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'''''Dodge the Mantrap''''' was the fifth game and twenty-second release exclusively published in ''[[Doctor Who The Official Annual 2025]]'' on [[5 September (releases)|5 September]] [[2024 (releases)|2024]] by [[Penguin Group]] and written by [[Paul Lang]].
'''''Dodge the Mantrap''''' was the fifth game and twenty-second release exclusively published in ''[[Doctor Who The Official Annual 2025]]'' on [[5 September (releases)|5 September]] [[2024 (releases)|2024]] by [[Penguin Group]] and written by [[Paul Lang]].
It is a dice and counter game in which one or more readers take on the role of a citizen of [[Finetime]], and are tasked with making their way to the end of the grid without being devoured by a [[Mantrap]].


== Plot ==
== Plot ==
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== Characters ==
== Characters ==
''to be added''
* "[[Finetimer (Dodge the Mantraps)|You]]"
* [[Fifteenth Doctor]]
* [[Lindy Pepper-Bean]]
* [[Ricky September]]
* [[Goblin (Dodge the Mantraps)|Goblin]]


== Worldbuilding ==
== Worldbuilding ==
''to be added''
* You are potentially shown a bad [[meme]] by your [[Bubble (Dot and Bubble)|bubble]].
* The Doctor tries to save those whose surname begins with [[N]].
* The Mantrap consuming the N's is, seemingly, a [[Goblin (Dodge the Mantraps)|goblin]].


== Notes ==
== Notes ==
''to be added''
* This is the third source released within just two days which allows the viewer, problematically, to insert themselves into the narrative as a citizen of the all-[[White person|white]], deeply [[Racism|racist]] Finetime.


== Continuity ==
== Continuity ==
''to be added''
* The viewer was previously invited to insert themselves into Finetime society one day prior with the release of [[GAME]]: {{cs|Try Out Life in a Bubble! (game)}}, as well as earlier in the annual with [[PROSE]]: {{cs|Welcome to Finetime (short story)}}.


== Footnotes ==
== Footnotes ==

Latest revision as of 01:06, 17 October 2024

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Dodge the Mantrap was the fifth game and twenty-second release exclusively published in Doctor Who The Official Annual 2025 on 5 September 2024 by Penguin Group and written by Paul Lang.

It is a dice and counter game in which one or more readers take on the role of a citizen of Finetime, and are tasked with making their way to the end of the grid without being devoured by a Mantrap.

Plot[[edit] | [edit source]]

to be added

Characters[[edit] | [edit source]]

Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • You are potentially shown a bad meme by your bubble.
  • The Doctor tries to save those whose surname begins with N.
  • The Mantrap consuming the N's is, seemingly, a goblin.

Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • This is the third source released within just two days which allows the viewer, problematically, to insert themselves into the narrative as a citizen of the all-white, deeply racist Finetime.

Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • The viewer was previously invited to insert themselves into Finetime society one day prior with the release of GAME: Try Out Life in a Bubble! [+]Loading...["Try Out Life in a Bubble! (game)"], as well as earlier in the annual with PROSE: Welcome to Finetime [+]Loading...["Welcome to Finetime (short story)"].

Footnotes[[edit] | [edit source]]

Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]

Sources[[edit] | [edit source]]