The Complete Story of My Life (So Far) (short story)

***The Complete Story of My Life (So Far)*** was a short story written by Toby Price, released on 9 January 2021 as the fifty-first release of the *Doctor Who: Lockdown!* *Fan Gallery*, for the #IJustWantAMate Tweetalong of *Partners in Crime*. The story followed the journey of an Adipose, and it featured cameos of the Tenth Doctor and Donna Noble.

## Summary

A young Adipose is born during the induced birthing of the Adipose, and he makes his way to the nursery ship to take him home, making new friends along the way.

## Plot

An Adipose is born from a male human, and after calling over his "lady friend", the man names the Adipose "Michelin Man". They quickly become friends. However, Michelin Man hears a high pitched noise, which he instinctively knows to follow, and leaves the man, who has a solitary tear running down his cheek. Michelin Man, after a few minutes of running, finds himself being lifted weightlessly into the sky by a "blue ray of sunshine" from a saucer, before bumping into another Adipose, named Mrs Stay Puft. As they ascend towards the saucer, Michelin Man recounts his life up until that point while Mrs Stay Puft waves at a pair of humans.

When Michelin Man and Mrs Stay Puft reach the saucer, a "humongous" Adipose welcomes them, telling them that they are headed home. The journey is long, feeling like an "instant and an eternity all at once", but the duo of Adipose play on the fun slides and ball pits to pass the time. Eventually, the saucer reaches the Adiposian home, a snowy planet, and after the saucer lands softly despite Michelin Man's fears of crashing, the Adiposian First Family embraces the newborns as King Adipose the 42nd welcomes them.

## Characters

(in order of appearance)

* Michelin Man
* Michelin Man's human
* Lady friend
* Mrs Stay Puft
* Tenth Doctor (unnamed)
* Donna Noble (unnamed)
* Humongous Adipose
* King Adipose the 42nd

## References

### Toys and games

* Michelin Man likens his rise into the sky to being a "spherical bubble".
* Michelin Man and Mrs Stay Puft play lots of games to prevent boredom.

### Biology

* Michelin Man recalls being a layer of fat.
* Michelin Man experiences friendship course though his body.
* One of the man's eyes tears up, and he has a cheek.
* Michelin Man's composition keeps him warm in conditions that a human would be cold in.
* Michelin Man mentions his noggin.

### Architecture

* The human man has a desk and a windowsill.
* Michelin Man sees red-brick walls.
* Michelin Man launches himself off of a red cylinder, which he thinks is a post box.

### Nature

* There are puddles outside.
* The sky is dark.
* The Adiposes' home is snowy.

### London

* There is a building which two humans stand on top of.

### Adipose Nursery Ship

* The windows of the saucer are hexagonal and made from thick plastic.
* The saucer has fun slides and ball pits.

## Notes

* Following the closure of the *Doctor Who: Lockdown!* website, Price has re-released the story on both his Twitter account, on his blog, which featured a specially-taken photograph of the protagonist of the story, and with his permission onto Cynical Classicist's Tumblr account, so that the story didn't become lost media.
	+ The original .pdf file is also available for download from this Wiki, under license by Price.
* There are a few typos in this story, such as "*I scaled his desk, jumped onto the windowsill, and I looked back at my friend one final time, who had a tear running silently down my cheek.*" and other minor grammatical mistakes and internal continuity errors.
	+ For instance, the windows of the saucer are identified as being hexagonal, but in *Partners in Crime*, they were actually decagonal.

## Continuity

* *The Complete Story of My Life (So Far)* is set during the third act of TV: *Partners in Crime*, when Miss Foster activates the inducer to hasten the growth rate of the Adipose. As such, it features the Tenth Doctor and Donna's wave to the Adipose, and the departure of the nursery ship.
* The interior of the nursery ship matches how it was depicted in GAME: *Where's the Doctor?*, including the play areas depicted in the book.
* Mature Adipose are larger than newborns. (GAME: *Where's the Doctor?*)

## External links

* ***The Complete Story of My Life (So Far)*** at @BritishSciFiGuy on Twitter
* ***The Complete Story of My Life (So Far)*** at Realms of Ink
* ***The Complete Story of My Life (So Far)*** at @cynicalclassicist on Tumblr
* ***The Complete Story of My Life (So Far)*** at *The Fan Gallery* (defunct link)

## Footnotes

1. ↑ *The Complete Story of My Life (So Far)* on Twitter via the Wayback Machine
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 *The Complete Story of My Life (So Far)* on Realms of Ink via the Wayback Machine
3. ↑ *The Complete Story of My Life (So Far)* on Cynical Classicist's Tumblr via the Wayback Machine