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|doctor= Eleventh Doctor
|doctor= Eleventh Doctor
|enemy= [[Cuculus]]
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|year= [[New York City]], [[1920]]
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== Plot ==
== Plot ==
=== Part One ===
=== Part One ===
The [[Eleventh Doctor]] is narrating his adventures to an imaginary [[companion]] called Bob. He tells about how he has been trapped in a glass box in spaceship orbiting [[Earth]]. Once the aliens start pouring a liquid into the box, the narrative switches to how he got there.
The [[Eleventh Doctor]] is narrating his adventures to an imaginary [[companion]] called Bob. He tells about how he has been trapped in a glass box in spaceship orbiting [[Earth]]. Once the [[Cuculus|aliens]] start pouring a liquid into the box, the narrative switches to how he got there.


In [[New York City]], [[1920]], [[Harry Houdini]] is about to do his act in the [[Golden Horse Theatre]]. After getting into a locked safe, Harry discovers that the [[Eleventh Doctor]] has connected [[The Doctor's TARDIS|the TARDIS]] and the inside of the safe. The Doctor needs help to stop an [[alien invasion]] and takes Harry to the lobby of the theatre. There, they are met by a group of reporters. Harry assumes they are interested in him, but the Doctor reveals that they are actually possessed by the aliens.
In [[New York City]], [[1920]], [[Harry Houdini]] is about to do his act in the [[Golden Horse Theatre]]. After getting into a locked safe, Harry discovers that the [[Eleventh Doctor]] has connected [[The Doctor's TARDIS|the TARDIS]] and the inside of the safe. The Doctor needs help to stop an [[alien invasion]] and takes Harry to the lobby of the theatre. There, they are met by a group of reporters. Harry assumes they are interested in him, but the Doctor reveals that they are actually possessed by the aliens.
=== Part Two ===
After being mobbed by possessed reporters, Harry realises getting out of a crowd is the same as getting out of handcuffs and slips out. He and Doctor escape, where the Doctor explains the [[Cuculus]] and their plans. They run into a policeman who has also been possessed and narrowly manage to escape him as well. In their escape, they are nearly run down by a carriage pulled by a possessed [[horse]].


== Characters ==
== Characters ==
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* The box the Doctor is trapped in has a [[deadlock seal]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Bad Wolf (TV story)|Bad Wolf]]'', ''et al.'')
* The box the Doctor is trapped in has a [[deadlock seal]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Bad Wolf (TV story)|Bad Wolf]]'', ''et al.'')
* The Doctor connects the TARDIS and the inside of a safe using [[Block Transfer Computation]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Logopolis (TV story)|Logopolis]]'')
* The Doctor connects the TARDIS and the inside of a safe using [[Block Transfer Computation]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Logopolis (TV story)|Logopolis]]'')
* When Harry suggests the [[Cuculus]] were [[Martian]]s, the Doctor says that Martians are reptilian instead. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Ice Warriors (TV story)|The Ice Warriors]]'', ''et al.'')
* The Doctor is wearing a "I died at [[Lake Silencio]] and all my wife got me was this lousy t-shirt" shirt. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Impossible Astronaut]]'')


== External links ==
== External links ==

Revision as of 00:40, 19 December 2012

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Houdini and The Space Cuckoos was a December 2012 online novella published on the BBC's Doctor Who Website as part of the 2012 Adventure Calendar.

Summary

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Plot

Part One

The Eleventh Doctor is narrating his adventures to an imaginary companion called Bob. He tells about how he has been trapped in a glass box in spaceship orbiting Earth. Once the aliens start pouring a liquid into the box, the narrative switches to how he got there.

In New York City, 1920, Harry Houdini is about to do his act in the Golden Horse Theatre. After getting into a locked safe, Harry discovers that the Eleventh Doctor has connected the TARDIS and the inside of the safe. The Doctor needs help to stop an alien invasion and takes Harry to the lobby of the theatre. There, they are met by a group of reporters. Harry assumes they are interested in him, but the Doctor reveals that they are actually possessed by the aliens.

Part Two

After being mobbed by possessed reporters, Harry realises getting out of a crowd is the same as getting out of handcuffs and slips out. He and Doctor escape, where the Doctor explains the Cuculus and their plans. They run into a policeman who has also been possessed and narrowly manage to escape him as well. In their escape, they are nearly run down by a carriage pulled by a possessed horse.

Characters

References

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Continuity

External links

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