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|featuring= Muriel Frost{{!}}Frost
|featuring= Muriel Frost{{!}}Frost
|featuring2= Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart{{!}}the Brigadier
|featuring2= Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart{{!}}the Brigadier
|enemy= [[Mandragora Helix]]
|enemy= The [[Mandragora Helix]]
|setting = [[London]], [[1999]]  
|setting = [[London]], [[1999]]  
|writer= [[Dan Abnett]]
|writer= [[Dan Abnett]]
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* [[Seventh Doctor]]
* [[Seventh Doctor]]
* [[Ace]]
* [[Ace]]
* [[Muriel Frost|Captain Muriel Frost]]
* [[Captain]] [[Muriel Frost]]
* [[Beanie (The Mark of Mandragora)|Beanie]]
* [[Stranks (The Mark of Mandragora)|Stranks]]
* [[Stranks (The Mark of Mandragora)|Stranks]]
* [[Jasper Bean|Sergeant Jasper Bean]]
* [[Sergeant]] [[Jasper Bean]]
* [[Lynodd (The Mark of Mandragora)|Lynodd]]
* [[Lynodd (The Mark of Mandragora)|Lynodd]]
* [[Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart|Brigadier Alistair Lethbridge-Stewart]]
* [[Brigadier]] [[Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart]]
* [[Magog]]
* [[Locksley]]


== References ==
== References ==
* Throughout the story, a number of epigraphs are contrasted against the events within the panels. These are from: [[Francis Bacon]], ''Essay on Death''; [[William Shakespeare]], ''[[Othello]] ''and ''[[Antony and Cleopatra]]''; [[John Donne]], ''Song ''and [[Alfonso]], King of Castile.
* [[Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart|The Brigadier]] is at a [[Geneva]] summit.
* [[Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart|The Brigadier]] is absent for much of the story as he is at a [[Geneva]] summit.
* [[UNIT]] are trying to negotiate greater powers with the [[UN]].
* [[UNIT]] are trying to negotiate greater powers with the [[UN]].
* By the late [[1990s]], [[London]] had become known as "swinging London" again, having not held the name for thirty years.
* By the late [[1990s]], [[London]] had become known as "swinging London" again, having not held the name for thirty years.
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== Notes ==
== Notes ==
* Throughout the story, a number of epigraphs are contrasted against the events within the panels. These are from: [[Francis Bacon]], ''Essay on Death''; [[William Shakespeare]], ''[[Othello]] ''and ''[[Antony and Cleopatra]]''; [[John Donne]], ''Song''; and [[Alfonso]], King of Castile.
* Ace's earrings are the Starfleet insignia from ''[[Star Trek]]''.
* Ace's earrings are the Starfleet insignia from ''[[Star Trek]]''.
* [[Nicholas Courtney]] gave permission for the use of his likeness in this and the prelude story ''[[Darkness, Falling (comic story)|Darkness, Falling]]'', on the condition that the Brigadier only appeared for a few frames.
* [[Nicholas Courtney]] gave permission for the use of his likeness in this and the prelude story ''[[Darkness, Falling (comic story)|Darkness, Falling]]'', on the condition that the Brigadier only appeared for a few frames.
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== Continuity ==
== Continuity ==
[[File:Magog MarkofMandragora colour.JPG|thumb|"What's left" of Magog.]]
* The Doctor and Ace return to the [[TARDIS control room|secondary console room]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Masque of Mandragora (TV story)|The Masque of Mandragora]]'' et al.)
* The TARDIS features a library of bookcases embedded in its walls. ([[TV]]: ''[[Deep Breath (TV story)|Deep Breath]] ''et al.)
* Ace briefly encounters [[Magog]], last of the [[Malevilus|Malvelius]], still trapped in the Doctor's TARDIS and pleading for release. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Doctor Who and the Iron Legion (comic story)|Doctor Who and the Iron Legion]]'')
* Ace briefly encounters [[Magog]], last of the [[Malevilus|Malvelius]], still trapped in the Doctor's TARDIS and pleading for release. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Doctor Who and the Iron Legion (comic story)|Doctor Who and the Iron Legion]]'')
* M, or [[Mandrake]], is a popular drug amongst teenagers and young adults that first appeared in [[1997]], and is the most important teenage problem in some [[Europe]]an countries, but carries a more malevolent, alien purpose with the Mandragora. The Seventh Doctor later encountered [[cocaine]], or [[SMILE]], in [[1987]], that had become infused with the [[N-Form (Damaged Goods)|N-Forms]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Damaged Goods (novel)|Damaged Goods]]'', [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Damaged Goods (audio story)|Damaged Goods]]'')
* The Brigadier recognises the Seventh Doctor from the "last time [he] saw him" during the [[Carbury Incident]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Battlefield (TV story)|Battlefield]]'')
* The Doctor states that the [[Mandragora Helix]] aligns with [[Earth]] every five centuries. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Masque of Mandragora (TV story)|The Masque of Mandragora]]'') Repercussions of the alignment would be felt in 2009. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Beautiful Chaos (novel)|Beautiful Chaos]]'')
* The Doctor states that the [[Mandragora Helix]] aligns with [[Earth]] every five centuries. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Masque of Mandragora (TV story)|The Masque of Mandragora]]'')  
* Frost states that following the [[Gantac|Gantic]] invasion ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Invaders from Gantac! (comic story)|Invaders from Gantac!]]'') and the [[Avallion|Availlon]] fiasco, ([[TV]]: ''[[Battlefield (TV story)|Battlefield]]'') UNIT have been operating under a greater degree of public transparency, with aliens now a public fact. However, by 2005, public knowledge had diminished. ([[TV]]: ''[[Aliens of London (TV story)|Aliens of London]]'')
* Frost states that UNIT have been operating under a greater degree of public transparency since aliens became a public fact after the [[Gantac|Gantic]] invasion ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Invaders from Gantac! (comic story)|Invaders from Gantac!]]'') and the [[Avallion|Availlon]] fiasco. ([[TV]]: ''[[Battlefield (TV story)|Battlefield]]'')
* Due to UNIT's new public and global position, Frost sows the seeds for the later organisation [[Foreign Hazard Duty]], to operate in a secret position. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Echoes of the Mogor! (comic story)|Echoes of the Mogor!]]'') It is implied that their name originates from the fact Mandrake is classified as a foreign hazard.
* Due to UNIT's new public and global position, Frost sows the seeds for the later organisation [[Foreign Hazard Duty]], to operate in a secret position. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Echoes of the Mogor! (comic story)|Echoes of the Mogor!]]'')
* Frost says that the Brigadier suggested the Doctor could become part of FHD's core team, likely alluding to his previous role of [[scientific advisor]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Spearhead from Space (TV story)|Spearhead from Space]]'' et al.)


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