Twin Piques (short story)

Twin Piques
Doctor:	[[doctor::Second Doctor]]
Companion(s):	Jamie McCrimmon
Main setting:	two doppelganger worlds
Key crew
Writer:	Tony Keetch
Release details
Part of:	Short Trips: Zodiac
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Twin Piques was the third short story in the Short Trips anthology Short Trips: Zodiac. It was written by Tony Keetch. It featured the Second Doctor and Jamie McCrimmon.

Summary

The Doctor and Jamie helped King Gavin defeat his evil brother Conrad, who was determined to usurp the throne. Ten years later, the Doctor and Jamie are puzzled to find that Conrad is now king and Gavin is viewed as the usurper, and try to learn how this happened.

Characters

• Second Doctor
• Jamie
• King Gavin
• Conrad
• King Conrad
• Gavin

References

• The Doctor and Jamie drink wine.
• Jamie once chopped up the Doctor's recorder.

Notes

• This was Tony Keetch's first Doctor Who prose story.

Continuity

• The Doctor uses the TARDIS’ Fast Return Switch, which first appeared in TV: The Edge of Destruction.