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* [[Ronnie (The Analysis Bureau)|Ronnie]] | * [[Ronnie (The Analysis Bureau)|Ronnie]] | ||
== | == Worldbuilding == | ||
* Amelia Stone was friends with a performer named David Jones, the birth name of {{w|David Bowie}}. | * Amelia Stone was friends with a performer named David Jones, the birth name of {{w|David Bowie}}. | ||
* Mr Quebec is implied to have taken the blame for the events of [[Background (DWPM 7 short story)|the original ''Quatermass'' story]]. Grubber was arrested for stealing fragments of a capsule at [[Knightsbridge]], referencing ''{{w|Quatermass and the Pit}}''. | * Mr Quebec is implied to have taken the blame for the events of [[Background (DWPM 7 short story)|the original ''Quatermass'' story]]. Grubber was arrested for stealing fragments of a capsule at [[Knightsbridge]], referencing ''{{w|Quatermass and the Pit}}''. | ||
* Mr Quebec refers to "Dr Quist's team", "Sir Michael Gerrard", and "the Ministry of Research" as other people who could investigate in Incident Two. Quist was the lead of the 1970s show ''[[Doomwatch]]''. Sir Michael was the lead in mid-60s show ''{{w|R3_(TV_series)|R3}}'' about a unit working for a Ministry of Research. | * Mr Quebec refers to "Dr Quist's team", "Sir Michael Gerrard", and "the Ministry of Research" as other people who could investigate in Incident Two. Quist was the lead of the 1970s show ''[[Doomwatch]]''. Sir Michael was the lead in mid-60s show ''{{w|R3_(TV_series)|R3}}'' about a unit working for a Ministry of Research. | ||
* 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 | * Banks goes undercover as a [[South Africa]]n 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. | * 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]]". | ||
*In the alternate timeline, [[World War II]] was fought by [[Neville Chamberlain]] (with [[Winston Churchill]] unknown by Travers) against [[Josef Stalin]] and the [[Soviet Union]], while Hitler was shot the day the war started. The British Rocket Group later made a publicly successful rocket launch in 1952, making Travers and Quebec famous. An excavated dinosaur skeleton at Christmas 1960 caused a "near riot". In the late Sixties, a fascist group called the Esteem Party looked set to take over the country with internment camps for IQs under 110 and class segregation, before an unnamed figure replaced each Esteem MP with his own men, then sent a militia to burn down Parliament. | * In the alternate timeline, [[World War II]] was fought by [[Neville Chamberlain]] (with [[Winston Churchill]] unknown by Travers) against [[Josef Stalin]] and the [[Soviet Union]], while Hitler was shot the day the war started. The British Rocket Group later made a publicly successful rocket launch in 1952, making Travers and Quebec famous. An excavated dinosaur skeleton at Christmas 1960 caused a "near riot". In the late Sixties, a fascist group called the Esteem Party looked set to take over the country with internment camps for IQs under 110 and class segregation, before an unnamed figure replaced each Esteem MP with his own men, then sent a militia to burn down Parliament. | ||
== Notes == | == Notes == | ||
*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". | * 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.'' | ||
