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== Notes ==
== Notes ==
* The story features a trope that was extraordinarily common in [[World Distributors (Manchester), Ltd|World Distributors]]' [[Doctor Who annual|annuals]]: that of the Doctor meeting an "old friend" of whom the readers were not previously aware. The trope allowed the writer to get away with depicting a close relationship with the Doctor without having to explain why. This shorthand was extremely valuable to World Distributors authors, given the brevity of the stories.
* The story features a trope that was extraordinarily common in [[World Distributors (Manchester), Ltd|World Distributors]]' [[Doctor Who annual|annuals]]: that of the Doctor meeting an "old friend" of whom the readers were not previously aware. The trope allowed the writer to get away with depicting a close relationship with the Doctor without having to explain why. This shorthand was extremely valuable to World Distributors authors, given the brevity of the stories.


== Continuity ==
== Continuity ==
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The Deadly Weed was a short story published in Doctor Who Annual 1985. It featured the Sixth Doctor and Peri.

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Notes

  • The story features a trope that was extraordinarily common in World Distributors' annuals: that of the Doctor meeting an "old friend" of whom the readers were not previously aware. The trope allowed the writer to get away with depicting a close relationship with the Doctor without having to explain why. This shorthand was extremely valuable to World Distributors authors, given the brevity of the stories.

Continuity

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