 The Doctor discovers that the Time Lords could prevent this from occurring but they refuse to, despite the Doctor's pleas.In the 1999 novel "Interference – Book Two", Kode finds a book in the TARDIS library noting that the Voord's fetishistic apparel and receiver aerials are similar to those of the Remote, another media-dependent culture.It speculates that Marinus is an early experiment by the Remote's creators, Faction Paradox, and that the Voord might be considered the Remote's direct ancestors.