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** The first scenes on Telos are moved to immediately prior the TARDIS's arrival in the tombs. | ** The first scenes on Telos are moved to immediately prior the TARDIS's arrival in the tombs. | ||
** Several sequences are also streamlined or outright removed. The opening with sewer workers, Bill and David, is omitted. As is the cliffhanger to the end of "Part One" featuring Peri. | ** Several sequences are also streamlined or outright removed. The opening with sewer workers, Bill and David, is omitted. As is the cliffhanger to the end of "Part One" featuring Peri. | ||
* | * Charles Windsor "Charlie" Griffiths was named after [[Charles III|Prince Charles]]. He lacked a father and started shoplifting at a young age to help her out, being caught at the age of eleven due to his choice to repeatedly rob the same department store. He was labelled a recidivist by a criminal psychologist at the age of twenty-one and, by the age of thirty-two, had spent eight years and seven months in prison. He lived off of Social Security and loans from his mother, whom he lived with, before meeting Lytton, whose successful criminal adventures he began assisting with. Becoming rich meant that he was able to help his mother and also built his self-esteem. | ||
* Further changes to names include [[Eregous Bates]] and [[Lintus Stratton]], whose personalities are swapped for the novelisation. In addition, Bates is a native of [[Hatre Sedtry]] in the star system known as [[Repton's Cluster]] and Stratton is given the rank of Flight Leader. | |||
* Lytton's contact among the Cryons, [[Threst]], is renamed Thrust. | |||
* Payne is given the first name Joe and Russell is given the first name of Vincent. | |||
* Further changes to names include [[Eregous Bates]] and [[Lintus Stratton]], whose personalities are swapped for the novelisation. | |||
* Both Lytton and Griffiths are aware of Russell's role as an undercover policeman. | * Both Lytton and Griffiths are aware of Russell's role as an undercover policeman. | ||
* Griffiths kills a Cyberman in the sewers with a machine gun, rather than a pistol. | * Griffiths kills a Cyberman in the sewers with a machine gun, rather than a pistol. | ||
* The Doctor's characterisation is softened further from his televised depiction. He reassures Peri at multiple points that he's aware of his instability, but won't let it cloud his judgement. | * The Doctor's characterisation is softened further from his televised depiction. He reassures Peri at multiple points that he's aware of his instability, but won't let it cloud his judgement. | ||
* The novelisation provides several new details about the Cybermen and their methods. The process of conversion is described as "cybernisation" and uses a silver metal known as [[Arnickleton|arnickelton]] to replace limbs. Much like their ''[[Revenge of the Cybermen (TV story)|Revenge of the Cybermen]]'' counterparts, the only organic component that remains is a processed brain. | * The novelisation provides several new details about the Cybermen and their methods. The process of conversion is described as "cybernisation" and uses a silver metal known as [[Arnickleton|arnickelton]] to replace limbs. Much like their ''[[Revenge of the Cybermen (TV story)|Revenge of the Cybermen]]'' counterparts, the only organic component that remains is a processed brain. | ||
* Payne is killed by his chain-smoking habit. When he bluffs that someone is following the gang in the tunnel, he secretly hides away to light up another cigarette. Alone, he is easily killed by a patrolling Cyberman. | * Payne is killed by his chain-smoking habit, which earned him the nickname "Coffin Nail Joe". When he bluffs that someone is following the gang in the tunnel, he secretly hides away to light up another cigarette. Alone, he is easily killed by a patrolling Cyberman. | ||
* It's noted that the loot assembled from Lytton's robberies constructed a distress beacon capable of transmitting through "the gaps in the space/time continuum". Among the beacon's assembly is a stolen laser machine. | * It's noted that the loot assembled from Lytton's robberies constructed a distress beacon capable of transmitting through "the gaps in the space/time continuum". Among the beacon's assembly is a stolen laser machine. | ||
* Peri initially tries to bluff Russell with her stolen revolver. Seeing the knife at the Doctor's throat, she relents and drops the weapon. | * Peri initially tries to bluff Russell with her stolen revolver. Seeing the knife at the Doctor's throat, she relents and drops the weapon. | ||
