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It featured a number of [[List of DWU concepts not owned by the BBC|DWU elements licensed from their creators]], principally showcasing the characters of [[Garglespike]] and [[Zadok]], created by [[David Llewellyn]] for [[Honeymoon Horrors (short story)|one of his contributions]] to ''[[The Brilliant Book 2012]]''. Also featured under license were the [[Caxtarid]]s from [[Kate Orman]]'s ''[[Virgin New Adventures]]'' novels, the planet [[Pelagos]] from ''[[Meglos (novelisation)|Meglos]]'', the [[Steggosian]]s and [[Arcopolis]] from [[Lance Parkin]]'s ''[[The Eyeless (novel)|The Eyeless]]'', miscellaneous species and elements from [[William H. Keith, Jr.]]'s [[FASA]] ''[[The Doctor Who Role Playing Game|Doctor Who Role Playing Game]]'' modules, and even an authorised allusion to [[BBV Productions]]' spoof character, [[the Chiropodist]]. | It featured a number of [[List of DWU concepts not owned by the BBC|DWU elements licensed from their creators]], principally showcasing the characters of [[Garglespike]] and [[Zadok]], created by [[David Llewellyn]] for [[Honeymoon Horrors (short story)|one of his contributions]] to ''[[The Brilliant Book 2012]]''. Also featured under license were the [[Caxtarid]]s from [[Kate Orman]]'s ''[[Virgin New Adventures]]'' novels, the planet [[Pelagos]] from ''[[Meglos (novelisation)|Meglos]]'', the [[Steggosian]]s and [[Arcopolis]] from [[Lance Parkin]]'s ''[[The Eyeless (novel)|The Eyeless]]'', miscellaneous species and elements from [[William H. Keith, Jr.]]'s [[FASA]] ''[[The Doctor Who Role Playing Game|Doctor Who Role Playing Game]]'' modules, and even an authorised allusion to [[BBV Productions]]' spoof character, [[the Chiropodist]]. | ||
The story also prominently featured public-domain characters from Golden Age pirate comics, reimagined in a science-fiction setting. These included the "Corsair Queen", alias Lila Evans, from the 1951 ''Buccaneer Comics'' #25 and "the Corsair", alias Jon Gallant, as debuted in 1946's ''A1 Comics'' #3 — who were merged into a [[the Corsair (The Bloodletters)|singular, genderfluid figure]] who served as the protagonist. Despite the obvious similarities, this Corsair and their mentor, known as "[[the Monk (The Bloodletters)|the Monk]] and likewise drawn from the 1950s comics, should not be confused with the established BBC characters of [[the Corsair]] and [[the Monk]]. | The story also prominently featured public-domain characters from Golden Age pirate comics, reimagined in a science-fiction setting. These included the "Corsair Queen", alias Lila Evans, from the 1951 ''Buccaneer Comics'' #25 and "the Corsair", alias Jon Gallant, as debuted in 1946's ''A1 Comics'' #3 — who were merged into a [[the Corsair (The Bloodletters)|singular, genderfluid figure]] who served as the protagonist. Despite the obvious similarities, this Corsair and their mentor, known as "[[the Monk (The Bloodletters)|the Monk]]" and likewise drawn from the 1950s comics, should not be confused with the established BBC characters of [[the Corsair]] and [[the Monk]]. | ||
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