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|enemy = [[Krynoid]] | |enemy = [[Krynoid]] | ||
|setting = [[Christmas (town)|Christmas]], [[Trenzalore]] | |setting = [[Christmas (town)|Christmas]], [[Trenzalore]] | ||
|writer = | |writer = George Mann | ||
|release date = | |release date = 27 February 2014 | ||
|anthology = | |anthology = Tales of Trenzalore: The Eleventh Doctor's Last Stand | ||
|prev = Let it Snow (short story) | |prev = Let it Snow (short story) | ||
|next = Strangers in the Outland (short story) | |next = Strangers in the Outland (short story) | ||
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As harvest time nears on Trenzalore, Pieter comes across a plant in his [[apple]] orchard that attacks him. He blacks out and wakes up craving meat. | As harvest time nears on Trenzalore, Pieter comes across a plant in his [[apple]] orchard that attacks him. He blacks out and wakes up craving meat. | ||
In the town of [[Christmas (town)|Christmas]] Theol tells the Doctor he's seen the "[[Viridios|Green Man]]," come to bless their harvest. The Doctor is sceptical, but they journey into the forest and come across an inert Krynoid pod. Knowing there's another pod, they visit the orchard and are attacked by the apple [[tree]]s. | In the town of [[Christmas (town)|Christmas]] Theol tells the Doctor he's seen the "[[Viridios|Green Man]]," come to bless their harvest. The Doctor is sceptical, but they journey into the forest and come across an inert [[Krynoid]] pod. Knowing there's another pod, they visit the orchard and are attacked by the apple [[tree]]s. | ||
They eventually find the Krynoid, formerly the man known as Pieter, feeding on [[cow]]s in the farmhouse and lure it towards the [[Clock Tower (The Time of the Doctor)|clock tower]] in town. The Doctor gets the villagers to throw snowballs and water at the Krynoid, slowing it down until it freezes, with the Doctor ringing the tower bell to shatter it. | They eventually find the Krynoid, formerly the man known as Pieter, feeding on [[cow]]s in the farmhouse and lure it towards the [[Clock Tower (The Time of the Doctor)|clock tower]] in town. The Doctor gets the villagers to throw snowballs and water at the Krynoid, slowing it down until it freezes, with the Doctor ringing the tower bell to shatter it. | ||
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* The Doctor claims he's 1500, give or take a few hundred years. | * The Doctor claims he's 1500, give or take a few hundred years. | ||
* The Doctor tells Handles that he used to know [[K9|a dog]] who had the same conversational skills. | * The Doctor tells Handles that he used to know [[K9|a dog]] who had the same conversational skills. | ||
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Latest revision as of 14:07, 16 July 2024
An Apple a Day... was a short story printed in Tales of Trenzalore: The Eleventh Doctor's Last Stand. It was written by George Mann.
Summary[[edit] | [edit source]]
As harvest time nears on Trenzalore, Pieter comes across a plant in his apple orchard that attacks him. He blacks out and wakes up craving meat.
In the town of Christmas Theol tells the Doctor he's seen the "Green Man," come to bless their harvest. The Doctor is sceptical, but they journey into the forest and come across an inert Krynoid pod. Knowing there's another pod, they visit the orchard and are attacked by the apple trees.
They eventually find the Krynoid, formerly the man known as Pieter, feeding on cows in the farmhouse and lure it towards the clock tower in town. The Doctor gets the villagers to throw snowballs and water at the Krynoid, slowing it down until it freezes, with the Doctor ringing the tower bell to shatter it.
The remains of the Krynoid are used as a funeral pyre for Pieter and to celebrate the harvest, with the other pod being thrown onto the fire so it can never attack anyone again. The Doctor is given a walking stick made from pieces of the Krynoid so that he has something to remember Pieter by.
Characters[[edit] | [edit source]]
- Eleventh Doctor
- Theol Willoughby
- Pieter
- The Krynoid
- Jerl Tompkinson
- Jemina Peace
- Handles
- Fral Henderon
Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]
- The Doctor claims he's 1500, give or take a few hundred years.
- The Doctor tells Handles that he used to know a dog who had the same conversational skills.
- Krynoid pods are roughly the size of Handle's Cyberman head.
- The Krynoid intends to "colonise" Trenzalore, the Doctor saying "someone" sent them.
- Theol sees the crack inside the clock tower.
Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]
- The title comes from the adage "an apple a day keeps the doctor away," which was partially quoted by the Fifth Doctor in Kinda.
Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]
- The Doctor has shared stories with the villagers of the Krotons (TV: The Krotons) and the Nimon. (TV: The Horns of Nimon)
- The Doctor has lost a leg. (PROSE: The Dreaming)
- The Doctor says that a Martian impacting in the snow would make a much larger crater than a Krynoid. (PROSE: Let it Snow)
- Theol carves a walking stick for the Doctor to use. (TV: The Time of the Doctor)
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