Deep and Dreamless Sleep (short story)
| Deep and dreamless sleep | |
| Series: | {{{series}}} |
| Doctor: | Tenth Doctor (David Tennant) |
| Companions: | None |
| Setting: | 25th December, various years including 2006 and 1914 |
| Author: | Paul Cornell |
| Published In: | Times Online |
| Previous Story: | {{{previous story}}} |
| Following Story: | The Runaway Bride |
Plot
The Doctor attempts to visit London at Christmas 2006 to see the Christmas Lights. However the TARDIS lands in the bedroom of a boy called Daniel Francis Thompson. Daniel runs into the TARDIS, saying that he wants to see Christmas. He starts pressing buttons, taking both of them into time and Space.
They arrive in Ypres in Belgium at Christmas 1914. They see the German and British armies playing football. Nintey minutes later at the end of the match the two of them return to the TARDIS and Daniel again says that he wants to see Christmas. The Doctor travels to many different times and places and gets lots of people to come to a party for Daniel. The Doctor notices that the guests seem to have difficulty focusing on him. However at the end of the party Daniel again runs to the console, saying that he wants to see Christmas. They arrive at Bethlehem and see the Nativity scene.
Returning to the TARDIS Daniel begins to fade away. However the Doctor, realising what is happening uses the TARDIS to follow Daniel to where he really is, the A&E department of St Nicholas’s Hospital. As the Doctor watches, Daniel wakes up to see his parents and the Doctor knows he will survive.
Characters
Daniel Francis Thompson
Michael (Thomson?)
Ann (Thomson?)
Discontinuity, Plot Holes, Errors
The Doctor mentions that he has fought evil versions of Santa a couple of times, however at the time this was published (24th December 2006) they had only been seen once.
See also
The Hopes and Fears of All the Years
