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doctor= | |series=[[Short Trips (series)#In print|Short Trips short stories]] | ||
companions=[[Adric]], [[ | |doctor = Fifth Doctor | ||
|companions= [[Adric]], [[Tegan Jovanka|Tegan]], [[Nyssa]] | |||
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|setting = [[The TARDIS]] | |||
|writer=Val Douglas | |||
next | |anthology = Short Trips: A Christmas Treasury | ||
|release date = 30 December 2004 | |||
|prev=UNIT Christmas Parties: First Christmas (short story) | |||
|next = Water's Edge (short story) | |||
}}'''''In the TARDIS: Christmas Day''''' was the third short story in the [[Short Trips (series)|Short Trips]] anthology ''[[Short Trips: A Christmas Treasury]]''. It was written by [[Val Douglas]]. It featured the [[Fifth Doctor]], [[Adric]], [[Nyssa]] and [[Tegan]]. | |||
==Summary== | == Summary == | ||
' | It's Christmas. The TARDIS is decorated, and the crew open presents. The Doctor decides they need a pudding, and finds an old one in the cupboard. Tegan refuses to eat it, so Adric decides to make a pudding using [[Block Transfer Computation]]. As Tegan and the Doctor prepare to eat it, Adric refuses to share. Tegan kicks the pudding, which hits the Doctor. The Christmas tree crashes to the floor, and Nyssa angrily stuffs the pudding up Tegan's nose. | ||
== | == Characters == | ||
* [[Fifth Doctor]] | |||
* [[Adric]] | |||
* [[Nyssa]] | |||
* [[Tegan]] | |||
== | == Worldbuilding == | ||
' | * Nyssa is dressed in [[Traken]] costume. | ||
* The pudding was a present from Mrs [[Beeton]]. | |||
* Adric's [[pudding]] is complete with [[brandy]] and [[holly]], [[raisin]]s and [[plum]]s. | |||
== | == Notes == | ||
* This poem is a parody of the poem "{{w|In the Workhouse – Christmas Day}}" by {{w|George Robert Sims}}. | |||
== | == Continuity == | ||
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[[Category:Doctor | [[Category:Fifth Doctor short stories]] | ||
[[Category:Stories set at Christmas]] | |||
[[Category:Short Trips: A Christmas Treasury short stories]] | |||
Latest revision as of 20:04, 15 February 2024
In the TARDIS: Christmas Day was the third short story in the Short Trips anthology Short Trips: A Christmas Treasury. It was written by Val Douglas. It featured the Fifth Doctor, Adric, Nyssa and Tegan.
Summary[[edit] | [edit source]]
It's Christmas. The TARDIS is decorated, and the crew open presents. The Doctor decides they need a pudding, and finds an old one in the cupboard. Tegan refuses to eat it, so Adric decides to make a pudding using Block Transfer Computation. As Tegan and the Doctor prepare to eat it, Adric refuses to share. Tegan kicks the pudding, which hits the Doctor. The Christmas tree crashes to the floor, and Nyssa angrily stuffs the pudding up Tegan's nose.
Characters[[edit] | [edit source]]
Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]
- Nyssa is dressed in Traken costume.
- The pudding was a present from Mrs Beeton.
- Adric's pudding is complete with brandy and holly, raisins and plums.
Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]
- This poem is a parody of the poem "In the Workhouse – Christmas Day" by George Robert Sims.
Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]
to be added
