>>I enjoyed the cameo by the Hartnell (first) Doctor while Piotr and
>>Kurt were watching old British television - was that any particular
>>Dalek episode, or just a generic one?
>
>I believe the sequence I had in mind when I wrote the episode was
>The Dalek Invasion of Earth, or possibly The Chase.
>Pretty sure it was the former - I think I had in mind the "We are the
>masters of Earth. We are the masters of Earth" scene.

Hmmm, fun. :)

>
>>And The Doctor mentioned fighting against the Cybermen...
>
>Every time so far that Don has run into the Doctor, it's been the
>seventh one (Sylvester McCoy), accompanied by Ace.

My favorite combination. :) How deeply (if at all) have you gotten into the various follow-on bits? Novels, audioplays, etc, etc...

>
>>I'm just catching a clue on this one - if Iron Man is Tony Stark, is
>>that why that one HL story is titled Stark Fist?
>
>Sort-of-coincidentally. The title's actually a tongue-in-cheek
>reference to the Stark Fist of Removal, which is a Discordian concept
>and, as such, ties in with the fact that Dana O'Neill is really Eris.

And what a cute li'l apple-monger she is... :)

>
>>It took me a while to figure out why "Sergeant Rusty Schweickart" was
>>ringing bells in my mind? Would he be any relation to Russell L.
>>"Rusty" Schweickart, LM pilot for Apollo 9?
>
>Well, Sgt. Schweickart's first name is also Russell, but his friends
>call him Russ, not Rusty. :)
>
>--G.
>(why should Armstrong and Aldrin get all the glory? :)

*grin*