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|series = [[Short Trips (series)#In print|Short Trips short stories]] | |||
|doctor = Fourth Doctor | |||
|companions = [[Leela]] | |||
|setting = [[Gloricious]], [[2172]] | |||
|enemy = [[King I]], [[King II]], [[King III]] | |||
|writer = Jason Arnopp | |||
|anthology = Short Trips: Christmas Around the World | |||
|release date = 15 December 2008 | |||
|prev = Instead of You (short story) | |||
|next = Mirth, or Walking Spirits (short story) | |||
}}{{you may|Christmas Every Day? (short story)|n1=the Seventh Doctor short story}} | |||
'''''Christmas Every Day''''' was the fifth short story in the ''[[Short Trips (series)|Short Trips]]'' anthology ''[[Short Trips: Christmas Around the World]]''. It was [[Writer|written]] by [[Jason Arnopp]]. It featured the [[Fourth Doctor]] and [[Leela]]. | |||
== Summary == | == Summary == | ||
' | The Doctor has been taking Leela to experience several different [[Christmas]]es, but Leela has had enough of Christmas. When [[The Doctor's TARDIS|the TARDIS]] [[Dematerialisation circuit|dematerialises]], the Doctor is apologetic — they have landed on [[Gloricious]] in [[2172]], on Christmas. | ||
As the [[door]]s open, a [[man]] [[Running|runs]] into the TARDIS. He is on the run from [[security]]. His [[name]] is [[Kamble]], and he tells the Doctor and Leela that the [[colony]] had undergone climate change. A trio of [[alien]]s arrived and are using their [[Psychic power|mental powers]] to maintain the right climate, but in return they have declared that every [[day]] is Christmas, and as their presents they demand [[human]] [[sacrifice]]s. Kamble, one of the "presents", escaped. | |||
The Doctor confronts the three "[[King]]s", who have made their lair inside a giant [[Christmas tree]]. They are not afraid of him and knock him unconscious. | |||
When the Doctor wakes, he is dressed as [[Santa Claus]] and tied to the top of the [[tree]]. Below, Leela and Kamble are being brought inside the tree to be the Kings' presents. The Doctor, using his [[the Doctor's sonic screwdriver|sonic screwdriver]], determines that the Christmas ornaments are actually power sources that are keeping the climate under control — the aliens are not using any mental powers at all. | |||
The Doctor shouts his findings down to Security Officer [[Grey (Christmas Every Day)|Grey]] below. Other colonists gather, and they acquire makeshift [[weapon]]s. They enter the tree and [[Murder|kill]] the aliens, freeing Leela and Kamble. | |||
The Doctor, upset that the colonists killed their oppressors, leaves with Leela. | |||
== Characters == | == Characters == | ||
* [[Fourth Doctor]] | * [[Fourth Doctor]] | ||
* [[Leela]] | * [[Leela]] | ||
* [[King I]] | |||
* [[King II]] | |||
* [[King III]] | |||
* [[Freeman (Christmas Every Day)|Freeman]] | |||
* [[Kamble]] | |||
* Security Officer [[Grey (Christmas Every Day)|Grey]] | |||
== | == Worldbuilding == | ||
' | * The Doctor took Leela to [[Austria]] to see the first performance of "[[Silent Night]]" in [[1818]]. | ||
* Leela doesn't want to see any more [[sherry]] or [[mistletoe]]. | |||
== Notes == | == Notes == | ||
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== Continuity == | == Continuity == | ||
''to be added'' | ''to be added'' | ||
== External links == | == External links == | ||
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