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The Outpost Gallifrey Doctor Who Christmas Story
Should be one episode only, but an episode that nonetheless is longer than most single episodes.
Featuring the Third Doctor, Jo Grant and Brigadier Lethbridge - Stewart.
Light hearted, easy going Christmas story, akin to the scene after The One Doctor and Blackadder's Christmas Carol.
So, the basic storyline is thus -
Episode 1 of 2
The aforementioned characters are settling down to a Christmas
meal, with the Doctor using his newly created turkey oven in the TARDIS to
prepare the traditional Christmas fare. The Brigadier doubts the ability of
the machine to produce a perfectly edible turkey, and is proved right when
the Doctor emerges, embarrassed, holding the smouldering remains of the bird.
The Doctor then decides to whisk everyone off in the TARDIS to a proper Christmas
meal in the court of his good friend, Henry VIII. However, the TARDIS does
not land in its intended destination. Rather, it materialises in the middle
of an empty living room. Looking around, they realise that they have landed
in the middle of the UNIT HQ living room, on the close of Christmas Eve. As
they prepare to leave, a figure comes in, and they hide behind the TARDIS
, not knowing who the person is…
Episode 2 of 2
The figure places a device in each of their stockings (on the mantelpiece
above the fireplace) and then proceeds up the chimney. They realise that the
person was the Master, and, upon looking into their stockings, they see he
has hid crackers in them, each one containing a small explosive, but enough
to do a great deal of damage. The Doctor has an idea, and ushers all into
the TARDIS.
Arriving on the roof before the figure has been able to complete his ascent
of the chimney, they lasso him with a set of Christmas lights. "Merry
Christmas, Master", as the Doctor illuminates his arch enemy.
Later on, as the trio finally settle down to their turkey, the Brig asks where
the Master is. The Doctor glances up as the very large Christmas tree, atop
of which is the Master, bound and dressed as a fairy.
So, while the final story is no different to this original plan
(although there are a few lines added here and there), I had changed it to
two episodes, despite originally stating one before I had even finished the
plan.