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{{Infobox Story | {{Infobox Story | ||
|image | |image = Jorj - short story illustration - Ben Morris.jpg | ||
| | |range = The Blogs of Doom | ||
| | |number in range = #1 | ||
| | |main character = [[Jorj]] | ||
| | |featuring = Twelfth Doctor | ||
|setting | |featuring2 = [[Missy]] | ||
|writer | |featuring3 = Nardole | ||
|illustrator | |featuring4 = Bill Potts | ||
|publication | |enemy = [[Patient (World Enough and Time)|Patients]] | ||
|release date | |setting = [[Colony ship (World Enough and Time)|Mondasian colony ship]] | ||
|cover date | |writer = [[Jonathan Morris]] | ||
|series = ''[[The Blogs of Doom]]'' | |illustrator = [[Ben Morris (illustrator)|Ben Morris]] | ||
| | |publication = [[DWM 519]] | ||
|release date = [[16 November (releases)|16 November]] [[2017 (releases)|2017]] | |||
|cover date = Winter 2017/2018 | |||
|series = ''Doctor Who Magazine'' Prose Stories | |||
|prev = Entry 15234/C-4 (short story) | |||
|next = Ian the Elf (short story) | |||
|series2 = ''[[The Blogs of Doom]]'' | |||
|next2 = Ian the Elf (short story) | |||
}} | }} | ||
'''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was the first ''[[The Blogs of Doom]]'' short story, published in later [[2017 (releases)|2017]] in ''[[Doctor Who Magazine]]'' [[DWM 519|519]]. Like other features in the series, it narrated events in the life of a minor ''[[Doctor Who]]'' TV character before and after their involvement in [[the Doctor]]'s life — in this case, [[Jorj]] from ''[[World Enough and Time (TV story)|World Enough and Time]]'' — in first-person perspective as a series of diary or blog entries from the character. | '''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was the first ''[[The Blogs of Doom]]'' short story, published in later [[2017 (releases)|2017]] in ''[[Doctor Who Magazine]]'' [[DWM 519|519]]. Like other features in the series, it narrated events in the life of a minor ''[[Doctor Who]]'' TV character before and after their involvement in [[the Doctor]]'s life — in this case, [[Jorj]] from ''[[World Enough and Time (TV story)|World Enough and Time]]'' — in first-person perspective as a series of diary or blog entries from the character. | ||
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== Plot == | == Plot == | ||
On Day 43 of the [[colony ship (World Enough and Time)|colony ship]]'s journey, the ship gets stuck in a black hole. As Jorj writes down in his log, he gets blamed for the accident by [[Captain (Jorj)|the Captain]] due to having been the only man on the bridge when it happened and not reacting quickly enough — when he heard the alarms blaring, he spilled his [[coffee]] and then unthinkingly spent precious time making sure none of it got onto the [[keyboard]] instead of immediately warning officers that the alarm had gone off. | On Day 43 of the [[colony ship (World Enough and Time)|colony ship]]'s journey, the ship gets stuck in a black hole. As Jorj writes down in his log, he gets blamed for the accident by [[Captain (Jorj)|the Captain]] due to having been the only man on the bridge when it happened and not reacting quickly enough — when he heard the alarms blaring, he spilled his [[coffee]] and then unthinkingly spent precious time making sure none of it got onto the [[keyboard]] instead of immediately warning officers that the alarm had gone off. | ||
When [[Franq]] and an [[engineering]] team go down to [[Floor 1056]] to reverse the rear thrusters, Jorj volunteers to help but is forbidden from doing so by the Captain, who doesn't trust him. When [[life]] signs start being detected in the lower levels the next day, the Captain berates Jorj for not having even remotely checked for stowaways before they departed from [[Mondas]]. The Captain sends down another team to deal with the situation, but when the [[lift]] returns, a group of [[ | When [[Franq]] and an [[engineering]] team go down to [[Floor 1056]] to reverse the rear thrusters, Jorj volunteers to help but is forbidden from doing so by the Captain, who doesn't trust him. When [[life]] signs start being detected in the lower levels the next day, the Captain berates Jorj for not having even remotely checked for stowaways before they departed from [[Mondas]]. The Captain sends down another team to deal with the situation, but when the [[lift]] returns, a group of [[Patient (World Enough and Time)|monsters in cloth masks and surgical gowns]] come out instead and abduct all human crewmembers, Captain included. Jorj is left alone. | ||
By the next day, Jorj has sent out a distress call and re-angled all the surveillance screens in the control room, but doesn't have much hope of a rescue coming before months. However, after "nipping out of the control room for five minutes", he returns to find [[the Doctor's TARDIS|a blue rescue capsule]] has materialised on the bridge. He tells the occupants who walk out of it to stay where they are and inwardly rejoices at possibly being rescued. | By the next day, Jorj has sent out a distress call and re-angled all the surveillance screens in the control room, but doesn't have much hope of a rescue coming before months. However, after "nipping out of the control room for five minutes", he returns to find [[the Doctor's TARDIS|a blue rescue capsule]] has materialised on the bridge. He tells the occupants who walk out of it to stay where they are and inwardly rejoices at possibly being rescued. | ||
