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{{quotebox|1=As one might guess, [[Jenny Cornelius]] and her [[Laura Drake (The Folly of Men)|Laura Drake]] have appeared in other tales before this one.<br /><br />Laura has also provided some tips for [[Employee Training (short story)|Employee Training]], which you can read at the link.<br /><br />{{w|Bovril|Bovril}} and {{w|Marmite|Marmite}} are British foods, though some might dispute that last word, both suitable for spreading on [[toast]].<br /><br />This is a busy era for the tower, even not counting the mentioned restaurant on top and visitors below; it’s also going to see both [https://tardis.wiki/wiki/WOTAN a malevolent telepathic computer] and [https://tardis.wiki/wiki/Igrix an extraterrestrial spaceship], in [https://tardis.wiki/wiki/Post_Office_Tower stories chronicled elsewhere].|2=Scott Sanford}} | {{quotebox|1=As one might guess, [[Jenny Cornelius]] and her [[Laura Drake (The Folly of Men)|Laura Drake]] have appeared in other tales before this one.<br /><br />Laura has also provided some tips for [[Employee Training (short story)|Employee Training]], which you can read at the link.<br /><br />{{w|Bovril|Bovril}} and {{w|Marmite|Marmite}} are British foods, though some might dispute that last word, both suitable for spreading on [[toast]].<br /><br />This is a busy era for the tower, even not counting the mentioned restaurant on top and visitors below; it’s also going to see both [https://tardis.wiki/wiki/WOTAN a malevolent telepathic computer] and [https://tardis.wiki/wiki/Igrix an extraterrestrial spaceship], in [https://tardis.wiki/wiki/Post_Office_Tower stories chronicled elsewhere].|2=Scott Sanford}} | ||
In addition to these references, the [[Sygon]]s obviously evoke the ''[[Doctor Who (series)|Doctor Who]]'' “[https://tardis.wiki/wiki/Zygon Zygons]”, and the Misterions are obvious stand-in for the [https://tardis.wiki/wiki/Mysteron Mysterons] of ''[[Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons (series)|Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons]]'' fame. Notably, although the Jenny Cornelius stories are no | In addition to these references, the [[Sygon]]s obviously evoke the ''[[Doctor Who (series)|Doctor Who]]'' “[https://tardis.wiki/wiki/Zygon Zygons]”, and the Misterions are obvious stand-in for the [https://tardis.wiki/wiki/Mysteron Mysterons] of ''[[Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons (series)|Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons]]'' fame. Notably, although the Jenny Cornelius stories are no strangers to mashing up various elements of British pop culture into a single shared universe, the latter series was already established to share a universe with prime ''[[Doctor Who (series)|Doctor Who]]''. | ||
===Read online=== | ===Read online=== | ||
The story is available on [https://scott-sanford.dreamwidth.org/55043.html the author's Dreamwidth website]. | The story is available on [https://scott-sanford.dreamwidth.org/55043.html the author's Dreamwidth website]. | ||