The Curse of Fenric (TotT TV story): Difference between revisions
From Tardis Wiki, the free Doctor Who reference
Tag: 2017 source edit |
|||
| Line 41: | Line 41: | ||
== Worldbuilding == | == Worldbuilding == | ||
* When Ace asks why he looks so old, the Doctor cryptically replies how "[[time stream]]s are funny things" and that his regenerating is "all a matter of perspective." | * When Ace asks why he looks so old, the Doctor cryptically replies how "[[time stream]]s are funny things" and that his regenerating is "all a matter of perspective." This implies that he either shorted out the [[time differential]], ([[TV]]: ''[[Time Crash (TV story)|Time Crash]]'') or comes from a timeline in which he avoided having to regenerate. ([[TV]]: [[Doctor Who (TV story)|''The TV Movie'']]) | ||
* The Doctor mentions [[the Rani]], and suggests she may have played a role in his and Ace's falling out. | * The Doctor mentions [[the Rani]], and suggests she may have played a role in his and Ace's falling out. | ||
* After she left the Doctor, Ace visited [[Kathleen Dudman]] before she died in a care home, and believes she recognised her as the young woman who helped her flee [[Maiden's Point]] for [[London]]. | * After she left the Doctor, Ace visited [[Kathleen Dudman]] before she died in a care home, and believes she recognised her as the young woman who helped her flee [[Maiden's Point]] for [[London]]. | ||
Revision as of 22:57, 7 November 2023
- You may wish to consult
The Curse of Fenric (disambiguation)for other, similarly-named pages.
The Curse of Fenric was the sixth and final episode in the Tales of the TARDIS series, released on BBC iPlayer on 1 November 2023 by the BBC, written by Pete McTighe and directed by Joshua M.G. Thomas.
This story consists of two newly recorded scenes bookending the omnibus version of the TV story The Curse of Fenric.
Synopsis
The Doctor and Ace meet again and remember their battle against an ancient evil in World War Two where a Viking curse is bringing the dead back to life.
Plot
to be added
Cast
Crew
to be added
Worldbuilding
- When Ace asks why he looks so old, the Doctor cryptically replies how "time streams are funny things" and that his regenerating is "all a matter of perspective." This implies that he either shorted out the time differential, (TV: Time Crash) or comes from a timeline in which he avoided having to regenerate. (TV: The TV Movie)
- The Doctor mentions the Rani, and suggests she may have played a role in his and Ace's falling out.
- After she left the Doctor, Ace visited Kathleen Dudman before she died in a care home, and believes she recognised her as the young woman who helped her flee Maiden's Point for London.
- The chess set between set up between the two chairs is set up in the same way the Doctor set up the game for Fenric. The Doctor also plays the solution.
Notes
to be added
Continuity
This section needs a cleanup.
As per Forum:Non-valid Continuity sections, categories, and prefixes#Continuity sections, this section needs to be written from an out-of-universe perspective.
- A Red Kang flag hangs from one of the consoles. (TV: Paradise Towers)
- Ace finds her baseball bat while searching the console room, and the Doctor reminds her how she used it to destroy a Dalek. (TV: Remembrance of the Daleks)
- The Doctor quotes himself when he retrieves his hat from Ace, using the same words when he reclaimed it from her in Perivale. (TV: Survival)
- Ace says that the Seventh Doctor was a hologram the last time she saw him. (TV: The Power of the Doctor)
- Ace recalls how she met the Doctor on Iceworld (TV: Dragonfire) after being transported there by Fenric, as part of one of Fenric's games. (TV: The Curse of Fenric) This alludes to her and Hex being part of another one of his games. (AUDIO: Gods and Monsters)
- Ace recalls the deaths of Sorin, (TV: The Curse of Fenric) Mike Smith, (TV: Remembrance of the Daleks) Karra, (TV: Survival) and Bellboy. (TV: The Greatest Show in the Galaxy)
- As the Doctor and Ace prepare to take off, they take turns quoting the speech the Doctor gave as they left Perivale. (TV: Survival)
