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Something Borrowed was the sixth Puffin eshort released to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Doctor Who.
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Publisher's summary[edit | edit source]
A wedding on the planet Koturia turns out to be a far more dangerous proposition than the Sixth Doctor and Peri ever expected. It marks the return of a formidable old foe whose genius matches the Doctor's. Can the Doctor outwit this villain, save Peri and stop the wedding in time?
Plot[edit | edit source]
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Characters[edit | edit source]
References[edit | edit source]
The Doctor[edit | edit source]
- A previous incarnation has visited Koturia before, saving the life of Evris Makshi. Peri guesses that this was the Fifth Doctor.
Species[edit | edit source]
- Koturians are capable of a form of regeneration.
Places[edit | edit source]
- Koturia was modelled after Las Vegas, making it another New Vegas, and contained replicas of the Sahara and the Flamingo hotel and casinos.
Cultural references[edit | edit source]
- The person officiating at the wedding is dressed like Elvis Presley.
- Koturian culture has taken the garish "Vegas wedding" concept and turned it into an event of major cultural significance.
Items[edit | edit source]
- The Doctor uses his sonic lance.
Notes[edit | edit source]
- The story is told in first person from Peri Brown's perspective. It is one of only a handful of officially published Doctor Who prose pieces to be told in this format.
- This is the first story since the 2005 television revival of Doctor Who began in which the Rani has appeared in any media.
- The Doctor states that the time period is about 200 years later than Peri's current time period of the 1980s.
- An audiobook of the story was read by Sophie Aldred.
- In the Slipcase Edition of this story, the silhouette of Third Doctor is accidentally used in place of the Sixth.
Continuity[edit | edit source]
- Peri recalls nearly becoming a victim of the Rani's experimentation on Earth in the 19th century, and how the Doctor left her with a T-rex in her TARDIS. (TV: The Mark of the Rani)
- The Rani states that the Doctor's next regeneration may be sooner that he thinks. (TV: Time and the Rani)
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