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|range = The Blogs of Doom | |range = The Blogs of Doom | ||
|number in range = #37 | |number in range = #37 | ||
|image = Dr Black.jpg | |image = Dr Black (short story).jpg | ||
|main character = [[Henry Black]] | |main character = [[Henry Black]] | ||
|featuring = [[The Curator]] | |featuring = [[The Curator]] | ||
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|illustrator = [[Ben Morris (illustrator)|Ben Morris]] | |illustrator = [[Ben Morris (illustrator)|Ben Morris]] | ||
|publication = [[DWM 557]] | |publication = [[DWM 557]] | ||
|release date = [[ | |release date = [[15 October (releases)|15 October]] [[2020 (releases)|2020]] | ||
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|series = ''[[The Blogs of Doom]]'' | |series = ''[[The Blogs of Doom]]'' | ||
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'''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was the | '''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was the thirty-seventh ''[[The Blogs of Doom]]'' short story, published in [[2020 (releases)|2020]] in ''[[Doctor Who Magazine]]'' [[DWM 557|557]]. Like other features in the series, it narrated events in the life of a minor ''[[Doctor Who (TV series)|Doctor Who]]'' TV character before and after their involvement in [[the Doctor]]'s life. | ||
In this case, the subject of writer [[Jonathan Morris]]'s attention was [[Henry Black|Doctor Black]], [[Bill Nighy]]'s art historian character from [[TV]]: ''[[Vincent and the Doctor (TV story)|Vincent and the Doctor]]'', who was shown to take an interest with various other works of art interacted with by the Doctor over the years. | In this case, the subject of writer [[Jonathan Morris]]'s attention was [[Henry Black|Doctor Black]], [[Bill Nighy]]'s art historian character from [[TV]]: ''[[Vincent and the Doctor (TV story)|Vincent and the Doctor]]'', who was shown to take an interest with various other works of art interacted with by the Doctor over the years. | ||
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* [[The Curator]] | * [[The Curator]] | ||
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== Continuity == | == Continuity == | ||
* Doctor Black works at the [[Musée | * Doctor Black works at the [[Musée d'Orsay]] giving tours of the Musée's collection of [[Vincent van Gogh]] paintings. ([[TV]]: ''[[Vincent and the Doctor (TV story)|Vincent and the Doctor]]'') | ||
* Black is aware of the short-lived "[[Dada]]-esque exhibit" briefly exposed at the [[Denise René Gallery]]: [[the Doctor's TARDIS|a blue police phone box]]. He restates the [[Male art lover (City of Death)|male]] and [[Female art lover (City of Death)|female]] [[art lover]]s' judgement that "had no | * Black is aware of the short-lived "[[Dada]]-esque exhibit" briefly exposed at the [[Denise René Gallery]]: [[the Doctor's TARDIS|a blue police phone box]]. He restates the [[Male art lover (City of Death)|male]] and [[Female art lover (City of Death)|female]] [[art lover]]s' judgement that as it "had no 'public call' to be in the gallery, the art lay in the fact that it was there", adding "until it wasn't". ([[TV]]: ''[[City of Death (TV story)|City of Death]]'') | ||
* Infra-red analysis of the ''[[Mona Lisa]]'' in the [[Louvre]] uncovered the fact that "THIS IS FAKE" was written in [[Sharpie]] underneath the paint. ([[TV]]: ''[[City of Death (TV story)|City of Death]]'') | * Infra-red analysis of the ''[[Mona Lisa]]'' in the [[Louvre]] uncovered the fact that "THIS IS FAKE" was written in [[Sharpie]] underneath the paint. ([[TV]]: ''[[City of Death (TV story)|City of Death]]'') | ||
* Doctor Black is friends with [[the Curator]] of the [[National Gallery]], who showed him ''[[Gallifrey Falls No More]]'' in confidence. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Day of the Doctor (TV story)|The Day of the Doctor]]'') | * Doctor Black is friends with [[the Curator]] of the [[National Gallery]], who showed him ''[[Gallifrey Falls No More]]'' in confidence. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Day of the Doctor (TV story)|The Day of the Doctor]]'') | ||
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Latest revision as of 21:50, 24 March 2024
Dr Black was the thirty-seventh The Blogs of Doom short story, published in 2020 in Doctor Who Magazine 557. Like other features in the series, it narrated events in the life of a minor Doctor Who TV character before and after their involvement in the Doctor's life.
In this case, the subject of writer Jonathan Morris's attention was Doctor Black, Bill Nighy's art historian character from TV: Vincent and the Doctor, who was shown to take an interest with various other works of art interacted with by the Doctor over the years.
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Characters[[edit] | [edit source]]
Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]
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Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]
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Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]
- Doctor Black works at the Musée d'Orsay giving tours of the Musée's collection of Vincent van Gogh paintings. (TV: Vincent and the Doctor)
- Black is aware of the short-lived "Dada-esque exhibit" briefly exposed at the Denise René Gallery: a blue police phone box. He restates the male and female art lovers' judgement that as it "had no 'public call' to be in the gallery, the art lay in the fact that it was there", adding "until it wasn't". (TV: City of Death)
- Infra-red analysis of the Mona Lisa in the Louvre uncovered the fact that "THIS IS FAKE" was written in Sharpie underneath the paint. (TV: City of Death)
- Doctor Black is friends with the Curator of the National Gallery, who showed him Gallifrey Falls No More in confidence. (TV: The Day of the Doctor)
