Christmas Every Day (short story): Difference between revisions

|series=[[Short Trips (series)#In print|Short Trips short stories]]

|doctor=Fourth Doctor

|companions=[[Leela]]

|setting= [[Gloricious]], [[2172]]

|writer=[[Jason Arnopp]]

|anthology=''[[Short Trips: Christmas Around the World]]''

|prev=Instead of You (short story)

|next=Mirth, or Walking Spirits (short story)

'''''Christmas Every Day''''' was the fifth short story in the [[Short Trips (series)|Short Trips]] anthology ''[[Short Trips: Christmas Around the World]]''. It was written by [[Jason Arnopp]]. It featured the [[Fourth Doctor]] and [[Leela]].

The Doctor has been taking Leela to experience several different [[Christmas]]es, but Leela has had enough of Christmas. When the TARDIS dematerialises, the Doctor is apologetic — they have landed on [[Gloricious]] in [[2172]], on Christmas.

As the doors open, a man runs into the TARDIS. He is on the run from security. His name is [[Kamble]], and he tells the Doctor and Leela that the colony had undergone climate change. A trio of aliens arrived and are using their mental powers to maintain the right climate, but in return they have declared that every day is Christmas, and as their presents they demand human sacrifices. Kamble, one of the "presents", escaped.

The Doctor confronts the three "Kings", who have made their lair inside a giant [[Christmas tree]]. They are not afraid of him and knock him unconscious.

When the Doctor wakes, he is dressed as [[Santa Claus]] and tied to the top of the tree. Below, Leela and Kamble are being brought inside the tree to be the Kings' presents. The Doctor, using his [[the Doctor's sonic screwdriver|sonic screwdriver]], determines that the Christmas ornaments are actually power sources that are keeping the climate under control — the aliens are not using any mental powers at all.

The Doctor shouts his findings down to Security Officer [[Grey (Christmas Every Day)|Grey]] below. Other colonists gather, and they acquire makeshift weapons. They enter the tree and kill the aliens, freeing Leela and Kamble.

* The Doctor took Leela to [[Austria]] to see the first performance of "[[Silent Night]]".