In a message dated 3/13/01 3:01:13 AM Eastern Standard Time, steve.rogerson@mcr1.poptel.org.uk writes:
<< currently reading Chris Boucher's Dr Who novel Corpse Marker in which the character Carnell from B7 appears. Now I understood that the reason Chris could do this was that he owned the copyright on the character Carnell. >>
Not necessarily. That sort of homage gets past copyright law without repercussions, all the time. An excellent example is the Star Trek novel that mentioned quite a few TV Western characters from various series by name.
Leah