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|story name      =The Doctor on My Shoulder
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|series          =[[Doctor Who]] - Online Fiction
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|doctor          =[[Tenth Doctor]]
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|image            = The Doctor on My Shoulder (short story).jpg
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|setting          = [[Earth]] and [[Cilia's ship|Princess Cilia's ship]]
|writer           =[[Daniel Roth]]
|writer          = Daniel Roth
|publication      =[[British Broadcasting Corporation|BBC]] Website, December [[2009]]
|release date    = 17 - 23 December 2009
|previous story  =[[The Advent of Fear]]
|series           = [[Adventure Calendar]] fiction
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|next            = Snowfall (novel)
'''The Doctor on My Shoulder''' is a two-part online short story released in serialized form on the BBC's Doctor Who Website as part of the 2009 Adventure Calendar.
|series2          = ''Doctor Who'' web short stories
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|next2            = The War of Art (DW short story){{!}}The War of Art
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'''''The Doctor on My Shoulder''''' was a two-part online short story released in serial form on the [[BBC]]'s [[Doctor Who website|''Doctor Who'' website]] as part of the 2009 [[Adventure Calendar]].


== Summary ==
== Summary ==
Shrunk down to the size of a doll, [[Tenth Doctor|the Doctor]] enlists the help of a teenage boy to rescue a princess.
Shrunk down to the size of a doll, the [[Tenth Doctor]] enlists the help of a teenage boy to rescue a princess.


== Characters ==
== Characters ==
*[[Tenth Doctor]]
* [[Tenth Doctor]]
*[[Mason Valentin]]
* [[Mason Valentin]]
*[[Ana Comparetto]]
* [[Ana Comparetto]]
*Princess [[Cilia]]
* [[Max (The Doctor on My Shoulder)|Max]]
* [[Ulian robot]]s
* [[Cilia (The Doctor on My Shoulder)|Princess Cilia]]


== Worldbuilding ==
=== Television ===
* The [[Tenth Doctor]] loves ''[[The Snowman]]'' and recognises his location as [[Earth]] because of it playing on [[television]]. He mentions the snowman flies around and dances with [[Father Christmas]].


==References==
== Notes ==
According to the Doctor's dialogue, this story was set after [[The Waters of Mars]] and before [[The End of Time (TV story)|The End of Time]].
* This is the last piece of new Tenth Doctor fiction to be officially published prior to the [[regeneration]] in ''[[The End of Time (TV story)|The End of Time]]''.


==Notes==
== Continuity ==
*''The Doctor on My Shoulder'' was published on the [[British Broadcasting Corporation|BBC]]'s ''Doctor Who'' website on [[17th December|17th]] and [[23rd December]] 2009 as part of its Christmas themed Adventure Calendar.
* The Doctor refers to having been [[Father Christmas]] at times. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[A Christmas Story (comic story)|A Christmas Story]]'', [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Man Who (Nearly) Killed Christmas (short story)|The Man Who (Nearly) Killed Christmas]]'', [[PROSE]]: ''[[A Visit from Saint Nicholas (short story)|A Visit from Saint Nicholas]]'')
*This is the last piece of new Tenth Doctor fiction to be officially published prior to the regeneration. One further piece of literary fiction is scheduled with this incarnation, [[NSA]]: ''[[Code of the Krillitanes]]'', scheduled for publication in March 2010.
* The Doctor refers to the fact that at least the [[Christmas tree]] isn't trying to kill him. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Christmas Invasion (TV story)|The Christmas Invasion]]'', ''[[The Runaway Bride (TV story)|The Runaway Bride]]'')


==Continuity==
== External links ==
*At the end, the Doctor says he's finally going to do something he's been putting off, presumably going to rendezvous with the Ood in [[DW]]: ''[[The End of Time (TV story)|The End of Time]]''.
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*The Doctor refers to having been [[Father Christmas]] at times ([[DW]]: ''[[The Doctor Dances]]'').
{{elx|page url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/s4/features/stories/adventure_091223_01|page name=The Doctor on My Shoulder, Part Two|website url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/s4/|website name=Doctor Who website}}
*The Doctor refers to the fact that at least the Christmas tree isn't trying to kill him ([[DW]]:''[[The Christmas Invasion]]'')


==Timeline==
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== External Links ==
[[Category:Adventure Calendar short stories]]
*[http://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/s4/features/stories/adventure_091217_01 "The Doctor on My Shoulder, Part One" on the Doctor Who BBC website].
[[Category:Tenth Doctor short stories]]
*[http://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/s4/features/stories/adventure_091223_01 Part Two]
[[Category:Short stories set on Earth]]
[[Category:Stories set at Christmas]]
[[Category:2009 short stories]]


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The Doctor on My Shoulder was a two-part online short story released in serial form on the BBC's Doctor Who website as part of the 2009 Adventure Calendar.

Summary[[edit] | [edit source]]

Shrunk down to the size of a doll, the Tenth Doctor enlists the help of a teenage boy to rescue a princess.

Characters[[edit] | [edit source]]

Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]

Television[[edit] | [edit source]]

Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]

Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]

External links[[edit] | [edit source]]