Houdini and The Space Cuckoos (short story)
Houdini and The Space Cuckoos was a December 2012 online novella published on the BBC's Doctor Who Website as part of the 2012 Adventure Calendar.
Summary
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Plot
Part One
The Eleventh Doctor is narrating his adventures to an imaginary companion called Bob. He tells about how he has been trapped in a glass box in spaceship orbiting Earth. Once the aliens start pouring a liquid into the box, the narrative switches to how he got there.
In New York City, 1920, Harry Houdini is about to do his act in the Golden Horse Theatre. After getting into a locked safe, Harry discovers that the Eleventh Doctor has connected the TARDIS and the inside of the safe. The Doctor needs help to stop an alien invasion and takes Harry to the lobby of the theatre. There, they are met by a group of reporters. Harry assumes they are interested in him, but the Doctor reveals that they are actually possessed by the aliens.
Part Two
After being mobbed by possessed reporters, Harry realises getting out of a crowd is the same as getting out of handcuffs and slips out. He and Doctor escape, where the Doctor explains the Cuculus and their plans. They run into a policeman who has also been possessed and narrowly manage to escape him as well. In their escape, they are nearly run down by a carriage pulled by a possessed horse.
Characters
References
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Continuity
- The Doctor describes himself as "Explorer, time traveller and wearer of fine hats", referencing his fez (TV: The Big Bang) and Stetson (TV: The Impossible Astronaut).
- The box the Doctor is trapped in has a deadlock seal. (TV: Bad Wolf, et al.)
- The Doctor connects the TARDIS and the inside of a safe using Block Transfer Computation. (TV: Logopolis)
- When Harry suggests the Cuculus were Martians, the Doctor says that Martians are reptilian instead. (TV: The Ice Warriors, et al.)
- The Doctor is wearing a "I died at Lake Silencio and all my wife got me was this lousy t-shirt" shirt. (TV: The Impossible Astronaut)
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