Talk:Anything You Can Do (short story): Difference between revisions

::I hate to reply on a two-year old thread, but I agree that this is not a Fifth Doctor story, especially since Rudden went out of his way to avoid specifying the Doctor's incarnation. Within the story, there are three parts that give any hint of an indication of which Doctor it is: the illustration, the phone call, and the physical appearance of the Doctor at the end. The silhouette in the illustration is wearing a coat and a brimmed hat, so it looks a bit like the Fourth Doctor, but appears to be missing his scarf. It's certainly not the Fifth Doctor, since the hat in the photo has a prominent dent and the brim goes up, whereas the Fifth Doctor's Panama hat is smooth on top and the brim folds downwards. The phone call confirms that this Doctor has a temper, speaking with "icy rage" and sometimes whispering or "hissing" (which admittedly doesn't narrow it down much). The physical appearance (again, using they/them pronouns) confirms that this Doctor is charismatic, particularly in the dialogue on the last page.

::Based on the flippant attitude to the potential apocalypse, and the grin at the end (a hallmark of 4, particularly in the Target novelisations), I might argue that this is the Fourth Doctor. But, just as Rudden intended, this is hardly any evidence to go on, so it makes more sense to follow the precedent set by ''[[The Colour of Monsters (short story)|The Colour of Monsters]]'', ''[[From Eternity (short story)|From Eternity]]'', and ''[[The Five O'Clock Shadow (short story)|The Five O'Clock Shadow]]'' and either create a page for [[The Doctor (Anything You Can Do)]] or simply list this unspecified incarnation as [[The Doctor]]. -[[User:EnyapCo|EnyapCo]] [[User talk:EnyapCo|<span title="Talk to me">☎</span>]] 04:53, 11 January 2022 (UTC)