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{{Infobox Short Story|
|series       = [[Short Trips (series)#In print|Short Trips short stories]]
story name=Faithful Friends: Part 3|
|doctor       = Eighth Doctor
series=[[Doctor Who]] - [[Short Trips (series)|Short Trips]]|
|companions   = [[Charlotte Pollard|Charley]]
doctor=[[Eighth Doctor]]|
|featuring    = Liz Shaw|Liz
companions=[[Charley Pollard]], [[Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart]]|
|featuring2  = Jo Grant|Jo
year=|
|featuring3  = Mike Yates|Yates
writer=[[Cavan Scott]] & [[Mark Wright]]|
|featuring4  = John Benton|Benton
publication=[[Short Trips: The Ghosts of Christmas]]|
|featuring5  = Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart{{!}}the Brigadier
previous story=[[Christmas Everyday]]|
|featuring6  = Tom Osgood
next story=}}
|setting      = [[England]]
|writer      = Cavan Scott, Mark Wright
|anthology    = Short Trips: The Ghosts of Christmas
|release date = 5 December 2007
|prev        = Christmas Every Day? (short story)
|next        = Machine Time (short story)
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'''''Faithful Friends: Part Three''''' was the twenty-fifth and final short story in the [[Short Trips (series)|Short Trips]] anthology ''[[Short Trips: The Ghosts of Christmas]]''. It was written by [[Cavan Scott]] and [[Mark Wright]]. It featured the [[Eighth Doctor]], [[Charley Pollard]] and [[Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart]].


== Summary ==
== Summary ==
The Doctor and Charley break into the Brigadier's house on Christmas Eve while he is sleeping. In the morning the Brigadier finds that the Doctor and Charley have cooked a Christmas meal for him, they also have invited many people from the Brigadier's past for a party. While the Doctor is carving the turkey he leads a toast to "faithful friends".
The Doctor and Charley break into the Brigadier's house on Christmas Eve while he is sleeping. In the morning the Brigadier finds that the Doctor and Charley have cooked a Christmas meal for him. They also have invited many people from the Brigadier's past for a party. While the Doctor is carving the turkey he leads a toast to "faithful friends".


== Characters ==
== Characters ==
* [[Eighth Doctor]]
* [[Eighth Doctor]]
* [[Charley Pollard]]
* [[Charlotte Pollard]]
* [[Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart]]
* [[Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart]]
* [[John Benton]]
* [[John Benton]]
* [[Osgood (The Dæmons)|Osgood]]
* [[Osgood (The Dæmons)|Osgood]]
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* [[Jo Grant]]
* [[Jo Grant]]


== References ==
== Worldbuilding ==
''to be added''
* [[Sarah Jane Smith]] is on an assignment abroad.
* [[Carol Bell]] is said to have died.


== Notes ==
== Notes ==
''to be added''
* Liz's appearance would seem to contradict her death in the novel ''[[Eternity Weeps]]''.


== Continuity ==
== Continuity ==
* Liz's appearence would seem to contradict her death in [[NA]]: ''[[Eternity Weeps]]''.
* Doris has been dead for some time. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Shadows of Avalon (novel)|The Shadows of Avalon]]'')
 
* Charley remembers her last meeting with the Brigadier. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Minuet in Hell (audio story)|Minuet in Hell]]'')
== Timeline ==
* [[Winifred Bambera]] and [[Ancelyn]] are holidaying in [[Avalon (The Shadows of Avalon)|Avalon]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Battlefield (TV story)|Battlefield]]'')
* This story occurs after [[ST]]: ''[[They Fell]]''
* Jo recognises the Eighth Doctor. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Genocide (novel)|Genocide]]'')
* This story occurs before [[ST]]: ''[[Doctor Who and the Adaptation of Death]]''
* [[Emily Chaudhry]] is still the head of [[UNIT]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Wasting (audio story)|The Wasting]]'')
 


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Latest revision as of 21:41, 9 March 2024

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Faithful Friends: Part Three was the twenty-fifth and final short story in the Short Trips anthology Short Trips: The Ghosts of Christmas. It was written by Cavan Scott and Mark Wright. It featured the Eighth Doctor, Charley Pollard and Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart.

Summary[[edit] | [edit source]]

The Doctor and Charley break into the Brigadier's house on Christmas Eve while he is sleeping. In the morning the Brigadier finds that the Doctor and Charley have cooked a Christmas meal for him. They also have invited many people from the Brigadier's past for a party. While the Doctor is carving the turkey he leads a toast to "faithful friends".

Characters[[edit] | [edit source]]

Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]

Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • Liz's appearance would seem to contradict her death in the novel Eternity Weeps.

Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]