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{{Infobox | |series = [[Virgin Decalogs|Virgin ''Decalogs'']] | ||
|doctor = Seventh Doctor | |||
series= [[Virgin Decalogs]]| | |companions = [[Bernice Summerfield]] | ||
doctor= | |setting = [[New Alexandria]] [[New Alexandria Library|Library]], [[2668]] | ||
companions=[[Bernice Summerfield]]| | |writer = Steven Moffat | ||
|publisher = Virgin Books | |||
writer= | |anthology = Decalog 3: Consequences | ||
|release date = 18 July 1996 | |||
|prev = Fegovy (short story) | |||
next | |next = Timevault (short story) | ||
}}{{prose stub}} | |||
'''''Continuity Errors''''' | '''''Continuity Errors''''' was the eighth story in the anthology ''[[Decalog 3: Consequences]]''. It was written by [[Steven Moffat]] (his first professional ''Doctor Who'' work). It featured the [[Seventh Doctor]] and [[Bernice Summerfield]]. | ||
==Summary== | |||
== Summary == | |||
''to be added'' | ''to be added'' | ||
==Characters== | == Characters == | ||
*[[Seventh Doctor]] | * [[Seventh Doctor]] | ||
*[[Bernice Summerfield]] | * [[Bernice Summerfield]] | ||
* [[Andrea Talwinning]] | |||
* [[Walter (Continuity Errors)|Walter]] | |||
* [[Fred Talwinning]] | |||
* [[Gwendoline Talwinning]] | |||
== Worldbuilding == | |||
* [[Andrea Talwinning]] was born in [[2625]]. | |||
== | == Notes == | ||
''to | * This was [[Steven Moffat]]'s first professionally published ''[[Doctor Who]]''-related storyline. He would go on to pen the 1999 spoof ''[[The Curse of Fatal Death (TV story)|The Curse of Fatal Death]]'' before becoming a multi-Hugo Award-winning scriptwriter for the revived series from 2005 to 2008, and then the show's executive producer commencing in 2009. | ||
* Moffat reused the idea of the Doctor travelling back in time to alter a person's perception of him in the television story ''[[A Christmas Carol (TV story)|A Christmas Carol]]''. | |||
* The idea of a planet-sized library was later reused in the television story ''[[Silence in the Library (TV story)|Silence in the Library]]'', while the description of the Doctor as a [[Complex Space-Time Event]] was echoed by his self-identification as a [[complicated space-time event]] in ''[[Flesh and Stone (TV story)|Flesh and Stone]]''. [[Arthur Candy|Professor Candy]] himself would ultimately get a televised cameo in the final scene of ''[[Let's Kill Hitler (TV story)|Let's Kill Hitler]]''. | |||
* Moffat originally considered calling this story both ''History MD'' and ''The Curse Of Fatal Death'', the latter of which he [[The Curse of Fatal Death (TV story)|later used]].<ref>[https://groups.google.com/g/rec.arts.drwho/c/RePiBUprogQ/m/jTykpuPqEJMJ rec.arts comment]</ref> | |||
== | == Continuity == | ||
* | * Professor [[Arthur Candy|Candy]] is mentioned in [[PROSE]]: ''[[Oh No It Isn't! (novel)|Oh No It Isn't!]]'', and appears in [[TV]]: ''[[Let's Kill Hitler]]''. | ||
* The Library was inspired by the events of [[PROSE]]: ''[[Fegovy (short story)|Fegovy]]''. | |||
== | == External links == | ||
* | * [http://whoisthedoctor.co.uk/stories/ce.html Decalog 3: Consequences - '''Continuity Errors'''] | ||
== | == Footnotes == | ||
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Latest revision as of 02:53, 26 August 2024
Continuity Errors was the eighth story in the anthology Decalog 3: Consequences. It was written by Steven Moffat (his first professional Doctor Who work). It featured the Seventh Doctor and Bernice Summerfield.
Summary[[edit] | [edit source]]
to be added
Characters[[edit] | [edit source]]
Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]
- Andrea Talwinning was born in 2625.
Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]
- This was Steven Moffat's first professionally published Doctor Who-related storyline. He would go on to pen the 1999 spoof The Curse of Fatal Death before becoming a multi-Hugo Award-winning scriptwriter for the revived series from 2005 to 2008, and then the show's executive producer commencing in 2009.
- Moffat reused the idea of the Doctor travelling back in time to alter a person's perception of him in the television story A Christmas Carol.
- The idea of a planet-sized library was later reused in the television story Silence in the Library, while the description of the Doctor as a Complex Space-Time Event was echoed by his self-identification as a complicated space-time event in Flesh and Stone. Professor Candy himself would ultimately get a televised cameo in the final scene of Let's Kill Hitler.
- Moffat originally considered calling this story both History MD and The Curse Of Fatal Death, the latter of which he later used.[1]
Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]
- Professor Candy is mentioned in PROSE: Oh No It Isn't!, and appears in TV: Let's Kill Hitler.
- The Library was inspired by the events of PROSE: Fegovy.
