The Indestructible Man (Doctor Who) - Specific References in The Novel

Specific References in The Novel

Stingray

• Submarine Manta - Submarine Stingray
• Captain Hector - Troy Tempest
• Lieutenant Falukner - Lieutenant George "Phones" Sheridan

Thunderbirds

• Global Response - International Rescue
• Lightning Five - Thunderbird Five
• Sharon Island - Tracy Island
• Sharon Consortium - Tracy Corporation (mentioned in spin-off media)
• Abercrombie - Parker {John Sharon mentions he named the tribesman after a "butler"}
• Alton Sharon - John Tracy
• Buck Sharon - Jeff Tracy
• Professor Dwight "Boffin" Graham - Professor "Brains" 'Hackenbacker'. (The surname 'Hackenbacker' was never officially confirmed to be Brains's last name. See: "Alias Mister Hackenbacker").
• Graham - Gordon Tracy
• Homer Sharon - Virgil Tracy
• John Sharon - Alan Tracy
• Skip Sharon - Scott Tracy

Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons

• CHERUB attack craft - Angel Attack Craft
• P.R.I.S.M. - SPECTRUM
• SKYHOME - Cloudbase
• Captain Grant Matthews - Captain Scarlet (Paul Metcalfe) (named after actor Francis Matthews)
• Captain Adam Nelson - Captain Blue (Adam Svenson)
• Captain Taylor - Captain Black
• Lieutenant Neville Verdana - Lieutenant Green
• Colonel LeBlanc - Colonel White

UFO

• BFTV Studio - Harlington-Straker Film Studio
• BLOCKER - Interceptor
• KINGFISHER - SkyDiver (King/Sky One, Fisher/Diver)
• Lunar Base - Moonbase
• MOVER - Mobiles
• S.E.W.A.R.D. - S.I.D.
• S.I.L.O.E.T. - S.H.A.D.O.
• Alex Storm - Alec Freeman {Name is typical of early Anderson era - "Mike Mercury", "Doctor Venus", etc.}
• Lieutenant Anouska - An unnamed SHADO operative portrayed by actress Anouska Hempel in 4 episodes
• Captain Drake - Captain Peter Carlin or Captain Lew Waterman {both UFO; Carlin was replaced by Waterman about a quarter of the way through the season after Peter Gordeno, who played Carlin, left}
• Lieutenant Gabrielle - Lieutenant Ellis {Named after actress Gabrielle Drake}
• Commander Hal Bishop - Commander Ed Straker {Named after actor Ed Bishop}
• Helen Bishop - Mary Straker {Although she didn't die, her and Ed's son John Rutland (named after his new stepfather) died after Straker failed to deliver the drugs that would have saved his life}
• Doctor Koslovski - Doctor Jackson {It was never determined as to whether Jackson was German or Russian}
• The Myloki - methods from The Mysterons {Captain Scarlet}; ideology from the unnamed aliens that attacked Earth in the 1980s
• Doctor Ventham - Colonel Virginia Lake {UFO; named after actress Wanda Ventham}

NB: The Myloki are described as never having a physical form. This is the same in UFO, where the unnamed aliens are only ever seen physically when possessing the body of a human. The Mysterions, which were seen on-screen as a series of flashing lights, were also capable of taking over bodies as well as producing replicas (Captain Scarlet; Captain Black). They would usually announce their intentions to SPECTRUM in the same creepy voices that Neville describes early on in his book at the start of every episode.