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|image = Gravestone House.jpg
name=Gravestone House|
|series=[[Doctor Who Storybook]]
series=[[Doctor Who Storybook]]|
|doctor = Tenth Doctor
doctor=[[Tenth Doctor]]|
|companions=[[Rose Tyler|Rose]]
companions=[[Rose Tyler]]|
|enemy = Skeletons
enemy=|
|setting=[[Earth]], [[21st century]]
year=[[Earth]]|
|writer = Justin Richards
writer=[[Justin Richards]]|
|anthology = Doctor Who Storybook 2007
publication=[[Doctor Who Storybook 2007]]|
|release date = 1 July 2006
prev=Opera of Doom! (short story)|
|prev = Opera of Doom! (comic story)
next=Untitled (DWS short story)|Untitled (short story)||illustrator = [[Andy Walker]]}}
|next=Untitled (DWS short story)
|illustrator = [[Andy Walker]]}}
'''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was the fourth short story published in the ''[[Doctor Who Storybook 2007]]''.


== Summary ==
== Summary ==
An alien [[Terraform|terraforming]] device lands on [[Earth]] and begins to terraform in a graveyard, creating a swamp-like environment. [[Tenth Doctor|The Doctor]] and [[Rose Tyler|Rose]] follow it to Earth, where they meet [[Raj]] and [[Jim (Gravestone House)|Jim]], who came to the graveyard after seeing the device's flashing lights. Skeletons begin to crawl out of the ground, and the group seek refuge at [[Gravestone House|a nearby house]], the home of [[Ivy Henson]], who the two boys believe to be a [[witch]].
An alien [[terraform]]ing device lands on [[Earth]] and begins to terraform in a graveyard, creating a swamp-like environment. [[Tenth Doctor|The Doctor]] and [[Rose Tyler|Rose]] follow it to Earth, where they meet [[Raj (Gravestone House)|Raj]] and [[Jim (Gravestone House)|Jim]], who came to the graveyard after seeing the device's flashing lights. Skeletons begin to crawl out of the ground, and the group seek refuge at [[Gravestone House|a nearby house]], the home of [[Ivy Henson]], who the two boys believe to be a [[witch]].


The Doctor works out that the device is animating the skeletons to act as repairmen. The skeletons finally repair the device and turn to dust, and the effects of the terraforming device begin to wear off, turning the graveyard back to normal and seemingly reversing Ivy's age slightly.
The Doctor works out that the device is animating the skeletons to act as repairmen. The skeletons finally repair the device and turn to dust, and the effects of the terraforming device begin to wear off, turning the graveyard back to normal and seemingly reversing Ivy's age slightly.


== Characters ==
== Characters ==
* [[Tenth Doctor|The Doctor]]
* [[Tenth Doctor]]
* [[Rose Tyler]]
* [[Rose Tyler]]
* [[Raj]]
* [[Raj (Gravestone House)|Raj]]
* [[Jim (Gravestone House)|Jim]]
* [[Jim (Gravestone House)|Jim]]
* [[Josh (Gravestone House)|Josh]]
* [[Josh (Gravestone House)|Josh]]
* [[Ivy Henson]]
* [[Ivy Henson]]


== References ==
== Worldbuilding ==
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''to be added''


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== Continuity ==
== Continuity ==
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== [[Tenth Doctor - Timeline|Timeline]] ==
* This story takes place after [[DWS]]: ''[[Opera of Doom!]]''
* This story takes place before [[DWS]]: ''[[Untitled (DWS short story)|Untitled]]''
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Latest revision as of 21:12, 1 March 2024

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Gravestone House was the fourth short story published in the Doctor Who Storybook 2007.

Summary[[edit]]

An alien terraforming device lands on Earth and begins to terraform in a graveyard, creating a swamp-like environment. The Doctor and Rose follow it to Earth, where they meet Raj and Jim, who came to the graveyard after seeing the device's flashing lights. Skeletons begin to crawl out of the ground, and the group seek refuge at a nearby house, the home of Ivy Henson, who the two boys believe to be a witch.

The Doctor works out that the device is animating the skeletons to act as repairmen. The skeletons finally repair the device and turn to dust, and the effects of the terraforming device begin to wear off, turning the graveyard back to normal and seemingly reversing Ivy's age slightly.

Characters[[edit]]

Worldbuilding[[edit]]

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Continuity[[edit]]

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