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|featuring4  = John Benton|Benton
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|writer      = [[Cavan Scott]] & [[Mark Wright]]
|writer      = Cavan Scott, Mark Wright
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|anthology    = Short Trips: The Ghosts of Christmas
|release date = [[15 December (releases)|15 December]] [[2007 (releases)|2007]]
|release date = 5 December 2007
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'''''Faithful Friends: Part 3''''' 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]].
'''''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 ==
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* [[Jo Grant]]
* [[Jo Grant]]


== References ==
== Worldbuilding ==
* [[Sarah Jane Smith]] is on an assignment abroad.
* [[Sarah Jane Smith]] is on an assignment abroad.
* [[Carol Bell]] is said to have died.
* [[Carol Bell]] is said to have died.
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== Continuity ==
== Continuity ==
* Doris has been dead for some time. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Shadows of Avalon]]'')
* 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]]'')
* 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]]'')
* [[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]]'')
* 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]]

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

Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]