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{{Infobox Story | {{Infobox Story | ||
|image | |image = Jorj - short story illustration - Ben Morris.jpg | ||
| | |range = The Blogs of Doom | ||
| | |number in range = #1 | ||
| | |main character = [[Jorj]] | ||
| | |featuring = Twelfth Doctor | ||
|setting | |featuring2 = [[Missy]] | ||
|writer | |featuring3 = Nardole | ||
|illustrator | |featuring4 = Bill Potts | ||
|publication | |enemy = [[Patient (World Enough and Time)|Patients]] | ||
|release date | |setting = [[Colony ship (World Enough and Time)|Mondasian colony ship]] | ||
|cover date | |writer = [[Jonathan Morris]] | ||
|series = ''[[The Blogs of Doom]]'' | |illustrator = [[Ben Morris (illustrator)|Ben Morris]] | ||
| | |publication = [[DWM 519]] | ||
|release date = [[16 November (releases)|16 November]] [[2017 (releases)|2017]] | |||
|cover date = Winter 2017/2018 | |||
|series = ''Doctor Who Magazine'' Prose Stories | |||
|prev = Entry 15234/C-4 (short story) | |||
|next = Ian the Elf (short story) | |||
|series2 = ''[[The Blogs of Doom]]'' | |||
|next2 = Ian the Elf (short story) | |||
}} | }} | ||
'''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was the first ''[[The Blogs of Doom]]'' short story, published in later [[2017 (releases)|2017]] in ''[[Doctor Who Magazine]]'' [[DWM 519|519]]. 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, [[Jorj]] from ''[[World Enough and Time (TV story)|World Enough and Time]]'' — in first-person perspective as a series of diary or blog entries from the character. | '''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was the first ''[[The Blogs of Doom]]'' short story, published in later [[2017 (releases)|2017]] in ''[[Doctor Who Magazine]]'' [[DWM 519|519]]. 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, [[Jorj]] from ''[[World Enough and Time (TV story)|World Enough and Time]]'' — in first-person perspective as a series of diary or blog entries from the character. | ||
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== Plot == | == Plot == | ||
On Day 43 of the [[colony ship (World Enough and Time)|colony ship]]'s journey, the ship gets stuck in a black hole. As Jorj writes down in his log, he gets blamed for the accident by [[Captain (Jorj)|the Captain]] due to having been the only man on the bridge when it happened and not reacting quickly enough — when he heard the alarms blaring, he spilled his [[coffee]] and then unthinkingly spent precious time making sure none of it got onto the [[keyboard]] instead of immediately warning officers that the alarm had gone off. | On Day 43 of the [[colony ship (World Enough and Time)|colony ship]]'s journey, the ship gets stuck in a black hole. As Jorj writes down in his log, he gets blamed for the accident by [[Captain (Jorj)|the Captain]] due to having been the only man on the bridge when it happened and not reacting quickly enough — when he heard the alarms blaring, he spilled his [[coffee]] and then unthinkingly spent precious time making sure none of it got onto the [[keyboard]] instead of immediately warning officers that the alarm had gone off. | ||
When [[Franq]] and an [[engineering]] team go down to [[Floor 1056]] to reverse the rear thrusters, Jorj volunteers to help but is forbidden from doing so by the Captain, who doesn't trust him. When [[life]] signs start being detected in the lower levels the next day, the Captain berates Jorj for not having even remotely checked for stowaways before they departed from [[Mondas]]. The Captain sends down another team to deal with the situation, but when the [[lift]] returns, a group of [[ | When [[Franq]] and an [[engineering]] team go down to [[Floor 1056]] to reverse the rear thrusters, Jorj volunteers to help but is forbidden from doing so by the Captain, who doesn't trust him. When [[life]] signs start being detected in the lower levels the next day, the Captain berates Jorj for not having even remotely checked for stowaways before they departed from [[Mondas]]. The Captain sends down another team to deal with the situation, but when the [[lift]] returns, a group of [[Patient (World Enough and Time)|monsters in cloth masks and surgical gowns]] come out instead and abduct all human crewmembers, Captain included. Jorj is left alone. | ||
