# Talk:The Wheel in Space

When is this series set? I would guess from the outfits that it is set in 2068 or thereabouts (but it could be 2000, 3000, or 5,000,000 for all I know!) DavidFarmbrough 12:37, 13 June 2006 (UTC)

In The War Games Zoe (under a lie detector) states "I was born in the 21st century". In The Mind Robber she makes ambiguous references to the year 2000 (she recognises the Karkus but has to ask if the Doctor if he's been in that year). Timrollpickering 20:27, 13 June 2006 (UTC)
It's possible that the Karkus is from the year 2000, but Zoe's familiarity with his is through reprints. Bazzalisk (talk) 13:01, 18 October 2010 (UTC)

I wonder if the character Laleham perhaps gets his name from Laleham in Surrey, which is on the river near Sunbury and very close to Shepperton Studios. My father, who worked on several Doctor Who series including The Wheel in Space, also worked at Shepperton and kept a boat at Laleham.
coconino 11:04, 20 February 2007 (UTC)

A piece of trivia: the bernalium required to power the X-ray laser is almost certainly named after John Desmond Bernal a pioneer in the field of X-ray
crystallography. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Kleida (talk • contribs) 19:47, 3 April 2007 (UTC).

Science Gaff: Throughout the story, references are made with respect to 'meteorites' that are posing a danger to the space station. The correct term would be 'meteors'.  Meteorite is a term for a meteor that has landed.

As any fule kno, the correct term would actually be meteoroids. -Ashley Pomeroy (talk) 21:02, 6 September 2008 (UTC)

Watching this serial right now, I got to a point where Jamie comes upon Zoe recording some of her findings, and is absolutely amazed at the process of recording (e.g. when she plays the tape back: 'How did you do that without moving your lips?!') - this seems especially egregious to me considering the important part recording and replaying sounds had to do just in the previous serial.
I don't really know much about Doctor Who, so was wondering, is there any canonical explanation for that? Or is this just a gaff, the kind that happens simply because this serial is still in the era where they didn't care that much?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 85.250.53.186 (talk) 20:40, 19 June 2010 (UTC) 

I noticed in the article there is a "citation needed" next to the fact that the suits were reused in Star Wars. I have no idea if this is true, but it is true that the suit used by Bossk in Star Wars is the same type. Both are Windak Pressure Suits designed by Baxter, Woodhouse and Taylor for high altitude flying for RAF pilots. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 92.26.33.24 (talk) 22:13, 23 January 2014‎

All that tells us is that they resembled each other; they may indeed have been of the same type, but in the absence of a source it is conjecture, and may fail WP:NOR. But what we are looking for is not a source that tells us that they were the same type, but one that explicitly states that they were the same actual suits. --Redrose64 (talk) 23:10, 23 January 2014 (UTC)
Yes, I know that's all that tells you. That's why that was all I told you.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 92.26.32.183 (talk) 14:01, 24 January 2014 (UTC) 

Be aware that Easter Egg links are discouraged. The current structure of the link is adequate. If you want the link in the plot section, then the appropriate method would be a parenthetical (such as his and Jamie's encounter with the Daleks in their search for the Dalek Factor (The Evil of the Daleks)) or a footnote. DonQuixote (talk) 15:26, 25 February 2015 (UTC)

I Edited The Information Board A Little. Because Of The Fact That = Victoria Waterfield = Didn't actually Appear In The Missing First Episode, I Edited Her Credit Off Of The Board. Hope No-One Minds. Vincinel (talk) 06:25, 17 January 2019 (UTC)