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* The Doctor's sombre musings at the imminent collapse of the universe are expanded. He laments the creatures that will suffer and die, not for ambition or lust for power, but simply as a byproduct of the devastation. | * The Doctor's sombre musings at the imminent collapse of the universe are expanded. He laments the creatures that will suffer and die, not for ambition or lust for power, but simply as a byproduct of the devastation. | ||
* A fire breaks out in the main computer room while the [[Sixth Doctor]] is focussing his mind for [[astral projection]], forcing Peri and Jamie to move him into the corridor as the flames consume the station. He sings "Largo al Factotum" from ''The Barber of Seville'' to himself on the way back to the TARDIS. | * A fire breaks out in the main computer room while the [[Sixth Doctor]] is focussing his mind for [[astral projection]], forcing Peri and Jamie to move him into the corridor as the flames consume the station. He sings "Largo al Factotum" from ''The Barber of Seville'' to himself on the way back to the TARDIS. | ||
* The [[Sixth Doctor]] is notably hesitant to fight Dastari, telling Jamie he was once a champion sampola wrestler. | * The [[Sixth Doctor]] is notably hesitant to fight Dastari, telling Jamie he was once a champion [[sampola wrestling|sampola wrestler]]. | ||
* Chessene's use of [[coronic acid]] inwardly alarms Dastari, as the [[Rutans]] are the weapon's inventors and chief distributors. With it, they decimated the Sontarans at Vollotha. The Sixth Doctor notes that it was specifically tailored to attack cloned tissue and the Sontarans still have no defence against it. When Varl perishes, shielding Stike from the canisters, he notes to himself to recommend his subordinate for the Golden Role of Heroes. | * Chessene's use of [[coronic acid]] inwardly alarms Dastari, as the [[Rutans]] are the weapon's inventors and chief distributors. With it, they decimated the Sontarans at [[Vollotha]]. The Sixth Doctor notes that it was specifically tailored to attack cloned tissue and the Sontarans still have no defence against it. When Varl perishes, shielding Stike from the canisters, he notes to himself to recommend his subordinate for the Golden Role of Heroes. | ||
* The Sixth Doctor's dispatch of Shockeye is altered in emphasis. Rather than a postmortem quip of "Your just desserts," he mutters the less ambiguous: "That was for Oscar." | * The Sixth Doctor's dispatch of Shockeye is altered in emphasis. Rather than a postmortem quip of "Your just desserts," he mutters the less ambiguous: "That was for Oscar." | ||
* It is revealed that the Doctor has invented the [[gumblejack]] as an excuse for Peri. | * It is revealed that the Doctor has invented the [[gumblejack]] as an excuse for Peri. | ||
