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|adapted from = The Five Doctors (TV story) | |adapted from = The Five Doctors (TV story) | ||
|image = Five Doctors NWASH.jpg | |image = Five Doctors NWASH.jpg | ||
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|enemy = [[Borusa]] | |enemy = [[Borusa]] | ||
|year = [[Gallifrey]], [[Death Zone|Dead Zone]] | |year = [[Gallifrey]], [[Death Zone|Dead Zone]] | ||
|writer = | |writer = James Goss | ||
|illustrator = [[Russell T Davies]] | |illustrator = [[Russell T Davies]] | ||
|publication = ''[[Now We Are Six Hundred (anthology)|Now We Are Six Hundred]]'' | |publication = ''[[Now We Are Six Hundred (anthology)|Now We Are Six Hundred]]'' | ||
|prev = Curtain ( | |publisher = Harper Design | ||
|next = Something Borrowed, Something Blue ( | |release date = 26 September 2017 | ||
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'''''The Five Doctors''''' was a poem published in the anthology ''[[Now We Are Six Hundred (anthology)|Now We Are Six Hundred]]''. It was largely a poetic adaptation of the [[The Five Doctors (TV story)|television story of the same name]]. | '''''The Five Doctors''''' was a poem published in the anthology ''[[Now We Are Six Hundred (anthology)|Now We Are Six Hundred]]''. It was largely a poetic adaptation of the [[The Five Doctors (TV story)|television story of the same name]]. | ||
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The first five Doctors travel to [[Gallifrey]] and then to the [[Death Zone|Dead Zone]]. On the way they encounter many threats including dastardly interlocutors, [[Cyberman (Mondas)|Cybermen]], and [[Yeti (The Five Doctors)|Yeti]]. They also knock out {{Ainley}} and unmask the [[Borusa|President]]'s cunning plans, escaping quickly afterwards. | The first five Doctors travel to [[Gallifrey]] and then to the [[Death Zone|Dead Zone]]. On the way they encounter many threats including dastardly interlocutors, [[Cyberman (Mondas)|Cybermen]], and [[Yeti (The Five Doctors)|Yeti]]. They also knock out {{Ainley}} and unmask the [[Borusa|President]]'s cunning plans, escaping quickly afterwards. | ||
== | == Worldbuilding == | ||
* Many references are made to dodging [[mind probe]]s, reading [[Old High Gallifreyan]] and eating dainty [[pineapple]]. | * Many references are made to dodging [[mind probe]]s, reading [[Old High Gallifreyan]] and eating dainty [[pineapple]]. | ||
* The Death Zone is referred to as the Dead Zone. | * The Death Zone is referred to as the Dead Zone. | ||
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Latest revision as of 17:34, 9 December 2023
The Five Doctors was a poem published in the anthology Now We Are Six Hundred. It was largely a poetic adaptation of the television story of the same name.
Summary[[edit] | [edit source]]
The first five Doctors travel to Gallifrey and then to the Dead Zone. On the way they encounter many threats including dastardly interlocutors, Cybermen, and Yeti. They also knock out the Tremas Master and unmask the President's cunning plans, escaping quickly afterwards.
Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]
- Many references are made to dodging mind probes, reading Old High Gallifreyan and eating dainty pineapple.
- The Death Zone is referred to as the Dead Zone.
- One of the Doctors gets stuck in a temporal fracture.
Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]
- This is the only poem in the anthology to effectively novelise a TV story, although other poems, such as The Galactic Council, also heavily reference the plots of TV stories.
- This poem is based upon Now We Are Six's The Three Foxes.
