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** [[Literature/GreatExpectations Miss Havisham]] gets chewed out by Martha, who struggled through her story as UsefulNotes/SchoolStudyMedia. Martha wonders if she can't give Estella what for, too...

* AndIMustScream: The final fate of The Kin.
* ApocalypseHow: The Kin briefly causes a Planetary Version with an eventual Universal version implied as the consequences of The Kin's modus operandi.
* BatmanGambit: The Kin comes up with one in order to manipulate The Doctor into taking it to the dawn of time so that it can basically rule the whole of the Universe. Needless to say, the Kin is outmaneuvered handily.
* BerserkButton: Don't harm children and let the Doctor find out about it. It won't end well for you.
* BeyondTheImpossible: The Doctor takes the TARDIS, and The Kin, to the moment before the Big Bang, meaning that there is no time in that area. The Doctor outright states that he couldn't do it without the "[[BuffySpeak squiggly whatsit]]" plugged into the console, and the trip burns out the unit, meaning it can't be done again.
* CoolAndUnusualPunishment: The Doctor's final fate for The Kin.
* TheFaceless: The Kin, unless it's wearing a mask.
* GlamourFailure: Once you realize that it's The Kin you're dealing with, the image that the mask is supposed to convey is lost, and all you see is a cheap mask over the Kin's "face".
* MesACrowd: The true danger of The Kin. The Kin isn't a race, it's a temporal collective of one individual entity moving back and forth in time so frequently that it has a multitude of itself -- with the consequence being a time stream so riddled with holes that time in the local area will eventually collapse.
* WhyDontYouJustShootHim: Justified. The Time Lords went to the trouble of devising an elaborate prison for the Kin, rather than executing the ones endangering the timestream...because there is no such thing as "the ones endangering the timestream", just ''one''. An execution would be genocide, which the Time Lords refused to do.

Written by Michael Scott. On Earth, the Doctor is busy trying to repair the TARDIS; while scouting for supplies, Jamie encounters a desperate stranger who "gifts" him with an even stranger book. By the time the Doctor realizes what it is -- the Necronomicon -- its evil masters have already used it to shanghai the TARDIS to the titular city from which they hope to escape.

Written by Marcus Sedgwick. A powerful extraterrestrial weapon, once sacred to the Vikings, has turned up in a museum's collection in London in TheSeventies and is being guarded ''quite'' zealously from all interested parties -- including UNIT. The Doctor and Jo's effort to swap it with a cunning forgery ends up taking them back to Viking days, where technology ahead of its time proves a sign of a cunning plot...

Written by [[Literature/MortalEngines Philip Reeve]]. The Doctor and Leela find themselves in a plant-based, planet-orbiting colony where he has been Public Enemy Number One for generations...wanted for the actions of a ''future'' incarnation. What will he do, how can he ensure he survives to do so -- and why is the entire structure literally growing hostile to everyone within it?

Written by [[Literature/VampireAcademy Richelle Mead]]. The Doctor and Peri Brown (the latter of whom narrates) are on the gaudy planet of Koturia for a royal wedding -- but why have they arrived to find miniaturized pterodactyls hassling the locals? And does the foreign bride-to-be have an ulterior motive for her rush to the altar?

Written by Malorie Blackman, who subsequently co-wrote the Thirteenth Doctor episode [[Recap/DoctorWhoS37E3Rosa "Rosa"]] with Chris Chibnall. A narrow escape from becoming trapped in the wilds of the space-time continuum sees the Doctor and Ace emerge into a universe where the Daleks are a peaceful, noble race that has become a shining example for all other sentient lifeforms. The doubtful Doctor eventually must accept that it is no trick -- but is it meant to be?

Written by [[Literature/TimeRiders Alex Scarrow]]. A small Nevada town has fallen to an alien lifeform that is consuming all organic life, both animal and vegetable, in search of an answer to a question -- if it can be answered, the lives not yet consumed will be spared. But humanity is not yet ready to answer this question, so it's up to the Doctor, traveling solo, to turn back the menace if he can.

Written by [[Literature/YoungBond Charlie Higson]]. Again traveling solo, the Doctor manages to temporarily defeat an EldritchAbomination on a faraway planet in the future, but now must chase it to Earth and into the past to destroy it for good. Along with Ali, whose family picnic was interrupted by his first confrontation, he ends up in ancient Babylon, where he's believed to be a harbinger of an impending catastrophe and sentenced to be executed...

Written by Naomi Alderman.

A twelfth story was added to the collection in 2014 to mark the formal debut of the Twelfth Doctor in the television series, and it was retitled ''12 Doctors 12 Stories'' accordingly. It has been announced that it will be re-released in November 2018 as ''13 Doctors 13 Stories'' with a Thirteenth Doctor story.

** [[Literature/{{Twilight}} An encounter with "a nervous girl" and a sparkly boy]] in the woods forces Martha to ask the Doctor not to judge her...(also a TakeThat).

** [[Literature/GreatExpectations Miss Havisham]] gets chewed out by Martha, who struggled through her story as SchoolStudyMedia. Martha wonders if she can't give Estella what for, too...

* AbsenteeActor: K-9 is technically part of the TARDIS team at the time this story is set, but has little to do in the story (not to mention the terrain would be really difficult for him). So the book writes him out by leaving him in the TARDIS on his charger.

* {{Expy}}: The Troubleseekers are this to The Famous Five and similar kidlit characters, and are explicitly described as a rip-off of such in-story. Avoided with the other stories and books that turn up later.

