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* As befitting the technology of the [[Time Lord|"Gods"]], Box's circuits contain a "non-linear" element in the form of a "[[Synchronicity|synchronised]] [[reversal loop]]", made of "thin strands of artificially-woven [[biodata]]". It is a form of engineered, miniature [[time loop]]. | * As befitting the technology of the [[Time Lord|"Gods"]], Box's circuits contain a "non-linear" element in the form of a "[[Synchronicity|synchronised]] [[reversal loop]]", made of "thin strands of artificially-woven [[biodata]]". It is a form of engineered, miniature [[time loop]]. | ||
* Box also contains a [[chronomium]] [[memory core]]. | * Box also contains a [[chronomium]] [[memory core]]. | ||
* Maxie believes that the [[human]] [[Internet]] "hadn't been invented yet" when Box was first gifted to [[ | * Maxie believes that the [[human]] [[Internet]] "hadn't been invented yet" when Box was first gifted to [[P.R.O.B.E.]]. | ||
* Maxie Masters claims to [[the Greth]] that Box is a [[data-cube]] of the [[Time Lord|Shadow People]]. | * Maxie Masters claims to [[the Greth]] that Box is a [[data-cube]] of the [[Time Lord|Shadow People]]. | ||
=== Other === | === Other === | ||
* The events of the story take place in late [[2019]], beginning in early [[November]] and creeping near to [[December]]. | * The events of the story take place in late [[2019]], beginning in early [[November]] and creeping near to [[December]]. | ||
* The newer members of [[ | * The newer members of [[P.R.O.B.E.]] are baffled by the name of the [[Dr Smith shelf]] because P.R.O.B.E. has never, to their knowledge, employed anyone named Smith. | ||
* One of the items dropped off in P.R.O.B.E.'s custody by [[time travel]]lers in expectation that they would become useful in the [[future]] is a jar full of [[wax]], whose purpose will apparently become apparent in [[2076]]. | * One of the items dropped off in P.R.O.B.E.'s custody by [[time travel]]lers in expectation that they would become useful in the [[future]] is a jar full of [[wax]], whose purpose will apparently become apparent in [[2076]]. | ||
* Protocol states that items must not be taken off the [[Dr Smith shelf]] except in a [[triple-Z-class emergency]]. | * Protocol states that items must not be taken off the [[Dr Smith shelf]] except in a [[triple-Z-class emergency]]. | ||
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* The "Gods of Gendar" are also referred to as the [[Sun Builder]]s ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Going Once, Going Twice (short story)|Going Once, Going Twice]]'', [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Sabbath and the King (audio story)|Sabbath and the King]]'') and as "the Shadow People", with their base sometimes being known as simply "the [[Base of Operations]]". ([[PROSE]]: ''[[A Bright White Crack (short story)|A Bright White Crack]]'') Their leader held the title of [[Supreme Being]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[From Wildthyme with Love (novel)|From Wildthyme with Love]]'') | * The "Gods of Gendar" are also referred to as the [[Sun Builder]]s ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Going Once, Going Twice (short story)|Going Once, Going Twice]]'', [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Sabbath and the King (audio story)|Sabbath and the King]]'') and as "the Shadow People", with their base sometimes being known as simply "the [[Base of Operations]]". ([[PROSE]]: ''[[A Bright White Crack (short story)|A Bright White Crack]]'') Their leader held the title of [[Supreme Being]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[From Wildthyme with Love (novel)|From Wildthyme with Love]]'') | ||
* The Gendar religion where the Sun Builders are cast as benevolent gods also include "[[Bogeyman|bogeymen]]" who are "[[The Enemy|furred, fell things]] of [[Original Mammoth|tusks]] and [[Vampire|fangs]] and [[Cernunnos|antlers]]". ([[PROSE]]: ''[[A Bloody (And Public) Domaine (short story)|A Bloody (And Public) Domaine]]'', ''[[Cobweb and Ivory (short story)|Cobweb and Ivory]]'') | * The Gendar religion where the Sun Builders are cast as benevolent gods also include "[[Bogeyman|bogeymen]]" who are "[[The Enemy|furred, fell things]] of [[Original Mammoth|tusks]] and [[Vampire|fangs]] and [[Cernunnos|antlers]]". ([[PROSE]]: ''[[A Bloody (And Public) Domaine (short story)|A Bloody (And Public) Domaine]]'', ''[[Cobweb and Ivory (short story)|Cobweb and Ivory]]'') | ||
* [[ | * [[P.R.O.B.E.]] deal with [[space barnacle]]s who ended up on [[Earth]] due to a [[Time rift|space-time rift]] and need to be corralled back into the rift. | ||
* P.R.O.B.E investigate mine shafts in [[Bedfordshire]], which Box realises are temporal echoes of a future digging operation, rather than remains of a past one. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[A Bloody (And Public) Domaine (short story)|A Bloody (And Public) Domaine]]'', [[TV]]: ''[[The Dalek Invasion of Earth (TV story)|The Dalek Invasion of Earth]]'') | * P.R.O.B.E investigate mine shafts in [[Bedfordshire]], which Box realises are temporal echoes of a future digging operation, rather than remains of a past one. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[A Bloody (And Public) Domaine (short story)|A Bloody (And Public) Domaine]]'', [[TV]]: ''[[The Dalek Invasion of Earth (TV story)|The Dalek Invasion of Earth]]'') | ||
* [[The Greth]] recognises that some of the human members of P.R.O.B.E., especially [[Azacca Dixon|Az]], possess "a little [[witch-blood]]". ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Book of the War (novel)|The Book of the War]]'', [[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Eleven Day Empire (audio story)|The Eleven Day Empire]]'') | * [[The Greth]] recognises that some of the human members of P.R.O.B.E., especially [[Azacca Dixon|Az]], possess "a little [[witch-blood]]". ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Book of the War (novel)|The Book of the War]]'', [[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Eleven Day Empire (audio story)|The Eleven Day Empire]]'') | ||
