The Man Who Wasn't There (audio story)

 was the eleventh story of the sixth season of Big Finish Productions' Short Trips series.

Publisher's summary
Charley Pollard's innocent request to meet a historical hero seems the easiest thing for a friend with a time and space machine to make happen. But as Charley and the Doctor seek out the Victorian explorer, they uncover a sinister scheme to unravel Earth's future by affecting its past. But where in its history was the deed done? And is it already too late to put right?

Plot
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Characters

 * Eighth Doctor
 * Charlotte Pollard
 * Time Lord messenger
 * Silas Portis

Worldbuilding

 * The Doctor and Charley are eating blue Scotch eggs from Metebelis III.
 * The TARDIS' translation circuits are malfunctioning.
 * Julia Riory was born in 2450. She commanded the UEF Mon Marchè in 2488.
 * The TARDIS has a wine cellar and a games room.
 * While visiting the Reform Club in London in 1866, the Doctor got into an argument with Charles Dickens about an error in Great Expectations.
 * The Doctor explains the fire-and-forget missile to Charley.

Continuity

 * The Doctor refers to the TARDIS' wine cellar. (AUDIO: The Haunting of Thomas Brewster)
 * The Doctor would later meet Charles Dickens once again in Cardiff on 24 December 1869 during his ninth incarnation. (TV: The Unquiet Dead)
 * The Doctor refers to the dominance of the Earth Empire. (TV: Frontier in Space, The Mutants)
 * The Messenger mentions that he had a pet cat until "that business in the Capitol". (TV: The Mark of the Rani)
 * The Doctor defends his decision to prevent Charley from dying aboard the British airship the R101 on 5 October 1930. (AUDIO: Storm Warning)
 * The Messenger refers to the Time Lords' non-interference policy. (TV: The War Games)
 * The Doctor suggests taking Charley to the Eye of Orion. (TV: The King's Demons, The Five Doctors, Timelash, et al.)
 * The Doctor mentions having met his heroes and 'nearly half of them [having] tried to kill [him]'. (TV: The Three Doctors, The Brain of Morbius, The Five Doctors, AUDIO: Zagreus)