The Doctor, as usual trying to find a way to break his exile, finds a power source to boost his TARDIS, and sets the controls to find a larger power source. The journey knocks him out, and he awakens in the arms of a woman wearing a mask. Her name is Emma Hamilton and she tells him he is at a masquerade ball in Naples.

On his questioning her about a source of power, she takes him to meet Horatio Nelson. Nelson and the Doctor don't get along, each trying to outdo the other with stories of their exploits. The Doctor soon realises that there are several aliens present at the dance, who now surround Nelson and his men. A fight ensues, and Nelson has the Doctor tied up, assuming he is part of the assault.

When Emma's husband unties the Doctor, he heads for the TARDIS and reconfigures the circuits, allowing the humans and aliens to understand each other. The leader of the aliens, Griz Ressin Duccar Tayn, explains that they are here to retrieve the source of their power, which is contained in the necklace worn by Emma, which has been in her husband's family for generations. The necklace is given to Tayn, and when the king of Naples arrives and orders the aliens killed, Nelson and his men side with the aliens. The Doctor uses martial arts on the king, and the aliens leave with their artefact.

The Doctor, with very little power left in his TARDIS, heads back home, after promising to take Nelson on a trip with him one day.

Characters[[edit] | [edit source]]

Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]

Emma is dressed as Minerva.
Nelson prefers beer over wine.
The Doctor boasts that he has been to the Moon and Venus.
He also boasts that he has met Julius Caesar and Alexander the Great.
The Doctor quotes a line from William Shakespeare.
Nelson's ship is the Vanguard.

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-name=Danse Macabre|
+|doctor = Third Doctor
-series=[[Short Trips (series)#In print|ST short stories]]|
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-doctor=Third Doctor|
+|setting = [[18th century]] [[Naples]]
-companions=[[Emma Hamilton|Emma]], [[Lord Hamilton]]|
+|writer = Joff Brown
-enemy=[[Freemen Of The House of Kark]]|
+|anthology = Short Trips: The History of Christmas
-year= [[Earth]],[[1970s]]; [[18th century]] [[Naples]]|
+|release date = 26 November 2005
-writer=[[Joff Brown]]|
+|prev = Presence (short story)
-anthology=''[[Short Trips: The History of Christmas]]''|
+|next = The Church of Saint Sebastian (short story)
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 '''''Danse Macabre''''' was the eighth short story in the [[Short Trips (series)|Short Trips]] anthology ''[[Short Trips: The History of Christmas]]''. It was written by [[Joff Brown]]. It featured the [[Third Doctor]].
 == Summary ==
-After finding, down the back of a sofa in the TARDIS, a 'borrowed' power source that will give him one chance at an illegal launch the Doctor sets the controls for any nearby massive power source and pulls the lever. He blacks out and wakes up clutching the bosom of Minerva, Greek goddess of wisdom. He soon realizes that he is at a masked ball in Naples during the Napoleonic wars and Minerva is, in fact, Emma Hamilton. He tells her that there is a massive power source nearby and, misunderstanding him, she introduces him to Horatio Nelson. The Doctor asks if there has been any unusual activity recently: earthquakes, lights in the sky. Nelson becomes peeved at the Doctor's insolent manner and the two enter a bragging contest about who has traveled further. As Nelson stalks off the Doctor realizes that the room has been invaded by aliens whose feathers, claws and pulsating skin at first appeared to be exotic costumes. As they close in on Emma the Doctor orders everyone to leave but Nelson gathers his men, ready to fight, and has the Doctor tied up.
+The Doctor, as usual trying to find a way to break his [[Exile on Earth|exile]], finds a power source to boost [[The Doctor's TARDIS|his TARDIS]], and sets the controls to find a larger power source. The journey knocks him out, and he awakens in the arms of a woman wearing a mask. Her name is [[Emma Hamilton]] and she tells him he is at a masquerade ball in [[Naples]].
-Nelson's men hold their own in the close quarters combat and the Doctor is untied by Lord Hamilton, Emma's husband. He quickly reconfigures the TARDIS's circuits and the humans and aliens find that they can understand each other's speech. The aliens are repulsed by the primitive humans and the fact that they clothe themselves in the skins of dead animals but most of all by the way they can take their faces off.
+On his questioning her about a source of power, she takes him to meet [[Horatio Nelson]]. Nelson and the Doctor don't get along, each trying to outdo the other with stories of their exploits. The Doctor soon realises that there are several aliens present at the dance, who now surround Nelson and his men. A fight ensues, and Nelson has the Doctor tied up, assuming he is part of the assault.
-Griz Ressin Duccar Tayn, the apparent leader of the aliens introduces them as Freemen of the House of Kark, of the sixth Troupe of the Caressers of the Second Sun, and announces that their purpose is to reacquire the ruby Emma Hamilton is wearing. It is the Star of Tarris, the source of their power, and without it they have been marooned in the galaxy, unable to get home. It slipped through time and space in an accident. Although Nelson is prepared to fight to keep it Lord Hamilton, the true earthly owner of the ruby, tells his wife to give it back. The King of Naples enters abruptly and orders the aliens massacred but Nelson refuses, now standing side by side with the alien leader. The King's men defer to the British admiral rather than their own ruler and the Doctor knocks out the King with a blow to the neck and the aliens depart in peace. Later the Doctor explains that the events of that night have all but drained the TARDIS and he has only enough power to return home but promises to return one day and take Nelson on a trip. He leaves the scene shuddering, like the aliens, at the paranoia, deception and violence of the humans.
+When [[William Hamilton|Emma's husband]] unties the Doctor, he heads for the TARDIS and reconfigures the circuits, allowing the humans and aliens to understand each other. The leader of the aliens, [[Griz Ressin Duccar Tayn]], explains that they are here to retrieve the source of their power, which is contained in the [[necklace]] worn by Emma, which has been in her husband's family for generations. The necklace is given to Tayn, and when the king of Naples arrives and orders the aliens killed, Nelson and his men side with the aliens. The Doctor uses martial arts on the king, and the aliens leave with their artefact.
+The Doctor, with very little power left in his TARDIS, heads back home, after promising to take Nelson on a trip with him one day.
 == Characters ==
 * [[Third Doctor]]
 * [[Emma Hamilton]]
-* [[Lord Hamilton]]
+* [[William Hamilton]]
 * [[Horatio Nelson|Lord Nelson]]
-* [[Freemen Leader]]
+* [[Griz Ressin Duccar Tayn]]
-== References ==
+== Worldbuilding ==
-''to be added''
+* Emma is dressed as [[Minerva]].
+* Nelson prefers [[beer]] over [[wine]].
+* The Doctor boasts that he has been to [[the Moon]] and [[Venus]].
+* He also boasts that he has met [[Julius Caesar]] and [[Alexander the Great]].
+* The Doctor quotes a line from [[William Shakespeare]].
+* Nelson's ship is the ''[[Vanguard (Danse Macabre)|Vanguard]]''.
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-[[Category:Stories released in 2005]]
+[[Category:Short Trips: The History of Christmas short stories]]
-[[Category:ST short stories]]
-[[Category:Stories set at Christmas]]

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