The Man Who Wasn't There (audio story)

was the eleventh story of the sixth season of Big Finish Productions' Short Trips series.
== Publisher's summary ==
Charley Pollard's innocent request to meet a historical hero seems the easiest thing for a friend with a time and space machine to make happen. But as Charley and the Doctor seek out the Victorian explorer, they uncover a sinister scheme to unravel Earth's future by affecting its past. But where in its history was the deed done? And is it already too late to put right?
== Plot ==
to be added
== Characters ==
* Eighth Doctor
* Charlotte Pollard
* Time Lord messenger
* Silas Portis
== Worldbuilding ==
* The Doctor and Charley are eating blue Scotch eggs from Metebelis III.
* The TARDIS' translation circuits are malfunctioning.
* Julia Riory was born in 2450. She commanded the UEF Mon Marchè in 2488.
* The TARDIS has a wine cellar and a games room.
* While visiting the Reform Club in London in 1866, the Doctor got into an argument with Charles Dickens about an error in Great Expectations.
* The Doctor explains the fire-and-forget missile to Charley.
== Notes ==
* This story is available for download only.
* This story was recorded on 27 April 2016 at the Moat Studios.
== Continuity ==
* The Doctor refers to the TARDIS' wine cellar. (AUDIO: The Haunting of Thomas Brewster)
* The Doctor would later meet Charles Dickens once again in Cardiff on 24 December 1869 during his ninth incarnation. (TV: The Unquiet Dead)
* The Doctor refers to the dominance of the Earth Empire. (TV: Frontier in Space, The Mutants)
* The Messenger mentions that he had a pet cat until "that business in the Capitol". (TV: The Mark of the Rani)
* The Doctor defends his decision to prevent Charley from dying aboard the British airship the R101 on 5 October 1930. (AUDIO: Storm Warning)
* The Messenger refers to the Time Lords' non-interference policy. (TV: The War Games)
* The Doctor suggests taking Charley to the Eye of Orion. (TV: The King's Demons, The Five Doctors, Timelash, et al.)
* The Doctor mentions having met his heroes and 'nearly half of them [having] tried to kill [him]'. (TV: The Three Doctors, The Brain of Morbius, The Five Doctors, AUDIO: Zagreus)
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