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* More detail is given on the background of [[Morton Dill|Morton C. Dill]]: clumsy, always speaking without thinking and not the sort of person many people wish to know, he was nicknamed 'Dill the Pill' in school for being rather hard to take. After explaining to two guards in the [[Empire State Building]] about his encounter with the TARDIS crew and the Dalek, he was locked up in the [[Newman Rehabilitation Clinic]] in [[1967]] where he became a permanent resident. The Dalek decides against killing him because it considers it a far worse fate for the human race to allow him to live. | * More detail is given on the background of [[Morton Dill|Morton C. Dill]]: clumsy, always speaking without thinking and not the sort of person many people wish to know, he was nicknamed 'Dill the Pill' in school for being rather hard to take. After explaining to two guards in the [[Empire State Building]] about his encounter with the TARDIS crew and the Dalek, he was locked up in the [[Newman Rehabilitation Clinic]] in [[1967]] where he became a permanent resident. The Dalek decides against killing him because it considers it a far worse fate for the human race to allow him to live. | ||
* The crew of the ''[[Mary Celeste]]'' are all named. Additionally, while the Daleks scare the whole crew off the ship in the televised version, here one crew member is killed. Ian and Barbara discuss the matter further, wondering if the death of the crew was their fault since they led the Daleks there or if it was an [[Fixed point|inevitable fact of history]]. Ian notes that Barbara once tried to change the history of the [[Aztec]]s but failed. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Aztecs (TV story)|The Aztecs]]'') | * The crew of the ''[[Mary Celeste]]'' are all named. Additionally, while the Daleks scare the whole crew off the ship in the televised version, here one crew member is killed. Ian and Barbara discuss the matter further, wondering if the death of the crew was their fault since they led the Daleks there or if it was an [[Fixed point|inevitable fact of history]]. Ian notes that Barbara once tried to change the history of the [[Aztec]]s but failed. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Aztecs (TV story)|The Aztecs]]'') | ||
* The battle between the Daleks and the [[funfair]] [[robot]]s results in two Dalek casualties instead of one - one has its [[Dalek Eyestalk|eyestalk]] ripped off by [[Dracula (robot)|Dracula]] and the other is launched down the stairs by [[Frankenstein (robot)|Frankenstein's monster]]. Both of | * The battle between the Daleks and the [[funfair]] [[robot]]s results in two Dalek casualties instead of one - one has its [[Dalek Eyestalk|eyestalk]] ripped off by [[Dracula (robot)|Dracula]] and the other is launched down the stairs by [[Frankenstein (robot)|Frankenstein's monster]]. Both of the Daleks explode. One explosion damages Dracula, exposing his robotic components. One Dalek blast intended for the Doctor and Ian also sets a curtain on [[fire]], bathing the room in a red light. The [[Grey Lady]] is omitted entirely from the novelisation. | ||
*The location of the haunted house is not the [[Festival of Ghana]] in 1996 as in the televised version, but present day Battersea Funfair. | *The location of the haunted house is not the [[Festival of Ghana]] in 1996 as in the televised version, but present day Battersea Funfair. | ||
* Steven lists the [[Human-Draconian War|conflict]] fought against the [[Draconian Empire]] and the [[Third Dalek War]] as factors which put an end to [[Earth Empire|Earth's]] expansionist phase. The [[Draconian]]s were not introduced on TV until ''[[Frontier in Space (TV story)|Frontier in Space]]'' during the [[Third Doctor]]'s era. A conflict known as the [[Second Dalek War]] would play a large role in future stories such as ''[[Love and War (novel)|Love and War]]'', ''[[Return of the Living Dad (novel)|Return of the Living Dad]]'', ''[[Deceit (novel)|Deceit]]'', ''[[Abslom Daak... Dalek Killer (comic story)|Abslom Daak... Dalek Killer]]'' and ''[[Prisoner of the Daleks (novel)|Prisoner of the Daleks]]''; a Third Dalek War would only be referenced in the Virgin New Adventures, ''[[Lucifer Rising (novel)|Lucifer Rising]]'' and ''[[Sky Pirates! (novel)|Sky Pirates!]]'', as well as ''[[The Match of the Daleks (short story)|The Match of the Daleks]]'', a [[Doctor Who: Battles in Time Dalek Wars|Dalek Wars]] story from [[DWBIT 55|Issue 55]] of ''[[Doctor Who: Battles in Time]]'' magazine. | * Steven lists the [[Human-Draconian War|conflict]] fought against the [[Draconian Empire]] and the [[Third Dalek War]] as factors which put an end to [[Earth Empire|Earth's]] expansionist phase. The [[Draconian]]s were not introduced on TV until ''[[Frontier in Space (TV story)|Frontier in Space]]'' during the [[Third Doctor]]'s era. A conflict known as the [[Second Dalek War]] would play a large role in future stories such as ''[[Love and War (novel)|Love and War]]'', ''[[Return of the Living Dad (novel)|Return of the Living Dad]]'', ''[[Deceit (novel)|Deceit]]'', ''[[Abslom Daak... Dalek Killer (comic story)|Abslom Daak... Dalek Killer]]'' and ''[[Prisoner of the Daleks (novel)|Prisoner of the Daleks]]''; a Third Dalek War would only be referenced in the Virgin New Adventures, ''[[Lucifer Rising (novel)|Lucifer Rising]]'' and ''[[Sky Pirates! (novel)|Sky Pirates!]]'', as well as ''[[The Match of the Daleks (short story)|The Match of the Daleks]]'', a [[Doctor Who: Battles in Time Dalek Wars|Dalek Wars]] story from [[DWBIT 55|Issue 55]] of ''[[Doctor Who: Battles in Time]]'' magazine. | ||
