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|read by      = [[Chris Addison]]
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|release date = [[6 October (releases)|6 October]] [[2016 (releases)|2016]]
|release date = 6 October 2016
|prev        = The Christmas Inversion (short story)
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== Characters ==
== Characters ==
* [[Fourth Doctor]]
* [[Fourth Doctor]]
* [[Frank Borman]]
* [[William Anders]]
* [[Jim Lovell]]


== References ==
== Worldbuilding ==
''to be added''
* It has been almost three days since [[Apollo 8]] launched.
* Apollo 8 was launched by [[Saturn V]], a 110-metre launching rocket.
* The Doctor references Lovell as the "hero of [[Apollo 13]]."
* The Doctor says that he had used UNIT's storage of alien artefacts to repair his TARDIS while stranded with a broken [[Dematerialisation circuit]].


== Notes ==
== Notes ==
''to be added''
* K9 does not play an active part in the story, but his appearance is confirmed by the accompanied illustration.


== Continuity ==
== Continuity ==
''to be added''
* The TARDIS is packed full of wrapped boxes. The Doctor notes that the downside to having a ship that dimensionally transcendental is that it's hard to clean. The [[Tenth Doctor]] would come to the same conclusion, after calculating that a simple cleaning session for the TARDIS would take more than six years. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[A Rose by Any Other Name (comic story)|A Rose by Any Other Name]]'')
* The Doctor notes that while UNIT has a large collection of UNIT artefacts, they understand very few of them. A Zygon in the [[Black Archive]]s would note the same fact in the [[21st century]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Day of the Doctor (TV story)|The Day of the Doctor]]'')


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Three Wise Men was the fourth short story in Twelve Doctors of Christmas, featuring the Fourth Doctor.

Summary[[edit] | [edit source]]

to be added

Characters[[edit] | [edit source]]

Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • It has been almost three days since Apollo 8 launched.
  • Apollo 8 was launched by Saturn V, a 110-metre launching rocket.
  • The Doctor references Lovell as the "hero of Apollo 13."
  • The Doctor says that he had used UNIT's storage of alien artefacts to repair his TARDIS while stranded with a broken Dematerialisation circuit.

Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • K9 does not play an active part in the story, but his appearance is confirmed by the accompanied illustration.

Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • The TARDIS is packed full of wrapped boxes. The Doctor notes that the downside to having a ship that dimensionally transcendental is that it's hard to clean. The Tenth Doctor would come to the same conclusion, after calculating that a simple cleaning session for the TARDIS would take more than six years. (COMIC: A Rose by Any Other Name)
  • The Doctor notes that while UNIT has a large collection of UNIT artefacts, they understand very few of them. A Zygon in the Black Archives would note the same fact in the 21st century. (TV: The Day of the Doctor)