The Lonely Computer (short story)

The Lonely Computer
Doctor:	[[doctor::Tenth Doctor]]
Companion(s):	Donna Noble
Main enemy:	Momus
Main setting:	Belgium, 800 AD Planet 12 of the Ridion Alliance
Key crew
Publisher:	[[publisher::BBC website]]
Writer:	Rupert Laight
Release details
Release number:	2
Release date:	2008
Format:	Short Story
ISBN:	N/A"N/A" was classified as invalid by the "ISBN" regular expression.

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
• Boudica/Boadicea

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

External Links

• "The Lonely Computer" on the Doctor Who BBC website.