The Triple Knife (short story)

	Alys
	The Scientists
	9 August-27 August 1348
	Jenny T. Colgan
	The Legends of Ashildr
	10 December 2015
The Legends of Ashildr
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The Triple Knife was a short story published in The Legends of Ashildr.

It featured the appearance of Ashildr's children after their mention in The Woman Who Lived.

Summary

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Characters

• Alys
• Essie
• Johann
• Rue
• Rose
• Godfroi

Worldbuilding

• Alys is travelling from Marseille to Hamp Town.
• London is stated to be the largest city since Rome.
• Lavender reminds Alys of Provence.
• Alys states that she has previously been to Trondheim and Paris.

Notes

• The story is taken entirely from Ashildr's journals.
• This story was later reprinted in The Triple Knife and Other Doctor Who Stories.

Continuity

• Ashildr continues to come up with a new alias for herself. (TV: The Woman Who Lived, Face the Raven)
• Alys says she knows a bit about witch hunts. (TV: The Woman Who Lived)
• Alys questions whether the Scientists are friends "like the girl in the box", or false friends "like the man in the box", or destroyers "like Odin". (TV: The Girl Who Died)
• In 1651, Ashildr told the Twelfth Doctor about her children's death. (TV: The Woman Who Lived)