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* Due to the inherently ridiculous nature of the story's construction, it is riddled with inconsistencies; the piece switches from third-person to first-person narrative partway through, and the role of protagonist switches, without explanation, from the Doctor to an unidentified individual who refers to the Doctor as a separate entity. | * Due to the inherently ridiculous nature of the story's construction, it is riddled with inconsistencies; the piece switches from third-person to first-person narrative partway through, and the role of protagonist switches, without explanation, from the Doctor to an unidentified individual who refers to the Doctor as a separate entity. | ||
* Before beginning to read, [[Steven Moffat]] says of the story as written, "This is a weird story; this is really quite disgusting." | * Before beginning to read, [[Steven Moffat]] says of the story as written, "This is a weird story; this is really quite disgusting." | ||
* He also states that "this is the world's shortest ''Doctor Who'' story", though this is not in fact the case. The very short story ''[[Vrs (short story)|Vrs]]'', from ''[[Short Trips and Side Steps]]'', includes only 17 words, in one sentence, with all vowels removed. This piece totals 237 words. | * He also states that "this is the world's shortest ''Doctor Who'' story", though this is not in fact the case. The very short story ''[[Vrs (short story)|Vrs]]'', from ''[[Short Trips and Side Steps]]'', includes only 17 words, in one sentence, with all vowels removed. This piece totals 237 words. | ||
* The opening line bears a strong resemblance to a microfiction piece published by Moffat on [[Twitter]] in 2012: "The [[worm]] became an idea, which hid itself in words, until it could climb, devouring all, through the eye of the reader of this tweet."<ref name="tweet">http://www.bsfa.co.uk/bsfa-awards/bsfa-tweetfiction-tweetstream-eastercon-2012-winners/</ref> | * The opening line bears a strong resemblance to a microfiction piece published by Moffat on [[Twitter]] in 2012: "The [[worm]] became an idea, which hid itself in words, until it could climb, devouring all, through the eye of the reader of this tweet."<ref name="tweet">http://www.bsfa.co.uk/bsfa-awards/bsfa-tweetfiction-tweetstream-eastercon-2012-winners/</ref> | ||
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== Footnotes == | == Footnotes == | ||
{{reflist}} | {{reflist}} | ||
[[Category:Non-DWU short stories]] | [[Category:Non-DWU short stories]] | ||
[[Category:2016 short stories]] | [[Category:2016 short stories]] | ||
[[Category:Web-based stories]] | [[Category:Web-based stories]] | ||