The Feast of Seven... Eight and Nine (short story)

The Feast of Seven... Eight and Nine was a short story in the Short Trips anthology Short Trips: A Christmas Treasury. It was written by Vanessa Bishop. It featured the first eighth Doctors.

Summary Edit

The First Doctor invites his other seven incarnations for Christmas dinner. There is a lot of drinking and arguing. Most of them praise the meal.

Characters Edit

• First Doctor
• Second Doctor
• Third Doctor
• Fourth Doctor
• Fifth Doctor
• Sixth Doctor
• Seventh Doctor
• Eighth Doctor

References Edit

• The Third Doctor sings "Good King Wenceslas".
• The Second Doctor brings Twister; the Seventh Doctor brings Scrabble.
• The Sixth Doctor brings Twiglets, crisps, dates, nuts and mince pies. The Fifth Doctor brings bottled water.
• The Eighth Doctor brings mistletoe.
• Omega is mentioned.
• Dinner is turkey.
• The Second Doctor plays his recorder.
• The Wizard of Oz and The Sound of Music are mentioned.
• The First Doctor wishes he had gone to visit Susan instead.
• The Seventh Doctor mentions Ace.
• The Second Doctor complains about the tinsel and the sprouts.
• The Eighth Doctor mentions Pudding Lane.
• The Second and Seventh Doctors pull on crackers.
• The Eighth Doctor namedrops Puccini.
• Only Fools and Horses and Morecambe and Wise play on the television.

Notes Edit

• This story is written as a poem.

Continuity Edit

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