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|series=[[Short Trips (series)#In print|Short Trips short stories]]
|range                  = Short Trips (series)
|doctor=Fourth Doctor
|series in range        = Short Trips: Past Tense
|companions=[[Sarah Jane Smith|Sarah]]
|series number in range = 6
|setting=[[London]], [[30 May]] [[1593]]
|number in series      = 3
|writer=[[Christopher Bav]]
|doctor                 = Fourth Doctor
|anthology=''[[Short Trips: Past Tense]]''
|companions             = [[Sarah Jane Smith|Sarah]]
|prev=Far from Home (short story)
|featuring              = [[Christopher Marlowe|Marlowe]]
|next=CHAOS (short story)
|enemy                  = [[Robert Poley]], [[Ingram Frizer]], [[Nicholas Skeres]]
|setting               = [[London]], [[30 May]] [[1593]]
|writer                 = Christopher Bav
|anthology             = Short Trips: Past Tense
|release date          = 9 April 2004
|series                = ''[[Short Trips (series)|Short Trips]]''
|prev                   = Far from Home (short story)
|next                   = CHAOS (short story)
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'''''All Done with Mirrors''''' was the third short story in the [[Short Trips (series)|Short Trips]] anthology ''[[Short Trips: Past Tense]]''. It was written by [[Christopher Bav]]. It featured the [[Fourth Doctor]] and [[Sarah Jane Smith]], and [[Christopher Marlowe]].
'''''All Done with Mirrors''''' was the third short story in the [[Short Trips (series)|Short Trips]] anthology ''[[Short Trips: Past Tense]]''. It was written by [[Christopher Bav]]. It featured the [[Fourth Doctor]] and [[Sarah Jane Smith]], and [[Christopher Marlowe]].
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* [[William Shakespeare]]
* [[William Shakespeare]]


== References ==
== Worldbuilding ==
* Sarah thinks they are in [[London]] because they are in [[Deptford]], but the Doctor explains that at this time in history Deptford is in [[Kent]].
* Sarah thinks they are in [[London]] because they are in [[Deptford]], but the Doctor explains that at this time in history Deptford is in [[Kent]].
* The Doctor gives Shakespeare his (now damaged) copy of the ''[[Complete Works of Shakespeare]]''.
* The Doctor gives Shakespeare his (now damaged) copy of the ''[[Complete Works of Shakespeare]]''.
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== Notes ==
== Notes ==
* All the stories in ''[[Short Trips: Past Tense]]'' take place some time in [[Earth]]'s past. This story takes place in [[16th century]] [[England]].
* All the stories in ''[[Short Trips: Past Tense]]'' take place some time in [[Earth]]'s past. This story takes place in [[16th century]] [[England]].
* This story is a "[[pure historical]]" featuring no science fiction elements apart from the presence of the Doctor, Sarah Jane and the TARDIS.


== Continuity ==
== Continuity ==
* The Doctor last smoked a pipe in [[TV]]: ''[[An Unearthly Child (TV story)|An Unearthly Child]]''.
* The Doctor last smoked a pipe in [[TV]]: ''[[An Unearthly Child (TV story)|An Unearthly Child]]''.
* Sarah pretends to be a boy, as did [[Vicki Pallister|Vicki]] ([[TV]]: ''[[The Crusade (TV story)|The Crusade]]'') and [[Polly Wright|Polly]] ([[TV]]: ''[[The Smugglers (TV story)|The Smugglers]]'') before her.
* Sarah pretends to be a boy, as did [[Vicki Pallister|Vicki]] ([[TV]]: ''[[The Crusade (TV story)|The Crusade]]'') and [[Polly Wright|Polly]] ([[TV]]: ''[[The Smugglers (TV story)|The Smugglers]]'') before her.
* This story introduces a version of William Shakespeare which is somewhat contradictory between the version of Shakespeare from ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Kingmaker (audio story)|The Kingmaker]]''), and the version from ([[TV]]: ''[[The Chase (TV story)|The Chase]]'', ''[[The Shakespeare Code (TV story)|The Shakespeare Code]]'', [[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Time of the Daleks (audio story)|The Time of the Daleks]]'', [[PROSE]]: ''[[Apocrypha Bipedium (short story)|Apocrypha Bipedium]]'').
* This story introduces a version of William Shakespeare which is somewhat contradictory between the version of Shakespeare from, ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Kingmaker (audio story)|The Kingmaker]]'') and the version from ([[TV]]: ''[[The Chase (TV story)|The Chase]]'', ''[[The Shakespeare Code (TV story)|The Shakespeare Code]]'', [[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Time of the Daleks (audio story)|The Time of the Daleks]]'', [[PROSE]]: ''[[Apocrypha Bipedium (short story)|Apocrypha Bipedium]]'').
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[[Category:Fourth Doctor short stories]]
[[Category:Fourth Doctor short stories]]
[[Category:Sarah Jane Smith short stories]]
[[Category:Sarah Jane Smith short stories]]
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