Continuity
- Halflife is one of the few books since the Doctor lost his memories after The Ancestor Cell to provide some justification for his failure to try to regain them. The novel suggests that it is because the Doctor is afraid that he may not like the person he turns out to be, although the later book The Gallifrey Chronicles states that this is untrue, and the Doctor implanted an imperative inside himself not to restore his memories for other reasons.
- The society of Espero is entirely non-Caucasian, with the Doctor, Fitz and Trix being the only white characters in the novel. Halflife is the only BBC produced Doctor Who novel where this is the case.
- The novel suggests that the events of Heritage and The Colony of Lies take place within the same period of history, although the dates given in Heritage directly contradict this. The Doctor Who Reference Guide suggests that the planet Heritage was using a non-standard dating system.
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