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== Notes == | == Notes == | ||
* This audio drama was recorded on [[12 June (production)|12]] and [[13 June (production)|13 June]] 2003 at [[The Moat Studios]]. | * This audio drama was recorded on [[12 June (production)|12]] and [[13 June (production)|13 June]] [[2003 (production)|2003]] at [[The Moat Studios]]. | ||
* This story was originally released on CD. It is now available as a download only. | * This story was originally released on CD. It is now available as a download only. | ||
* This story is largely allegorical for both early ''[[Doctor Who]]'' and [[Robert Shearman]]'s own career. | * This story is largely allegorical for both early ''[[Doctor Who]]'' and [[Robert Shearman]]'s own career. | ||
* There are references to the elements of the television stories ''[[An Unearthly Child (TV story)|An Unearthly Child]]'' and ''[[The Daleks (TV story)|The Daleks]]'', as well as ''[[The Masters of Luxor (TV story)|The Masters of Luxor]]'', an unmade serial from [[Season 1]] which was later produced in audio drama form by [[Big Finish Productions]] as ''[[The Masters of Luxor (audio story)|The Masters of Luxor]]''. | * There are references to the elements of the television stories ''[[An Unearthly Child (TV story)|An Unearthly Child]]'' and ''[[The Daleks (TV story)|The Daleks]]'', as well as ''[[The Masters of Luxor (TV story)|The Masters of Luxor]]'', an unmade serial from [[Season 1]] which was later produced in audio drama form by [[Big Finish Productions]] as ''[[The Masters of Luxor (audio story)|The Masters of Luxor]]''. | ||
* There are many similarities between this story and ''[[Auld Mortality (audio story)|Auld Mortality]]'', another audio drama in the Unbound series. Both stories are about a struggling writer penning stories about travels in time and space as the Doctor, and being reunited with a family member as they begin to get fiction and reality confused. They also both feature alternate First | * There are many similarities between this story and ''[[Auld Mortality (audio story)|Auld Mortality]]'', another audio drama in the Unbound series. Both stories are about a struggling writer penning stories about travels in time and space as the Doctor, and being reunited with a family member as they begin to get fiction and reality confused. They also both feature alternate versions of the [[First Doctor]]. However, in ''Auld Mortality'', the main character actually was the Doctor, whereas [[Martin Bannister]] just believes himself to be. In a way, this story could be seen as a dark parody of the other. This story's ending is a dark mirror of that story's, with Martin believing himself to be leaving in [[The Doctor's TARDIS|the TARDIS]] with [[Susan (Deadline)|Susan]], as the Doctor did in this story, as he in reality suffocates to death in a wardrobe. The TARDIS being disguised as a wardrobe is also mentioned in ''Auld Mortality'' as a theoretical possibly. | ||
== Continuity == | == Continuity == | ||
