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| | |range = Star Tales (anthology) | ||
|number in range = 4 | |||
|series = ''[[Star Tales (anthology)|Star Tales]]'' | |series = ''[[Star Tales (anthology)|Star Tales]]'' | ||
|doctor = Thirteenth Doctor | |doctor = Thirteenth Doctor | ||
|companions = [[Graham O'Brien|Graham]], [[ | |companions = [[Graham O'Brien|Graham]], [[Yasmin Khan|Yaz]], [[Ryan Sinclair|Ryan]] | ||
|featuring = [[ | |featuring = [[Harry Houdini|Houdini]], [[Twelfth Doctor]] | ||
|enemy = | |enemy = [[Wiseman King]] | ||
|setting = [[Chicago]], [[1926]] | |setting = [[Chicago]], [[1926]] | ||
|writer = | |writer = Steve Cole | ||
|read by = | |read by = | ||
|anthology = | |anthology = Star Tales (anthology) | ||
|release date = | |release date = 5 December 2019 | ||
|prev = Einstein and the Doctor (short story) | |prev = Einstein and the Doctor (short story) | ||
|next = The Pythagoras Problem (short story) | |next = The Pythagoras Problem (short story) | ||
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== Plot == | == Plot == | ||
' | The Doctor, Ryan, Yaz and Graham go back in time to Chicago to find the famous Harry Houdini and his troupe a few moments after Houdini and the Twelfth Doctor had a confrontation with a dangerous alien responsible for the murders of other Magicians in the area. The troupe band together with the fam to help protect a ring owned by Mr. Houdini that is actually a controlling device for one of the stagehands in his trope, Billy. The Doctor discovers that Billy is actually the dangerous, shape-shifting alien seeking revenge on his previous owners who forced him into slavery for the sake of their magic acts, Houdini included. The team manages to convince Billy not to kill Houdini and help him repair the ship in which he came to Earth in so he may leave again. As part of Houdini's act was to use Billy to make himself appear in two places at once, Billy switches places with Houdini and instead stays on Earth with Houdini's wife while the real Houdini flies away into space. | ||
== Characters == | == Characters == | ||
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* [[Harry Houdini]] | * [[Harry Houdini]] | ||
* [[Twelfth Doctor]] | * [[Twelfth Doctor]] | ||
* [[Dorothy Smith]] | |||
* [[Billy (Who-Dini?)|Billy]] | |||
* [[Gladstone (Who-Dini?)|Gladstone]] | |||
* [[Wiseman King]] | |||
== | == Worldbuilding == | ||
* [[The Doctor]] and Houdini once tackled a giant sea monster in [[Gloucester]] harbor. | |||
* The Doctor refers to the narrator of the story, Dorothy Smith, as [[Dodo Chaplet|Dodo]] | |||
== Notes == | == Notes == | ||
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{{TitleSort}} | {{TitleSort}} | ||
[[Category:Star Tales short stories]] | [[Category:Star Tales short stories]] | ||
[[Category:Twelfth Doctor short stories]] | [[Category:Twelfth Doctor short stories]] | ||
[[Category:Multi-Doctor stories]] | [[Category:Multi-Doctor short stories]] | ||
[[Category:Stories set in Chicago]] | [[Category:Stories set in Chicago]] | ||
[[Category:Stories set in 1926]] | [[Category:Stories set in 1926]] | ||
Latest revision as of 21:43, 13 April 2024
Who-Dini? was the fourth short story in Star Tales.
Publisher's summary[[edit] | [edit source]]
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Plot[[edit] | [edit source]]
The Doctor, Ryan, Yaz and Graham go back in time to Chicago to find the famous Harry Houdini and his troupe a few moments after Houdini and the Twelfth Doctor had a confrontation with a dangerous alien responsible for the murders of other Magicians in the area. The troupe band together with the fam to help protect a ring owned by Mr. Houdini that is actually a controlling device for one of the stagehands in his trope, Billy. The Doctor discovers that Billy is actually the dangerous, shape-shifting alien seeking revenge on his previous owners who forced him into slavery for the sake of their magic acts, Houdini included. The team manages to convince Billy not to kill Houdini and help him repair the ship in which he came to Earth in so he may leave again. As part of Houdini's act was to use Billy to make himself appear in two places at once, Billy switches places with Houdini and instead stays on Earth with Houdini's wife while the real Houdini flies away into space.
Characters[[edit] | [edit source]]
- Thirteenth Doctor
- Graham O'Brien
- Ryan Sinclair
- Yasmin Khan
- Harry Houdini
- Twelfth Doctor
- Dorothy Smith
- Billy
- Gladstone
- Wiseman King
Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]
- The Doctor and Houdini once tackled a giant sea monster in Gloucester harbor.
- The Doctor refers to the narrator of the story, Dorothy Smith, as Dodo
Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]
to be added
Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]
to be added
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