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=== Peter Harness (5) === | === Peter Harness (5) === | ||
:In the room beyond, a [[table]] was set for [[dinner]] | :In the room beyond, a [[table]] was set for [[dinner]]: [[candle]]s, cut [[glass]], and decayed dusty [[food]], mouldy and rotten. The Doctor sat himself down at the head of the table, and called expectantly into the darkness. | ||
=== Toby Whithouse (6) === | === Toby Whithouse (6) === | ||
: | :"Hello! Can I speak to the [[manager]]? I want to make a complaint." Silence stretched in the air. Then came a shuffling of feet as the waiter appeared. Or at least, his clothes did. There was no body inside them, just a shell of cloth hanging about an empty fame of air. | ||
=== Jamie Mathieson (7) === | === Jamie Mathieson (7) === | ||
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== Story notes == | == Story notes == | ||
*Due to the inherently ridiculous nature of the story's construction, it is riddled with inconsistencies; the piece switches from third-person to first-person narrative partway through, and the role of protagonist switches, without explanation, from the Doctor to an unidentified individual who refers to the Doctor as a | * Due to the inherently ridiculous nature of the story's construction, it is riddled with inconsistencies; the piece switches from third-person to first-person narrative partway through, and the role of protagonist switches, without explanation, from the Doctor to an unidentified individual who refers to the Doctor as a separate entity. | ||
* Before beginning to read, [[Steven Moffat]] says of the story as written, "This is a weird story; this is really quite disgusting." | * Before beginning to read, [[Steven Moffat]] says of the story as written, "This is a weird story; this is really quite disgusting." | ||
* He also states that "this is the world's shortest Doctor Who story." The piece totals 237 words. | * He also states that "this is the world's shortest ''Doctor Who'' story." The piece totals 237 words. | ||
*The opening line bears a strong resemblance to the microfiction piece published by Moffat on [[twitter]] in 2012: "The [[worm]] became an idea, which hid itself in words, until it could climb, devouring all, through the eye of the reader of this tweet."<ref name="tweet">http://www.bsfa.co.uk/bsfa-awards/bsfa-tweetfiction-tweetstream-eastercon-2012-winners/</ref> | * The opening line bears a strong resemblance to the microfiction piece published by Moffat on [[twitter]] in 2012: "The [[worm]] became an idea, which hid itself in words, until it could climb, devouring all, through the eye of the reader of this tweet."<ref name="tweet">http://www.bsfa.co.uk/bsfa-awards/bsfa-tweetfiction-tweetstream-eastercon-2012-winners/</ref> | ||
=== Ratings === | === Ratings === | ||
