The Iytean Menace (game): Difference between revisions

* It is mentioned that [[Gallifrey]] has records of two visits [[the Doctor]] made to [[Victorian]] [[London]]: one in [[1867]] when he was "tricked there by the [[Dalek]]s", referencing the events of ''Doctor Who'' [[Season 4|season four]] serial ''[[The Evil of the Daleks (TV story)|The Evil of the Daleks]]'', and the other when he confronted [[49th century]]-based [[time travel]]ler [[Magnus Greel]], then posing as the [[China|Chinese]] [[deity]] [[Weng Chiang]], in [[1889]], referencing the [[season 14|season fourteen]] serial ''[[The Talons of Weng-Chiang (TV story)|The Talons of Weng-Chiang]]''.

* The [[Iytean]]s' biology is compared to that of the [[Rutan Collectivity]], as first mentioned in the [[season 11|season eleven]] serial ''[[The Time Warrior (TV story)|The Time Warrior]]'' and subsequently featured in the [[season 15|season fifteen]] serial ''[[Horror of Fang Rock (TV story)|Horror of Fang Rock]]''. The Rutans and [[Sontaran]]s are also mentioned as having wiped out a number of smal Iytean colony-worlds following the destruction of the better part of the Iytean Confederacy in the [[Anar-Isari wars]].

* [[Volusa]]'s backstory is as the "only son" of [[Castellan]] [[Kelner]], who resigned in disgrace from the [[Citadel Guard]] after the reveal of his father's treachery in the [[Sontaran invasion of Gallifrey|Sontaran/Vardan invasion of Gallifrey]], as recounted in the season fifteen ''[[The Invasion of Time (TV story)|The Invasion of Time]]''.

* Two of [[Rollo]]'s possible [[companion]]s are natives of the [[Earth Empire]], a recurring element of future ''[[Doctor Who]]'' worldbuilding which was first established in the [[season 1|season one]] serial ''[[The Sensorites (TV story)|The Sensorites]]''. [[Erin Grant]], native to the [[29th century]], is familiar with the [[Dalek]]s and lost many friends to them; the Earth Empire was shown in conflict with the Daleks in the [[Second Dalek War]] in the [[season 10|season ten]] serial ''[[Frontier in Space (TV story)|Frontier in Space]]'' in the [[26th century]].

* [[Rowella]] reappeared in the novel ''[[CIA File Extracts (novel)|CIA File Extracts]]'', a book with tied in with ''[[The Doctor Who Role Playing Game]]'' and shared [[J. Andrew Keith|a writer]] with ''The Iytean Menace''.

* The [[Isari]] were later mentioned in the BBC novel ''[[The Infinity Doctors (novel)|The Infinity Doctors]]'' and ''[[The Bloodletters (novel)|The Bloodletters]]''. The former revealed that their [[Anar-Isari wars|two-thousand-year-long war]] had been masterminded by [[General]] [[Sontar (The Infinity Doctors)|Sontar]] to advantage the [[Sontaran]]s.