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* An opening chapter focusing on Skagra is added. | * An opening chapter focusing on Skagra is added. | ||
* [[A. St. John D. Caldera]] is replaced by a female scientist named [[Daphne Caldera]]. Her specialty is 6-dimensional wave equations, instead of neurology. Caldera's role as the Think Tank survivor who talks to the Doctor is given to [[C. J. Acroteary]]. | * [[A. St. John D. Caldera]] is replaced by a female scientist named [[Daphne Caldera]]. Her specialty is 6-dimensional wave equations, instead of neurology. Caldera's role as the Think Tank survivor who talks to the Doctor is given to [[C. J. Acroteary]]. | ||
* Chris and Clare have more explicit romantic feelings for each other than were conveyed in the previous releases. | * Chris and Clare have more explicit romantic feelings for each other than were conveyed in the previous releases, and end the story [[engage]]d to be [[married]]. | ||
* There is a homosexual subtext to Skagra recruiting [[David Taylor (Shada)|David Taylor]]. The character is given a greater presence than in the original story, thought one that ran differently to the webcast. | * There is a homosexual subtext to Skagra recruiting [[David Taylor (Shada)|David Taylor]]. The character is given a greater presence than in the original story, thought one that ran differently to the webcast. | ||
* When trying to remember Chris's name, Chrontis goes through the alphabet himself with bring prompted by the Doctor and Romana. | * When trying to remember Chris's name, Chrontis goes through the alphabet himself with bring prompted by the Doctor and Romana. | ||
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* [[Bernard Strong]] tries to capture the Sphere before it kills him, as opposed to it ambushing him from behind. | * [[Bernard Strong]] tries to capture the Sphere before it kills him, as opposed to it ambushing him from behind. | ||
* Skagra tells Romana his backstory and [[Thorac]]'s decent to [[Dronid]], rather than she and the Doctor speculating it. | * Skagra tells Romana his backstory and [[Thorac]]'s decent to [[Dronid]], rather than she and the Doctor speculating it. | ||
* The Doctor, Chris and Chronotis relax at an beach on Dronid before they return to Cambridge, where the Doctor tells Chris that ''[[The Worshipful and Ancient Law of Gallifrey ]]'' had manipulated the entire adventure from the start, and reveals that he saved the victims of the Sphere by uploading their minds into clone bodies. Chronotis' escape from Shada is also explained. | |||
* The closing of the novel adds a scene of Chris, Clare and Chronotis being escorted to the police station, and a scene of the Doctor and Romana using the Randomiser in the TARDIS. | * The closing of the novel adds a scene of Chris, Clare and Chronotis being escorted to the police station, and a scene of the Doctor and Romana using the Randomiser in the TARDIS. | ||
