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== Characters == | == Characters == | ||
* [[Third Doctor]] | * [[Third Doctor]] | ||
== References == | == References == | ||
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However, careful reading shows that the films are never mentioned by name and the word ''Dalek'' doesn't appear anywhere. The reader is free to imagine that things aren't ''quite'' as they appear. The reader is given even more scope to imagine it's parody when the Doctor says, "How wonderful to have seen that particular planet in colour at last." The Doctor can't be referring to [[Skaro]] here, because obviously he would have seen it in colour, even if TV viewers did not. Yet, if it's not Skaro he's talking about, then he's not watching ''[[Dr. Who and the Daleks]]''. Thus, this can be read as a [[wikipedia:meta-fiction|meta-fiction]]al comment, which takes the piece closer to parody. | However, careful reading shows that the films are never mentioned by name and the word ''Dalek'' doesn't appear anywhere. The reader is free to imagine that things aren't ''quite'' as they appear. The reader is given even more scope to imagine it's parody when the Doctor says, "How wonderful to have seen that particular planet in colour at last." The Doctor can't be referring to [[Skaro]] here, because obviously he would have seen it in colour, even if TV viewers did not. Yet, if it's not Skaro he's talking about, then he's not watching ''[[Dr. Who and the Daleks]]''. Thus, this can be read as a [[wikipedia:meta-fiction|meta-fiction]]al comment, which takes the piece closer to parody. | ||
Notably, this is not the only story to suggest that the films exist as fiction within the ''Doctor Who'' universe, given that [[Nev Fountain]]'s short story ''[[The Five O'Clock Shadow]]'', in the anthology ''[[Short Trips: A Day in the Life]]'', reveals that Dr. Who and his eight-year-old granddaughter Suzy are fictitious creations of the real Doctor to keep the nemesis named Shadow, the embodiment of grief and sorrow, distracted until the real Doctor can overcome his grief and escape from Shadow's prison. Shadow has no hold over the cheerful, angst-free Dr. Who, who departs with Suzy on further childlike and wondrous adventures. | Notably, this is not the only story to suggest that the films exist as fiction within the ''Doctor Who'' universe, given that [[Nev Fountain]]'s short story ''[[The Five O'Clock Shadow]]'', in the anthology ''[[Short Trips: A Day in the Life]]'', reveals that Dr. Who and his eight-year-old granddaughter Suzy are fictitious creations of the real Doctor to keep the nemesis named Shadow, the embodiment of grief and sorrow, distracted until the real Doctor can overcome his grief and escape from Shadow's prison. Shadow has no hold over the cheerful, angst-free Dr. Who, who departs with Suzy on further childlike and wondrous adventures. | ||
== Continuity == | == Continuity == | ||
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* {{dwrefguide|brief.htm#dwm190|A Visit to the Cinema}} | * {{dwrefguide|brief.htm#dwm190|A Visit to the Cinema}} | ||
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[[Category:Brief Encounter stories]] | [[Category:Brief Encounter stories]] | ||