A Wee Deoch an ...? (short story)

was a Brief Encounter short story published in DWMS Winter 1991.
== Summary ==
The Sixth Doctor takes Mel to the Royal Albion Hotel in Brighton to celebrate his nine hundred and ninety-first birthday. At the same time, Alistair Lethbridge-Stewart finds himself at the same hotel with forty-eight hours to wait until he meets a contact by the name of Herr Hahnstier. The Doctor accidentally creates a scene in the hotel restaurant, causing a waitress to spill her tray of cream cakes into the lap of a lady dining there. As the Doctor and Mel breeze off, Alistair offers his assistance to the lady, who gives her name as Doris.
== Characters ==
* Sixth Doctor
* Melanie Bush
* Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart
* Doris Wilson
== Worldbuilding ==
to be added
== Notes ==
* This is the first published short story written by an actor who played the Doctor on television.
* The title of this story is a play on "A Wee Deoch an Doris", a skit and song by Scottish comedian and singer .
* This is the first time the Brigadier meets the Sixth Doctor in any medium.
== Continuity ==
* The Ninth Doctor would later tell Rose Tyler that he was 900 years old, (TV: Aliens of London) in contradiction to the celebration of the Sixth Doctor's 991st birthday in this story. The Seventh Doctor stated in (TV: Time and the Rani he was 953 years old.
Category:BE stories
Category:Brief Encounter stories
Category:Sixth Doctor short stories
Category:Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart short stories
Category:1991 short stories