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{{Infobox | |series = [[Short Trips (series)#In print|Short Trips short stories]] | ||
|doctor = Sixth Doctor | |||
series=[[Short Trips (series)|Short Trips]]| | |companions = | ||
doctor= | |setting = | ||
companions=| | |writer = Marc Platt | ||
|anthology = Short Trips: A Christmas Treasury | |||
writer= | |release date = 30 December 2004 | ||
|prev = Spookasem (short story) | |||
|next = Never Seen Cairo (short story) | |||
next | }}{{you may|Christmas Special (WEB short story)}} | ||
|}} | '''''Christmas Special''''' was the seventh short story in the [[Short Trips (series)|Short Trips]] anthology ''[[Short Trips: A Christmas Treasury]]''. It was written by [[Marc Platt]]. It featured the [[Sixth Doctor]]. | ||
== Summary == | == Summary == | ||
'' | The Doctor has seen a [[television]] in an antique shop, but never had time or money to buy it. One day, he hears a knock on the [[TARDIS door]], and the television is waiting outside. He brings it in, turns it on, and begins to watch, soon falling asleep. | ||
The Doctor dreams that his life becomes the basis for a TV programme which is cancelled for no apparent reason and then begrudgingly returned opposite ''[[Coronation Street]]''. | |||
The Doctor wakes, and decides he won't let this television spoil his [[Christmas]]. He heaves it out of [[the TARDIS]]. | |||
== Characters == | == Characters == | ||
* [[Sixth Doctor]] | * [[Sixth Doctor]] | ||
* [[Margaret Thatcher]] | |||
== | == Worldbuilding == | ||
* The Doctor | * The Doctor eats [[mince pie]]. | ||
* He watches the [[Queen's Christmas message]], ''[[The Sound of Music]]'' and ''[[Mary Poppins]]''. | |||
== Notes == | == Notes == | ||
''to | * The dream mirrors the real-life situation from the late 1980s when ''Doctor Who'' on the BBC aired directly opposite "Corrie" on ITV. The long-running soap opera (the only UK dramatic series to surpass ''Doctor Who'' in longevity) consistently scored higher ratings against the later seasons of ''Doctor Who''. | ||
== Continuity == | == Continuity == | ||
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