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{{Infobox Story | {{Infobox Story | ||
| | |range = Short Trips (series) | ||
|series in range = Short Trips: Destination Prague | |||
|series number in range = 20 | |||
|number in series = 16 | |||
|doctor = Second Doctor | |doctor = Second Doctor | ||
|companions=[[Jamie McCrimmon|Jamie]] | |companions=[[Jamie McCrimmon|Jamie]] | ||
| | |setting=[[Prague]], from the [[distant past]] to the [[far future]] | ||
|writer = [[Lee Battersby]] | |writer = [[Lee Battersby]] | ||
|anthology=''[[Short Trips: Destination Prague]]'' | |anthology=''[[Short Trips: Destination Prague]]'' | ||
|series=[[Short Trips (series)#In print|''Short Trips'' short stories]] | |||
|prev = Lady of the Snows (short story) | |prev = Lady of the Snows (short story) | ||
|next=Fable Fusion (short story) | |next=Fable Fusion (short story) | ||
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== Worldbuilding == | == Worldbuilding == | ||
* The Doctor mentions Rabbi [[Yehuda Loevy|Loew]] and the [[Golem of Prague]]. | * The Doctor mentions Rabbi [[Yehuda Loevy|Loew]] and the [[Golem of Prague]], which was actually a [[Hallanian]] called [[Eremite Czarn]]. | ||
* Prague landmarks include the [[Jewish Quarter]], [[Kaprova Street]], [[Valentinska Street]], [[Hradcany Hill]] and [[Prague Castle]]. | * Prague landmarks include the [[Jewish Quarter]], [[Kaprova Street]], [[Valentinska Street]], [[Hradcany Hill]] and [[Prague Castle]]. | ||
* The Doctor considers, then rejects, the idea of the [[Dalek]]s or the [[Ice Warrior]]s being responsible. | * The Doctor considers, then rejects, the idea of the [[Dalek]]s or the [[Ice Warrior]]s being responsible. | ||
* The Doctor at first thinks they've arrived in [[London]]. | * The Doctor at first thinks they've arrived in [[London]]. | ||
* The time periods they visit include [[1606]], [[850]], the [[10th century]], c. 50-60,000 BCE, | |||
* The Doctor takes a book from his jacket on the history of Prague from the [[83rd century]]. | |||
* Prague was one of six [[Terra]]n cities given [[permanent display]] status by the fourteenth [[Galactic Preservation Council]], with the other five being [[Budapest]], [[Paris]], [[London]], [[Toowoomba]] and [[Second Carnac]]. | |||
* Prince [[Borivoj]] had stated building [[Prague Castle]] by 850 CE. | |||
* Prague is situated in the [[Vltava River|Vltava]] [[valley]]. | |||
* The Doredsor is located in the [[Hradcany Hill]]. | |||
* In speaking to the Doredsor, the Doctor translates from [[colour]] to [[binary]] to [[Solresol]] to [[musical notation]] and back again. | |||
== Notes == | == Notes == | ||
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== Continuity == | == Continuity == | ||
'' | * The Doctor recalls his meeting with [[ | ||
* The Doctor uses a "homing device" which is very clearly the [[Stattenheim remote control]] he was first seen using in [[TV]]: ''[[The Two Doctors (TV story)|The Two Doctors]]''. | |||
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[[Category:Short Trips: Destination Prague short stories]] | [[Category:Short Trips: Destination Prague short stories]] | ||
[[Category:Stories set in the distant past]] | [[Category:Stories set in the distant past]] | ||
[[Category:Stories set in 1606]] | |||
[[Category:Stories set in 850]] | |||
[[Category:Stories set in the 10th century]] | |||
[[Category:Stories set in the far future]] | |||
