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|name=Hiccup in Time
|series=[[Short Trips (series)#In print|Short Trips short stories]]
|series=[[Short Trips (series)#In print|Short Trips short stories]]
|doctor=Third Doctor
|doctor = Third Doctor
|companions=[[Liz Shaw]]
|companions=[[Liz Shaw]]
|featuring = [[Henry VIII]]
|setting= [[England]], [[1539]]
|setting= [[England]], [[1539]]
|writer=[[Matthew James]]
|writer = Matthew James
|publication=''[[Short Trips: Indefinable Magic]]''
|anthology=Short Trips: Indefinable Magic
|prev=Favourite Star (short story)
|release date = 30 March 2009
|prev = Favourite Star (short story)
|next=Shamans (short story)
|next=Shamans (short story)
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'''''Hiccup in Time''''' was the fourth short story in the [[Short Trips (series)|Short Trips]] anthology ''[[Short Trips: Indefinable Magic]]''. It was written by [[Matthew James]]. It featured the [[Third Doctor]] and [[Liz Shaw]].
'''''Hiccup in Time''''' was the fourth short story in the [[Short Trips (series)|Short Trips]] anthology ''[[Short Trips: Indefinable Magic]]''. It was written by [[Matthew James]]. It featured the [[Third Doctor]] and [[Liz Shaw]].
== Summary ==
== Summary ==
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* [[Third Doctor]]
* [[Third Doctor]]
* [[Liz Shaw]]
* [[Liz Shaw]]
* [[Henry VIII|King Henry VIII]]
* [[Percy (Hiccup in Time)|Percy]]
* [[Norfolk (Hiccup in Time)|Duke Norfolk]]
* [[Chancellor (Hiccup in Time)|Chancellor]]


== References ==
== Worldbuilding ==
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* In the 16th century, it was believed that [[hiccup]]s result from an "imbalance of the [[humours]]", but Liz knows they're most often a symptom of [[indigestion]].
* The King almost threatens Liz with a [[death sentence]].
* Rudimentary [[glasses]] have already been invented by 1539, though the King is too vain to wear them.
* [[Henry VIII]] has [[cataract]]s, rendering him "practically [[blind]]", but the Doctor cures him of this ailment with his [[the Doctor's sonic screwdriver|sonic screwdriver]].
* The King invites the Doctor and Liz with him to [[Hampton Court]], but they decline.


== Notes ==
== Notes ==
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* This may be, chronologically, the first known use of the [[sonic screwdriver]] in a [[medical]] capacity: in this case, to cure [[Henry VIII]] of his [[cataract]]s.
* This story is a "[[pure historical]]" featuring no science fiction elements apart from the presence of the Doctor, Liz and the TARDIS.


== Continuity ==
== Continuity ==
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* Liz Shaw is rescued by the [[Third Doctor]] later in his life, from after the [[Time Lord]]s restored [[the TARDIS|his TARDIS]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Three Doctors (TV story)|The Three Doctors]]'', et al.)
* King Henry suddenly disapproves of the match with the Lady [[Anne of Cleves]], who will be his future wife. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[God Send Me Well to Keep (short story)|God Send Me Well to Keep]]'')
 
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Hiccup in Time was the fourth short story in the Short Trips anthology Short Trips: Indefinable Magic. It was written by Matthew James. It featured the Third Doctor and Liz Shaw.

Summary[[edit] | [edit source]]

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Characters[[edit] | [edit source]]

Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • In the 16th century, it was believed that hiccups result from an "imbalance of the humours", but Liz knows they're most often a symptom of indigestion.
  • The King almost threatens Liz with a death sentence.
  • Rudimentary glasses have already been invented by 1539, though the King is too vain to wear them.
  • Henry VIII has cataracts, rendering him "practically blind", but the Doctor cures him of this ailment with his sonic screwdriver.
  • The King invites the Doctor and Liz with him to Hampton Court, but they decline.

Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]

Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]