A later, additional entry explains that since [[Bill Potts|the girl]] of the party was [[human]], the cloth mask creatures turned up, causing him to panic and accidentally shoot her. Another man who stepped out of the capsule, a "[[Twelfth Doctor|walking frown called Doctor Who]]", tries to explain the temporal mechanics of the ship's relative time-zones to Jorj, who doesn't follow and is eventually [[Venusian aikido|rendered unconscious]] by the Doctor. | A later, additional entry explains that since [[Bill Potts|the girl]] of the party was [[human]], the cloth mask creatures turned up, causing him to panic and accidentally shoot her. Another man who stepped out of the capsule, a "[[Twelfth Doctor|walking frown called Doctor Who]]", tries to explain the temporal mechanics of the ship's relative time-zones to Jorj, who doesn't follow and is eventually [[Venusian aikido|rendered unconscious]] by the Doctor. | ||
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* [[Cyberman|Cloth mask creatures]] | * [[Cyberman|Cloth mask creatures]] | ||
* [[Twelfth Doctor|Dr Who]] | * [[Twelfth Doctor|Dr Who]] | ||
* | * [[Missy|Strange lady]] | ||
* [[Nardole|Bald man]] | * [[Nardole|Bald man]] | ||
* [[Bill Potts|Girl]] | * [[Bill Potts|Girl]] | ||
== | == Worldbuilding == | ||
* The human crewmembers were invited to engineer [[Franq]]'s [[birthday]] party, but not [[Jorj]], which Jorj blames on prejudice against blue people. | * The human crewmembers were invited to engineer [[Franq]]'s [[birthday]] party, but not [[Jorj]], which Jorj blames on prejudice against blue people. | ||
== Notes == | == Notes == | ||
* On top of an original illustration by [[Ben Morris (illustrator)|Ben Morris]], stills from ''World Enough and Tim'' featuring Jorj and the TARDIS crew were featured. | * On top of an original illustration by [[Ben Morris (illustrator)|Ben Morris]], stills from ''World Enough and Tim'' featuring Jorj and the TARDIS crew were featured. | ||
== Continuity == | == Continuity == | ||
* The [[Twelfth Doctor]] was introduced to [[Jorj]] as "Doctor Who". Jorj ends up shooting [[Bill Potts|his companion]], fruitlessly apologising afterwards, when the [[ | * The [[Twelfth Doctor]] was introduced to [[Jorj]] as "Doctor Who". Jorj ends up shooting [[Bill Potts|his companion]], fruitlessly apologising afterwards, when the [[Patient (World Enough and Time)|cloth mask creatures]], really the Cybermen Patients, show up. ([[TV]]: ''[[World Enough and Time (TV story)|World Enough and Time]]'') | ||
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Latest revision as of 12:24, 5 April 2024
Jorj was the first The Blogs of Doom short story, published in later 2017 in Doctor Who Magazine 519. Like other features in the series, it narrated events in the life of a minor Doctor Who TV character before and after their involvement in the Doctor's life — in this case, Jorj from World Enough and Time — in first-person perspective as a series of diary or blog entries from the character.
Summary[[edit] | [edit source]]
Janitor Jorj's log entries tell the stories of the colony ship came to enter the orbit of the black hole, how Jorj ended up alone on the top deck, and what happens when a group of unfamiliar travellers in an unusual, blue space-capsule show up out of nowhere...
Plot[[edit] | [edit source]]
On Day 43 of the colony ship's journey, the ship gets stuck in a black hole. As Jorj writes down in his log, he gets blamed for the accident by the Captain due to having been the only man on the bridge when it happened and not reacting quickly enough — when he heard the alarms blaring, he spilled his coffee and then unthinkingly spent precious time making sure none of it got onto the keyboard instead of immediately warning officers that the alarm had gone off.
When Franq and an engineering team go down to Floor 1056 to reverse the rear thrusters, Jorj volunteers to help but is forbidden from doing so by the Captain, who doesn't trust him. When life signs start being detected in the lower levels the next day, the Captain berates Jorj for not having even remotely checked for stowaways before they departed from Mondas. The Captain sends down another team to deal with the situation, but when the lift returns, a group of monsters in cloth masks and surgical gowns come out instead and abduct all human crewmembers, Captain included. Jorj is left alone.
By the next day, Jorj has sent out a distress call and re-angled all the surveillance screens in the control room, but doesn't have much hope of a rescue coming before months. However, after "nipping out of the control room for five minutes", he returns to find a blue rescue capsule has materialised on the bridge. He tells the occupants who walk out of it to stay where they are and inwardly rejoices at possibly being rescued.
A later, additional entry explains that since the girl of the party was human, the cloth mask creatures turned up, causing him to panic and accidentally shoot her. Another man who stepped out of the capsule, a "walking frown called Doctor Who", tries to explain the temporal mechanics of the ship's relative time-zones to Jorj, who doesn't follow and is eventually rendered unconscious by the Doctor.
Jorj wakes up alone with a sore head some time later and is dismayed to see that the blue capsule has gone. Just after he finishes typing up what has happened to him thus far for the ship's log, a new alarm comes in: a massive explosion has wiped out Floor 507. The last sentences of his last entry state that the life signs are still working their way up the ship, and restate his increasingly shaky hope that, as a non-human, he'll probably be okay.
Characters[[edit] | [edit source]]
Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]
- The human crewmembers were invited to engineer Franq's birthday party, but not Jorj, which Jorj blames on prejudice against blue people.
Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]
- On top of an original illustration by Ben Morris, stills from World Enough and Tim featuring Jorj and the TARDIS crew were featured.
Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]
- The Twelfth Doctor was introduced to Jorj as "Doctor Who". Jorj ends up shooting his companion, fruitlessly apologising afterwards, when the cloth mask creatures, really the Cybermen Patients, show up. (TV: World Enough and Time)