By the next day, Jorj has sent out a distress call and re-angled all the surveillance screens in the control room, but doesn't have much hope of a rescue coming before months. However, after "nipping out of the control room for five minutes", he returns to find [[the Doctor's TARDIS|a blue rescue capsule]] has materialised on the bridge. He tells the occupants who walk out of it to stay where they are and inwardly rejoices at possibly being rescued. | By the next day, Jorj has sent out a distress call and re-angled all the surveillance screens in the control room, but doesn't have much hope of a rescue coming before months. However, after "nipping out of the control room for five minutes", he returns to find [[the Doctor's TARDIS|a blue rescue capsule]] has materialised on the bridge. He tells the occupants who walk out of it to stay where they are and inwardly rejoices at possibly being rescued. | ||
A later, additional entry explains that since [[Bill Potts|the girl]] of the party was [[human]], the cloth mask creatures turned up, causing him to panic and accidentally shoot her. Another man who stepped out of the capsule, a "[[Twelfth Doctor|walking frown called Doctor Who]]", tries to explain the temporal mechanics of the ship's relative time-zones to Jorj, who doesn't follow and is eventually [[Venusian aikido|rendered unconscious]] by the Doctor. | A later, additional entry explains that since [[Bill Potts|the girl]] of the party was [[human]], the cloth mask creatures turned up, causing him to panic and accidentally shoot her. Another man who stepped out of the capsule, a "[[Twelfth Doctor|walking frown called Doctor Who]]", tries to explain the temporal mechanics of the ship's relative time-zones to Jorj, who doesn't follow and is eventually [[Venusian aikido|rendered unconscious]] by the Doctor. | ||
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* [[Cyberman|Cloth mask creatures]] | * [[Cyberman|Cloth mask creatures]] | ||
* [[Twelfth Doctor|Dr Who]] | * [[Twelfth Doctor|Dr Who]] | ||
* | * [[Missy|Strange lady]] | ||
* [[Nardole|Bald man]] | * [[Nardole|Bald man]] | ||
* [[Bill Potts|Girl]] | * [[Bill Potts|Girl]] | ||
== | == Worldbuilding == | ||
* The human crewmembers were invited to engineer [[Franq]]'s [[birthday]] party, but not [[Jorj]], which Jorj blames on prejudice against blue people. | * The human crewmembers were invited to engineer [[Franq]]'s [[birthday]] party, but not [[Jorj]], which Jorj blames on prejudice against blue people. | ||
== Notes == | == Notes == | ||
* On top of an original illustration by [[Ben Morris (illustrator)|Ben Morris]], stills from ''World Enough and Tim'' featuring Jorj and the TARDIS crew were featured. | * On top of an original illustration by [[Ben Morris (illustrator)|Ben Morris]], stills from ''World Enough and Tim'' featuring Jorj and the TARDIS crew were featured. | ||
== Continuity == | == Continuity == | ||
* The [[Twelfth Doctor]] was introduced to [[Jorj]] as "Doctor Who". Jorj ends up shooting [[Bill Potts|his companion]], fruitlessly apologising afterwards, when the [[ | * The [[Twelfth Doctor]] was introduced to [[Jorj]] as "Doctor Who". Jorj ends up shooting [[Bill Potts|his companion]], fruitlessly apologising afterwards, when the [[Patient (World Enough and Time)|cloth mask creatures]], really the Cybermen Patients, show up. ([[TV]]: ''[[World Enough and Time (TV story)|World Enough and Time]]'') | ||
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[[Category:2017 short stories]] | [[Category:2017 short stories]] | ||
[[Category:The Blogs of Doom short stories]] | [[Category:The Blogs of Doom short stories]] | ||
[[Category:Cyberman short stories]] | |||
[[Category:Missy short stories]] | |||