Continuity
- This book was published before Martha Jones' television debut (March 31, 2007 in "Smith and Jones"), making Made of Steel the character's first appearance in officially licensed material.
- This book reveals that Adeola Oshodi, a character played by Freema Agyeman in the episode "Army of Ghosts" before she was cast as Martha, is Martha's cousin. This was confirmed on-screen in "Smith and Jones". It was shown in the book that the Doctor remembered Adeola, but did not inform Martha of this.
- The events of the book must take place after "The Lazarus Experiment" as Martha Jones says something about facing mad scientists again.
- The Torchwood episode "Cyberwoman" also features a Cyberman who survived the events of "Doomsday".
- One of the Cybermen says that "Promises made to inferior species have no meaning." A similar line is said by a Cyberleader in The Five Doctors, also by Dicks.
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