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The Five O'Clock Shadow was the fourth short story in the Short Trips anthology Short Trips: A Day in the Life. It was written by Nev Fountain. It featured fictional doppelgängers of the Doctor and Susan, who closely resembled Dr. Who and Susan as they appeared in the theatrical film Dr. Who and the Daleks and its sequels.
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Notes
- The story was mostly written in rhyming couplets, deviating between patterns of ABAB, AABB, and ABABCDCDEE.
- The story is framed from the perspective of a man telling a bedtime story to a young girl, possibly the First Doctor and Susan.
Continuity
- The Five O'Clock Shadow refers to John and Gillian (COMIC: The Klepton Parasites, The Therovian Quest, et al.) as being fictional constructs. (PROSE: Conundrum, COMIC: The Land of Happy Endings)