to PRISM during the war. | ||
* Some UNIT paperwork was destroyed to save space - a reference to the destruction of Second Doctor tapes by the BBC. | * Some UNIT paperwork was destroyed to save space - a reference to the destruction of Second Doctor tapes by the BBC. | ||
