O Tannenbaum (audio story)

was the twelfth story of the seventh season of Big Finish Productions' Short Trips series.
== Publisher's summary ==
It's Christmas time, there's no need to be afraid...
The TARDIS has landed in a winter wonderland and the weather outside is frightful.
A world of dread and fear and it's not just the frost that is cruel...
It's Christmas Eve, but will the Doctor and Steven get to see another one?
And of all the trees in the wood, who really bears the crown?
== Plot ==
to be added
== Characters ==
* First Doctor
* Steven Taylor
* Greta
* Joseph
* Herman
== Crew ==
* Narrator - Peter Purves
* Cover Art - Anthony Lamb
* Director - Lisa Bowerman
* Executive Producers - Nicholas Briggs and Jason Haigh-Ellery
* Music & Sound Design - Steve Foxon
* Producer & Script Editor - Ian Atkins
* Writer - Anthony Keetch
== Worldbuilding ==
* Greta asks the Doctor if he's the Weihnachtsmann.
* According to the family's history, the trees arrived from the stars many generations ago.
== Notes ==
* This story was recorded on 19 November 2016 at Ladbroke Audio.
* While no temporal or spatial setting is explicitly given in this story outside of Christmas on Earth, the use of a gramophone suggests the 20th century; while the character's names, the reference to the Weihnachtsmann, and the title of the story ("Oh Christmas Tree" in German) suggest a setting in Germany.
== Continuity ==
* Steven recalls the Monk's gramophone. (TV: The Time Meddler)
* The Doctor states that Hermann’s body is “wearing a bit thin” and that it “happens to [everybody].” (TV: The Tenth Planet, The Day of the Doctor)
* Steven mentions that the Doctor's piercing gaze has made him quiver before, but that it also did the same to the Drahvins. (TV: Galaxy 4)
* Steven calls out "Merry Christmas" to Joseph and Hermann in the cottage, and when he gets no response he mutters to himself "to all of you at home". (TV: The Daleks' Master Plan)
== External links ==
Category:Series 7 (ST) audio stories
Category:First Doctor audio stories
Category:Stories set at Christmas
Category:Audio stories set on Earth
Category:One part audio stories