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* [[Richard E Grant]] previously played [[Tenth Doctor (The Curse of Fatal Death)|a spoof Tenth Doctor]] in ''[[The Curse of Fatal Death (TV story)|The Curse of Fatal Death]]'' and would later play [[Walter Simeon]] in [[TV]]: ''[[The Snowmen (TV story)|The Snowmen]]''. | * [[Richard E Grant]] previously played [[Tenth Doctor (The Curse of Fatal Death)|a spoof Tenth Doctor]] in ''[[The Curse of Fatal Death (TV story)|The Curse of Fatal Death]]'' and would later play [[Walter Simeon]] in [[TV]]: ''[[The Snowmen (TV story)|The Snowmen]]''. | ||
* This story was later released as part of ''[[The Animation Collection]]''. | * This story was later released as part of ''[[The Animation Collection]]''. | ||
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[[Paul Cornell]], who wrote ''Scream of the Shalka'', has since referred to this story as his "[[Doctor Who Unbound|unbound]]". <ref>[http://www.paulcornell.com/2009/02/gallifrey-and-things "Gallifrey and Things", PaulCornell.com]</ref> | [[Paul Cornell]], who wrote ''Scream of the Shalka'', has since referred to this story as his "[[Doctor Who Unbound|unbound]]". <ref>[http://www.paulcornell.com/2009/02/gallifrey-and-things "Gallifrey and Things", PaulCornell.com]</ref> | ||
Although the specific mention of "[[ear]]s" as the new Doctor is feeling his face suggests [[Christopher Eccleston]]'s [[Ninth Doctor]], ''[[Doctor Who and the Time War (short story)|Doctor Who and the Time War]]'' does not positively identify the Doctor into whom the [[Eighth Doctor]] turns. Echoing ''[[The Tomorrow Windows (novel)|The Tomorrow Windows]]''{{'}}s in-universe confirmation that the Doctor would somehow have "three ninth incarnations", [[Russell T Davies]] answered affirmatively to a comment by a fan on the Instagram release of ''Doctor Who and the Time War'' suggesting that— | |||
{{quote|…the Ninth Doctor here could also be interpreted as the [[Ninth Doctor (Scream of the Shalka)|Shalka Doctor]] or the [[Ninth Doctor (Scream of the Shalka)|Rowan Atkinson Doctor]] for the hat trick of alternative Ninth Doctors.|([https://doctornolonger.tumblr.com/post/614601475119824896/a-screencap-from-a-friend-in-the-comments-of-this source])}} | {{quote|…the Ninth Doctor here could also be interpreted as the [[Ninth Doctor (Scream of the Shalka)|Shalka Doctor]] or the [[Ninth Doctor (Scream of the Shalka)|Rowan Atkinson Doctor]] for the hat trick of alternative Ninth Doctors.|([https://doctornolonger.tumblr.com/post/614601475119824896/a-screencap-from-a-friend-in-the-comments-of-this source])}} | ||
* This followed Davies' earlier comments that clarified ''Doctor Who and the Time War''{{'}}s position in relation to ''[[The Night of the Doctor (TV story)|The Night of the Doctor]]'' as a "glimpse of parallel events" and his broader statement upon its release that "all Doctors exist [and] all stories are true". | * This followed Davies' earlier comments that clarified ''Doctor Who and the Time War''{{'}}s position in relation to ''[[The Night of the Doctor (TV story)|The Night of the Doctor]]'' as a "glimpse of parallel events" and his broader statement upon its release that "all Doctors exist [and] all stories are true". | ||
