A Big Hand for the Doctor (short story)

 was the first Puffin Eshort released to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Doctor Who.

Publisher's summary
London, 1900. The First Doctor is missing both his hand and his granddaughter, Susan. Faced with the search for Susan, a strange beam of soporific light, and a host of marauding Soul Pirates intent on harvesting human limbs, the Doctor is promised a dangerous journey into a land he may never forget...

Characters

 * First Doctor
 * Susan Foreman
 * Aldridge
 * Captain Douglas
 * Igby
 * Gomb
 * Soul Pirate Captain
 * The Doctor's mother

Continuity

 * The Doctor contemplates saying "Bah humbug," but notes that that catchphrase belongs to someone else. The Ninth Doctor would later meet Charles Dickens and note that he was a fan. (TV: The Unquiet Dead) The Eleventh Doctor also used the plot of A Christmas Carol to get Kazran Sardick to save a crashing starliner. (TV: A Christmas Carol)