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|release date = 13 December 2023 | |release date = 13 December 2023 | ||
|publisher = Official Doctor Who Twitter | |genre = Science fiction | ||
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|website = [[Official Doctor Who Twitter|Official ''Doctor Who'' Twitter]] | |||
|publisher = BBC Studios | |||
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''''' | '''''A Message from Janis Goblin''''' was a short story exclusively published on the [[official Doctor Who Twitter|official ''Doctor Who'' Twitter account]] on [[13 December (releases)|13 December]] [[2023 (releases)|2023]] by [[BBC Studios]] to celebrate the success of "[[The Goblin Song (soundtrack)|The Goblin Song]]" in the charts. It was told from the perspective of [[Janis Goblin]].<ref>[https://twitter.com/bbcdoctorwho/status/1734906023083720868 @bbcdoctorwho on twitter.com (13/12/2023)]</ref> | ||
== | == Plot == | ||
[[Janis Goblin]] thanks all the [[human]]s who have listened to | [[Janis Goblin]] thanks all the [[human]]s who have listened to "[[The Goblin Song]]", as all the [[money]] is being donated to [[Children in Need (in-universe)|Children in Need]], and she is under the misapprehension that this means that there will be more [[child]]ren for her to [[eating|eat]]. After she realises that this is not, in fact, the case, she decides against not eating any more children, and asks somebody to pass her some [[twins (A Message from Janis Goblin)|twins]] for her to eat. | ||
== Characters == | |||
* [[Janis Goblin]] | |||
* [[Twins (A Message from Janis Goblin)|Twins]] | |||
== Worldbuilding == | == Worldbuilding == | ||
' | * Janis's [[microphone]] is apparently made from a [[pine cone]] on a [[stick]]. | ||
== Notes == | == Notes == | ||
'' | * Janis's name is a pun on [[Janis Joplin]]. | ||
* [[Russell T Davies]] said on [[Instagram]] that the [[Fifteenth Doctor]] calls her "Janice" because she's got [[blonde]] hair like Janice from ''[[The Muppet Show|The Muppets]]''.<ref>[https://www.instagram.com/p/C0y-QG6tnMr/ @russelltdavies63 on instagram.com]</ref> | |||
== Continuity == | == Continuity == | ||
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Latest revision as of 03:46, 22 October 2024
A Message from Janis Goblin was a short story exclusively published on the official Doctor Who Twitter account on 13 December 2023 by BBC Studios to celebrate the success of "The Goblin Song" in the charts. It was told from the perspective of Janis Goblin.[1]
Plot[[edit] | [edit source]]
Janis Goblin thanks all the humans who have listened to "The Goblin Song", as all the money is being donated to Children in Need, and she is under the misapprehension that this means that there will be more children for her to eat. After she realises that this is not, in fact, the case, she decides against not eating any more children, and asks somebody to pass her some twins for her to eat.
Characters[[edit] | [edit source]]
Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]
- Janis's microphone is apparently made from a pine cone on a stick.
Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]
- Janis's name is a pun on Janis Joplin.
- Russell T Davies said on Instagram that the Fifteenth Doctor calls her "Janice" because she's got blonde hair like Janice from The Muppets.[2]
Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]
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