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|series=[[Short Trips (series)#In print|Short Trips short stories]] | |series=[[Short Trips (series)#In print|Short Trips short stories]] | ||
|doctor=Fourth Doctor | |doctor = Fourth Doctor | ||
|companions= | |companions = | ||
|setting= | |setting = [[Callahuanca]], [[1958]] | ||
|writer= | |writer = Richard Salter | ||
|anthology= | |anthology = Short Trips: The History of Christmas | ||
|prev=The Gift (short story) | |release date = 26 November 2005 | ||
|next=Not in My Back Yard (short story) | |prev = The Gift (ST short story) | ||
|next = Not in My Back Yard (short story) | |||
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'''''Callahuanca''''' was the twentieth short story in the [[Short Trips (series)|Short Trips]] anthology ''[[Short Trips: The History of Christmas]]''. It was written by [[Richard Salter]]. It featured the [[Fourth Doctor]]. | '''''Callahuanca''''' was the twentieth short story in the [[Short Trips (series)|Short Trips]] anthology ''[[Short Trips: The History of Christmas]]''. It was written by [[Richard Salter]]. It featured the [[Fourth Doctor]]. | ||
== Summary == | == Summary == | ||
''to be | Every [[Christmas]] [[morning]], [[Ana Maria Carla Perez de Calixtro|Ana]] sneaks out with [[Santa Rosa (Callahuanca)|her donkey]] to visit [[Ana Maria Carla Perez de Calixtro's father|her father]]'s [[Tombstone|grave]]. She prefers to spend this time alone with him. One Christmas, she encounters an elderly [[woman]] and [[Fourth Doctor|a man]] with a [[The Doctor's scarf|scarf]]. She thinks the woman might be her [[Grandparent|grandmother]]. The two watch her for a bit, then enter a [[The Doctor's TARDIS|blue tomb]] which then disappears. | ||
For the next several [[year]]s, Ana encounters the two while she visits her father's grave. Even after she has left [[home]] for [[university]], she comes back at Christmas and sees them. One Christmas in [[1958]], however, only the [[man]] is there. He introduces himself as [[the Doctor]], and doesn't seem to recognise Ana or know who the elderly woman is. | |||
Suddenly there is an [[earthquake]], and the [[Graveyard|cemetery]] falls into a hole. The Doctor has fallen, and Ana uses [[Santa Maria (Callahuanca)|her donkey]] to help pull him out of the hole. They head off to help out the townspeople, and then the Doctor joins Ana's [[family]] for Christmas dinner. | |||
Ana is distressed that she won't be able to visit her father's grave any more, so the Doctor makes her a promise. When she's older, in about forty years, he will come back to take her to her father's grave. Suddenly Ana realises the real identity of the elderly woman that she saw with him. | |||
== Characters == | == Characters == | ||
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* [[Ana Maria Carla Perez de Calixtro]] | * [[Ana Maria Carla Perez de Calixtro]] | ||
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' | * Ana is from [[Callahuanca]]. | ||
* Ana's two [[donkey]]s are named [[Santa Rosa (Callahuanca)|Santa Rosa]] and [[Santa Maria (Callahuanca)|Santa Maria]]. | |||
== Notes == | == Notes == | ||
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== Continuity == | == Continuity == | ||
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Latest revision as of 20:22, 29 February 2024
Callahuanca was the twentieth short story in the Short Trips anthology Short Trips: The History of Christmas. It was written by Richard Salter. It featured the Fourth Doctor.
Summary[[edit] | [edit source]]
Every Christmas morning, Ana sneaks out with her donkey to visit her father's grave. She prefers to spend this time alone with him. One Christmas, she encounters an elderly woman and a man with a scarf. She thinks the woman might be her grandmother. The two watch her for a bit, then enter a blue tomb which then disappears.
For the next several years, Ana encounters the two while she visits her father's grave. Even after she has left home for university, she comes back at Christmas and sees them. One Christmas in 1958, however, only the man is there. He introduces himself as the Doctor, and doesn't seem to recognise Ana or know who the elderly woman is.
Suddenly there is an earthquake, and the cemetery falls into a hole. The Doctor has fallen, and Ana uses her donkey to help pull him out of the hole. They head off to help out the townspeople, and then the Doctor joins Ana's family for Christmas dinner.
Ana is distressed that she won't be able to visit her father's grave any more, so the Doctor makes her a promise. When she's older, in about forty years, he will come back to take her to her father's grave. Suddenly Ana realises the real identity of the elderly woman that she saw with him.
Characters[[edit] | [edit source]]
Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]
- Ana is from Callahuanca.
- Ana's two donkeys are named Santa Rosa and Santa Maria.
Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]
to be added
Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]
to be added
