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{{Infobox Story | |series=[[Short Trips (series)#In print|Short Trips short stories]] | ||
|doctor = Third Doctor | |||
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|doctor=Third Doctor | |||
|companions=[[Liz Shaw]] | |companions=[[Liz Shaw]] | ||
| | |featuring = [[Henry VIII]] | ||
| | |setting= [[England]], [[1539]] | ||
| | |writer = Matthew James | ||
|prev=Favourite Star (short story) | |anthology=Short Trips: Indefinable Magic | ||
|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]] | |||
== | == Worldbuilding == | ||
''to | * 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 == | ||
* 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 == | ||
''to | * 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.) | ||
{{prose | * 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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[[Category:Short Trips: Indefinable Magic short stories]] | |||
Latest revision as of 21:35, 26 October 2024
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]]
- 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 cataracts.
- This story is a "pure historical" featuring no science fiction elements apart from the presence of the Doctor, Liz and the TARDIS.
Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]
- Liz Shaw is rescued by the Third Doctor later in his life, from after the Time Lords restored his TARDIS. (TV: 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)
