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* Nyssa would later encounter the Fifth Doctor in her mind shortly before his regeneration into the [[Sixth Doctor]]. ([[BFA]]: ''[[Winter (audio story)|Winter]]'') Later still in her personal timeline, she would meet the [[Fourth Doctor]] in [[35th century|3488]] ([[PDA]]: ''[[Asylum (novel)|Asylum]]'') and subsequently re-joined the Fifth Doctor as one of his companions <span style="font-style: normal; ">(</span>[[BFA]]<span style="font-style: normal; ">: </span>''[[Cobwebs]]''<span style="font-style: normal; ">)</span>. From the Doctor's perspective, both of these events have already happened. | * Nyssa would later encounter the Fifth Doctor in her mind shortly before his regeneration into the [[Sixth Doctor]]. ([[BFA]]: ''[[Winter (audio story)|Winter]]'') Later still in her personal timeline, she would meet the [[Fourth Doctor]] in [[35th century|3488]] ([[PDA]]: ''[[Asylum (novel)|Asylum]]'') and subsequently re-joined the Fifth Doctor as one of his companions <span style="font-style: normal; ">(</span>[[BFA]]<span style="font-style: normal; ">: </span>''[[Cobwebs]]''<span style="font-style: normal; ">)</span>. From the Doctor's perspective, both of these events have already happened. | ||
* This is the Doctor's first encounter with each of his companions since they left the TARDIS. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Chase]]'', [[DW]]: ''[[The Daleks' Master Plan]]'', [[DW]]: ''[[The Savages]]'', [[DW]]: ''[[The Faceless Ones]]'', [[DW]]: ''[[Terminus (TV story)|Terminus]]'') With the exception of Nyssa, they do not know that the Doctor is a [[Time Lord]] nor are they familiar with the concept of [[regeneration]]. Even Polly, who witnessed the Doctor's regeneration into his [[Second Doctor|second incarnation]], remains uncertain of the process. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Tenth Planet]]'') | * This is the Doctor's first encounter with each of his companions since they left the TARDIS. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Chase]]'', [[DW]]: ''[[The Daleks' Master Plan]]'', [[DW]]: ''[[The Savages]]'', [[DW]]: ''[[The Faceless Ones]]'', [[DW]]: ''[[Terminus (TV story)|Terminus]]'') With the exception of Nyssa, they do not know that the Doctor is a [[Time Lord]] nor are they familiar with the concept of [[regeneration]]. Even Polly, who witnessed the Doctor's regeneration into his [[Second Doctor|second incarnation]], remains uncertain of the process. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Tenth Planet]]'') | ||
* The Doctor tells Ian that he had | * The Doctor tells Ian that he had intended to visit him several months earlier. This is a reference to the original plans for [[DW]]: ''[[Mawdryn Undead]]'' which had envisaged Ian taking the part ultimately allocated to [[Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart|Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart]]. | ||
* Ian has gone out of retirement to take up teaching again and is married to [[Barbara Wright]]. Polly is married to [[Ben Jackson]]. This would appear to contradict [[ST]]: ''[[Mondas Passing]]'', in which they are said to have both married other people, as well as [[CC]]: ''[[The Forbidden Time]]'', in which Polly states that they saw each other only occasionally. | * Ian has gone out of retirement to take up teaching again and is married to [[Barbara Wright]]. Polly is married to [[Ben Jackson]]. This would appear to contradict [[ST]]: ''[[Mondas Passing]]'', in which they are said to have both married other people, as well as [[CC]]: ''[[The Forbidden Time]]'', in which Polly states that they saw each other only occasionally. | ||
* Polly sarcastically | * Polly sarcastically claims that making [[coffee]] was usually her main contribution to the proceedings. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Tenth Planet]]'', [[DW]]: ''[[The Moonbase]]'') | ||
* The Doctor refers to Polly challenging the [[Cyber-Leader]] [[Krail]] in the [[Snowcap]] in [[December]] [[1986]] ([[DW]]: ''[[The Tenth Planet]]'') and destroying a squadron of [[Cyberman (Mondas)|Cybermen]] on the [[Moonbase]] in [[2070]] ([[DW]]: ''[[The Moonbase]]''). | * The Doctor refers to Polly challenging the [[Cyber-Leader]] [[Krail]] in the [[Snowcap]] in [[December]] [[1986]] ([[DW]]: ''[[The Tenth Planet]]'') and destroying a squadron of [[Cyberman (Mondas)|Cybermen]] on the [[Moonbase]] in [[2070]] ([[DW]]: ''[[The Moonbase]]''). | ||
* Commander Skaal refers to the [[Sontaran invasion of Gallifrey]]. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Invasion of Time]]'') | * Commander Skaal refers to the [[Sontaran invasion of Gallifrey]]. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Invasion of Time]]'') | ||
* The Doctor tells his former companions that, after being returned to their respective native eras by the Time Lords, their memories of their experiences in the alternative Death Zone may be hazy. This could account for the fact that [[Sarah Jane Smith]] did not remember the events of [[DW]]: ''[[The Five Doctors]]'' when she was reunited with the Doctor, then in his [[Tenth Doctor|tenth incarnation]], in [[DW]]: ''[[School Reunion]]''. | * The Doctor tells his former companions that, after being returned to their respective native eras by the Time Lords, their memories of their experiences in the alternative Death Zone may be hazy. This could account for the fact that [[Sarah Jane Smith]] did not remember the events of [[DW]]: ''[[The Five Doctors]]'' when she was reunited with the Doctor, then in his [[Tenth Doctor|tenth incarnation]], in [[DW]]: ''[[School Reunion]]''. | ||
* The fact that Ian is an elderly man would seem to disprove the rumour that he and Barbara have not aged since the [[1960s]]. ([[SJA]]: ''[[Death of the Doctor]]'') | |||
== [[Fifth Doctor - Timeline|Timeline]] == | == [[Fifth Doctor - Timeline|Timeline]] == | ||
