Continuity
- Ace recalls meeting rock star Johnny Chess, who is a recurring minor character in the Doctor Who novels. His "real" name is John Chesterton, and he is the son of former companions Ian Chesterton and Barbara Wright. Later novels state that he marries then divorces Tegan Jovanka.
- Pg 1 "'But if it wasn't for the snow, how could we believe in the immortality of the soul?' 'What an interesting question, Mr Wilde. But tell me exactly what you mean.' 'I haven't the slightest idea.'" At the end of Human Nature the Seventh Doctor recapitulates this quotation, sort of bookending Paul Cornell's "seasons" cycle of New Adventures.
- Pg 1 "They say that no two snowflakes are the same. But nobody ever stops to check. Above the Academy blew great billows of them, whipping around the corners of the dark building as if to emphasize the structure's harsh lines" This is very similar to the opening sentence of The Infinity Doctors
- Pg 1 "Mount Cadon, Gallifrey's highest peak, extended to the fringes of the planet's atmosphere, and the Prydonian Academy stood far up its slopes." Mount Cadon is mentioned in The Infinity Doctors.
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