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{{ | {{First pic|DWA CS 334 The Holly and the Ivy.jpg|The [[Eleventh Doctor]] and [[Clara Oswald]] are attacked while Christmas shopping. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The Holly and the Ivy (comic story)|The Holly and the Ivy]]'')}} | ||
'''Christmas shopping''' was a practice done in preparation for [[Christmas]], in which people went [[shopping]] for [[Christmas present]]s. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Last Minute Shopping (short story)|Last Minute Shopping]]'') Before the holiday, [[Oxford Street]] in [[London]] was full of people battling over who'd get what. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Christmas Special (ST short story)|Christmas Special]]'') It was so busy on Oxford Street a week before Christmas that one could barely move. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[History 101 (novel)|History 101]]'') | |||
Some people did their Christmas shopping on [[24 December]], the day before [[Christmas Day|Christmas]], ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Find and Replace (audio story)|Find and Replace]]'') while [[Lucie Miller]] had the sense to ask to take [[the TARDIS]] to [[January]], instead, for her and the [[Eighth Doctor]] to do theirs. Shops held many [[sale]]s after Christmas, ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Relative Dimensions (audio story)|Relative Dimensions]]'') beginning on [[Boxing Day]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Runaway Bride (TV story)|The Runaway Bride]]'') | |||
[[Andy Hansen]] and [[Erimem]] went Christmas shopping in London in [[December]] [[1964]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[In Search of Doctor X (short story)|In Search of Doctor X]]'') | |||
In [[1998]], the [[time]]-active children's toy [[Parablox]] was released during the Christmas shopping season. The [[Great Houses]] excised it from the [[timeline]] shortly after Christmas. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Book of the War (novel)|The Book of the War]]'') | In [[1998]], the [[time]]-active children's toy [[Parablox]] was released during the Christmas shopping season. The [[Great Houses]] excised it from the [[timeline]] shortly after Christmas. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Book of the War (novel)|The Book of the War]]'') | ||
Whilst Christmas shopping in [[New Zealand]], [[Sarah Jane Smith]] and many other shoppers were | Whilst Christmas shopping in [[New Zealand]], [[Sarah Jane Smith]] and many other shoppers were kidnapped, along with a large percentage of [[turkey (bird)|turkeys]]. Abandoning his own shopping to investigate, the [[Fourth Doctor]] discovered the [[Hazoodian]]s were using turkeys to make [[alcohol]], and had kidnapped the humans by accident. The Doctor returned all the kidnapped humans to [[Earth]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Autaia Pipipi Pia]]'') | ||
The [[Fifth Doctor]] took [[Tegan Jovanka]] and [[Turlough]] to Earth on [[Christmas Eve]] in the [[21st century]] so they could do some last-minute Christmas shopping. Of the three, the only one who managed to get a Christmas gift, which did then not get lost in the resulting raucous, was Tegan. In the end, the [[wristwatch]] Tegan got for Turlough, which she [[theft|stole]], cracked when they returned to [[the TARDIS]], as the [[Cloister Bell]]s began to ring. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Last Minute Shopping (short story)|Last Minute Shopping]]'') | The [[Fifth Doctor]] took [[Tegan Jovanka]] and [[Turlough]] to Earth on [[Christmas Eve]] in the [[21st century]] so they could do some last-minute Christmas shopping. Of the three, the only one who managed to get a Christmas gift, which did then not get lost in the resulting raucous, was Tegan. In the end, the [[wristwatch]] Tegan got for Turlough, which she [[theft|stole]], cracked when they returned to [[the TARDIS]], as the [[Cloister Bell]]s began to ring. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Last Minute Shopping (short story)|Last Minute Shopping]]'') | ||
