The Chevoits were chosen as the base for the
Vault for no other reason than I'm a huge fan of Marvel
Comics' Captain Britain character who got his superpowers up
in the Cheviots. Indeed, anyone who has read those early 1976
issues of the comic and can remember the underground Darkmoor
research centre that Brian Braddock (ie Captain Britain)
worked in should now be able to picture the Vault quite
easily. Hell, the Darkmoor facility and the Reaver's attack
mentioned here are indeed from those issues of the comic. I'm
shameless I really am. Oh, and note the use of the name
Windscale not Sellafield, to remind us of our late seventies
setting.
Aargghh there's some more Grussell continuity hell! Now we
have two characters from Remembrance of the Daleks (Gilmore
and Jensen), one from Fenric (Judson), one from The Time
Monster (Ruth Ingram) and one from The Web of Fear (Anne
Travers). As I say, I'm shameless.
I'm really amazed that I provided the pale young man's
origins from The Invasion here; I was convinced it was in
Business Unusual. Well, just goes to show I know very little
about my own work. The Nigerian from earlier (and The Mind of
Evil) gets a name, Bailey. After David Bailey (who ironically
wrote a Sea Devil Benny audio for Big Finish recently). David
is neither black, a driver nor an evil munitions expert. Well,
I don't think so.
Towards the end of the chapter we have the scene necessary
to explain how Peter Davison's Doctor recognised Icthar,
Tarpok and co in Warriors of the Deep. See, it all fits
together neatly. Eventually...
