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|enemy            = Steven Harper
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|setting          = [[Earth]]
|writer          = [[Adam Smith (writer)|Adam Smith]]
|writer          = Adam Smith (writer)
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|read by          = [[Sophie Aldred]]
|read by          = [[Sophie Aldred]]
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|sound            = [[Nicholas Briggs]]
|sound            = [[Nicholas Briggs]]
|publisher        = Big Finish Productions
|publisher        = Big Finish Productions
|release date    = [[November (releases)|November]] [[2010 (releases)|2010]]
|release date    = 5 November 2010
|format          = 1 X 21 min.
|format          = 1 X 21 min.
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}}{{audio stub}}'''''Police and Shreeves''''' was a [[2010]] [[Big Finish]] audio short story read by [[Sophie Aldred]]. It features the [[Seventh Doctor]] and [[Ace]].
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'''''Police and Shreeves''''' was a [[2010 (releases)|2010]] [[Big Finish]] audio short story read by [[Sophie Aldred]]. It features the [[Seventh Doctor]] and [[Ace]].


== Summary ==
== Summary ==
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== Characters ==
== Characters ==
* [[Seventh Doctor]]
* [[Seventh Doctor]]
* [[Ace]]  
* [[Ace]]
* [[San]], a [[Shreeve]]
* [[San]]
* [[Steven Harper]]
* [[Steven Harper]]
* Lambert
* [[Lambert (Police and Shreeves)|Lambert]]
* [[Sal (Police and Shreeves)|Sal]], who impersonates [[the Brigadier]]
* [[Sal (Police and Shreeves)|Sal]]


== References ==
== Worldbuilding ==
* Shreeves are shapeshifters that automatically morph into the dominant species of the planet they are on.
* [[Shreeve]]s are shapeshifters.
* The Doctor has a package intended for [[Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart|Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart]].
* The Doctor has a package intended for [[Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart|Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart]].
* The Doctor and Ace travel in a BMW car.
* Lambert owns a black [[BMW]].
* Ace is employed at a café at the start of this story, just as she was in ''[[Dragonfire (TV story)|Dragonfire]]''. She even claims her experience on [[Iceworld]] as a way to win the job in this story. San believes "Iceworld" sounds "more like a supermarket", referring to the British {{w|Iceland (supermarket)|Iceland supermarket chain}}.
* The Doctor [[hypnosis|hypnotizes]] Lambert, suggesting he do better things with his life. The Doctor has been shown to have hypnotic abilities on many occasions. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Krotons]]'', ''[[Revelation of the Daleks]]'', and others)


== Notes ==
== Notes ==
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== Continuity ==
== Continuity ==
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* The Doctor [[Hypnosis|hypnotises]] Lambert, suggesting he do better things with his life. The Doctor has been shown to have hypnotic abilities on many occasions. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Krotons (TV story)|The Krotons]]'', ''[[Revelation of the Daleks (TV story)|Revelation of the Daleks]]'', et al.)
 
* To get the job at the café, Ace claimed she had a similar role at [[Iceworld]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Dragonfire (TV story)|Dragonfire]]'')
== Timeline ==
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Because Ace is portrayed as humourously quoting the [[Cybermen]] when she tells San, "Resistance is futile", and because she's not seen to be surprised at meeting [[the Brigadier]], this story must take place somewhere between [[TV]]: ''[[Battlefield]]'' and [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Thin Ice]]''.
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Police and Shreeves was a 2010 Big Finish audio short story read by Sophie Aldred. It features the Seventh Doctor and Ace.

Summary[[edit] | [edit source]]

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Characters[[edit] | [edit source]]

Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]

Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • The story is told by an omniscient narrator, who chooses to emphasise various characters' points of view at different times. However, the narrator generally chooses to emphasise San's perspective over that of the other characters.
  • The author of this story is not the director of the same name.

Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]