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The title is a
giveaway - an arc is a curved line. An infinite arc must logically join
eventually to make a circle. A circle is another way of writing nought,
none or zero and that is how many genuine Peter Davison's there are in
this story.
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Tegan's rather fragile
top keeps threatening to let the truth out but, if anything did happen,
it was covered up by the production team. Like Peter Davison's death.
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The story is written
by Johnny Byrne which could well be a deliberate reference to melted or
scorched prophylactics present at the scene of Davison's demise.
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The story is set in
Amsterdam, the sexual capital of Europe. Well, it is now Peter Davison's
bedroom is no more.
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Omega traps the Doctor
in the Matrix and he is seen to be lying on his back, undulating
rhythmically and occasionally moaning.
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Hedin is nothing if
not a suggestive name.
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The idea of Omega
turning into a clone of Peter Davison only to fall apart showed that JNT
felt he'd been lucky to get away with it for one year and that the
deception wouldn't last much longer
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Casting an actor
called Cumming was hardly the most subtle clue JNT ever committed.
Having him spend most of the story in a crypt was the icing on the hint
pie.
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They use the tune
"Tulips from Amsterdam" - tulips are placed underground and emerge
later. Half of this happened to Peter Davison.
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The Doctor's face is
partially obscured on the video cover to prevent anyone looking too
closely at the fraud being perpetrated before their unsuspecting eyes.
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The cover of the
second edition of the novel shows Davison clearly about to ejaculate.
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Chancellor Thalia is
an anagram of "Horn ace lilac halt" which clearly refers to Peter
Davison's prowess in life and colour in death.
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The removal of the
main space-time element from the Tardis is an obvious reminder that the
main space-time element from Doctor Who - Peter Davison - had been
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