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== Worldbuilding ==
== Worldbuilding ==
* When Ace asks why he looks so old, the Doctor cryptically replies how "[[time stream]]s are funny things" and that his regenerating is "all a matter of perspective." This implies that he either shorted out the [[time differential]], ([[TV]]: ''[[Time Crash (TV story)|Time Crash]]'') or comes from a timeline in which he avoided having to regenerate. ([[TV]]: ''[[Doctor Who (TV story)|Doctor Who]]'')
* When Ace asks why he looks so old, the Doctor cryptically replies how "[[time stream]]s are funny things" and that his regenerating is "all a matter of perspective."
* The Doctor mentions [[the Rani]], and suggests she may have played a role in his and Ace's falling out.
* The Doctor mentions [[the Rani]], and suggests she may have played a role in his and Ace's falling out.
* After she left the Doctor, Ace visited [[Kathleen Dudman]] before she died in a care home, and believes she recognised her as the young woman who helped her flee [[Maiden's Point]] for [[London]].
* After she left the Doctor, Ace visited [[Kathleen Dudman]] before she died in a care home, and believes she recognised her as the young woman who helped her flee [[Maiden's Point]] for [[London]].
* The chess set between set up between the two chairs is set up in the same way the Doctor set up the game for Fenric. The Doctor also plays the solution.
* The [[chess set]] set up between the two chairs is set up in the same way the Doctor set up the game for Fenric. The Doctor also plays the solution.


== Notes ==
== Notes ==
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* Ace recalls how she met the Doctor on [[Iceworld]] ([[TV]]: ''[[Dragonfire (TV story)|Dragonfire]]'') after being transported there by [[Fenric]], as part of one of Fenric's games. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Curse of Fenric (TV story)|The Curse of Fenric]]'') This alludes to her and [[Hex]] being part of another one of his games. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Gods and Monsters (audio story)|Gods and Monsters]]'')  
* Ace recalls how she met the Doctor on [[Iceworld]] ([[TV]]: ''[[Dragonfire (TV story)|Dragonfire]]'') after being transported there by [[Fenric]], as part of one of Fenric's games. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Curse of Fenric (TV story)|The Curse of Fenric]]'') This alludes to her and [[Hex]] being part of another one of his games. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Gods and Monsters (audio story)|Gods and Monsters]]'')  
* Ace recalls the deaths of [[Sorin]], ([[TV]]: ''[[The Curse of Fenric (TV story)|The Curse of Fenric]]'') [[Mike Smith]], ([[TV]]: ''[[Remembrance of the Daleks (TV story)|Remembrance of the Daleks]]'') [[Karra]], ([[TV]]: ''[[Survival (TV story)|Survival]]'') and [[Bellboy]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Greatest Show in the Galaxy (TV story)|The Greatest Show in the Galaxy]]'')
* Ace recalls the deaths of [[Sorin]], ([[TV]]: ''[[The Curse of Fenric (TV story)|The Curse of Fenric]]'') [[Mike Smith]], ([[TV]]: ''[[Remembrance of the Daleks (TV story)|Remembrance of the Daleks]]'') [[Karra]], ([[TV]]: ''[[Survival (TV story)|Survival]]'') and [[Bellboy]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Greatest Show in the Galaxy (TV story)|The Greatest Show in the Galaxy]]'')
* The Doctor learns that he once again dropped off a departing companion in the wrong place. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Hand of Fear (TV story)|The Hand of Fear]]'')
* Ace keeps [[Ace's jacket|her old jacket]] on a hanger in her office. ([[WC]]: ''[[The Promise (webcast)|The Promise]]'')
* As the Doctor and Ace prepare to take off, they take turns quoting the speech the Doctor gave as they left Perivale. ([[TV]]: ''[[Survival (TV story)|Survival]]'')
* As the Doctor and Ace prepare to take off, they take turns quoting the speech the Doctor gave as they left Perivale. ([[TV]]: ''[[Survival (TV story)|Survival]]'')



Revision as of 11:27, 8 November 2023

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You may wish to consult The Curse of Fenric (disambiguation) for other, similarly-named pages.

The Curse of Fenric was the sixth and final episode in the Tales of the TARDIS series, released on BBC iPlayer on 1 November 2023 by the BBC, written by Pete McTighe and directed by Joshua M.G. Thomas.

This story consists of two newly recorded scenes bookending the omnibus version of the TV story The Curse of Fenric.

Synopsis

The Doctor and Ace meet again and remember their battle against an ancient evil in World War Two where a Viking curse is bringing the dead back to life.

Plot

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Cast

Crew

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Worldbuilding

  • When Ace asks why he looks so old, the Doctor cryptically replies how "time streams are funny things" and that his regenerating is "all a matter of perspective."
  • The Doctor mentions the Rani, and suggests she may have played a role in his and Ace's falling out.
  • After she left the Doctor, Ace visited Kathleen Dudman before she died in a care home, and believes she recognised her as the young woman who helped her flee Maiden's Point for London.
  • The chess set set up between the two chairs is set up in the same way the Doctor set up the game for Fenric. The Doctor also plays the solution.

Notes

to be added

Continuity

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As per Forum:Non-valid Continuity sections, categories, and prefixes#Continuity sections, this section needs to be written from an out-of-universe perspective.