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'''''Dodge the Mantrap''''' was the fifth game and twenty-second release exclusively published in ''[[Doctor Who The Official Annual 2025]]'' on [[5 September (releases)|5 September]] [[2024 (releases)|2024]] by [[Penguin Group]] and written by [[Paul Lang]]. | '''''Dodge the Mantrap''''' was the fifth game and twenty-second release exclusively published in ''[[Doctor Who The Official Annual 2025]]'' on [[5 September (releases)|5 September]] [[2024 (releases)|2024]] by [[Penguin Group]] and written by [[Paul Lang]]. | ||
It is a dice and counter game in which one or more readers take on the role of a citizen of [[Finetime]], and are tasked with making their way to the end of the grid without being devoured by a [[Mantrap]]. | |||
== Plot == | == Plot == | ||
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== Characters == | == Characters == | ||
* "[[Finetimer (Dodge the Mantraps)|You]]" | |||
* [[Fifteenth Doctor]] | |||
* [[Lindy Pepper-Bean]] | |||
* [[Ricky September]] | |||
* [[Goblin (Dodge the Mantraps)|Goblin]] | |||
== Worldbuilding == | == Worldbuilding == | ||
* You are potentially shown a bad [[meme]] by your [[Bubble (Dot and Bubble)|bubble]]. | |||
* The Doctor tries to save those whose surname begins with [[N]]. | |||
* The Mantrap consuming the N's is, seemingly, a [[Goblin (Dodge the Mantraps)|goblin]]. | |||
== Notes == | == Notes == | ||
* This is the third source released within just two days which allows the viewer, problematically, to insert themselves into the narrative as a citizen of the all-[[White person|white]], deeply [[Racism|racist]] Finetime. | |||
== Continuity == | == Continuity == | ||
* The viewer was previously invited to insert themselves into Finetime society one day prior with the release of [[GAME]]: {{cs|Try Out Life in a Bubble! (game)}}, as well as earlier in the annual with [[PROSE]]: {{cs|Welcome to Finetime (short story)}}. | |||
== Footnotes == | == Footnotes == | ||
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Dodge the Mantrap was the fifth game and twenty-second release exclusively published in Doctor Who The Official Annual 2025 on 5 September 2024 by Penguin Group and written by Paul Lang.
It is a dice and counter game in which one or more readers take on the role of a citizen of Finetime, and are tasked with making their way to the end of the grid without being devoured by a Mantrap.
Plot[[edit] | [edit source]]
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Characters[[edit] | [edit source]]
Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]
- You are potentially shown a bad meme by your bubble.
- The Doctor tries to save those whose surname begins with N.
- The Mantrap consuming the N's is, seemingly, a goblin.
Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]
- This is the third source released within just two days which allows the viewer, problematically, to insert themselves into the narrative as a citizen of the all-white, deeply racist Finetime.
Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]
- The viewer was previously invited to insert themselves into Finetime society one day prior with the release of GAME: Try Out Life in a Bubble! [+]Loading...["Try Out Life in a Bubble! (game)"], as well as earlier in the annual with PROSE: Welcome to Finetime [+]Loading...["Welcome to Finetime (short story)"].
