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|series       = [[Short Trips (series)#In print|Short Trips short stories]]
|name=Faithful Friends: Part 3
|doctor       = Eighth Doctor
|series=[[Short Trips (series)#In print|ST short stories]]
|companions   = [[Charlotte Pollard|Charley]]
|doctor=Eighth Doctor
|featuring    = Liz Shaw|Liz
|companions=[[Charley Pollard|Charley]], [[Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart|the Brig]]
|featuring2  = Jo Grant|Jo
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|featuring3  = Mike Yates|Yates
|writer=[[Cavan Scott]] & [[Mark Wright]]
|featuring4  = John Benton|Benton
|anthology=''[[Short Trips: The Ghosts of Christmas]]''
|featuring5  = Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart{{!}}the Brigadier
|prev=Christmas Everyday (short story)
|featuring6  = Tom Osgood
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|setting     = [[England]]
'''''Faithful Friends: Part 3''''' was the twenty-fifth short story in the [[Short Trips (series)|Short Trips]] anthology ''[[Short Trips: The Ghosts of Christmas]]''. It was written by [[Cavan Scott]] and [[Mark Wright]]. It featured the [[Eighth Doctor]], [[Charley Pollard]] and [[Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart]].
|writer       = Cavan Scott, Mark Wright
|anthology   = Short Trips: The Ghosts of Christmas
|release date = 5 December 2007
|prev         = Christmas Every Day? (short story)
|next         = Machine Time (short story)
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'''''Faithful Friends: Part Three''''' was the twenty-fifth and final short story in the [[Short Trips (series)|Short Trips]] anthology ''[[Short Trips: The Ghosts of Christmas]]''. It was written by [[Cavan Scott]] and [[Mark Wright]]. It featured the [[Eighth Doctor]], [[Charley Pollard]] and [[Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart]].
 
== Summary ==
== Summary ==
The Doctor and Charley break into the Brigadier's house on Christmas Eve while he is sleeping. In the morning the Brigadier finds that the Doctor and Charley have cooked a Christmas meal for him. They also have invited many people from the Brigadier's past for a party. While the Doctor is carving the turkey he leads a toast to "faithful friends".
The Doctor and Charley break into the Brigadier's house on Christmas Eve while he is sleeping. In the morning the Brigadier finds that the Doctor and Charley have cooked a Christmas meal for him. They also have invited many people from the Brigadier's past for a party. While the Doctor is carving the turkey he leads a toast to "faithful friends".
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== Characters ==
== Characters ==
* [[Eighth Doctor]]
* [[Eighth Doctor]]
* [[Charley Pollard]]
* [[Charlotte Pollard]]
* [[Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart]]
* [[Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart]]
* [[John Benton]]
* [[John Benton]]
* [[Osgood (The Dæmons)|Osgood]]
* [[Osgood (The Dæmons)|Osgood]]
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* [[Jo Grant]]
* [[Jo Grant]]


== References ==
== Worldbuilding ==
* The Doctor is wearing his blue frock coat.
* [[Sarah Jane Smith]] is on an assignment abroad.
* John Benton has a grandson.
* [[Carol Bell]] is said to have died.
* Sarah Jane is on an assignment abroad.


== Notes ==
== Notes ==
''to be added''
* Liz's appearance would seem to contradict her death in the novel ''[[Eternity Weeps]]''.


== Continuity ==
== Continuity ==
* Liz's appearance would seem to contradict her death in [[PROSE]]: ''[[Eternity Weeps]]''.
* Doris has been dead for some time. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Shadows of Avalon (novel)|The Shadows of Avalon]]'')
* Doris has been dead for some time. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Shadows of Avalon]]'')
* Charley remembers her last meeting with the Brigadier. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Minuet in Hell (audio story)|Minuet in Hell]]'')
* Charley remembers her last meeting with the Doctor. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Minuet in Hell]]'')
* [[Winifred Bambera]] and [[Ancelyn]] are holidaying in [[Avalon (The Shadows of Avalon)|Avalon]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Battlefield (TV story)|Battlefield]]'')
* [[Winifred Bambera]] and [[Ancelyn]] are holidaying in [[Avalon (The Shadows of Avalon)|Avalon]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Battlefield]]'')
* Jo recognises the Eighth Doctor. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Genocide (novel)|Genocide]]'')
* Jo recognises the Eighth Doctor. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Genocide (novel)|Genocide]]'')
* [[Emily Chaudhry]] is still the head of [[UNIT]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Wasting]]'')
* [[Emily Chaudhry]] is still the head of [[UNIT]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Wasting (audio story)|The Wasting]]'')
 


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Faithful Friends: Part Three was the twenty-fifth and final short story in the Short Trips anthology Short Trips: The Ghosts of Christmas. It was written by Cavan Scott and Mark Wright. It featured the Eighth Doctor, Charley Pollard and Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart.

Summary[[edit] | [edit source]]

The Doctor and Charley break into the Brigadier's house on Christmas Eve while he is sleeping. In the morning the Brigadier finds that the Doctor and Charley have cooked a Christmas meal for him. They also have invited many people from the Brigadier's past for a party. While the Doctor is carving the turkey he leads a toast to "faithful friends".

Characters[[edit] | [edit source]]

Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]

Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • Liz's appearance would seem to contradict her death in the novel Eternity Weeps.

Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]