At [[Lucie Miller]]'s suggestion, she and the [[Eighth Doctor]] did their [[22nd century]] Christmas shopping during the subsequent [[January]] sales. The Doctor was able to pay for the gifts using his previously untouched [[UNIT]] [[salary]], which had accrued a great deal of interest over the years. Both Lucie and [[Susan Foreman]] bought the Doctor a pair of [[sock]]s, much to his delight, as "no one ever [bought him] socks". The Doctor intended to give Lucie socks, as well, plus a [[Lucie Miller's TARDIS key|TARDIS key]] with a [[music]]al [[ringtone]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Relative Dimensions (audio story)|Relative Dimensions]]'') | |||
[[File:Roboformsanta.jpg|thumb|left|A [[Roboform]] attacks [[Rose Tyler|Rose]] and [[Mickey Smith|Mickey]] while they do their Christmas shopping. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Christmas Invasion (TV story)|The Christmas Invasion]]'')]] | |||
In [[2006]], a group of [[Roboform]]s attacked [[Rose Tyler]] and [[Mickey Smith]] while they were Christmas shopping in [[London]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Christmas Invasion (TV story)|The Christmas Invasion]]'') | In [[2006]], a group of [[Roboform]]s attacked [[Rose Tyler]] and [[Mickey Smith]] while they were Christmas shopping in [[London]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Christmas Invasion (TV story)|The Christmas Invasion]]'') | ||
In [[2009]], [[Wilfred Mott]] did his Christmas shopping around London before entering a [[church]], interrupted by visions of {{Simm}} laughing. Wilf and the [[Tenth Doctor]] later got together at a [[café]] outside which [[Donna Noble]] put her Christmas shopping away in her [[car]]. Donna shouted at a [[traffic warden (The End of Time)|traffic warden]] to leave her vehicle alone. ([[TV]]: ''[[The End of Time (TV story)|The End of Time]]'') | The Tenth Doctor once took [[Martha Jones]] to London in [[3738]] to do some Christmas shopping. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[A Klytode Christmas (comic story)|A Klytode Christmas]]'') He later took [[Donna Noble]] to do a Christmas shop at a [[garden centre (Frosty the Snowdemon)|garden centre]] in the late [[2000s]], during which Donna was attacked by the [[Snowdemon]]. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Frosty the Snowdemon (comic story)|Frosty the Snowdemon]]'') | ||
In approximately the [[2000s]],{{note|Both ''[[Planet of the Dead (TV story)|Planet of the Dead]]'' and ''[[The End of Time (TV story)|The End of Time]]'' are referred to in dialogue as taking place after the end of ''[[Journey's End (TV story)|Journey's End]]'', which is set in either [[2008]], according to [[TV]]: ''[[The Fires of Pompeii (TV story)|The Fires of Pompeii]]'', [[TV]]: ''[[The Waters of Mars (TV story)|The Waters of Mars]]'', and [[AUDIO]]: ''[[SOS (audio story)|SOS]]'', or six weeks after the middle of [[May]] [[2009]], circa [[June]], according to [[PROSE]]: ''[[Beautiful Chaos (novel)|Beautiful Chaos]]''. However, the year of ''The End of Time'' is unspecified, as is whether or not it is intended to be the [[Christmas]] immediately after ''Journey's End''.}} [[Wilfred Mott]] did his Christmas shopping around London before entering a [[church]], interrupted by visions of {{Simm}} laughing. Wilf and the [[Tenth Doctor]] later got together at a [[café]] outside which [[Donna Noble]] put her Christmas shopping away in her [[car]]. Donna shouted at a [[traffic warden (The End of Time)|traffic warden]] to leave her vehicle alone. ([[TV]]: ''[[The End of Time (TV story)|The End of Time]]'') | |||
[[Clara Oswald]] convinced the [[Eleventh Doctor]] to join her for Christmas shopping, in pursuit of a [[Christmas present|present]] for [[Dave Oswald|her father]]. The Doctor was less than enthusiastic. Here, they encountered the [[Hedera]], who were posing as [[carol singer]]s. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The Holly and the Ivy (comic story)|The Holly and the Ivy]]'') | |||
== Footnotes == | |||
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[[Category:Christmas]] | [[Category:Christmas]] | ||
[[Category:Sales]] | [[Category:Sales]] | ||
[[Category:Annual events]] | [[Category:Annual events]] | ||
[[Category:Behaviour]] | |||
