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|series=[[Short Trips (series)#In print|Short Trips short stories]] | |series=[[Short Trips (series)#In print|Short Trips short stories]] | ||
|doctor = Fourth Doctor | |doctor = Fourth Doctor | ||
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|writer = | |writer = Jonathan Clements | ||
|anthology= | |anthology = Short Trips: The Ghosts of Christmas | ||
|release date = 5 December 2007 | |||
|prev = Do You Dream in Colour? (short story) | |prev = Do You Dream in Colour? (short story) | ||
|next=24 Crawford Street (short story) | |next=24 Crawford Street (short story) | ||
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The Nobility of Faith was the seventh short story in the Short Trips anthology Short Trips: The Ghosts of Christmas. It was written by Jonathan Clements. It featured the Fourth Doctor.
Summary[[edit] | [edit source]]
Ala ud-Din has been imprisoned in a cave by his uncle, the Vizier, who plans to marry Ala ud-Din's love, Badroulbadour. When the TARDIS materialises in the cave, Ala ud-Din thinks the Doctor is a djinni and asks for three wishes. His wishes happen to coincide with what the Doctor needs to do anyway, so his efforts to convince Ala ud-Din that he isn't a djinni fail.
The Doctor is searching for an alien, who happens to be the Vizier. He defeats the alien, sending him back where he belongs, and Ala ud-Din is free to marry Badroulbadour.
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Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]
- The story is a brief retelling of the tale of Aladdin, with the Doctor mistaken for the genie ("djinni").
- A few exchanges of dialogue are humourously evocative of a pantomime.
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