Something Borrowed (short story)

Something Borrowed was the sixth Puffin eshort released to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Doctor Who.

Publisher's summary Edit

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

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Characters Edit

• Sixth Doctor
• Peri Brown
• The Rani
• Lord Evris Makshi
• Jonos
• Wira

References Edit

The Doctor Edit

• A previous incarnation has visited Koturia before, saving the life of Evris Makshi. Peri guesses that this was the Fifth Doctor.

Species Edit

• Koturians are capable of a form of regeneration.

Places Edit

• 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

• 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

• The Doctor uses his sonic lance.

Notes Edit

• 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

• 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)