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|image = Cuckoo-Spit.jpg | |||
|series=[[Doctor Who Storybook]] | |series = [[Doctor Who Storybook]] | ||
| | |main character = [[Jason (Cuckoo-Spit)|Jason]] | ||
| | |featuring = Tenth Doctor | ||
|enemy=[[Wet Puppy alien|Wet Puppies]] | |featuring2 = Rose Tyler | ||
|setting=[[England]], [[June]] [[1975]] | |enemy = [[Wet Puppy alien|Wet Puppies]] | ||
|writer= | |setting = [[England]], [[18 June]] - [[1 July]] [[1975]] | ||
|illustrator=[[Daryl Joyce]] | |writer = Mark Gatiss | ||
| | |illustrator = [[Daryl Joyce]] | ||
|release date = | |anthology = Doctor Who Storybook 2007 | ||
|release date = 1 July 2006 | |||
|next=The Cat Came Back (short story) | |next = The Cat Came Back (short story) | ||
}} | }}{{dab page|Cuckoo (disambiguation)}} | ||
'''''Cuckoo-Spit''''' was a short story featured in the ''[[Doctor Who Storybook 2007]]''. It was written by [[Mark Gatiss]] and featured the [[Tenth Doctor]] and [[Rose Tyler|Rose]]. | '''''Cuckoo-Spit''''' was a short story featured in the ''[[Doctor Who Storybook 2007]]''. It was written by [[Mark Gatiss]] and featured the [[Tenth Doctor]] and [[Rose Tyler|Rose]]. | ||
== Summary == | == Summary == | ||
A young teenage boy, [[Jason (Cuckoo-Spit)|Jason]], starts the first entry in a diary his granddad bought him for [[Christmas]], stating that he only started it because strange things have been happening lately. A boy in the year above, Chris Rutter, has disappeared. | A young teenage boy, [[Jason (Cuckoo-Spit)|Jason]], starts the first entry in a [[diary]] his granddad bought him for [[Christmas]], stating that he only started it because strange things have been happening lately. A boy in the year above, Chris Rutter, has disappeared. | ||
The next day, Jason befriends a boy at his school called [[Graham Cook]] during PE class. That evening, a neighbour informs Jason's mother that Chris Rutter's mother has also disappeared. During history class a week later, Jason sees a man and a boy stood on the street outside. Their faces appear to be muddled up, their eyes glowing ominously. That night, Jason learns that Graham did not come home from school and begins to worry about him. | The next day, Jason befriends a boy at his school called [[Graham Cook]] during [[PE]] class. That evening, a neighbour informs [[Jason's mother (Cuckoo-Spit)|Jason's mother]] that [[Chris Rutter]]'s [[Chris Rutter's mother|mother]] has also disappeared. During [[history]] class a week later, Jason sees a man and a boy stood on the street outside. Their faces appear to be muddled up, their eyes glowing ominously. That night, Jason learns that Graham did not come home from school and begins to worry about him. | ||
That weekend, Jason walks to a nearby field, where he notes that the tall grass is covered with cuckoo-spit, a substance created by frog-hopper nymphs as a form of protection and a source of moisture. After hearing a sound like an old car engine, he rushes to another part of the field where he sees a [[The Doctor's TARDIS|blue hut]], out of which steps a [[Tenth Doctor|thin man]] in a crumpled suit. A [[Rose Tyler|girl]] then steps from the bushes and summons the thin man to a stream, where a metallic pear-drop shaped object lies. The man notes that the hull must have fractured on impact, meaning that something inside has escaped. | That weekend, Jason walks to a nearby field, where he notes that the tall [[grass ]]is covered with cuckoo-spit, a substance created by frog-hopper nymphs as a form of protection and a source of moisture. After hearing a sound like an old car engine, he rushes to another part of the field where he sees a [[The Doctor's TARDIS|blue hut]], out of which steps a [[Tenth Doctor|thin man]] in a crumpled suit. A [[Rose Tyler|girl]] then steps from the bushes and summons the thin man to a stream, where a metallic pear-drop shaped object lies. The man notes that the hull must have fractured on impact, meaning that something inside has escaped. | ||
