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The [[First Doctor]] left [[the Monk]] a letter in [[1066]], explaining he had disabled [[the Monk's TARDIS]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Time Meddler (TV story)|The Time Meddler]]'') | The [[First Doctor]] left [[the Monk]] a letter in [[1066]], explaining he had disabled [[the Monk's TARDIS]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Time Meddler (TV story)|The Time Meddler]]'') | ||
In [[1843]], the [[Eleventh Doctor]] wrote a [[letter]] to [[audience (The Monsters Are Coming!)|the audience]] of an "[[The Greatest Show in the Galaxy (The Monsters Are Coming!)|electrifying experience]]", telling them not to worry as he had already lived through the events and saved the day. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Hello Everybody (short story)}}) | |||
[[ | In [[1893]], [[Vastra]] sent a letter to [[Strax]] requesting his presence in an unconscious "[[conference call]]". ([[TV]]: ''[[The Name of the Doctor (TV story)|The Name of the Doctor]]'') | ||
[[ | [[Jeanne-Antoinette Poisson|Reinette Poison]] wrote the [[Tenth Doctor]] a letter in [[1764]] musing on when he would return to her, hoping he would return before she succumbed to her illness. The Doctor eventually received the letter after Reinette's passing. He read it aboard his [[The Doctor's TARDIS|his TARDIS]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Girl in the Fireplace (TV story)|The Girl in the Fireplace]]'') | ||
[[ | During the [[First World War]], [[Josiah Rowe]]'s then-young [[Josiah Rowe's grandfather|grandfather]] wrote a letter [[home]], writing about his encounter with the [[Ninth Doctor]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Have You Seen This Man? (short story)}}) | ||
[[Sam Jones]]'s parents began receiving correspondence from her in [[1997]], including a letter from [[1894]] [[London]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Unnatural History (novel)|Unnatural History]]'') | |||
On [[12 December]] [[2009]], [[Brenda]] sent out a [[letter (Brenda's B&B)|letter]] to the readers of the [[Brenda and Effie|book series]] about herself and [[Effie Jacobs|Effie]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Brenda's B&B (short story)|Brenda's B&B]]'') | On [[12 December]] [[2009]], [[Brenda]] sent out a [[letter (Brenda's B&B)|letter]] to the readers of the [[Brenda and Effie|book series]] about herself and [[Effie Jacobs|Effie]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Brenda's B&B (short story)|Brenda's B&B]]'') | ||
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In [[2022]], [[Abby McPhail]], creator of ''[[The Blue Box Files]]'', received a [[Letter (SOS)|letter]] from the [[Thirteenth Doctor]] in her [[Abby McPhail's home|home]], to which she responded, "the [[Mail|post]] just gets later and later". ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[SOS (audio story)|SOS]]'') | In [[2022]], [[Abby McPhail]], creator of ''[[The Blue Box Files]]'', received a [[Letter (SOS)|letter]] from the [[Thirteenth Doctor]] in her [[Abby McPhail's home|home]], to which she responded, "the [[Mail|post]] just gets later and later". ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[SOS (audio story)|SOS]]'') | ||
Letters appeared to be a thing of the past by the [[30th century]], as [[Stubbs]] received correspondence on [[Skybase One]] from his family on [[Earth]] in the form of videotapes, and failed to understand when [[Jo Grant]] asked him if he received any letters from them. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Mutants (TV story)|The Mutants]]'') | |||
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After learning to both read ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Dark Path (novel)|The Dark Path]]'') and write, ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Lost (short story)|The Lost]]'') [[Jamie McCrimmon]] wrote a letter for [[Victoria Waterfield]], thanking her for her reading and writing lessons, after she departed his and the [[Second Doctor]]'s [[Companion|company]]. The [[Seventh Doctor]] delivered the letter to an elderly Victoria. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Story of Extinction (audio story)|The Story of Extinction]]'') | |||
[[Sam (iNtRUsioNs)|Sam]] thought he'd contracted [[anthrax]] from letters he'd been reading. The [[First Doctor]] assured him, though, that it was not anthrax he'd been infected with, but a [[meme]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[INtRUsioNs (short story)|INtRUsioNs]]'') | |||
[[Category:Communication]] | [[Category:Communication]] | ||
