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'''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was the fifth [[Puffin eshort]] released to celebrate the 50th anniversary of ''[[Doctor Who]]''. It featured the [[Fifth Doctor]] and [[Nyssa]].
 
It was later published in the short stories anthologies ''[[11 Doctors, 11 Stories]]'', ''[[12 Doctors, 12 Stories]]'' and ''[[Thirteen Doctors, 13 Stories]]''.


== Publisher's summary ==
== Publisher's summary ==
In 1945, a strange new craze for [[Veritan|Truth Teller]]s is sweeping the kids of small-town [[America]]. The [[Fifth Doctor]] and [[Nyssa]] soon arrive to investigate the phenomenon, only to discover that the actual truth behind the Truth Tellers is far more sinister than anyone could have imagined...
In [[1945]], a strange new craze for [[Veritan|Truth Tellers]] is sweeping the kids of small-town [[America]]. The [[Fifth Doctor]] and [[Nyssa]] soon arrive to investigate the phenomenon, only to discover that the actual truth behind the Truth Tellers is far more sinister than anyone could have imagined...


== Plot ==
== Plot ==
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* [[Finnegan (Tip of the Tongue)|Mr Finnegan]]
* [[Finnegan (Tip of the Tongue)|Mr Finnegan]]


== References ==
== Worldbuilding ==
* Children in the town of Temperance hold "Truth Sessions" with their Truth Tellers during matinees at the Horizon movie palace.
* Nettie at first believes that the Truth Tellers originated in "[[Europe]] or [[South America]] or something" as a chemical experiment for use in [[World War II|the war]].
* Nettie believes at first that the Truth Tellers originated in "[[Europe]] or [[South America]] or something" as a chemical experiment for use in [[World War II|the war]].
* Mrs Acklin, after seeing Nyssa's outfit, wonders if she could make money selling trousers to women.
* Nyssa speculates that the Dipthodat practice of building houses from secreted polymers similar to [[sugar]] could be the origin of some of the candy houses in Earth folklore.
* Nyssa speculates that the Dipthodat practice of building houses from secreted polymers similar to [[sugar]] could be the origin of some of the candy houses in Earth folklore.
* Three Dipthodat arrived on [[Earth]] in 1945 after a time-fracture accident. They were originally on course to arrive approximately one hundred years later.
* [[Slavery]] is illegal in [[Sol system|Earth's solar system]] and "every neighbouring system between here and the Dipthodat homeworld," according to the Doctor.
* [[Slavery]] is illegal in [[Sol system|Earth's solar system]] and "every neighbouring system between here and the Dipthodat homeworld," according to the Doctor.
* The Dipthodat are a [[Xenophobia|xenophobic]] species who feed off of negative energy. They enslaved the Truth Tellers - actually known as [[Veritan]]s - to help create that energy.
* The Dipthodat are a [[Xenophobia|xenophobic]] species who feed off of negative energy. They enslaved the Truth Tellers — actually known as [[Veritan]]s — to help create that energy.
* The Doctor asks Jonny and Nettie to be his [[companion]]s, but they decline.
* The Doctor asks Jonny and Nettie to be his [[companion]]s, but they decline.


== Notes ==
== Notes ==
''to be added''
* An audiobook of the story was read by [[Nicholas Pegg]].


== Continuity ==
== Continuity ==
* The Doctor says "brave heart" to Nettie.
* The Doctor says "brave heart" to Nettie, a phrase he would often say to Tegan. ([[TV]]: ''[[Earthshock (TV story)|Earthshock]]'' et al.)
* The Doctor references [[Adric]]'s death ([[TV]]: ''[[Earthshock (TV story)|Earthshock]]'') and [[Tegan Jovanka|Tegan]]'s departure ([[TV]]: ''[[Time-Flight (TV story)|Time-Flight]]'').
* The Doctor references [[Adric]]'s death ([[TV]]: ''[[Earthshock (TV story)|Earthshock]]'') and [[Tegan Jovanka|Tegan]]'s departure. ([[TV]]: ''[[Time-Flight (TV story)|Time-Flight]]'')


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Latest revision as of 18:03, 3 October 2024

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prose stub

Tip of the Tongue was the fifth Puffin eshort released to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Doctor Who. It featured the Fifth Doctor and Nyssa.

It was later published in the short stories anthologies 11 Doctors, 11 Stories, 12 Doctors, 12 Stories and Thirteen Doctors, 13 Stories.

Publisher's summary[[edit] | [edit source]]

In 1945, a strange new craze for Truth Tellers is sweeping the kids of small-town America. The Fifth Doctor and Nyssa soon arrive to investigate the phenomenon, only to discover that the actual truth behind the Truth Tellers is far more sinister than anyone could have imagined...

Plot[[edit] | [edit source]]

to be added

Characters[[edit] | [edit source]]

Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • Nettie at first believes that the Truth Tellers originated in "Europe or South America or something" as a chemical experiment for use in the war.
  • Nyssa speculates that the Dipthodat practice of building houses from secreted polymers similar to sugar could be the origin of some of the candy houses in Earth folklore.
  • Slavery is illegal in Earth's solar system and "every neighbouring system between here and the Dipthodat homeworld," according to the Doctor.
  • The Dipthodat are a xenophobic species who feed off of negative energy. They enslaved the Truth Tellers — actually known as Veritans — to help create that energy.
  • The Doctor asks Jonny and Nettie to be his companions, but they decline.

Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]

Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]

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