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== Notes ==
== Notes ==
* [[David Tennant]] and [[Russell T Davies]] would doubtless be ''horrified'' at the depiction of the Doctor in this story.  Not only does the Doctor deem it "good" that his friends arm themselves with revolvers, he ends the threat by killing [[Chintor]] with a [[double-barreled shotgun]]. Nevertheless, the story does make a token gesture towards the Doctor's usual anti-gun stance by noting, "The gun was necessary, but he hated to use firearms."
* This short stories paints the Doctor as less averted towards guns; Not only does he deem it "good" that his friends arm themselves with revolvers, he ends the threat himself by killing [[Chintor]] with a [[double-barreled shotgun]]. However, the story does make a token gesture towards the Doctor's usual anti-gun stance by noting; "The gun was necessary, but he hated to use firearms."


== Continuity ==
== Continuity ==

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Retribution was a Sixth Doctor/Peri short story in the 1986 Doctor Who Annual. It was unusual for its unambiguous depiction of the Doctor killing an enemy with a double-barreled shotgun.

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Notes

  • This short stories paints the Doctor as less averted towards guns; Not only does he deem it "good" that his friends arm themselves with revolvers, he ends the threat himself by killing Chintor with a double-barreled shotgun. However, the story does make a token gesture towards the Doctor's usual anti-gun stance by noting; "The gun was necessary, but he hated to use firearms."

Continuity

  • The Doctor is described as tapping his lapel cat in this story.


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