After being spotted, Jason rushes home and goes to bed early, where he sees the same man who was stood outside school a few days before and Graham Cook, their faces both jumbled up and their eyes glowing. The following day, Jason sneaks back to the field and sits by the blue hut, eventually falling asleep. He is woken up when the girl opens the door and steps out. The man follows, and the two of them agree that Jason could be used as bait to help neutralise the creatures they are chasing. That night, he sneaks out of the house and sees Graham stood outside. After Graham takes his hand, Jason is sent to sleep and wakes up in a house full of bodies. Accidentally falling onto one, he causes it to decompose, revealing a small [[Wet Puppy alien|creature]] resembling a centipede the size of a puppy, with no eyes or mouth. | After being spotted, Jason rushes home and goes to bed early, where he sees the same man who was stood outside school a few days before and Graham Cook, their faces both jumbled up and their eyes glowing. The following day, Jason sneaks back to the field and sits by the blue hut, eventually falling asleep. He is woken up when the girl opens the door and steps out. The man follows, and the two of them agree that Jason could be used as bait to help neutralise the creatures they are chasing. That night, he sneaks out of the house and sees Graham stood outside. After Graham takes his hand, Jason is sent to sleep and wakes up in a house full of bodies. Accidentally falling onto one, he causes it to decompose, revealing a small [[Wet Puppy alien|creature]] resembling a centipede the size of a puppy, with no eyes or mouth. | ||
Graham steps from the kitchen, holding one of the creatures, and approaches Jason, who notices that the substance that the bodies are composed of is like cuckoo-spit. The Doctor then appears, alongside Rose, and sets fire to the house, killing all of the creatures, before taking Jason back home. The following day, a neighbour tells Jason's parents that the police had found a house burned to the ground, with the remains of some bodies. Jason decides not to tell anyone what really happened. | Graham steps from the kitchen, holding one of the creatures, and approaches Jason, who notices that the substance that the bodies are composed of is like cuckoo-spit. The Doctor then appears, alongside Rose, and sets fire to the house, killing all of the creatures, before taking Jason back home. The following day, a neighbour tells Jason's parents that the police had found a house burned to the ground, with the remains of some bodies. Jason decides not to tell anyone what really happened. | ||
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* [[Rose Tyler]] | * [[Rose Tyler]] | ||
* [[Jason (Cuckoo-Spit)|Jason]] | * [[Jason (Cuckoo-Spit)|Jason]] | ||
* [[Jason's mother (Cuckoo-Spit)|Jason's mother]] | |||
* [[Jason's father (Cuckoo-Spit)|Jason's father]] | |||
* [[Jason's grandfather (Cuckoo-Spit)|Jason grandfather]] | |||
* [[Graham Cook]] | * [[Graham Cook]] | ||
== | == Worldbuilding == | ||
=== Films === | === Films === | ||
* [[Jason (Cuckoo-Spit)|Jason]] has a poster of ''[[Jaws]]'' on his bedroom wall. | * [[Jason (Cuckoo-Spit)|Jason]] has a poster of ''[[Jaws]]'' on his bedroom wall. | ||
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=== TV series === | === TV series === | ||
* Jason used to have a model of the [[Starship Enterprise]] from ''[[Star Trek]]''. | * Jason used to have a model of the [[Starship Enterprise]] from ''[[Star Trek]]''. | ||
* Jason watches ''[[Superstars]]'' on TV. | * Jason watches ''[[Superstars]]'' on [[television|TV]]. | ||
* Jason assumes the Doctor and Rose are police | * Jason assumes the Doctor and Rose are [[police officer]]s, but says they are not very much like the ones on ''[[Z-Cars]]''. | ||
* Jason's parents watch ''[[That's Life]]'' on TV. | * Jason's parents watch ''[[That's Life]]'' on TV. | ||
* Jason's | * [[Jason's grandfather (Cuckoo-Spit)|Jason's granddad]] watches ''[[Crown Court]]''. | ||
=== References to the real world === | === References to the real world === | ||
* Jason's dad does not think [[Margaret Thatcher|Thatcher]] will become [[prime minister]] as she is known as "the milk snatcher". | * [[Jason's father (Cuckoo-Spit)|Jason's dad]] does not think [[Margaret Thatcher|Thatcher]] will become [[prime minister]] as she is known as "the [[milk]] snatcher". | ||
* Jason has a model [[Spitfire]] in his bedroom. | * Jason has a [[model aeroplane|model]] [[Spitfire]] in his bedroom. | ||
* Jason listens to a radio programme featuring [[Jimmy Savile]]. | * Jason listens to a [[radio]] programme featuring [[Jimmy Savile]]. | ||
== Notes == | == Notes == | ||
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== Continuity == | == Continuity == | ||
''to be added'' | ''to be added'' | ||
{{TitleSort}} | {{TitleSort}} | ||
[[Category:Tenth Doctor short stories]] | [[Category:Tenth Doctor short stories]] | ||
[[Category:2006 short stories]] | [[Category:2006 short stories]] | ||
[[Category:DWS short stories]] | [[Category:DWS short stories]] | ||
[[Category:Stories set in 1975]] | [[Category:Stories set in 1975]] | ||
[[Category: | [[Category:Stories set in England]] | ||
Latest revision as of 21:03, 1 March 2024
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Cuckoo (disambiguation)for other, similarly-named pages.
