The Little Drummer Boy (short story): Difference between revisions

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|range                  = Short Trips (series)

|series in range        = Short Trips: Companions

|companions            = [[Steven Taylor|Steven]], [[Sara Kingdom|Sara]]

|setting                = {{il|[[England]], [[1885]]|[[France]], [[1914]]|[[Sussex]], [[2069]]|[[Manchester]], [[1956]]|[[Liverpool]], [[1965]]}}

|read by                = [[Beth Chalmers]]

|director              = [[Nicholas Briggs]]

|producer              = [[Nicholas Briggs]]

|isbn                  = ISBN 978-1-78575-943-7

|series                = ''[[Short Trips (series)|Short Trips]]''

|prev                  = Notre Dame du Temps (short story)

== Notes ==

* A reading of the story by [[Beth Chalmers]] was offered to subscribers in [[21 December (releases)|21 December]] [[2010 (releases)|2010]]<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20101223232730/http://www.bigfinish.com:80/news THE LATEST BIG FINISH NEWS - Archived on 23-12-2010]</ref>, alongside the release ''[[The Demons of Red Lodge and Other Stories]]''. It was directed by [[Nicholas Briggs]], with music and sound design by [[Robert Dunlop]].

* On [[30 September (releases)|30 September]] [[2016 (releases)|2016]], the reading of this story was made available for general release as part of the ''[[Short Trips Rarities]]'' range, with a new cover by [[Tom Saunders]].

* The Doctor replaces Robert's terminally ill twin brother with the future version of the boy. These two versions of Robert presumably spend a number of years together after that, without suffering any ill effects from a [[temporal paradox]] or the [[Blinovitch Limitation Effect]], possibly due to the influence of the [[taranium]].

* Sara asks why they don't use the fast return switch to go and confront the Daleks, but the Doctor points out that the switch would just return them to the very moment they originally escaped from, confirming to Sara that such a plan would be a bad idea.

== Continuity ==