The Spear of Destiny (short story)

The Spear of Destiny
Doctor:	Third Doctor
Companion(s):	Jo
Featuring:	The Brigadier, Njord, Odin
Main enemy:	The Master
Main setting:	London, 1973 Uppsala, 141
Key crew
Publisher:	Puffin Books
Writer:	Marcus Sedgwick
Read by:	Marcus Sedgwick
Release details
Release number:	3
Release date:	23 March 2013
Format:	E-book, 55 pages, 11 chapters
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The Spear of Destiny was the third Puffin eshort released to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Doctor Who. It featured the Third Doctor, Jo Grant and the Brigadier.

It was later published in the short stories anthologies 11 Doctors, 11 Stories, 12 Doctors, 12 Stories and Thirteen Doctors, 13 Stories.

Publisher's summary

The Third Doctor and Jo Grant are trying to track down the magical spear of Odin when they find themselves caught up in a vicious battle between two Viking tribes. But one of the Vikings is even more dangerous than he appears to be. Can the Doctor stop the spear getting into the wrong hands before it's too late?

Plot

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Characters

• Third Doctor
• Jo Grant
• The Master
• The Brigadier
• Odin
• Njord
• Thor

Worldbuilding

• According to the Doctor, the Spear of Destiny is the same spear which pierced the side of Jesus Christ at the Crucifixion.
• Due to being a Physical Temporal Nexus, the Spear of Destiny will not miss when it is thrown at a target, no matter the distance. However, the Temporal Grace of a TARDIS can disarm it.
• The Spear of Destiny was called Gungnir during 141, when it was in the possession of Odin.
• Jo knows a lot about the Punic Wars.
• The Moxon Collection is on Dover Street.
• The Doctor drives Bessie through London.

Individuals

• The Master uses the alias "Frey".
• The Doctor and Jo meet Odin, High King of all Sweden, who was supposed a god due to the power of the Spear.
• Adolf Hitler possessed the Spear of Destiny throughout World War II.

Notes

• The story unambiguously set the year as 1973.
• An audiobook of the story was read by its author, Marcus Sedgwick.

Continuity

• The Doctor was exiled to Earth by the Time Lords, (TV: The War Games) but later had his ability to pilot the TARDIS returned to him. (TV: The Three Doctors)