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|name=Fixing a Hole
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|doctor=Sixth Doctor
|series number in range = 6
|companions=[[Tegan Jovanka]]
|number in series      = 16
|setting=[[Heathrow Airport]], [[23 February]] [[1985]]
|doctor                 = Sixth Doctor
|writer=[[Samantha Baker]]
|companions             = [[Tegan Jovanka|Tegan]]
|anthology=''[[Short Trips: Past Tense]]''
|setting               = [[Heathrow Airport]], [[23 February]] [[1985]]
|prev=To Kill a Nandi Bear (short story)
|writer                 = Samantha Baker
|next=That Time I Nearly Destroyed the World Whilst Looking for a Dress (short story)
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|release date          = 9 April 2004
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'''''Fixing a Hole''''' was the sixteenth short story in the [[Short Trips (series)|Short Trips]] anthology ''[[Short Trips: Past Tense]]''. It was written by [[Samantha Baker]]. It featured the [[Sixth Doctor]] and [[Tegan Jovanka]]. A sequel to the television segment ''[[A Fix with Sontarans]]'', this story featured a serious epilogue to the otherwise camp [[fourth wall|fourth-wall]] breaking special, as Tegan and the Doctor once again prepare to part ways.
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'''''Fixing a Hole''''' was the sixteenth short story in the [[Short Trips (series)|Short Trips]] anthology ''[[Short Trips: Past Tense]]''. It was written by [[Samantha Baker]]. It featured the [[Sixth Doctor]] and [[Tegan Jovanka]].


The title ''Fixing a Hole'' can be seen as both an in-universe reference to the emotional gap in-between the Doctor and Tegan following her final television story and as a real-world reference to the narrative gap between ''A Fix with Sontarans'' and the following stories which do not feature Tegan.
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== Summary ==
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* [[Tegan Jovanka]]
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== References ==
== Worldbuilding ==
* Tegan references deciding to leave in [[TV]]: ''[[Resurrection of the Daleks (TV story)|Resurrection of the Daleks]]''.
=== The Doctor ===
* When Tegan complains that she had just moved on when the Doctor walked back into her life, the Doctor notes that for him it was just the opposite. "'I'd moved on too, Tegan. I accepted your decision to leave, though I didn't want you to. And then you come back into my life."
* The Doctor wears a [[blue]] cloak.
* Tegan recalls how she had been pulled back into the Doctor's life; [[A Fix with Sontarans|an adventure]] which involved [[Sontaran]]s invading the TARDIS and someone named [[Gareth Jenkins (A Fix with Sontarans)|Gareth Jenkins]] belittling the Doctor. Tegan notes that, for a third time, she is trapped travelling with the Doctor with no indication of when their adventures will end.
* Tegan is used to the concept of regeneration, having joined the TARDIS shortly after the birth of the [[Fifth Doctor]]. Tegan notes that during each adventure, it was a constant worry that she never knew how common regeneration was or what the Doctor would look like the next day.
* After returning to Earth, Tegan had trouble connecting with old friends and eventually found it hard to keep a job. She eventually managed to regain her old position as an air hostess.


== Notes ==
== Notes ==
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* In many ways, this story is a sequel to ''[[A Fix with Sontarans (TV story)|A Fix with Sontarans]]'', a story currently considered non-valid by this wiki due to it being a part of children's show ''[[Jim'll Fix It]]'' and fourth wall breaks. An updated ''[[A Fix with Sontarans (home video)|A Fix with Sontarans]]'' fixes this issue by replacing [[Jimmy Savile]] on the [[TARDIS scanner]] with [[Sontaran]] ships and the Doctor saying "this was just the beginning".
* The story builds on the premise that Tegan suddenly appears in the Sixth Doctor's TARDIS. The title references both the emotional gap between the Doctor and Tegan and the narrative gap between ''A Fix with Sontarans'' and following stories.
 
== Continuity ==
* Tegan remembers [[Gareth Jenkins (A Fix with Sontarans)|Gareth Jenkins]] ([[HOMEVID]]: ''[[A Fix with Sontarans (home video)|A Fix with Sontarans]]'') [[Adric]], [[Nyssa]] ([[TV]]: ''[[Logopolis (TV story)|Logopolis]]'') and [[Vislor Turlough|Turlough]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Mawdryn Undead (TV story)|Mawdryn Undead]]'')


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[[Category:Stories set in 1985]]

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Fixing a Hole was the sixteenth short story in the Short Trips anthology Short Trips: Past Tense. It was written by Samantha Baker. It featured the Sixth Doctor and Tegan Jovanka.

Plot[[edit] | [edit source]]

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Characters[[edit] | [edit source]]

Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]

The Doctor[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • The Doctor wears a blue cloak.

Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • In many ways, this story is a sequel to A Fix with Sontarans, a story currently considered non-valid by this wiki due to it being a part of children's show Jim'll Fix It and fourth wall breaks. An updated A Fix with Sontarans fixes this issue by replacing Jimmy Savile on the TARDIS scanner with Sontaran ships and the Doctor saying "this was just the beginning".
  • The story builds on the premise that Tegan suddenly appears in the Sixth Doctor's TARDIS. The title references both the emotional gap between the Doctor and Tegan and the narrative gap between A Fix with Sontarans and following stories.

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