Press Play (short story)

Press Play
Doctor:	Thirteenth Doctor
Featuring:	Susan
Main setting:	The Doctor's TARDIS
Key crew
Writer:	Pete McTighe
Release details
Release date:	1 April 2020
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Press Play was a short story featuring the Thirteenth Doctor and written by Pete McTighe.

Summary

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Characters

• Thirteenth Doctor
• Susan
• The TARDIS

References

• The Doctor uses FaceTime to contact Graham, Yaz, and Ryan.
• The Doctor's TARDIS has logged the adventures; Crisis on Poosh, Genesis of the Daleks, Attack of the Postmen, The Timelash, and 100,000 BC.
• It is said that the Doctor can usually distract herself by emergency-deep-freezing Krynoid hatchlings.
• The Doctor eats a custard cream.
• The TARDIS is in Artron II Recharge Mode, which "play[s] havoc" with human DNA.
  • This was apparently what caused David Bowie's left eye to perminantly dilate.

Story notes

• Some of the "early" adventures in Susan's archive are said to have "gaps", alluding to still-missing episodes from Doctor Who's first few seasons.

Continuity

• Susan logs:
  • The First Doctor's adventure with Ian Chesterton and Barbara Wright in 100,000 BC with the Tribe of Gum. (TV: An Unearthly Child)
  • The Fourth Doctor's presence at the creation of the Daleks with Harry Sullivan and Sarah Jane Smith. (TV: Genesis of the Daleks)
  • The Sixth Doctor's time on Karfel with Peri Brown. (TV: Timelash)
  • The Eleventh Doctor and Amy Pond's adventure on Poosh. (PROSE: The Forgotten Army)
  • The Thirteenth Doctor's adventure fighting Kerb!am Men with Graham O'Brien, Ryan Sinclair, and Yasmin Khan. (TV: Kerblam!)
• The Doctor is working on her TARDIS. (TV: Spyfall)

External links

Press Play on the BBC website