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== Story notes == | == Story notes == | ||
* 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 seems to switch, without explanation, from the Doctor to an unidentified individual who refers to the Doctor as a separate entity — though this is mirrored by many passages of first-person narration by incarnations of the Doctor in Moffat's own [[The Day of the Doctor (novelisation)|novelisation of ''The Day of the Doctor'']], with the various Doctors speaking about "the Doctor" in the third person as the person they would like to be and "play-act" as. | * 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 seems to switch, without explanation, from the Doctor to an unidentified individual who refers to the Doctor as a separate entity — though this is mirrored by many passages of first-person narration by incarnations of the Doctor in Moffat's own [[The Day of the Doctor (novelisation)|novelisation of ''The Day of the Doctor'']], with the various Doctors speaking about "the Doctor" in the third person as the person they would like to be and "play-act" as. | ||
* 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> | ||
=== Ratings === | === Ratings === | ||