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On [[13 January (releases)|13 January]] [[2016 (releases)|2016]], the [[Doctor Who]] [[Facebook]] page released a video where "the writing team of [[Series 9 (Doctor Who)|Series 9]] play a game of '''''Truth or Consequences'''''." It was subsequently released to [[YouTube]], as well.
On [[13 January (releases)|13 January]] [[2016 (releases)|2016]], the [[Doctor Who]] [[Facebook]] page released a video where "the writing team of [[Series 9 (Doctor Who)|Series 9]] play a game of '''''Truth or Consequences'''''." It was subsequently released to [[YouTube]], as well.


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* 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.
* 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", though this is not in fact the case. The very short story ''[[Vrs (short story)|Vrs]]'', from ''[[Short Trips and Side Steps]]'', includes only 17 words, in one sentence, with all vowels removed. This 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 ===
* [[Facebook]]: 29k views / 1.1k likes ({{as of|September 2016|lc=y}})
* [[Facebook]]: 29k views / 1.1k likes
* [[YouTube]]: 47.7k views / 1.1k likes ({{as of|March 2017|lc=y}})
* [[YouTube]]: 47.9k views / 1.1k likes ({{as of|May 2017|lc=y}})
 
== External links ==
{{elx|page url=https://www.facebook.com/DoctorWho/videos/1244471678900190/|page name=''Truth or Consequences''|website url=https://www.facebook.com/|website name=Facebook}}


== Footnotes ==
== Footnotes ==
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[[Category:Non-DWU stories]]
[[Category:Non-DWU stories]]
[[Category:2016 short stories]]
[[Category:2016 short stories]]
[[Category:Web-based stories]]
[[Category:Web-based stories]]
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