The Curse of Fenric (TotT TV story)
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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 yiung woman who helped her flee Maiden's Point for London.
Notes
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Continuity
- Ace finds her baseball bat while searching the console room, and the Doctor reminds her how she used it to destroy a Dalek. (TV: Remembrance of the Daleks)
- The Doctor quotes himself when he retrieves his hat from Ace, using the same words when he reclaimed it from her in Perivale. (TV: Survival)
- Ace says that the Seventh Doctor was a hologram the last time she saw him. (TV: The Power of the Doctor)
- Ace recalls how she met the Doctor on Iceworld (TV: Dragonfire) after being transported there by Fenric. (TV: The Curse of Fenric)
- As the Seventh Doctor and Ace prepare to take off, the Seventh Doctor states, "Somewhere, there's danger. Somewhere, there's injustice. And somewhere else, the tea's getting cold". (TV: Survival)
- Ace recalls the deaths of Mike Smith, (TV: Remembrance of the Daleks) Sorin, (TV: The Curse of Fenric) Bellboy, (TV: The Greatest Show in the Galaxy) and Karra. (TV: Survival)
