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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 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 seems to switch, without explanation, from the Doctor to an unidentified individual who refers to the Doctor as a separate entity — though this is mirrored by many passages of first-person narration by incarnations of the Doctor in Moffat's own [[The Day of the Doctor (novelisation)|novelisation of ''The Day of the Doctor'']], with the various Doctors speaking about "the Doctor" in the third person as the person they would like to be and "play-act" as.
* 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", 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.
* 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.
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