diff --git a/src/proc/control/command-queue.hpp b/src/proc/control/command-queue.hpp
index 721c4f70d..23e19ba55 100644
--- a/src/proc/control/command-queue.hpp
+++ b/src/proc/control/command-queue.hpp
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
 #ifndef PROC_CONTROL_COMMAND_QUEUE_H
 #define PROC_CONTROL_COMMAND_QUEUE_H
 
-#include "lib/error.hpp"   ////////TODO needed?
+#include "proc/control/command.hpp"
 //#include "common/subsys.hpp"
 //#include "lib/depend.hpp"
 
diff --git a/tests/core/proc/control/command-queue-test.cpp b/tests/core/proc/control/command-queue-test.cpp
index 8867dc617..1e550b5ea 100644
--- a/tests/core/proc/control/command-queue-test.cpp
+++ b/tests/core/proc/control/command-queue-test.cpp
@@ -23,11 +23,12 @@
 
 #include "lib/test/run.hpp"
 #include "proc/control/command-queue.hpp"
-//#include "proc/control/command.hpp"
+#include "proc/control/command-def.hpp"
 //#include "proc/control/command-registry.hpp"
 //#include "lib/test/event-log.hpp"
+#include "lib/symbol.hpp"
 
-//#include "proc/control/test-dummy-commands.hpp"
+#include "proc/control/test-dummy-commands.hpp"
 
 //#include <cstdlib>
 
@@ -39,10 +40,13 @@ namespace test    {
   
 //  using std::function;
 //  using std::rand;
+  using lib::Symbol;
   
   
   namespace { // test fixture...
     
+    const Symbol COMMAND_1{"test.queue.command1"};
+    const Symbol COMMAND_3{"test.queue.command3"};
     
   }//(End) test fixture
   
@@ -67,7 +71,29 @@ namespace test    {
   class CommandQueue_test : public Test
     {
       
+      //------------------FIXTURE
+    public:
+      CommandQueue_test()
+        {
+          CommandDef (COMMAND_1)
+               .operation (command1::operate)
+               .captureUndo (command1::capture)
+               .undoOperation (command1::undoIt)
+               ;
+          CommandDef (COMMAND_3)
+               .operation (command3::operate)
+               .captureUndo (command3::capture)
+               .undoOperation (command3::undoIt)
+               ;
+        }
+     ~CommandQueue_test()
+        {
+          Command::remove (COMMAND_1);
+          Command::remove (COMMAND_3);
+        }
+      //-------------(End)FIXTURE
       
+     
       virtual void
       run (Arg)
         {
diff --git a/tests/core/proc/control/command-use2-test.cpp b/tests/core/proc/control/command-use2-test.cpp
index 3e5bb5bf5..a63092b53 100644
--- a/tests/core/proc/control/command-use2-test.cpp
+++ b/tests/core/proc/control/command-use2-test.cpp
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ namespace test    {
           
           check_defaultHandlingPattern();
 //        check_ThrowOnError();              //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////TICKET #211
-//        check_DispatcherInvocation()       // yet to be written as of 1/2016
+          check_DispatcherInvocation();
           
           
           Command::remove ("test.command2");
@@ -198,6 +198,14 @@ namespace test    {
           com2.undo();
           CHECK (!protocolled(randVal_));
         }
+      
+      
+      
+      void
+      check_DispatcherInvocation()
+        {
+          UNIMPLEMENTED("start the dispatcher and enqueue a rigged special command");  /////////////////////////////TICKET #209
+        }
     };
   
   
diff --git a/tests/core/proc/control/command-use3-test.cpp b/tests/core/proc/control/command-use3-test.cpp
index 32c6ffe9b..350fdb936 100644
--- a/tests/core/proc/control/command-use3-test.cpp
+++ b/tests/core/proc/control/command-use3-test.cpp
@@ -60,6 +60,8 @@ namespace test    {
    *       asynchronous or repeated invocation and command sequence bundles.
    *
    * @todo planned but not implemented as of 7/09
+   * @todo as of 12/2016 I doubt we'll get asynchronous invocation
+   *       but command sequence bundles still seem a reasonable future idea
    *        
    * @see HandlingPattern
    */
diff --git a/tests/core/proc/control/handling-pattern-basics-test.cpp b/tests/core/proc/control/handling-pattern-basics-test.cpp
index 0bd3e686f..004c47dc7 100644
--- a/tests/core/proc/control/handling-pattern-basics-test.cpp
+++ b/tests/core/proc/control/handling-pattern-basics-test.cpp
@@ -170,6 +170,7 @@ namespace test    {
         }
       
       
+      /** @test verify the Handling pattern API: execute a command */
       void
       checkExec (PCommandImpl com)
         {
@@ -177,8 +178,8 @@ namespace test    {
           CHECK (!com->canExec());
           
           typedef Types<int> ArgType;
-          const int ARGU (1 + rand() % 1000);
-          Tuple<ArgType> tuple(ARGU);
+          const int ARGR (1 + rand() % 1000);
+          Tuple<ArgType> tuple(ARGR);
           TypedArguments<Tuple<ArgType>> arg(tuple);
           com->setArguments(arg);
           
@@ -190,11 +191,12 @@ namespace test    {
           ExecResult res = patt.exec (*com, TEST_CMD);
           
           CHECK (res);
-          CHECK (ARGU == command1::check_);
+          CHECK (ARGR == command1::check_);
           CHECK (com->canUndo());
         }
       
       
+      /** @test verify the Handling pattern API: undo a command */
       void
       checkUndo (PCommandImpl com)
         {
@@ -212,6 +214,9 @@ namespace test    {
         }
       
       
+      /** @test use custom implementation of the HandlingPattern interface,
+       *        rigged to verify the functions are actually invoked.
+       */
       void
       useCustomHandler (PCommandImpl com)
         {
diff --git a/tests/core/proc/control/test-dummy-commands.hpp b/tests/core/proc/control/test-dummy-commands.hpp
index 7636c654a..ef90c0873 100644
--- a/tests/core/proc/control/test-dummy-commands.hpp
+++ b/tests/core/proc/control/test-dummy-commands.hpp
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
  ** Some dummy command functions used for building unit test cases. 
  ** Any of these functions comes in triples of operation function, undo state
  ** capturing function and UNDO function. They are placed into a nested test
- ** namespace, together with some global variables used as a backdoor to
+ ** namespace, together with some global variables, usable as backdoor to
  ** verify the effect of calling these functions.
  ** 
  ** @see command-use1-test.cpp
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ namespace test    {
   
   
   
-  namespace command2 { ///< test command writing to protocol and possibly throwing
+  namespace command2 { ///< test command writing capturing log and possibly throwing
     
     using lumiera::error::External;
     
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ namespace test    {
   
   
   
-  namespace command3 { ///< test command taking zero arguments
+  namespace command3 { ///< test command with zero arguments
     
     extern ulong check_;