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Doctor Who: Short Trips: History of Christmas: The Gift

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The Gift timeline code #0.14 and metaphorical season finale to S0  *spoilers* The Story Starts with Susan being found in the middle of the lake by a man named Alistair, Alistair is interesting cause hes Alistair Gordon Leighbridge Stewart, THE Brigadier. He takes Susan back to his house after finding her on his early Christmas present, Doris is releaved he found her but annoyed that he used the boat early. As soon as they put Susan into bed, the first Doctor walks in, It’s fun having Alistair have to pretend not to know the doctor to protect the web of time and I love how Doris n Alistair react to each the situation. F irst Doctor is extremely well written by Robert Dick. 1st doctor noticing his future incarnations in pictures on the wall is a nice touch the writer added.  I also enjoyed how the Doctor was listening in to Alistair n Doris convocation about the future and having the three tip toeing around the fact to not damage the timeline is hilarious.  The dy...

Doctor Who: Short Trips: The History of Christmas: The Innocents

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  The second story of the unbound 1st n Susan trilogy timeline number code U0.2  *Spoilers*  Innocents is also written by Marc Platt continuing his story in short story form. This story is with  Leonardo, an important character in history being a companion. Its a very interesting topic leading to a lot of hijinks for example, The Doctor travelled back in time with him to save some children from King Herald which leads to the funniest thing, A  Donkey in the Tardis! The Doctor being care free feels a lot like The Monk, being quite a liability with his words and actions across time.  In new who terms this trilogy feels very time lord victorious esc, with The Doctor taking lives and time into his hands. The Tardis lands in the 1960s and becomes a Christmas tree, this leads into Susan and Leonardo going to the shopping centre. On there way he starts sketching modern day tech in his notebook with Susan trying to hurry him along.  Marc Platt writes Leonardo ...