Newspaper clipping (The Snowmen)
A clipping from a British newspaper was among the documents in a file owned by Doctor Simeon. The Eleventh Doctor, dressed as Sherlock Holmes, was drawn to the "most opened file" and found the newspaper clipping on the "most viewed page".
Articles[[edit] | [edit source]]
Beyond the articles below, there were further articles on hostility towards Jews in Slovakia and shrimp pickers. (TV: The Snowmen [+]Loading...["The Snowmen (TV story)"])
Tragedy at Darkover House: Governess Frozen in Pond[[edit] | [edit source]]
The main story in the clipping regarded the discovery of the body of a Governess who was found dead in a pond at Darkover House. (TV: The Snowmen [+]Loading...["The Snowmen (TV story)"])
- Christmas is supposed to be a time of merriment, festivity and happiness. Though Christmas at Darkover House may forever be remembered as a time of bereavement, melancholy and despair as a mysterious disappearance has now turned into tragedy.
- Captain Latimer, who commanded the HMS Swinger over a sixteen year period, and his children, Francesca (13) and Digby (10) were in mourning today after the body of their missing Governess was discovered {illegible} shortly after dawn.
- {A portion of the article is illegible}
- {The first part of this paragraph is illegible} Captain Latimer's annual Christmas soiree just days before Christmas day. Police believe the accident occurred on the evening of the celebrations, reports claim that the Governess was inebriated on the evening and went for a late stroll through the grounds. She was subsequently reported missing the {the rest of the article is illegible}
Untitled article on relations between China and Japan[[edit] | [edit source]]
An article on relations between China and Japan. (TV: The Snowmen [+]Loading...["The Snowmen (TV story)"])
- {The first part of this paragraph is illegible} not represent the Chinese any more than the Tokyo Diet". They considered the new government an attempt at ostensible confirmation of a recent statement by Prince Fumimaro Konoye, the Japanese Premier, that...
- The article was to be continued on page eighteen.
Behind the scenes[[edit] | [edit source]]
Despite The Snowmen [+]Loading...["The Snowmen (TV story)"] being set in 1892, an article in this newspaper clipping names real-world politician Prince Fumimaro Konoye as the Japanese Prime Minister. In reality, Fumimaro Konoye was Prime Minister of Japan, but between the years 1937 and 1939, and later between 1940 and 1941. Konoye was only born in 1891, a year before the story is set.
If the purely fictional article on Darkover House is not taken into account, the inclusion of Fumimaro Konoye, as well as references to hostility towards Jews in a further article, could be used to place the newspaper in the late 1930s. However, it is true in the real world that there was contempt towards the Jews in Slovakia even as far back as the 1890s.
