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== Plot == | == Plot == | ||
' | Being chased by Spikes, the [[Fifteenth Doctor]] and Robin run into a plain room, with little but a lone [[computer]] inside; they become sealed within the space, and, after the Doctor probes the computer, discovers they merely have one hundred seconds of air left. They reassure Robin they'll return them home to their family. | ||
Robin tries asking the Doctor several questions about the individual who trapped them inside and the "[[the Doctor’s TARDIS|blue box]]" that appeared outside, although the Doctor excitedly tries to guess Robin’s questions first; they do explain what the blue box is, but is uncertain about the former question. | |||
The Doctor frees him and Robin, offering a place in the TARDIS, but reveals that they had deduced that they were in fact not Robin but the Spikemaster and traps him inside the room with [[Fifteenth Doctor's sonic screwdriver|their sonic screwdriver]], before departing in the TARDIS with their companion. | |||
== Characters == | == Characters == | ||
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* Robin's mother | * Robin's mother | ||
* Robin's brother | * Robin's brother | ||
* [[Anne Hegerty]] | |||
* [[Phil Mitchell]] | |||
* [[Clarice Starling|Clarice]] | |||
== Worldbuilding == | |||
=== Spikes and the Spikemaster === | |||
* In their disguise, the Spikemaster appears to be a [[21 (number)|twenty-one]] year old [[human]]. | |||
** The Doctor compliments "Robin's" hair. | |||
** The Doctor claims to have sensed the existence of Robin's mother and brother in their eyes. | |||
* The Spikes are "spiky [[thought]]s" — such as those one would have when they're angry, mad, had an [[idea]], or in [[love]] — brought to life. | |||
* Robin asks "[[Doctor who?]]" | |||
=== | === The Doctor === | ||
'' | * As they enter the room, the Doctor's mind races with [[500 (number)|five hundred]] thoughts at once. | ||
* The Doctor believes as the room they're trapped in doesn't have a [[door]] nor a [[lock]], they therefore cannot be ''locked'' in, but rather sealed in. | |||
* The Doctor states that a [[word]] can change the [[world]]. | |||
* When "Robin" calls the Doctor pedantic, the Doctor pedantically points out that the word "pedant" comes from [[Italian (language)|Italian]] for [[teacher]]. | |||
* The Doctor refuses to [[apologise]] for their love of knowledge. | |||
* The Doctor travels in a [[time machine]] through [[time]] and [[space]]. | |||
* The Doctor isn't from [[Earth]] and is a [[Time Lord]]. | |||
** They explain that they came from another universe before arriving in this universe, where he was adopted by the Time Lords; they became their [[heritage]] after become [[Last of the Time Lords|the very last Time Lord]] in [[existence]]. | |||
* The Doctor travels so they can experience "every single thing that happens." | |||
* The Doctor knows that [[505 (number)|five hundred and five]] [[mile]]s south-west of the [[North Pole]] there is a "[[mountain]]" of [[ice]] breaking away from a [[glacier]] into the [[sea]], and that they are hurt by the fact they cannot witness it. | |||
== | === Cultural references === | ||
' | * The Doctor tries to guess "Robin's" questions with cultural references: | ||
** They ask if their question is "{{w|Who Put the Bomp (in the Bomp, Bomp, Bomp)|Who put the bop in the bop shoo bop shoo bop?}}" and "Who put the ram in the rama langa ding dong?" | |||
** They ask if their question is "{{w|Delilah (Tom Jones song)|why, why, why Delilah?}}" | |||
** They ask if their question is "{{w|How much wood would a woodchuck chuck|how much wood would a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood?}}" | |||
** They ask if their question is "{{w|Anne Hegerty|the Governess, Anne Hegarty?}}" | |||
** They ask if their question is "{{w|Who Shot Phil?|who shot}} [[Phil Mitchell]]?" | |||
** They ask if their question is "[[Hamlet|to be or not to be?]]" | |||
** They ask if their question is "[[Princess Leia|aren't you a little short for a Stormtrooper?]]" | |||
** They ask if their question is "{{w|The Silence of the Lambs (film)|Have the lambs stopped screaming, Clarice}}[?]" | |||
== Notes == | == Notes == | ||
* Although it was only ever originally meant for internal use during the auditions for the Fifteenth Doctor, the script's later release in the ''[[Whoniverse (BBC iPlayer)|Whoniverse]]'' section of the [[BBC Writers Room]] constituted an [[T:VS|official release]]; however, as this story has only been released as a script, it is currently | * Although it was only ever originally meant for internal use during the auditions for the Fifteenth Doctor, the script's later release in the ''[[Whoniverse (BBC iPlayer)|Whoniverse]]'' section of the [[BBC Writers Room]] constituted an [[T:VS|official release]]; however, as this story has only been released as a script, it is currently a non-valid source. | ||
* The companion in this script is kept vague: it's unlikely that they were intended to be any specific character such as [[Ruby Sunday]], as [[Millie Gibson]] had yet to be cast when the auditions for the Fifteenth Doctor were performed. | |||
* The script does not reveal the gender of the Doctor, Robin or the companion. | |||
== Continuity == | == Continuity == | ||
''to be added'' | ''to be added'' | ||
== External links == | |||
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== Footnotes == | == Footnotes == | ||
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