Continuity
- This story is set during the last episode of Frontios, after the Doctor has dropped the Gravis off on Kolkokron but before his return to Frontios.
- Iris Wildthyme was a character (created by Paul Magrs) who appeared in several Doctor Who books such as The Scarlet Empress, The Blue Angel, Verdigris and Mad Dogs and Englishmen
- The Scarlet Empress takes place on the planet Hyspero, where Iris claims to have bought the Excelis Relic.
- This is the first Big Finish story to include Iris. She returns in the Bernice Summerfield story The Plague Herds of Excelis, which brings closure to elements of this story. She also meets the Sixth Doctor in The Wormery and even gets her own audio series, Iris Wildthyme.
- Some of the adventures Iris claims to have shared with the Doctor include The Web Planet, The Three Doctors, Genesis of the Daleks and Invasion of Time. She also claims to have had a solo adventure similar to The Five Doctors, but orchestrated by Morbius and involving Mechanoids, Voord and Zarbi.
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