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* Doctor Anthony Ridge has a brother called John, a reference to Dr John Ridge in ''Doomwatch''. | * Doctor Anthony Ridge has a brother called John, a reference to Dr John Ridge in ''Doomwatch''. | ||
*The stories predate the 1968 story ''The Invasion'', and Professor Watkins is featured in ''The Synthetic Man'', detailing his first encounter with Tobias Vaughn and Packer. | *The stories predate the 1968 story ''The Invasion'', and Professor Watkins is featured in ''The Synthetic Man'', detailing his first encounter with Tobias Vaughn and Packer. | ||
*Banks goes undercover as a [[South Africa|South African]] mercenary called Van Hereden, pretending he assisted the | *Banks goes undercover as a [[South Africa|South African]] mercenary called Van Hereden, pretending he assisted the failed 1966 coup in the [[Congo]]. He took the name from a pulp novel he'd read. | ||
*As "Van Hereden", Banks claims to have worked for {{w|Marien Ngouabi}}'s paratroopers. | |||
*At the end of the book, the alternate timeline is called "[[The Dark Dimension (TV story)|the dark dimension]]". | *At the end of the book, the alternate timeline is called "[[The Dark Dimension (TV story)|the dark dimension]]". | ||
== Notes == | == Notes == | ||
*Stone says it is 8th April 1967 in ''The Damocles Project''. In ''The Synthetic Man'', the Congo | *Stone says it is 8th April 1967 in ''The Damocles Project''. In ''The Synthetic Man'', the "attempted revolution" in the Congo, happening in the summer of 1966, is inaccurately dated to "only a few weeks ago". | ||
* The book comprises of four short stories. The first three are interlinked. The fourth story is an unpublished 'lost' ''Lethbridge-Stewart'' story, Originally planned as a free on-line story via the Candy Jar Books website, it was held back when it was realised the theme of the Brigadier being imprisoned clashed with the plot of their book ''Mind Of Stone.'' | * The book comprises of four short stories. The first three are interlinked. The fourth story is an unpublished 'lost' ''Lethbridge-Stewart'' story, Originally planned as a free on-line story via the Candy Jar Books website, it was held back when it was realised the theme of the Brigadier being imprisoned clashed with the plot of their book ''Mind Of Stone.'' | ||
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== Continuity == | == Continuity == | ||
* The empty village and Mr Quebec had previously appeared in Tom Dexter's [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Cult of the Grinning Man (short story)|The Cult of the Grinning Man]]'', working for the army. That story was set in May 1969. | |||
* Grubber's Moles retrieved technology from the [[Shoreditch Incident]] ([[TV]]: ''[[Remembrance of the Daleks (TV story)|Remembrance of the Daleks]]'') and the [[Post Office Tower]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The War Machines (TV story)|The War Machines]]'') | * Grubber's Moles retrieved technology from the [[Shoreditch Incident]] ([[TV]]: ''[[Remembrance of the Daleks (TV story)|Remembrance of the Daleks]]'') and the [[Post Office Tower]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The War Machines (TV story)|The War Machines]]'') | ||
* The third story shows the abduction of [[Watkins|Professor Watkins]] by Vaughn. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Invasion (TV story)|The Invasion]]'') | * The third story shows the abduction of [[Watkins|Professor Watkins]] by Vaughn. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Invasion (TV story)|The Invasion]]'') | ||
