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=== Organisations === | === Organisations === | ||
* The [[United Nations]] is overseen by an Irish woman. (Lance Parkin had assumed {{w|Mary Robinson}} would be the next Secretary-General instead of {{w|Kofi Annan}}<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20041030140124/http://www.bbc.co.uk/cult/doctorwho/ebooks/dyingdays/notes/page8.shtml Author's Notes chapter 6 (archived)]</ref>) | |||
* [[UNIT]] has a branch in [[Paris]] called NUIT. | * [[UNIT]] has a branch in [[Paris]] called NUIT. | ||
* UNIT in the past has dealt with attempted invasions by the [[Bandril]]s and [[Drahvin]]s without the Doctor's help. | * UNIT in the past has dealt with attempted invasions by the [[Bandril]]s and [[Drahvin]]s without the Doctor's help. (Lance Parkin stated this was a joke at UNIT's expense that some aliens are "beneath the Doctor's dignity" to deal worth)<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20041025104222/http://www.bbc.co.uk/cult/doctorwho/ebooks/dyingdays/notes/page7.shtml Author's Notes chapter 5 (archived)]</ref> | ||
* The [[Martian Communicators Guild]] is an Ice Warrior organisation. | * The [[Martian Communicators Guild]] is an Ice Warrior organisation. | ||
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=== Timeline === | === Timeline === | ||
* The [[Arcturan]] Treaty of [[2085]] is the official date of peaceful [[first contact]] with aliens. | * The [[Arcturan]] Treaty of [[2085]] is the official date of peaceful [[first contact]] with aliens. | ||
* [[Mars Probe 13]] was launched over twenty years ago. | |||
* Benny Summerfield is unaware who are the current leaders in the US and UK as there's been elections within the last nine months. | |||
=== Vehicles === | === Vehicles === | ||
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* After ''The Dying Days'', [[Virgin Books]] continued to release ''[[Virgin New Adventures|New Adventures]]'' novels centered around [[Bernice Summerfield]]. ''The Dying Days'' ends with Bernice going to her new home at the University of [[Dellah]]. | * After ''The Dying Days'', [[Virgin Books]] continued to release ''[[Virgin New Adventures|New Adventures]]'' novels centered around [[Bernice Summerfield]]. ''The Dying Days'' ends with Bernice going to her new home at the University of [[Dellah]]. | ||
* This novel was re-released by BBCi on the official Doctor Who website in ebook form, accompanied by extensive notes and commentary from author Lance Parkin and new illustrations by artist [[Allan Bednar]].<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20041023031505/http://www.bbc.co.uk:80/cult/doctorwho/ebooks/dyingdays/ Dying Days on BBCi, archived with The Internet Archive]</ref> | * This novel was re-released by BBCi on the official Doctor Who website in ebook form, accompanied by extensive notes and commentary from author Lance Parkin and new illustrations by artist [[Allan Bednar]].<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20041023031505/http://www.bbc.co.uk:80/cult/doctorwho/ebooks/dyingdays/ Dying Days on BBCi, archived with The Internet Archive]</ref> | ||
* At the Mars landing party there are a few notable guests: [[Jeremy Paxman]], [[Richard Dawkins]], [[Chris Evans]], [[Gillian Anderson]], [[Richard Branson]], [[Alan Yentob]], [[Emma Knight]], and [[Lalla Ward (The Dying Days)|Lalla Ward]]. | * At the Mars landing party there are a few notable guests: [[Jeremy Paxman]], [[Richard Dawkins]], [[Chris Evans]], [[Gillian Anderson]], [[Richard Branson]], [[Alan Yentob]], [[Emma Knight]], and [[Lalla Ward (The Dying Days)|Lalla Ward]]. The real-world figures abruptly disappear when the invasion occurs, both to avoid calling anyone real a collaborator and because "there would have been something irredeemably camp about having Gazza or Scary Spice joining the fight".<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20041027204810/http://www.bbc.co.uk/cult/doctorwho/ebooks/dyingdays/notes/page10.shtml Chapter 7 author's notes (archived)]</ref> | ||
* Benny's knowledge specialty of the [[20th century]] ranges from [[1963]] to [[1989]], a reference to the period of the TV series' original run. | * Benny's knowledge specialty of the [[20th century]] ranges from [[1963]] to [[1989]], a reference to the period of the TV series' original run. | ||
* Benny is unaware who the Prime Minister or President are. In his notes for BBCi, Parkin states this is to get around the fact there would be elections in both countries between him writing the book and Virgin publishing it. | |||
* When Xznaal is seen from the point of view of Greyhaven, the Doctor, or Benny, the pronoun Parkin uses for Xznaal is "he". From anyone else's point of view, Parkin refers to Xznaal as "it". When viewed from the Ice Warrior's point of view, the human names are written in Ice Warrior pronunciation, such as Gerayhavun/Greyhaven, Xztaynz/Staines. | * When Xznaal is seen from the point of view of Greyhaven, the Doctor, or Benny, the pronoun Parkin uses for Xznaal is "he". From anyone else's point of view, Parkin refers to Xznaal as "it". When viewed from the Ice Warrior's point of view, the human names are written in Ice Warrior pronunciation, such as Gerayhavun/Greyhaven, Xztaynz/Staines. | ||
* [[Philip Segal]] reportedly stated that a big alien invasion couldn't be done on the TV movie's budget because of the cost of multiple prosthetic costumes and the cost of ''showing'' a full alien invasion. ''The Dying Days'' features an alien invasion with three Ice Warriors; there are never more than two Ice Warriors in a room together throughout the book. | * [[Philip Segal]] reportedly stated that a big alien invasion couldn't be done on the TV movie's budget because of the cost of multiple prosthetic costumes and the cost of ''showing'' a full alien invasion. ''The Dying Days'' features an alien invasion with three Ice Warriors; there are never more than two Ice Warriors in a room together throughout the book. | ||
