Eric Pringle opens with a long reflection by Jane about recent events in Little Hodcombe, which is in Dorset. Jane is described as 'young', not an impression I got on screen.
When the Doctor is roaming the village in search of his companions, he perceives the birdsong as surrounding the place like an invisible sound barrier - reminiscent of the heat barrier round Devil's End in The Daemons.
Tegan's own dress is described as gaudy and shapeless, but in the May Queen outfit she looks 'as cool and pretty as a wood in springtime'. (Heh heh. She looks so cross though!)
The thorn branches obstructing Will's view of the village green are described as looking like barbed wire, not a simile that would occur to someone from the 17th century.
The Malus creature on the TARDIS wall is described using various spider imagery - it always seemed more like a pocket dragon to me.
An ironic note at the end of the book: the TARDIS is on its way back to the village, as on screen, but for 'a holiday deep in the peaceful English countryside, where nothing out of the ordinary ever happens.'
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