The Nobility of Faith (short story)

The Nobility of Faith was the seventh short story in the Short Trips anthology Short Trips: The Ghosts of Christmas. It was written by Jonathan Clements. It featured the Fourth Doctor.
== Summary ==
Ala ud-Din has been imprisoned in a cave by his uncle, the Vizier, who plans to marry Ala ud-Din's love, Badroulbadour. When the TARDIS materialises in the cave, Ala ud-Din thinks the Doctor is a djinni and asks for three wishes. His wishes happen to coincide with what the Doctor needs to do anyway, so his efforts to convince Ala ud-Din that he isn't a djinni fail.
The Doctor is searching for an alien, who happens to be the Vizier. He defeats the alien, sending him back where he belongs, and Ala ud-Din is free to marry Badroulbadour.
== Characters ==
* Fourth Doctor
* Ala ud-Din
* Vizier
* Widow Tuan
* Badroulbadour
== Worldbuilding ==
* The Doctor and Ala ud-Din both want to get to Samarkand.
* Ala ud-Din has never seen buttons.
== Notes ==
* The story is a brief retelling of the tale of Aladdin, with the Doctor mistaken for the genie ("djinni").
* A few exchanges of dialogue are humourously evocative of a pantomime.
== Continuity ==
to be added
Category:Fourth Doctor short stories
Category:Short Trips: The Ghosts of Christmas short stories