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* Almost every voice actor in this play performs multiple roles, typically a "real" individual with some connection to Martin Bannister and said person's ''Doctor Who'' counterpart in Martin Bannister's imagination. Of the two actors whose characters who do not have direct counterparts in Martin Bannister's imaginary version of ''Doctor Who'' , [[Ian Brooker]], as well as voicing [[Sydney (Deadline)|Sydney the ''Juliet Bravo'' fan]], voices [[Sydney Newman (Deadline)|Martin Bannister's imagined version of Sydney Newman]], as well as the [[Supreme One (Deadline)|Supreme One]], leaving [[Adam Manning]] as [[Tom Bannister]] the only member of this story's cast who is not required to "double up" at any point. | * Almost every voice actor in this play performs multiple roles, typically a "real" individual with some connection to Martin Bannister and said person's ''Doctor Who'' counterpart in Martin Bannister's imagination. Of the two actors whose characters who do not have direct counterparts in Martin Bannister's imaginary version of ''Doctor Who'' , [[Ian Brooker]], as well as voicing [[Sydney (Deadline)|Sydney the ''Juliet Bravo'' fan]], voices [[Sydney Newman (Deadline)|Martin Bannister's imagined version of Sydney Newman]], as well as the [[Supreme One (Deadline)|Supreme One]], leaving [[Adam Manning]] as [[Tom Bannister]] the only member of this story's cast who is not required to "double up" at any point. | ||
* This story is largely allegorical for both early ''[[Doctor Who]]'' and [[Robert Shearman]]'s own career. | * This story is largely allegorical for both early ''[[Doctor Who]]'' and [[Robert Shearman]]'s own career. | ||
* There are references to the elements of the television stories ''[[An Unearthly Child (TV story)|An Unearthly Child]]'' and ''[[The Daleks (TV story)|The Daleks]]'', as well as ''[[The Masters of Luxor (TV story)|The Masters of Luxor]]'', an unmade serial from [[Season 1]] which was later produced in audio drama form by [[Big Finish Productions]] as ''[[The Masters of Luxor (audio story)|The Masters of Luxor]]''. | * There are references to the elements of the television stories ''[[An Unearthly Child (TV story)|An Unearthly Child]]'' and ''[[The Daleks (TV story)|The Daleks]]'', as well as ''[[The Masters of Luxor (TV story)|The Masters of Luxor]]'', an unmade serial from [[Season 1 (Doctor Who 1963)|Season 1]] which was later produced in audio drama form by [[Big Finish Productions]] as ''[[The Masters of Luxor (audio story)|The Masters of Luxor]]''. | ||
* There are many similarities between this story and ''[[Auld Mortality (audio story)|Auld Mortality]]'', another audio drama in the Unbound series. Both stories are about a struggling writer penning stories about travels in time and space as the Doctor, and being reunited with a family member as they begin to get fiction and reality confused. They also both feature alternate versions of the [[First Doctor]]. However, in ''Auld Mortality'', the main character actually was the Doctor, whereas [[Martin Bannister]] just believes himself to be. In a way, this story could be seen as a dark parody of the other. This story's ending is a dark mirror of that story's, with Martin believing himself to be leaving in [[The Doctor's TARDIS|the TARDIS]] with [[Susan (Deadline)|Susan]], as the Doctor did in this story, as he in reality suffocates to death in a wardrobe. The TARDIS being disguised as a wardrobe is also mentioned in ''Auld Mortality'' as a theoretical possibly. | * There are many similarities between this story and ''[[Auld Mortality (audio story)|Auld Mortality]]'', another audio drama in the Unbound series. Both stories are about a struggling writer penning stories about travels in time and space as the Doctor, and being reunited with a family member as they begin to get fiction and reality confused. They also both feature alternate versions of the [[First Doctor]]. However, in ''Auld Mortality'', the main character actually was the Doctor, whereas [[Martin Bannister]] just believes himself to be. In a way, this story could be seen as a dark parody of the other. This story's ending is a dark mirror of that story's, with Martin believing himself to be leaving in [[The Doctor's TARDIS|the TARDIS]] with [[Susan (Deadline)|Susan]], as the Doctor did in this story, as he in reality suffocates to death in a wardrobe. The TARDIS being disguised as a wardrobe is also mentioned in ''Auld Mortality'' as a theoretical possibly. | ||
* The story was reissued in the audio anthology ''[[Unbound: 1 - 8 Collected|Unbound: 1-8 Collected]]'' in [[September (releases)|September]] [[2022 (releases)|2022]]. | * The story was reissued in the audio anthology ''[[Unbound: 1 - 8 Collected|Unbound: 1-8 Collected]]'' in [[September (releases)|September]] [[2022 (releases)|2022]]. | ||
