Faithful Friends: Part Three (short story)

Faithful Friends: Part Three was the twenty-fifth and final short story in the Short Trips anthology Short Trips: The Ghosts of Christmas. It was written by Cavan Scott and Mark Wright. It featured the Eighth Doctor, Charley Pollard and Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart.
== Summary ==
The Doctor and Charley break into the Brigadier's house on Christmas Eve while he is sleeping. In the morning the Brigadier finds that the Doctor and Charley have cooked a Christmas meal for him. They also have invited many people from the Brigadier's past for a party. While the Doctor is carving the turkey he leads a toast to "faithful friends".
== Characters ==
* Eighth Doctor
* Charlotte Pollard
* Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart
* John Benton
* Osgood
* Liz Shaw
* Mike Yates
* Emily Chaudhry
* Jo Grant
== Worldbuilding ==
* Sarah Jane Smith is on an assignment abroad.
* Carol Bell is said to have died.
== Notes ==
* Liz's appearance would seem to contradict her death in the novel Eternity Weeps.
== Continuity ==
* Doris has been dead for some time. (PROSE: The Shadows of Avalon)
* Charley remembers her last meeting with the Brigadier. (AUDIO: Minuet in Hell)
* Winifred Bambera and Ancelyn are holidaying in Avalon. (TV: Battlefield)
* Jo recognises the Eighth Doctor. (PROSE: Genocide)
* Emily Chaudhry is still the head of UNIT. (AUDIO: The Wasting)
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Category:Charlotte Pollard short stories