Memorandum (short story)
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Memorandum was the seventeenth and final short story in Classified! A Confidential 3-D Dossier written by Stephen Cole. It was published by BBC Children's Books on 27 October 2005, and it featured the last appearance of General Muriel Frost within the anthology, a character who originated from the comic strips of Doctor Who Magazine — this also marked the last appearance of Muriel Frost in any media.
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In a memorandum from General Muriel Frost, she states that following the termination of surveillance and data retrieval on Big Bad Wolf, the classified dossier on the operation must remain open ended. She adds that if the TARDIS is ever in UNIT's possession, that the central control console must be dismantled only by UNIT Sci-Corps. Concluding, Frost states that the future of the Doctor is ultimately uncertain, but is sure that he is an "oncoming storm that can never be blown out", and that he will be back.
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Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]
- Frost is a General, Strategic Adviser, and Supervisor.
- Operation Big Bad Wolf is the codename of the surveillance operation on the Ninth Doctor.
- Frost also refers to the dossier as a file.
- Frost mentions that there is at least one fact to be gleaned from the "covert investigation".
- Frost states that the central control console must be dismantled under strict supervision of the UNIT Sci-Corps, who should wear full hazard gear with protective eye visors, as to look into the power source of the TARDIS highly dangerous and may "have dire consequences".
Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]
- This story continues to present Muriel Frost with information discontinuituous with her other appearances, following PROSE: + + Classified + + Special Intelligence File Alpha Zero using information about the character from a scrapped piece of dialogue from TV: Aliens of London.[1]
Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]
- Muriel Frost is a General and Strategic Adviser to to UNIT. (PROSE: + + Classified + + Special Intelligence File Alpha Zero)
- General Frost concludes the classified starter she wrote a message for to begin it. (PROSE: + + Classified + + Special Intelligence File Alpha Zero)
- UNIT's observation log on the Doctor was lost in PROSE: Case File A13.
- The name central control console is later used in PROSE: The Christmas Inversion.
- Looking into the power source of the TARDIS is dangerous. (TV: The Parting of the Ways)
- The Doctor;s outward appearance can vary. (TV: The Tenth Planet, The War Games, et al.)
- The Doctor is referred to as an oncoming storm. (PROSE: Love and War, Vampire Science, TV: The Parting of the Ways, et al.)
