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{{Infobox | |series=[[Short Trips (series)#In print|Short Trips short stories]] | ||
|doctor = Third Doctor | |||
series=[[Short Trips (series)#In print| | |companions=[[The Brigadier]], [[Liz Shaw|Liz]], [[John Benton|Benton]], [[Mike Yates|Yates]] | ||
doctor= | |featuring = [[James Munro|Munro]] | ||
companions=[[Liz Shaw]]| | |setting= | ||
|writer = Nick Wallace | |||
writer= | |anthology = Short Trips: A Christmas Treasury | ||
|release date = 30 December 2004 | |||
prev=Last Christmas (short story)| | |prev = Last Christmas (ST short story) | ||
next=In the TARDIS: Christmas Day (short story) | |next=In the TARDIS: Christmas Day (short story) | ||
}} | |||
'''''UNIT Christmas Parties: First Christmas''''' was the second short story in the [[Short Trips (series)|Short Trips]] anthology ''[[Short Trips: A Christmas Treasury]]''. It was written by [[Nick Wallace]]. It featured the [[Third Doctor]] and [[Liz Shaw]]. | '''''UNIT Christmas Parties: First Christmas''''' was the second short story in the [[Short Trips (series)|Short Trips]] anthology ''[[Short Trips: A Christmas Treasury]]''. It was written by [[Nick Wallace]]. It featured the [[Third Doctor]] and [[Liz Shaw]]. | ||
== Summary == | == Summary == | ||
''to | Tensions are high at [[UNIT HQ]]. The Brigadier and the Doctor are arguing over the latter's [[electricity]] use. Liz comes to HQ to hand out [[Christmas card]]s; she can hear the arguments and fails to convince Sergeant Benton to deliver her cards to the Doctor and the Brigadier. | ||
Liz and the Brigadier exchange cards. They discuss the Doctor; he doesn't have any family with which to spend [[Christmas]]. Liz had invited him to spend Christmas with her, but he refused. | |||
The Brigadier receives a phone call about an alien ship heading towards Earth, so he and Liz head for the Doctor's [[laboratory]]. The Doctor is already aware of the ship, and not only does he have a peaceful solution for getting rid of it, he has solved the problem of a locale for the UNIT Christmas party. The Doctor has opened an interstitial vortex and sent the ship through it; he will keep the vortex open long enough for the party to take place on the spaceship. | |||
Members of UNIT enjoy their party. As a special surprise, the Doctor shows Liz a view of sunrise from orbit. | |||
== Characters == | == Characters == | ||
* [[Third Doctor]] | * [[Third Doctor]] | ||
* [[Liz Shaw]] | * [[Liz Shaw]] | ||
* [[ | * [[Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart]] | ||
* [[Mike Yates]] | * [[Mike Yates]] | ||
* [[John Benton]] | |||
* [[Carol Bell]] | * [[Carol Bell]] | ||
* [[Jimmy Munro]] | * [[James Munro|Jimmy Munro]] | ||
* [[Zbrigniev]] | * [[Zbrigniev|Zbregniev]] | ||
== | == Worldbuilding == | ||
'' | * The Doctor and the Brigadier drink [[whiskey]]; Liz drinks red [[wine]]. | ||
* Liz wears a dress that the Doctor claims belonged to [[Cleopatra]]. | |||
* Benton had booked a party venue from [[Zbrigniev]]'s cousin, but it fell through. | |||
* The Brigadier receives a message from General [[Scobie]]. | |||
* The derelict spaceship comes from [[Bathesda]]. | |||
* Music for the party includes [[the Beatles]], [[the Beach Boys]] and [[John Smith and the Common Men]]. | |||
* Party food includes [[Osiran]] [[curry]] and [[Venusian bra'tek'h]]. | |||
== Notes == | == Notes == | ||
'' | * [[Zbrigniev]]'s name is spelled "Zbregniev" in this story. | ||
* The dating presented in the novel ''[[Who Killed Kennedy (novel)|Who Killed Kennedy]]'' places this story in [[1969]]. | |||
== Continuity == | == Continuity == | ||
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