Sam Seeley (short story)

 was the 22nd The Blogs of Doom short story, published in 2019 in Doctor Who Magazine 540. Like other features in the series, it narrated events in the life of a minor Doctor Who TV character before and after their involvement in the Doctor's life.

In this case, the subject of writer Jonathan Morris's attention was Sam Seeley from Spearhead from Space.

Summary
Sam Seeley recounts how "thunderballs" are falling out of the sky again, and might be worth something. Afterwards a police box appears and a man exists and collapses, and Sam checks his pockets but finds no money. He hides one of the thunderballs in his trunk and attempts to coerce a UNIT soldier for money, but doesn't succeed. He then reunites with his wife Meg in the hospital and demands she cook up a rabbit.

Characters

 * Sam Seeley
 * Meg Seeley

Worldbuilding

 * Six months ago, Sam found 6 other "thunderballs" but they were thieved before he could get them.
 * Many mysterious things have fallen to Oxley Woods from space, including mysterious crystals and medallions, sink plungers and egg-whisks, metal heads with handles, silver balls that beep, and big green seed pods he hasn't planted yet.
 * He's also come across rock with a crack that emits purple smoke, causing rabbits to explode.
 * Meg is hospitalised at Ashford Cottage Hospital.

Continuity

 * Sam finds a Nestene energy unit while rabbitin', and Meg is attacked by an Auton. (TV: Spearhead from Space)
 * Sam witnesses the Third Doctor's arrival on Earth. (PROSE: Doctor Who and the Auton Invasion)
 * Sam once came across a stone that gave him the urge to tell revealing truths. (TV: Detained)
 * He also came across a blue bulb with golden squares hanging in the air, but he leaves them alone. (TV: The Woman Who Fell to Earth)