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'''''A Letter from the Doctor''''' was a short story exclusively published in ''[[Doctor Who The Official Annual 2024]]'' on [[7 September (releases)|7 September]] [[2023 (releases)|2023]] by [[Penguin Group]].<ref>[https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/456150/doctor-who-annual-2024-by-who-paul-lang-doctor/9781405956895 ''Doctor Who Annual 2024'' on penguin.co.uk]</ref> Written by [[Paul Lang]], the short story, also forming part of the ''[[A Letter from the Doctor (series)|A Letter from the Doctor]]'' series that originated in the [[DWM 1|first issue]] of ''[[Doctor Who Weekly]]'' in [[1979 (releases)|1979]], was stylised as a letter written by the [[Fourteenth Doctor]] to [[Readers (A Letter from the Doctor)|the readers]] of the annual.
'''''A Letter from the Doctor''''' was the first short story and first release exclusively published in ''[[Doctor Who The Official Annual 2024]]'' on [[7 September (releases)|7 September]] [[2023 (releases)|2023]] by [[Penguin Group]].<ref>[https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/456150/doctor-who-annual-2024-by-who-paul-lang-doctor/9781405956895 ''Doctor Who Annual 2024'' on penguin.co.uk]</ref> Written by [[Paul Lang]], the short story, also forming part of the ''[[A Letter from the Doctor (series)|A Letter from the Doctor]]'' series that originated in the [[DWM 1|first issue]] of ''[[Doctor Who Weekly]]'' in [[1979 (releases)|1979]], was stylised as a letter written by the [[Fourteenth Doctor]] to [[Readers (A Letter from the Doctor)|the readers]] of the annual.


== Plot ==
== Plot ==

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A Letter from the Doctor was the first short story and first release exclusively published in Doctor Who The Official Annual 2024 on 7 September 2023 by Penguin Group.[1] Written by Paul Lang, the short story, also forming part of the A Letter from the Doctor series that originated in the first issue of Doctor Who Weekly in 1979, was stylised as a letter written by the Fourteenth Doctor to the readers of the annual.

Plot

Writing a letter to the readers of an annual, the Fourteenth Doctor asks his recipients if they had a good year, having been a year since he last wrote to them, going on to tell them about his year.

Full of ups and downs, the Doctor recently died on a cliff in a beautiful fashion with their arms outstretched while the sun rose, regenerating into a what usually would be a new body, but this time, it was not the case. After running his tongue over his teeth, recognising them from one of his predecessors, he then returned to the TARDIS.

Inside, while writing the letter, he realises that despite having the body of one of his previous selves, he does have new braincells, after remembering that he has a custard-cream dispenser in the TARDIS. Explaining that he didn't think he would've missed his hands until he lost them, he hopes he would be able to keep them attached for more than fifteen hours, dismissing the the possibility that he would encounter the Sycorax again and get into a swordfight as "quite unlikely". Continuing, he questions why this face has returned and is surprised by how his clothes also changed, but, after he notices something making "a racket" on the other side of the console, he concludes by writing:

"All right then, universe — what have you got for me today?"

Characters

Worldbuilding

  • The annual is a book.
  • The Doctor states that letting go into regeneration is like letting out a sneeze after having held it in.

The Fourteenth Doctor

  • The Doctor writes that he won't keep his teeth if he starts eating too many custard creams.
  • The Doctor notes he has a familiar face, fantastic hair, a "slightly quizzical left eyebrow", and "that brilliant grin".
  • The Doctor mentions that his clothes changing hasn't happened in a very long time.

Notes

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Continuity

Gallery

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Footnotes

Notes

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