The Lonely Computer (short story)
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Summary
Landing in 800 BC, The Doctor and Donna find Holy Roman Emperor Charlmagne kidnapped by an insane computer...
Characters
- Tenth Doctor
- Donna Noble
- Momus
- Holy Roman Emperor Charlemagne
- Queen Cleopatra VII Philopator Of Egypt
- Prime Minister Winston Churchill
- Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni
- Galileo Galilei
- Sir Noel Peirce Coward
- Vice Admiral Sir Francis Drake
- Holy Roman Emperor Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus Germanicus Caligula
- Cherilyne 'Cher' Sarkisian
- Boudicca
References
- If I Could Turn Back Time Written by Diane Warren and performed by Cher.
- I, Claudius is referenced by the Doctor as a film featuring Holy Roman Emperor Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus Germanicus 'Caligula'. At the end of the film, when he is dying, all the main characters come before his eyes and say goodbye to him. This has been said to have inspired the way in which the Fourth Doctor regnenerates.
- The Last Great Time War.
- The Seven Year War.
- KRH Timeloop Theory
Notes
Donna claims to have worked in telemarketing, in which she was stuck with 'primitives', one of which was obsessed with Manchester United Football Club.
Continuity
The Doctor would later recall walking through the forest with a bow and arrow in The Unicorn and the Wasp.
Timeline
- The Lonely Computer occurs after: The Doctor's Daughter
- The Lonely Computer occurs before: The Unicorn and the Wasp