In the TARDIS: Christmas Day was the third short story in the Short Trips anthology Short Trips: A Christmas Treasury. It was written by Val Douglas. It featured the Fifth Doctor, Adric, Nyssa and Tegan.
Summary[]
It's Christmas. The TARDIS is decorated, and the crew open presents. The Doctor decides they need a pudding, and finds an old one in the cupboard. Tegan refuses to eat it, so Adric decides to make a pudding using Block Transfer Computation. As Tegan and the Doctor prepare to eat it, Adric refuses to share. Tegan kicks the pudding, which hits the Doctor. The Christmas tree crashes to the floor, and Nyssa angrily stuffs the pudding up Tegan's nose.
Characters[]
Worldbuilding[]
- Nyssa is dressed in Traken costume.
- The pudding was a present from Mrs Beeton.
- Adric's pudding is complete with brandy and holly, raisins and plums.
Notes[]
- This poem is a parody of the poem "In the Workhouse – Christmas Day" by George Robert Sims.
Continuity[]
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