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|image= | |image= Not Guilty (DWM Short Story).jpg | ||
|series=''[[Doctor Who Magazine|DWM]]'' short stories | |series=''[[Doctor Who Magazine|DWM]]'' short stories | ||
| | |main character = ''[[The Trial of a Time Lord (Not Guilty)|The Trial of a Time Lord]]'' | ||
| | |featuring=[[Darkel|The Inquisitor]] | ||
|featuring=The Inquisitor | |enemy = [[The Valeyard]] | ||
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|setting= A "big 1980's house" | |setting= A "big 1980's house" | ||
|writer= [[Jacqueline Rayner]] | |writer= [[Jacqueline Rayner]] | ||
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|cover date= [[October (releases)|October]] [[2019 (releases)|2019]] | |cover date= [[October (releases)|October]] [[2019 (releases)|2019]] | ||
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'''''Not Guilty''''' was a parodical short story published in [[DWM 542]], written in the style of a television script. Thirty-three years after the infamous story arc's broadcast, it explored the ill reputation of ''[[Season 23|The Trial of a Time Lord]]'' through the fictional framework of the story itself, depicted as a sentient entity, being on trial with none other than [[the Valeyard]] as prosecutor. | '''''Not Guilty''''' was a parodical short story published in [[DWM 542]], written in the style of a television script. Thirty-three years after the infamous story arc's broadcast, it explored the ill reputation of ''[[Season 23 (Doctor Who 1963)|The Trial of a Time Lord]]'' through the fictional framework of the story itself, depicted as a sentient entity, being on trial with none other than [[the Valeyard]] as prosecutor. | ||
== Summary == | == Summary == | ||
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* [[Doctor Who fans (Not Guilty)|''Doctor Who'' Fans]] | * [[Doctor Who fans (Not Guilty)|''Doctor Who'' Fans]] | ||
== | == Worldbuilding == | ||
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== Story notes == | == Story notes == | ||
* An egregiously fourth-wall-breaking effort, ''Not Guilty'' parodies the structure of the Trial sequences of [[Season 23]] itself, lifting the characters of [[the Valeyard]] and [[Darkel|the Inquisitor]] from it but replacing the [[Sixth Doctor]] with ''[[The Trial of a Time Lord (Not Guilty)|The Trial of a Time Lord]]'' itself. The text of the story does not clarify how a television story can have a physical existence and be dragged into a courtroom; in the full-page "cover illustration" that precedes the story, however, it is depicted as an old-fashioned television set with the title screen of ''The Trial of a Time Lord'' flickering on it. | * An egregiously fourth-wall-breaking effort, ''Not Guilty'' parodies the structure of the Trial sequences of [[Season 23 (Doctor Who 1963)|Season 23]] itself, lifting the characters of [[the Valeyard]] and [[Darkel|the Inquisitor]] from it but replacing the [[Sixth Doctor]] with ''[[The Trial of a Time Lord (Not Guilty)|The Trial of a Time Lord]]'' itself. The text of the story does not clarify how a television story can have a physical existence and be dragged into a courtroom; in the full-page "cover illustration" that precedes the story, however, it is depicted as an old-fashioned television set with the title screen of ''The Trial of a Time Lord'' flickering on it. | ||
* As the story doubled as an article on the subject of ''The Trial of a Time Lord''’s reputation, the text of the fictional story is surrounded by "boxes" of fully non-narrative information about the TV story and later uses of [[the Valeyard]]. | * As the story doubled as an article on the subject of ''The Trial of a Time Lord''’s reputation, the text of the fictional story is surrounded by "boxes" of fully non-narrative information about the TV story and later uses of [[the Valeyard]]. | ||
* The clear implication is that the unnamed "DWM Writer" in the story is none other than [[Jacqueline Rayner]] herself, and that the transcript she promised to print in ''Doctor Who Magazine'' is the very story the readers are peering over. This explains why the story ends before a sentence is passed, as that is when the Writer leaves the room to go buy some Wotsits. | * The clear implication is that the unnamed "DWM Writer" in the story is none other than [[Jacqueline Rayner]] herself, and that the transcript she promised to print in ''Doctor Who Magazine'' is the very story the readers are peering over. This explains why the story ends before a sentence is passed, as that is when the Writer leaves the room to go buy some Wotsits. | ||