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{{retitle|''The War of Art'' (DW short story)}}
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{{Infobox Story SMW
|name        = ''The War of Art''
|image        = The War of Art Cover.png
|doctor      = Eleventh Doctor
|companions  =
|enemy        = [[Arucha]]
|setting      = [[Paloma Centre]], [[3110]]
|writer      = Paul Cornell
|publication  = [[Doctor Who website|''Doctor Who'' website]]
|release date = 17 August 2010 (circa)
|format      = Online short story
|series      = ''[[Doctor Who]]'' online short stories
|prev        = The Doctor on My Shoulder (short story)
|next        = Wish You Were Here (TAG short story){{!}}Wish You Were Here


The War of Art is a special short story written by Paul Cornell. It is a special reward in PDF format for winning the History Hunt, a special online game. It is about what the Doctor does during the events of the game.
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==Plot Summary==
{{you may|The War of Art (BFBS short story)|n1=the Bernice Summerfield short story of the same name}}
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'''''The War of Art''''' was a short story written by [[Paul Cornell]]. It was a reward for winning ''[[Amy's History Hunt]]'', a special online game. It was based on events the Doctor encounters during the events of the game and was presented in [[PDF]] format.
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== Summary ==
[[Eleventh Doctor|The Doctor]] leaves his [[The Pandorica Opens|favourite painting]] in an [[Musée d'Orsay|art gallery]]. He returns to find it, but he is not the only one that wants it.
 
== Characters ==
* [[Eleventh Doctor]]
* [[Armidagertaflex 333.9]]
* Android Artists
** [[Andy Warhol]]
** [[Roy Lichtenstein]]
** [[Pablo Picasso]]
** [[Salvador Dalí]]
** [[René Magritte]]
** [[Pierre-Auguste Renoir]]
** [[Henri Rousseau]]
** [[Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec]]
** [[William Turner]]
** [[Michelangelo]]
* [[Arucha]]
** [[Arucha Commander]]
** [[Arucha Lieutenant]]
 
== Worldbuilding ==
* The Doctor, in his eleventh incarnation, had met [[Armidagertaflex 333.9]] before.
* [[Andy Warhol]] had painted all eleven incarnations of [[the Doctor]] in the [[summer]] of [[1966]]. He had visited him every [[Thursday]].
* The [[Arucha]] have [[sonic lance]]s.
* The Doctor says "nice to see you, to see you nice", the catchphrase of [[Bruce Forsyth]].
* Amidag refers to [[Matisse]], [[Zoirarghhh]] and [[Claude Monet]].
* The Doctor gives the Arucha a sculpture by [[Venusian]] artist [[Radico Harstel]], and calls it ''[[The Physical Impossibility of Getting a Shanghorn into a Glass Tank]]''.
* The Doctor refers to the sculpture being left on an [[asteroid]] two years after the incident after having read it in a paper. This is a paradox as the Doctor only chose the sculpture because he knew the Arucha would leave it there.
* The Doctor visited the [[Musée d'Orsay]] in [[3110]] when it was run by a [[Silurian]].
* ''[[The Pandorica Opens]]'' is called ''Blue Box Exploding''.
 
== Story notes ==
* The title is a play on the military strategy book ''The Art of War'' by [[Sun Tzu]]. The book offers guidelines for warfare in ancient [[China]].
* The statement that Andy Warhol painted all eleven incarnations of the Doctor transparently mirrors one made by the [[Ninth Doctor (Scream of the Shalka)|alternate Ninth Doctor]] of the webcast, ''[[Scream of the Shalka (webcast)|Scream of the Shalka]]'', (also written by Paul Cornell) that Warhol had "once wanted to paint all nine of [me]".
 
== Continuity ==
* While the Doctor searches for his painting, Amy hunts for it herself. ([[WC]]: ''[[Amy's History Hunt]]'')
* [[The Doctor's TARDIS]] was previously mistaken for a work of art. ([[TV]]: ''[[City of Death (TV story)|City of Death]]'', ''[[The Fires of Pompeii (TV story)|The Fires of Pompeii]]'')
* The Doctor asks if there was an [[android]] of [[Vincent van Gogh]]. There was not as his brilliant mind would not enter any android. The Doctor also mentions van Gogh making Amy cry. ([[TV]]: ''[[Vincent and the Doctor (TV story)|Vincent and the Doctor]]'')
* The Doctor is looking for Vincent van Gogh's painting, [[The Pandorica Opens]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Pandorica Opens (TV story)|The Pandorica Opens]]'')
* The Doctor mentions getting off on the wrong foot with [[Pablo Picasso]]. He had previously said that he advised him. ([[TV]]: ''[[Vincent and the Doctor (TV story)|Vincent and the Doctor]]'')
* The Doctor calls [[Michelangelo]] "Mikey". He had previously mentioned meeting him. ([[TV]]: ''[[Vincent and the Doctor (TV story)|Vincent and the Doctor]]'')
* The Doctor also visited the Musée d'Orsay in [[2010]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Vincent and the Doctor (TV story)|Vincent and the Doctor]]'')
* The Doctor mentions that the TARDIS did and did not explode. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Big Bang (TV story)|The Big Bang]]'')
 
== External links ==
* [http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/history_hunt/doctor_who_the_war_of_art.pdf BBC - Doctor Who - '''The War of Art''' (link to PDF)]
* [http://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/dw/videos/p0087k45 BBC - Amy's History Hunt - Introduction] (geolocked to UK)
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prose stub
You may be looking for the Bernice Summerfield short story of the same name.

The War of Art was a short story written by Paul Cornell. It was a reward for winning Amy's History Hunt, a special online game. It was based on events the Doctor encounters during the events of the game and was presented in PDF format.

Summary[[edit] | [edit source]]

The Doctor leaves his favourite painting in an art gallery. He returns to find it, but he is not the only one that wants it.

Characters[[edit] | [edit source]]

Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]

Story notes[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • The title is a play on the military strategy book The Art of War by Sun Tzu. The book offers guidelines for warfare in ancient China.
  • The statement that Andy Warhol painted all eleven incarnations of the Doctor transparently mirrors one made by the alternate Ninth Doctor of the webcast, Scream of the Shalka, (also written by Paul Cornell) that Warhol had "once wanted to paint all nine of [me]".

Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]

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

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