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* The introduction to part two compares the authenticity of Susan's journal to that of {{w|Hitler Diaries}} while the last line of the column jokingly teases that ''The Secret Diary of [[Adric]], aged 13'' is forthcoming in the [[DWM 325|next issue]]. | * The introduction to part two compares the authenticity of Susan's journal to that of {{w|Hitler Diaries}} while the last line of the column jokingly teases that ''The Secret Diary of [[Adric]], aged 13'' is forthcoming in the [[DWM 325|next issue]]. | ||
* This story dates the final scene of {{cs|The Dalek Invasion of Earth (TV story)}} to [[26 December]] [[2164]], exactly two hundred years after its real world first broadcast. Furthermore, Susan is [[Kidnapping|kidnapped]] and taken to the [[Death Zone]] on [[25 November]], the date that {{cs|The Five Doctors (TV story)}} was transmitted in the [[United Kingdom]]. | * This story dates the final scene of {{cs|The Dalek Invasion of Earth (TV story)}} to [[26 December]] [[2164]], exactly two hundred years after its real world first broadcast. Furthermore, Susan is [[Kidnapping|kidnapped]] and taken to the [[Death Zone]] on [[25 November]], the date that {{cs|The Five Doctors (TV story)}} was transmitted in the [[United Kingdom]]. | ||
* The framing device of a humorous secret diary would appear in numerous ''[[Doctor Who Magazine]]'' fictions following this one, namely {{cs|The Secret Diary of the Master (short story)}} and entries in the series ''[[The Blogs of Doom]]''. In many ways, ''The Susan Diaries'' is played more straight than these later stories, never contradicting details of the original television stories it reveals the secret undersides of. | |||
== Continuity == | == Continuity == | ||
