Continuity
- This story provides a major reason for why the Master had regenerated into his final form when the Fourth Doctor met him in The Deadly Assassin. The reason provided in this novel is that the Master stole a Dalek Superweapon, and with Susan in tow, took his TARDIS to Terserus. However, Susan used the telepathic circuits to overpower the Master, and kicked him out of his TARDIS. He was still clutching the superweapon when Susan shot it with the Tissue Compression Eliminator, causing it to explode. Susan took his TARDIS, and the Master regenerated. Chancellor Goth detected the TARDIS leaving the planet, and found the Master there. From there, the events of The Deadly Assassin take place.
- For Susan, this story is set thirty years after The Dalek Invasion of Earth.
- For the Master, this story is set after Frontier in Space.
- The Doctor recalls seeing Susan as part of 'Rassilon's Game', in The Five Doctors.
- The factory within the Dalek Artefact bears a strong resemblance to the Dalek factory in The Power of the Daleks.
- There's a passing reference to the television film about the Doctor and hospitals (and people trying to kill him in them).
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