Cuckoo-Spit was a short story featured in the Doctor Who Storybook 2007. It was written by Mark Gatiss and featured the Tenth Doctor and Rose.
Summary[[edit] | [edit source]]
A young teenage boy, Jason, starts the first entry in a diary his granddad bought him for Christmas, stating that he only started it because strange things have been happening lately. A boy in the year above, Chris Rutter, has disappeared.
The next day, Jason befriends a boy at his school called Graham Cook during PE class. That evening, a neighbour informs Jason's mother that Chris Rutter's mother has also disappeared. During history class a week later, Jason sees a man and a boy stood on the street outside. Their faces appear to be muddled up, their eyes glowing ominously. That night, Jason learns that Graham did not come home from school and begins to worry about him.
That weekend, Jason walks to a nearby field, where he notes that the tall grass is covered with cuckoo-spit, a substance created by frog-hopper nymphs as a form of protection and a source of moisture. After hearing a sound like an old car engine, he rushes to another part of the field where he sees a blue hut, out of which steps a thin man in a crumpled suit. A girl then steps from the bushes and summons the thin man to a stream, where a metallic pear-drop shaped object lies. The man notes that the hull must have fractured on impact, meaning that something inside has escaped.
After being spotted, Jason rushes home and goes to bed early, where he sees the same man who was stood outside school a few days before and Graham Cook, their faces both jumbled up and their eyes glowing. The following day, Jason sneaks back to the field and sits by the blue hut, eventually falling asleep. He is woken up when the girl opens the door and steps out. The man follows, and the two of them agree that Jason could be used as bait to help neutralise the creatures they are chasing. That night, he sneaks out of the house and sees Graham stood outside. After Graham takes his hand, Jason is sent to sleep and wakes up in a house full of bodies. Accidentally falling onto one, he causes it to decompose, revealing a small creature resembling a centipede the size of a puppy, with no eyes or mouth.
Graham steps from the kitchen, holding one of the creatures, and approaches Jason, who notices that the substance that the bodies are composed of is like cuckoo-spit. The Doctor then appears, alongside Rose, and sets fire to the house, killing all of the creatures, before taking Jason back home. The following day, a neighbour tells Jason's parents that the police had found a house burned to the ground, with the remains of some bodies. Jason decides not to tell anyone what really happened.
Characters[[edit] | [edit source]]
Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]
Films[[edit] | [edit source]]
- Jason has a poster of Jaws on his bedroom wall.
- Jason watches the film Where Eagles Dare on the TV with his dad.
TV series[[edit] | [edit source]]
- Jason used to have a model of the Starship Enterprise from Star Trek.
- Jason watches Superstars on TV.
- Jason assumes the Doctor and Rose are police officers, but says they are not very much like the ones on Z-Cars.
- Jason's parents watch That's Life on TV.
- Jason's granddad watches Crown Court.
References to the real world[[edit] | [edit source]]
- Jason's dad does not think Thatcher will become prime minister as she is known as "the milk snatcher".
- Jason has a model Spitfire in his bedroom.
- Jason listens to a radio programme featuring Jimmy Savile.
Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]
- This is the first story to be published in the first of the annual storybooks published by Panini Books.
Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]
to be added
