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|series = [[Puffin eshort]] | |series = [[Puffin eshort]] | ||
|number = 5 | |number = 5 | ||
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|enemy = [[Dipthodat]] | |enemy = [[Dipthodat]] | ||
|setting = [[Temperance]], [[Maine]], [[1945]] | |setting = [[Temperance]], [[Maine]], [[1945]] | ||
|writer = | |writer = Patrick Ness | ||
|read by = [[Nicholas Pegg]] | |read by = [[Nicholas Pegg]] | ||
|publisher = Puffin Books | |publisher = Puffin Books | ||
|release date = | |release date = 23 May 2013 | ||
|cover = | |cover = | ||
|format = E-book | |format = E-book | ||
|isbn = | |isbn = | ||
|prev = The Roots of Evil (short story) | |prev = The Roots of Evil (2013 short story){{!}}The Roots of Evil | ||
|next = Something Borrowed (short story) | |next = Something Borrowed (short story) | ||
|bts = EXCLUSIVE! Patrick Ness - Tip of the Tongue - Doctor Who eBook | |bts = EXCLUSIVE! Patrick Ness - Tip of the Tongue - Doctor Who eBook | ||
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'''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was the fifth [[Puffin eshort]] released to celebrate the 50th anniversary of ''[[Doctor Who]]''. | '''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was the fifth [[Puffin eshort]] released to celebrate the 50th anniversary of ''[[Doctor Who]]''. It featured the [[Fifth Doctor]] and [[Nyssa]]. | ||
It was later published in the short stories anthologies ''[[11 Doctors, 11 Stories]]'', ''[[12 Doctors, 12 Stories]]'' and ''[[Thirteen Doctors, 13 Stories]]''. | |||
== Publisher's summary == | == Publisher's summary == | ||
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* [[Finnegan (Tip of the Tongue)|Mr Finnegan]] | * [[Finnegan (Tip of the Tongue)|Mr Finnegan]] | ||
== | == Worldbuilding == | ||
* Nettie | * Nettie at first believes that the Truth Tellers originated in "[[Europe]] or [[South America]] or something" as a chemical experiment for use in [[World War II|the war]]. | ||
* Nyssa speculates that the Dipthodat practice of building houses from secreted polymers similar to [[sugar]] could be the origin of some of the candy houses in Earth folklore. | * Nyssa speculates that the Dipthodat practice of building houses from secreted polymers similar to [[sugar]] could be the origin of some of the candy houses in Earth folklore. | ||
* [[Slavery]] is illegal in [[Sol system|Earth's solar system]] and "every neighbouring system between here and the Dipthodat homeworld," according to the Doctor. | * [[Slavery]] is illegal in [[Sol system|Earth's solar system]] and "every neighbouring system between here and the Dipthodat homeworld," according to the Doctor. | ||
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== Continuity == | == Continuity == | ||
* The Doctor says "brave heart" to Nettie, a phrase he would often say to Tegan. ([[TV]]: ''[[Earthshock (TV story)|Earthshock]]'' et al.) | |||
* The Doctor references [[Adric]]'s death ([[TV]]: ''[[Earthshock (TV story)|Earthshock]]'') and [[Tegan Jovanka|Tegan]]'s departure. ([[TV]]: ''[[Time-Flight (TV story)|Time-Flight]]'') | * The Doctor references [[Adric]]'s death ([[TV]]: ''[[Earthshock (TV story)|Earthshock]]'') and [[Tegan Jovanka|Tegan]]'s departure. ([[TV]]: ''[[Time-Flight (TV story)|Time-Flight]]'') | ||
{{Puffin eshort}} | {{Puffin eshort}} | ||
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[[Category:Fifth Doctor short stories]] | [[Category:Fifth Doctor short stories]] | ||
[[Category:Stories set in 1945]] | [[Category:Stories set in 1945]] | ||
[[Category:Stories set in the United States]] | [[Category:Stories set in the United States]] | ||
[[Category:11 Doctors, 11 Stories short stories]] | [[Category:11 Doctors, 11 Stories short stories]] | ||