Question Mark Pyjamas (short story)

Question Mark Pyjamas
Doctor:	Seventh Doctor
Companion(s):	Ace, Bernice
Main setting:	Ararax XIV Heritage Centre
Key crew
Writers:	Robert Perry and Mike Tucker
Release details
Part of:	Decalog 2: Lost Property
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Question Mark Pyjamas was a Virgin Decalogs short story published in Decalog 2: Lost Property in 1995. It featured the Seventh Doctor, Bernice Summerfield and Ace. It was the only story written by Robert Perry and Mike Tucker to feature this line up of Doctor and companions to be published during the Virgin Publishing era of Doctor Who novels. They later wrote several featuring the Seventh Doctor and Ace.

Summary

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Characters

• Seventh Doctor
• Ace
• Bernice Summerfield
• Garpol
• Blint

References

Buildings

• Benny sees a Martian dwelling as part of Garpol's exhibits as well as a Gond hut and a benefit office from Inter Minor.
• The Doctor comes across his house from Earth, England, Kent.

The Doctor

• The Doctor has occasionally mentioned his granddaughter to Benny.
• The Doctor reads Ace The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe while working in some hypnosis.

Foods and beverages

• The Doctor suggests some tea after a meal to his companions.
• Benny drinks several cups of coffee before and during breakfast.

Individuals

• Ace never liked mornings either in Perivale or Iceworld.
• Benny idly wonders what the Doctor's home on Gallifrey was like.

Objects

• Garpol bought a lawn mower off a Metatraxi.
• Ace uses a snowdome to connect the Doctor's House with the TARDIS.

Organisations

• The Doctor is on the board of governors of the Braxiatel Heritage Trust. He notes to Ace and Benny "Irving can sort this mess out.".

Vehicles

• Benny thinks the Doctor's Harley Davidson sounds like the royal beast of Peladon.
• The Doctor bought the Harley Davidson in his third incarnation.

Notes

• The stories in Decalog 2 have a common theme of homes owned or acquired by the Doctor. The home in this story is his Kent house which has been transported to Ararax XIV.

Continuity

• The Doctor's House first appeared in COMIC: Fellow Travellers but was described in more detail in print in PROSE: Cat's Cradle: Time's Crucible.
• Ace was last in the Doctor's house in PROSE: Cat's Cradle: Warhead.
• Ace left Iceworld in TV: Dragonfire.
• Ace encountered Fenric in TV: The Curse of Fenric.