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|image = A Tourist Invasion DWY93 4 TARDIS.jpg
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|series=''[[Brief Encounter]]''
|series = ''[[Brief Encounter]]''
|doctor=Sixth Doctor
|doctor = Sixth Doctor
|companions=[[Melanie Bush|Mel]]
|companions=[[Melanie Bush|Mel]]
|setting= The [[Eye of Orion]]
|setting = [[Eye of Orion]]
|writer=[[Colin Baker]]
|writer = Colin Baker
|illustrator=[[Paul Vyse]]
|illustrator = [[Paul Vyse]]
|release date = [[September (releases)|September]] [[1992 (releases)|1992]]
|release date = September 1992
|publication=''[[Doctor Who Yearbook 1993]]''
|publication = ''[[Doctor Who Yearbook 1993]]''
|prev=Encounter on Burnt Snake Flat (short story)
|prev = Encounter on Burnt Snake Flat (short story)
|series2=''[[Doctor Who Yearbook]]''
|series2 = ''[[Doctor Who Yearbook]]''
|prev2=Metamorphosis (comic story)
|prev2 = Metamorphosis (comic story)
|next2=A Religious Experience (comic story)
|next2 = A Religious Experience (comic story)
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'''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was a ''[[Brief Encounter]]'' short story published in the ''[[Doctor Who Yearbook 1993]]''. It was the last story in the volume, and was also the final ''Brief Encounter'' ever published.
'''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was a ''[[Brief Encounter]]'' short story published in the ''[[Doctor Who Yearbook 1993]]''. It was the last story in the volume.


== Publisher's summary ==
== Publisher's summary ==
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* [[Melanie Bush]]
* [[Melanie Bush]]


== References ==
== Worldbuilding ==
* According to the Doctor, [[Torquemada]] "makes a terrible cup of tea".
* According to the Doctor, [[Torquemada]] "makes a terrible cup of [[tea]]".


== Species ==
== Species ==
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== Notes ==
== Notes ==
* This story is the last ever ''Brief Encounter'' story, published in 1992.
* This is one of the few stories in which the Doctor commits mass [[genocide]].
* The story is also one of a few stories to feature the Doctor and be written by [[Colin Baker|the actor who plays him]].
* The story is also one of a few stories to feature the Doctor and be written by [[Colin Baker|the actor who plays him]].



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A Tourist Invasion was a Brief Encounter short story published in the Doctor Who Yearbook 1993. It was the last story in the volume.

Publisher's summary[[edit] | [edit source]]

The Sixth Doctor and Mel investigate unscrupulous goings-on on a holiday resort planet. A new story by the Doctor himself, Colin Baker. Illustration by Paul Vyse.

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Characters[[edit] | [edit source]]

Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • According to the Doctor, Torquemada "makes a terrible cup of tea".

Species[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • The Oox call the Khee "lix".
  • The Khee call the Oox "Khoogh"
  • Daarg-droppings are considered delicacies by every race, except the daargs.
  • Tribolycanna have a genetic inability to refuse hospitality.

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