Press Play (short story)
- ️Wed Apr 01 2020
Press Play was a short story featuring the Thirteenth Doctor and written by Pete McTighe. It was later published as the fourteenth story in Adventures in Lockdown.
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Characters[]
Worldbuilding[]
- The Doctor uses FaceTime to contact Graham, Yaz, and Ryan.
- The Doctor's TARDIS has logged the adventures; Crisis on Poosh, Genesis of the Daleks, Attack of the Postmen, The Timelash, and 100,000 BC.
- It is said that the Doctor can usually distract herself by emergency-deep-freezing Krynoid hatchlings.
- The Doctor eats a custard cream.
- The TARDIS is in Artron II Recharge Mode, which "play[s] havoc" with human DNA.
- This was apparently what caused David Bowie's left eye to permanently dilate.
Story notes[]
- Some of the "early" adventures in Susan's archive are said to have "gaps", alluding to still-missing episodes from Doctor Who's first six seasons.
Continuity[]
- Susan logs:
- The First Doctor's adventure with Ian Chesterton and Barbara Wright in 100,000 BC with the Tribe of Gum. (TV: An Unearthly Child)
- The Fourth Doctor's presence at the creation of the Daleks with Harry Sullivan and Sarah Jane Smith. (TV: Genesis of the Daleks)
- The Sixth Doctor's time on Karfel with Peri Brown. (TV: Timelash)
- The Eleventh Doctor and Amy Pond's adventure on Poosh. (PROSE: The Forgotten Army)
- The Thirteenth Doctor's adventure fighting Kerb!am Men with Graham O'Brien, Ryan Sinclair, and Yasmin Khan. (TV: Kerblam!)
- The Doctor is working on her TARDIS. (TV: Spyfall)