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|year = [[Belgium]], [[Early_human_history#8th_century_AD|800 AD]]<br>[[Planet 12 of the Ridion Alliance]] | |year = [[Belgium]], [[Early_human_history#8th_century_AD|800 AD]]<br>[[Planet 12 of the Ridion Alliance]] | ||
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'''''The Lonely Computer''''' was a short prose story published online on two pages totalling 3,055 words | '''''The Lonely Computer''''' was a short prose story published online on two pages totalling 3,055 words. | ||
== Summary == | == Summary == | ||
Landing in 800 BC, The Doctor and Donna find Holy Roman Emperor Charlmagne kidnapped by an insane computer... | Landing in 800 BC, The Doctor and Donna find Holy Roman Emperor Charlmagne kidnapped by an insane computer... | ||
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Revision as of 21:32, 18 April 2011
The Lonely Computer was a short prose story published online on two pages totalling 3,055 words.
Summary
Landing in 800 BC, The Doctor and Donna find Holy Roman Emperor Charlmagne kidnapped by an insane computer...
Characters
- Tenth Doctor
- Donna Noble
- Momus
- Baldebert
- Macon
- Charlemagne
- Cleopatra
- Winston Churchill
- Michelangelo
- Noel Coward
- Francis Drake
- Caligula
- Cher
- Boudica
- Joan of Arc
Donna also thinks she recognises Galileo Galilei but his presence wasn't confirmed.
References
- If I Could Turn Back Time Written by Diane Warren and performed by Cher.
- I, Claudius is referenced by the Doctor as a film featuring Holy Roman Emperor Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus Germanicus 'Caligula'. At the end of the film, when he is dying, all the main characters come before his eyes and say goodbye to him. This has been said to have inspired the way in which the Fourth Doctor regnenerates.
- The Last Great Time War.
- The Seven Year War.
- KRH Timeloop Theory
- Donna claims to have worked in telemarketing, in which she was stuck with 'primitives', one of which was obsessed with Manchester United Football Club.
Notes
to be added
Continuity
- The Doctor would later recall walking through the forest with a bow and arrow in DW: The Unicorn and the Wasp.
Timeline
- The Lonely Computer occurs after NSA: The Nemonite Invasion
- The Lonely Computer occurs before DW: The Unicorn and the Wasp
External links
