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{{Infobox | |series=[[Short Trips (series)#In print|Short Trips short stories]] | ||
|doctor = Second Doctor | |||
series=[[Short Trips (series)#In print| | |companions=[[Jamie McCrimmon|Jamie]] | ||
doctor=Second Doctor| | |setting= | ||
companions=[[Jamie McCrimmon]]| | |writer = John S. Drew | ||
|anthology = Short Trips: The History of Christmas | |||
writer= | |release date = 26 November 2005 | ||
anthology= | |prev = The Anchorite's Echo (short story) | ||
prev=The Anchorite's Echo (short story)| | |next=The Gift (ST short story) | ||
next=The Gift (short story) | }} | ||
'''''The Revolutionaries''''' was the eighteenth short story in the [[Short Trips (series)|Short Trips]] anthology ''[[Short Trips: The History of Christmas]]''. It was written by [[John S. Drew]]. It featured the [[Second Doctor]] and [[Jamie McCrimmon]]. | '''''The Revolutionaries''''' was the eighteenth short story in the [[Short Trips (series)|Short Trips]] anthology ''[[Short Trips: The History of Christmas]]''. It was written by [[John S. Drew]]. It featured the [[Second Doctor]] and [[Jamie McCrimmon]]. | ||
== Summary == | == Summary == | ||
''to be | The Doctor has taken Jamie to [[Trenton]], [[New Jersey]] for [[Christmas]]. Jamie has misgivings about whether the Doctor knows what he's doing, but the Doctor reassures him. | ||
An hour later, the pair are put into a cell. Next to them are a couple from the [[30th century]] who claim to have [[time travel]]led to learn about an important historical event. However, when a man that the Doctor recognises as [[George Washington]] is put in the next cell, the Doctor realises that the couple have changed history, as this is the night Washington is supposed to defeat the [[Hessian]]s. | |||
The Doctor convinces a guard that he has important information and is led away. When he returns, he tells Jamie, Washington, and the couple that he convinced the Hessians that Washington had been acting on his own and there will be no attack. The Hessians are now celebrating Christmas. | |||
The Doctor lets everyone out of their cells, and they head off to free Washington's soldiers. The man from the 30th century, [[Edward (The Revolutionaries)|Edward]], uses a futuristic weapon to destroy a water tower, distracting the guards so that Washington's men can be freed. | |||
The couple return to their time, though not before the woman, [[Stephanie (The Revolutionaries)|Stephanie]], wonders if Washington's plan was supposed to have been defeated and they've changed history. | |||
Washington and his men, having defeated the Hessians, have their own Christmas celebration, and Jamie and the Doctor join them. | |||
== Characters == | == Characters == | ||
* [[Second Doctor]] | * [[Second Doctor]] | ||
* [[Jamie McCrimmon]] | * [[Jamie McCrimmon]] | ||
* [[Edward (The Revolutionaries)|Edward]] | |||
* [[Stephanie (The Revolutionaries)|Stephanie]] | |||
* [[George Washington]] | |||
== | == Worldbuilding == | ||
'' | * Edward recognises that Jamie is from ''before'' the [[1770s]]. | ||
* The guards sing "[[Hark the Herald Angels Sing]]" in [[German language|German]]. | |||
* [[Polly Wright]] once told Jamie that the Doctor looks like a "fifth [[The Beatles|beetle]]". | |||
* Jamie isn't familiar with [[Christmas tree]]s. | |||
* The Doctor uses a [[telescope]], his [[the Doctor's sonic screwdriver|sonic screwdriver]] and his [[The Doctor's recorder|recorder]]. | |||
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[[Category: | [[Category:Short Trips: The History of Christmas short stories]] | ||
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[[Category:Stories set in the 18th century]] | [[Category:Stories set in the 18th century]] | ||
