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'''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was the twelfth [[Puffin eshort]] released. It was released one year after the series originally ended, to commemorate the debut of the [[Twelfth Doctor]].
'''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was the twelfth and last [[Puffin eshort]] released. It was released one year after the series originally ended, to commemorate the [[Twelfth Doctor]].
 
It was later published in the short stories anthologies ''[[12 Doctors, 12 Stories]]'' and ''[[Thirteen Doctors, 13 Stories]]''.


== Publisher's summary ==
== Publisher's summary ==
''to be added''
As the newly-regenerated [[Twelfth Doctor]] arrives on our TV screens, Puffin are publishing the twelfth instalment in its sensational series of ''Doctor Who'' eShorts! With 11 previous stories by some of the most exciting names in children's fiction, this Twelfth Doctor ebook is written by bestselling US author Holly Black.


== Plot ==
== Plot ==
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* [[Twelfth Doctor]]
* [[Twelfth Doctor]]
* [[78351 (Lights Out)|Fifty-one]]
* [[78351 (Lights Out)|Fifty-one]]
* [[Vinvocci (Lights Out)|Vinvocci]]
* [[Barista (Lights Out)|Barista]]
* [[Graske (Lights Out)|Graske]]
* [[Terileptil (Lights Out)|Terileptil]]
* [[Blowfish (Lights Out)|Blowfish]]


== References ==
== Worldbuilding ==
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* The Doctor claims the [[Intergalactic Coffee Roasting Station]] only has the third best coffee in the universe, after the one brewed by [[Elisabeth Pepys]] and the one [[Sergeant Benton]] made.
* Amongst the customers at the ICRS are a [[Vinvocci]], [[Graske]], [[Terileptil]], [[Blowfish]], [[Catkind]], [[Silurian]], and [[Tivolian]].
* When asked if shadows killed a woman, the Doctor says it wasn't [[Vashta Nerada]] and considers if the murderer could have been a [[Plasmavore]].
* 78351 is made of a pinch of [[Axos|Axon]], a bit of [[Ogron]], and a dash of [[Pyrovile]].
* The Doctor mentions [[Collabria]].


== Notes ==
== Notes ==
''to be added''
* This is the third eShort to feature an original companion. The previous ones were ''[[Spore (short story)|Spore]]'' and ''[[The Beast of Babylon (short story)|The Beast of Babylon]]''.
* An audiobook of the story was read by [[Samuel Anderson]].


== Continuity ==
== Continuity ==
* The story takes place between [[TV]]: ''[[Deep Breath (TV story)|Deep Breath]]'' and [[TV]]: ''[[Into the Dalek (TV story)|Into the Dalek]]'', as the Doctor is trying to get the coffee that he promised to [[Clara Oswald|Clara]].
* 78351 did a contract job for the Galatron Mining Corporation. ([[TV]]: ''[[Vengeance on Varos (TV story)|Vengeance on Varos]]'')
* The Doctor claims the [[Intergalactic Coffee Roasting Station]] only has the third best coffee in the universe, after the one brewed by [[Elisabeth Pepys]] and the one [[Sergeant Benton]] made.
* The Intergalactic Coffee Roasting Station is in orbit around the planet [[Chloris]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Creature from the Pit (TV story)|The Creature from the Pit]]'')
* The Doctor is buying a coffee for Clara. ([[TV]]: ''[[Deep Breath (TV story)|Deep Breath]]'')
* The Doctor refers to Clara as impossible. ([[TV]]: ''[[Nightmare in Silver (TV story)|Nightmare in Silver]]'' et al.)
* The Doctor says people still drink coffee in the year 100 trillion. ([[TV]]: ''[[Utopia (TV story)|Utopia]]'')


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Latest revision as of 03:55, 30 March 2024

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Lights Out was the twelfth Puffin eshort released. It was released one year after the series originally ended, to commemorate the debut of the Twelfth Doctor.

It was later published in the short stories anthologies 12 Doctors, 12 Stories and Thirteen Doctors, 13 Stories.

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

As the newly-regenerated Twelfth Doctor arrives on our TV screens, Puffin are publishing the twelfth instalment in its sensational series of Doctor Who eShorts! With 11 previous stories by some of the most exciting names in children's fiction, this Twelfth Doctor ebook is written by bestselling US author Holly Black.

Plot[[edit] | [edit source]]

to be added

Characters[[edit] | [edit source]]

Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]

Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]

Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]