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|doctor = Third Doctor
 
|doctor = Third Doctor
 
|companions = [[Jo Grant|Jo]], [[Mike Yates]]
 
|companions = [[Jo Grant|Jo]], [[Mike Yates]]
|featuring = [[Jackie Tyler]], [[Tenth Doctor]]
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|featuring = Jackie Tyler{{!}}Jackie Tyler
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|featuring2 = Tenth Doctor
 
|enemy = {{Delgado|c}}, [[Sycorax]]
 
|enemy = {{Delgado|c}}, [[Sycorax]]
 
|setting = [[London]], [[25 December]] [[2006]]
 
|setting = [[London]], [[25 December]] [[2006]]
 
|writer = [[Jacqueline Rayner]]
 
|writer = [[Jacqueline Rayner]]
 
|illustrator = [[Sara Gianassi]]
 
|illustrator = [[Sara Gianassi]]
|read by =
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|read by = [[Adjoa Andoh]]
 
|anthology = ''[[Twelve Doctors of Christmas (anthology)|Twelve Doctors of Christmas]]''
 
|anthology = ''[[Twelve Doctors of Christmas (anthology)|Twelve Doctors of Christmas]]''
 
|release date = [[6 October (releases)|6 October]] [[2016 (releases)|2016]]
 
|release date = [[6 October (releases)|6 October]] [[2016 (releases)|2016]]
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== References ==
 
== References ==
 
* This story essentially takes place at the same time as ''[[The Christmas Invasion (TV story)|The Christmas Invasion]]'', with the Third Doctor arriving in Jackie's flat after the Tenth Doctor's TARDIS has been taken up to the Sycorax ship and leaving after his future self has been returned to London.
 
* This story essentially takes place at the same time as ''[[The Christmas Invasion (TV story)|The Christmas Invasion]]'', with the Third Doctor arriving in Jackie's flat after the Tenth Doctor's TARDIS has been taken up to the Sycorax ship and leaving after his future self has been returned to London.
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* The Third Doctor is unfamiliar with the [[Slitheen]].
   
 
== Notes ==
 
== Notes ==
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== Continuity ==
 
== Continuity ==
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* Jackie mentions the [[Slitheen]], the [[Space Pig|pig]] crashing into [[Big Ben]], and Harriet Jones helping save the world. ([[TV]]: ''[[Aliens of London (TV story)|Aliens of London]]''/''[[World War Three (TV story)|World War Three]]'')
 
* The Doctor mentions the "[[Omega]] business". ([[TV]]: ''[[The Three Doctors (TV story)|The Three Doctors]]'')
 
* The Doctor mentions the "[[Omega]] business". ([[TV]]: ''[[The Three Doctors (TV story)|The Three Doctors]]'')
 
* Jackie believes that the Doctor has regenerated again, and, when meeting [[Jo Grant|Jo]] and [[Mike Yates|Yates]], she thinks that [[Rose]] and [[Mickey Smith|Mickey]] have also changed their appearance. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Christmas Invasion (TV story)|The Christmas Invasion]]'')
 
* Jackie believes that the Doctor has regenerated again, and, when meeting [[Jo Grant|Jo]] and [[Mike Yates|Yates]], she thinks that [[Rose]] and [[Mickey Smith|Mickey]] have also changed their appearance. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Christmas Invasion (TV story)|The Christmas Invasion]]'')
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* The Third Doctor is unfamiliar with the Slitheen. Despite this, his [[Second Doctor|previous incarnation]] was familiar with [[Raxacoricofallapatorian]]s in the form of the [[Hanazeen-Blathereen family]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[A Comedy of Terrors (short story)|A Comedy of Terrors]]'') When the [[Ninth Doctor]] confronts the Slitheen, he is able to recall their [[Raxacoricofallapatorius|home planet]] only after narrowing it down according to their distinctive traits. ([[TV]]: ''[[Aliens of London (TV story)|Aliens of London]]''/''[[World War Three (TV story)|World War Three]]'')
* UNIT's secret HQ is no longer located inside a building marked with a sign which reads "UNIT Headquarters," ([[TV]]: ''[[The Five Doctors (TV story)|The Five Doctors]]'') and in instead a base under the [[Tower of London]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Power of Three (TV story)|The Power of Three]]'')
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* UNIT's secret HQ is no longer located inside a building marked with a sign which reads "UNIT Headquarters," ([[TV]]: ''[[The Five Doctors (TV story)|The Five Doctors]]'') and is instead in a base under the [[Tower of London]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Power of Three (TV story)|The Power of Three]]'')
 
* Jackie asks Jo why she isn't in the Doctor's future, and wonders if he makes a habit out of taking people with him before moving on. Rose herself will confront this thinking when meeting Sarah Jane Smith. ([[TV]]: ''[[School Reunion (TV story)|School Reunion]]'')
 
* Jackie asks Jo why she isn't in the Doctor's future, and wonders if he makes a habit out of taking people with him before moving on. Rose herself will confront this thinking when meeting Sarah Jane Smith. ([[TV]]: ''[[School Reunion (TV story)|School Reunion]]'')
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* Jackie recalls that Rose went back to "certain death" to save the [[Ninth Doctor]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Parting of the Ways (TV story)|The Parting of the Ways]]'')
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* Jackie recalls Rose telling her that she had met her [[Pete Tyler|husband]] and her younger self. ([[TV]]: ''[[Father's Day (TV story)|Father's Day]]'')
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* The Doctor claims to have "never known a Rose". According to another account, his granddaughter was originally named [[Arkytior]], "rose" in [[High Gallifreyan]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Roses (short story)|Roses]]'')
 
* When [[Mike Yates]] mentions UNIT's name (United Nations Intelligence Taskforce), the Beefeater notes that it's actually "Unified Intelligence [Taskforce]." This same discrepancy was noted in a conversation between [[Jack Harkness]] and [[John Benton]]. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Official Secrets (comic story)|Official Secrets]]'')
 
* When [[Mike Yates]] mentions UNIT's name (United Nations Intelligence Taskforce), the Beefeater notes that it's actually "Unified Intelligence [Taskforce]." This same discrepancy was noted in a conversation between [[Jack Harkness]] and [[John Benton]]. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Official Secrets (comic story)|Official Secrets]]'')
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* [[Jack Harkness]] later mentions Rose when he inquires as to how Jo left the Doctor's company. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Green Life (audio story)|The Green Life]]'')
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[[Category:Sycorax stories]]
 
[[Category:Sycorax stories]]
 
[[Category:Multi-Doctor short stories]]
 
[[Category:Multi-Doctor short stories]]
[[Category:Jackie Tyler stories]]
 
[[Category:Jo Grant short stories]]
 

Revision as of 21:34, 25 December 2019

RealWorld

prose stub

The Christmas Inversion was the third short story in Twelve Doctors of Christmas, featuring the Third Doctor.

Summary

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Characters

References

  • This story essentially takes place at the same time as The Christmas Invasion, with the Third Doctor arriving in Jackie's flat after the Tenth Doctor's TARDIS has been taken up to the Sycorax ship and leaving after his future self has been returned to London.
  • The Third Doctor is unfamiliar with the Slitheen.

Notes

  • It's explained that the Tenth Doctor was able to complete his regeneration and stabilise his new incarnation by siphoning regenerative energy off of the Third Doctor, the latter referring to it as "energy osmosis".

Continuity