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* Kamelion admits to needing someone to command him. Free will is unsettling for him. The TARDIS also talks to him. This explains his whereabouts between the television stories ''[[The King's Demons (TV story)|The King's Demons]]'' and ''[[Planet of Fire (TV story)|Planet of Fire]]''. | * Kamelion admits to needing someone to command him. Free will is unsettling for him. The TARDIS also talks to him. This explains his whereabouts between the television stories ''[[The King's Demons (TV story)|The King's Demons]]'' and ''[[Planet of Fire (TV story)|Planet of Fire]]''. | ||
* The Crystal Bucephalus resembles the [[Capitol]] on [[Gallifrey]]; Kamelion points out that "the co-ordinates for [[New Alexandria]] are the same as-" but is cut off by Turlough. The [[2018 (releases)|2018]] short story ''[[The Story So Far... (short story)|The Story So Far...]]'' later established that New Alexandria was one of the [[Nine Homeworlds]]. | * The Crystal Bucephalus resembles the [[Capitol]] on [[Gallifrey]]; Kamelion points out that "the co-ordinates for [[New Alexandria]] are the same as-" but is cut off by Turlough. The [[2018 (releases)|2018]] short story ''[[The Story So Far... (short story)|The Story So Far...]]'' later established that New Alexandria was one of the [[Nine Homeworlds]]. | ||
* Turlough notes that the planet [[Qo'noS]] has suffered [[plasma]] damage on its biosphere. This is a reference to the [[Klingon]] homeworld and the destruction wrought by the explosion of its moon {{ma|Praxis}} in ''{{ma|Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country}}''. | * There are a number of ''[[Star Trek]]'' references in this novel: | ||
** [[Latinum]] is mentioned. | |||
** Turlough notes that the planet [[Qo'noS]] has suffered [[plasma]] damage on its biosphere. This is a reference to the [[Klingon]] homeworld and the destruction wrought by the explosion of its moon {{ma|Praxis}} in ''{{ma|Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country}}''. | |||
** [[Risa]] is mentioned. | |||
** A man says a Union disruptor looks like something from ''Star Trek''. | |||
** The [[Vulcan Academia Scholastica]] is mentioned on three occasions. | |||
* The novel was originally pitched as a [[Virgin New Adventures|New Adventure]] featuring the [[Seventh Doctor]];<ref>{{cite web|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050407072744/http://www.bbc.co.uk/cult/news/drwho/2004/06/01/13206.shtml|title=Interview: The Crystal Bucephalus|date of source=1 June 2004|website name=BBC|accessdate=7 April 2005}}</ref> a chapter of this original submission was published in the [[1999 (releases)|1999]] [[charity publication|charity anthology]] ''Perfect Timing 2''. | * The novel was originally pitched as a [[Virgin New Adventures|New Adventure]] featuring the [[Seventh Doctor]];<ref>{{cite web|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050407072744/http://www.bbc.co.uk/cult/news/drwho/2004/06/01/13206.shtml|title=Interview: The Crystal Bucephalus|date of source=1 June 2004|website name=BBC|accessdate=7 April 2005}}</ref> a chapter of this original submission was published in the [[1999 (releases)|1999]] [[charity publication|charity anthology]] ''Perfect Timing 2''. | ||
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