Loose Ends 6: Summer Holidays (short story)

The Seventh Doctor remarks to Melanie Bush that their time in 1959 has been "most successful", with Delta, Billy, and Ray all satisfied, and no casualties aside from Gavrok and Keillor. Mel, however, begs to differ, pointing out that Gavrok and the Bannermen blew up the Nostalgia Tours bus with the Navarinos inside, killing them all. Appalled, the Doctor asks why she never told him - she retorts questioning why he never asked. This also means, she adds, that the line in the dirt around the TARDIS was made in the Navarinos' ashes. Knowing that they are a pious species, the Doctor asks Mel to fetch a dustpan and brush so they can gather their remains and reunite them with their relatives. When she asks how they are supposed to find them, the Doctor remarks that the Tollmaster should be able to help them.

Where Are They Now?[[edit] | [edit source]]

Colin Frazer from Arc of Infinity ^[+]Loading...["Arc of Infinity (TV story)"]

Colin explains that his holiday backpacking in Amsterdam with Robin Stuart was a disaster. He was initially excited to go youth hostelling using some money he inherited from one of his aunts, even after Robin lost his passport and forced them to sleep in a crypt. However, Colin says that when he woke up in the night hearing a groaning sound, he saw his cousin, Tegan Jovanka, and then lost his memory until he woke up in the hospital. He admits that he has not been able to look at fried chicken ever since - and to make matters worse, Robin got a new girlfriend after they returned home to Brisbane.

The Unexplained[[edit] | [edit source]]

The Doctor spent a "long hot summer" and a "very wet weekend" with Harry Houdini, as well as being taught escapology by his third incarnation; a possible time where the Doctor could've met Houdini was in his second incarnation, sent by the Time Lords before his exile on Earth.

Characters[[edit] | [edit source]]

Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]

The Doctor recalls how Delta and Billy are going to create a new Chimeron race, Ray gained a new motorbike, the Americans got a satellite, and he left with some 1928 hibiscus blossom honey.
The Doctor considers Houdini to be short.

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This short story also features a short non-fiction article titled The Unexplained, asking "When did the Doctor meet Houdini?", referencing his mention in TV: The Church on Ruby Road ^[+]Loading...["The Church on Ruby Road (TV story)"], amongst others.

Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]

The immediate aftermath of TV: Delta and the Bannermen ^[+]Loading...["Delta and the Bannermen (TV story)"] is depicted, based on Mel's claim in part two that nobody could have survived the detonation of the bus.
Colin recaps the events of TV: Arc of Infinity ^[+]Loading...["Arc of Infinity (TV story)"] from his perspective.

Footnotes[[edit] | [edit source]]

↑ "THE ONE WHO WAITS… is now on the cover of issue 606!". Twitter (18 July 2024). Archived from the original on 18 July 2024. Retrieved on 19 July 2024.

[1] "THE ONE WHO WAITS… is now on the cover of issue 606!". Twitter (18 July 2024). Archived from the original on 18 July 2024. Retrieved on 19 July 2024.

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