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|series= ''[[Doctor Who]]'' - Online Fiction | |series= ''[[Doctor Who]]'' - Online Fiction | ||
|doctor= Eleventh Doctor | |doctor= Eleventh Doctor | ||
|enemy= [[Cuculus]] | |||
|companions= | |companions= | ||
|year= [[New York City]], [[1920]] | |year= [[New York City]], [[1920]] | ||
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== Plot == | == Plot == | ||
=== Part One === | === Part One === | ||
The [[Eleventh Doctor]] is narrating his adventures to an imaginary [[companion]] called Bob. He tells about how he has been trapped in a glass box in spaceship orbiting [[Earth]]. Once the aliens start pouring a liquid into the box, the narrative switches to how he got there. | The [[Eleventh Doctor]] is narrating his adventures to an imaginary [[companion]] called Bob. He tells about how he has been trapped in a glass box in spaceship orbiting [[Earth]]. Once the [[Cuculus|aliens]] start pouring a liquid into the box, the narrative switches to how he got there. | ||
In [[New York City]], [[1920]], [[Harry Houdini]] is about to do his act in the [[Golden Horse Theatre]]. After getting into a locked safe, Harry discovers that the [[Eleventh Doctor]] has connected [[The Doctor's TARDIS|the TARDIS]] and the inside of the safe. The Doctor needs help to stop an [[alien invasion]] and takes Harry to the lobby of the theatre. There, they are met by a group of reporters. Harry assumes they are interested in him, but the Doctor reveals that they are actually possessed by the aliens. | In [[New York City]], [[1920]], [[Harry Houdini]] is about to do his act in the [[Golden Horse Theatre]]. After getting into a locked safe, Harry discovers that the [[Eleventh Doctor]] has connected [[The Doctor's TARDIS|the TARDIS]] and the inside of the safe. The Doctor needs help to stop an [[alien invasion]] and takes Harry to the lobby of the theatre. There, they are met by a group of reporters. Harry assumes they are interested in him, but the Doctor reveals that they are actually possessed by the aliens. | ||
=== Part Two === | |||
After being mobbed by possessed reporters, Harry realises getting out of a crowd is the same as getting out of handcuffs and slips out. He and Doctor escape, where the Doctor explains the [[Cuculus]] and their plans. They run into a policeman who has also been possessed and narrowly manage to escape him as well. In their escape, they are nearly run down by a carriage pulled by a possessed [[horse]]. | |||
== Characters == | == Characters == | ||
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* The box the Doctor is trapped in has a [[deadlock seal]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Bad Wolf (TV story)|Bad Wolf]]'', ''et al.'') | * The box the Doctor is trapped in has a [[deadlock seal]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Bad Wolf (TV story)|Bad Wolf]]'', ''et al.'') | ||
* The Doctor connects the TARDIS and the inside of a safe using [[Block Transfer Computation]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Logopolis (TV story)|Logopolis]]'') | * The Doctor connects the TARDIS and the inside of a safe using [[Block Transfer Computation]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Logopolis (TV story)|Logopolis]]'') | ||
* When Harry suggests the [[Cuculus]] were [[Martian]]s, the Doctor says that Martians are reptilian instead. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Ice Warriors (TV story)|The Ice Warriors]]'', ''et al.'') | |||
* The Doctor is wearing a "I died at [[Lake Silencio]] and all my wife got me was this lousy t-shirt" shirt. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Impossible Astronaut]]'') | |||
== External links == | == External links == | ||
