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== Deviations from televised story == | == Deviations from televised story == | ||
* The story opens with a scene of Chang performing rather than coming in after the end of the performance. | |||
* In the televised version of the story, the Doctor explains that a malfunction with the [[Peking Homonculus]], which was only supposed to be a toy, "nearly" caused [[World War VI]]. The novelisation claims that World War VI ''did'' happen, and that Magnus Greel created the Homonculus himself with the intention of triggering a World War. | * In the televised version of the story, the Doctor explains that a malfunction with the [[Peking Homonculus]], which was only supposed to be a toy, "nearly" caused [[World War VI]]. The novelisation claims that World War VI ''did'' happen, and that Magnus Greel created the Homonculus himself with the intention of triggering a World War. | ||
* [[Teresa (The Talons of Weng-Chiang)|Teresa]] is given a back story as a waitress in a [[Mayfair]] [[gambling]] club, and is given the surname Hart. | * [[Teresa (The Talons of Weng-Chiang)|Teresa]] is given a back story as a waitress in a [[Mayfair]] [[gambling]] club, and is given the surname Hart. | ||
* [[Joseph Buller]] is renamed Alf Buller. | * [[Joseph Buller]] is renamed Alf Buller. | ||
* Li H'sen Chang is only temporarily working for Jago, and as part of his operation he's deliberately been performing short terms at the smaller music halls on the outskirts of London. | |||
* The Doctor wears his scarf, whilst in the televised story he wears a [[Sherlock Holmes]]-esque outfit without the scarf. | * The Doctor wears his scarf, whilst in the televised story he wears a [[Sherlock Holmes]]-esque outfit without the scarf. | ||
* In the second chapter, Jago thinks that Li H'sen Chang "really was Chinese" when most such magicians "were usually English enough once the make-up was off." This was possibly an in-joke by Terrence Dicks about [[John Bennett (actor)|John Bennet]] playing the character. | |||
== Writing and publishing notes == | == Writing and publishing notes == | ||
