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* This is the first audio drama released in the main range to feature the Seventh Doctor and Ace travelling alone since ''[[The Rapture (audio story)|The Rapture]]'' in September 2002. | * This is the first audio drama released in the main range to feature the Seventh Doctor and Ace travelling alone since ''[[The Rapture (audio story)|The Rapture]]'' in September 2002. | ||
* The circumstances surrounding Stephen Mulryne's affair with Amanda Caulfield are based on the {{w|Profumo Affair}}. | * The circumstances surrounding Stephen Mulryne's affair with Amanda Caulfield are based on the {{w|Profumo Affair}}. | ||
* When Sir Francis White threatens him by calling him a "dead man," the Doctor says, "You may very well think that but I couldn't possibly comment." This is a reference to {{w|Francis Urquhart}}'s most famous line from the political thriller {{wi|House of Cards ( | * When Sir Francis White threatens him by calling him a "dead man," the Doctor says, "You may very well think that but I couldn't possibly comment." This is a reference to {{w|Francis Urquhart}}'s most famous line from the political thriller {{wi|House of Cards (British TV series)|House of Cards}}. | ||
* Rachel's comment that the ''Bond'' films "aren't exactly [her] thing" may be an in-joke referring to the fact that [[Pamela Salem]] played {{w|Miss Moneypenny}} in the unofficial ''Bond'' film {{wi|Never Say Never Again}} in 1983. | * Rachel's comment that the ''Bond'' films "aren't exactly [her] thing" may be an in-joke referring to the fact that [[Pamela Salem]] played {{w|Miss Moneypenny}} in the unofficial ''Bond'' film {{wi|Never Say Never Again}} in 1983. | ||
* The identity of the [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom]] is never given in the story. In reality, the Prime Minister in November 1963 was [[Alec Douglas-Home]], who served in that position from 18 October 1963 to 16 October 1964. He was previously mentioned in [[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Pelage Project (audio story)|The Pelage Project]]'' and [[AUDIO]]: ''[[State of Emergency (audio story)|State of Emergency]]''. | * The identity of the [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom]] is never given in the story. In reality, the Prime Minister in November 1963 was [[Alec Douglas-Home]], who served in that position from 18 October 1963 to 16 October 1964. He was previously mentioned in [[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Pelage Project (audio story)|The Pelage Project]]'' and [[AUDIO]]: ''[[State of Emergency (audio story)|State of Emergency]]''. | ||
