Skeleton crew
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As most people who worked for the press, referred to as "Fleet Street", were in holiday cottages in the Cotswalds over Christmas, only a skeleton crew of office juniors were actually working, so when UNIT's Sgt A. Frederick had to brief the press on (PROSE: Project Rooftop) the Sycorax invasion of Earth (TV: The Christmas Invasion, PROSE: The Final Darkness, The Christmas Invasion) she had issues, as they were more concerned about trying to put out the "biggest story of their lives." (PROSE: Project Rooftop)