[[folder: The First Doctor: A Big Hand For The Doctor]]

[[folder: The Second Doctor: The Nameless City]]

[[folder: The Third Doctor: The Spear of Destiny]]

[[folder: The Fourth Doctor: The Roots of Evil]]

Written by Philip Reeve. The Doctor and Leela find themselves in a plant-based, planet-orbiting colony where he has been Public Enemy Number One for generations...wanted for the actions of a ''future'' incarnation. What will he do, how can he ensure he survives to do so -- and why is the entire structure literally growing hostile to everyone within it?

[[folder: The Fifth Doctor: Tip of the Tongue]]

Written by Patrick Ness, who went on to write the televised ''Doctor Who'' spinoff ''Series/Class2016''. In a small New England town in 1945 the latest must-have trendy item among the local teenagers, popularized by RichBitch Annabelle Acklin, is a "Truth Teller". It's a furry creature one wears like a necktie and hooks up to their tongue, whereupon the creature will speaks whatever truths lie in the person's mind and heart. The resultant revelations are causing strife, bullying, and angst among the teens -- and the Fifth Doctor and Nyssa are in town to investigate.

[[folder: The Sixth Doctor: Something Borrowed]]

[[folder: The Seventh Doctor: The Ripple Effect]]

[[folder: The Eighth Doctor: Spore]]

Written by Alex Scarrow. A small Nevada town has fallen to an alien lifeform that is consuming all organic life, both animal and vegetable, in search of an answer to a question -- if it can be answered, the lives not yet consumed will be spared. But humanity is not yet ready to answer this question, so it's up to the Doctor, traveling solo, to turn back the menace if he can.

[[folder: The Ninth Doctor: The Beast of Babylon]]

Written by Charlie Higson. Again traveling solo, the Doctor manages to temporarily defeat an EldritchAbomination on a faraway planet in the future, but now must chase it to Earth and into the past to destroy it for good. Along with Ali, whose family picnic was interrupted by his first confrontation, he ends up in ancient Babylon, where he's believed to be a harbinger of an impending catastrophe and sentenced to be executed...

[[folder: The Tenth Doctor: The Mystery of the Haunted Cottage]]

Written by Derek Landy. The Doctor and Martha Jones find themselves in a world that's almost literally out of the pages of a book -- specifically an entry in ''The Troubleseekers'' series of children's novels about a group of {{Kid Detective}}s. But the real mystery has nothing to do with smuggled loot and everything to do with whatever conjured up this world...

* CallBack: The Doctor is reminded of his journey in the [[Recap/DoctorWhoS6E2TheMindRobber Land of Fiction]] when he first realizes that this world is based on a book Martha read, and thinks back on this while trying to figure out how to stop this different threat. FairyTale/{{Rapunzel}} turns up in both worlds as it happens.

** Martha comments to FairyTale/{{Rapunzel}}, while stuck on her tower, that she loves her story -- and via time-travel she's seen [[WesternAnimation/{{Tangled}} the movie too]]. (Martha is from 2008 Earth; said movie wasn't released until 2011.)

[[folder: The Eleventh Doctor: Nothing O'Clock]]

[[folder: The Twelfth Doctor: Lights Out]]

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** Martha comments to FairyTale/{{Rapunzel}}, while stuck on her tower, that she loves her story -- and via time-travel she's seen [[WesternAnimation/{{Tangled}} the movie too]]. (Martha is from 2007 Earth; said movie wasn't released until 2011.)

** Martha comments to FairyTale/{{Rapunzel}}, while stuck on her tower, that she loves her story -- and via time-travel she's seen [[Disney/{{Tangled}} the movie too]]. (Martha is from 2007 Earth; said movie wasn't released until 2011.)

Written by Patrick Ness (who went on to write the televised ''Doctor Who'' spinoff ''Class''). In a small New England town in 1945 the latest must-have trendy item among the local teenagers, popularized by RichBitch Annabelle Acklin, is a "Truth Teller". It's a furry creature one wears like a necktie and hooks up to their tongue, whereupon the creature will speaks whatever truths lie in the person's mind and heart. The resultant revelations are causing strife, bullying, and angst among the teens -- and the Fifth Doctor and Nyssa are in town to investigate.

Written by Malorie Blackman. A narrow escape from becoming trapped in the wilds of the space-time continuum sees the Doctor and Ace emerge into a universe where the Daleks are a peaceful, noble race that has become a shining example for all other sentient lifeforms. The doubtful Doctor eventually must accept that it is no trick -- but is it meant to be?

A twelfth story was added to the collection in 2014 to mark the formal debut of the Twelfth Doctor in the television series, and it was retitled ''12 Doctors 12 Stories'' accordingly.

* ValuesDissonance: In-universe: The Doctor is not impressed when he learns that the overweight kid who follows the Troublemakers around is picked on by ''everybody'', even his relatives, and correctly guesses that he is only known by the name "Fatty". Martha points out that the books were written in a less sensitive time.

Written by EoinColfer. In Edwardian London, the Doctor is recovering from an unseen adventure -- and waiting on a new hand, having lost it in said adventure -- while Susan is elsewhere by way of helping him investigate a string of mysterious child abductions in the city. Before his curious prosthetic substitute hand can be properly replaced by a specialist, he must spring into action when the space pirates responsible strike again, with both innocent human lives and his granddaughter's in the balance.

* CallBack: The Doctor is reminded of his journey in the [[Recap/DoctorWhoS6E2TheMindRobber Land of Fiction]] when he first realizes that this world is based on a book Martha read, and thinks back on this while trying to figure out how to stop this different threat. FairyTale/Rapunzel turns up in both worlds as it happens.