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{{Infobox Short Story|
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story name=Faithful Friends: Part 3|
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series=[[Doctor Who]] - [[Short Trips (series)|Short Trips]]|
{{Infobox Story SMW
doctor=[[Eighth Doctor]]|
|series       = [[Short Trips (series)#In print|Short Trips short stories]]
companions=[[Charley Pollard]], [[Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart]]|
|doctor       = Eighth Doctor
year=|
|companions   = [[Charlotte Pollard|Charley]]
writer=[[Cavan Scott]] & [[Mark Wright]]|
|featuring    = Liz Shaw|Liz
publication=[[Short Trips: The Ghosts of Christmas]]|
|featuring2  = Jo Grant|Jo
previous story=[[Christmas Everyday]]|
|featuring3  = Mike Yates|Yates
next story=}}
|featuring4  = John Benton|Benton
|featuring5  = Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart{{!}}the Brigadier
|featuring6  = Tom Osgood
|setting      = [[England]]
|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)
}}
'''''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 ==
''to be added''
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==
== Characters ==
*[[Seventh Doctor]]
* [[Eighth Doctor]]
*[[Charley Pollard]]
* [[Charlotte Pollard]]
*[[Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart]]
* [[Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart]]
*[[John Benton]]
* [[John Benton]]
*[[Osgood]]
* [[Osgood (The Dæmons)|Osgood]]
*[[Liz Shaw]]
* [[Liz Shaw]]
*[[Mike Yates]]
* [[Mike Yates]]
*[[Emily Chaudhry]]
* [[Emily Chaudhry]]
*[[Jo Grant]]
* [[Jo Grant]]


==References==
== Worldbuilding ==
''to be added''
* [[Sarah Jane Smith]] is on an assignment abroad.
* [[Carol Bell]] is said to have died.


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


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


==Timeline==
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*This story occurs before ''to be added''


==External Links==
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[[Category:Eighth Doctor short stories]]
[[Category:Eighth Doctor short stories]]
[[Category:Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart short stories]]
[[Category:UNIT short stories]]
[[Category:Short Trips: The Ghosts of Christmas short stories]]
[[Category:Stories set in the 2010s]]
[[Category:Stories set in England]]
[[Category:Charlotte Pollard short stories]]

Latest revision as of 21:41, 9 March 2024

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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]]