24 Carat

**24 Carat**, also referred to as **A Business Proposal for Mel** is a webcast released to announce the Collection box set for series 24.

## Summary

Ready for 24 Carat with Melanie Bush? 🥕

The Seventh Doctor's first season is the next instalment in the Collection Blu-ray range!

## Plot

A series of TV screens in space displays Melanie Bush, with a voiceover calling her a business leader, philanphropist and galactic entreprenour. The voiceover explains that she has started her own carrot juice business, which is now a technology, health and lifestyle empire stretching across the galaxy.

A coach then bumps into one of the TV screens.

The voiceover continues, showing Mel's space station headquarters and ships docking at them, hoping to win a 24 Carat partnership. This seems to be the opening of a *Dragons' Den* style TV show.

The first entreprenour is the CEO of Blue Kang Travel, which plans package holidays to the refurbished Paradise Towers. Mel states that space tourism is having a tough time. The entreprenour says that when it bounces back they'll be ready to welcome tourists to the brand new hotel. Mel recalls the reputation that Paradise Towers had when she visited, and it cuts away to Mel screaming in a pool. She is reassured that the cleaning robots are mostly not homicidal anymore. Mel questions this, and it cuts to her screaming again. They have however lost a pool attendent and decorator. Mel doesn't invest.

Next is a visitor from the ice colonies, with his face peel Mr Melty. It's guaranteed to strip away the ravages of time. Mel apologises, saying it's not a 24 carat investment. The entreprenour then says that he produces a range of life-lke ice sculptures. He holds up the Mel one, which doesn't look like Mel, and then gets rejected.

Derek the Tetrap then walks in, demanding Mel's approval. She comments that she wishes they demanded deodorant. Derek says that unless she invests in the bubble trap bath she will be liquified and fed to the hatchlings. Mel then calls in security and Derek runs away.

The final mysterious visitor approaches, wearing a hooded monk outfit. In a deep voice he tells Mel 'Hello', and Mel tiredly asks what he has for her. The visitor holds out a pair of spoons, and Mel asks what's so special about them. The figure then bends down and starts playing the spoons, before revealing himself to be the Seventh Doctor. The two greet each other and the Doctor goes back to playing the spoons.

The Doctor says that it's been a while, so he's bought her a present, a holographic six-dimensional record of their adventures together, saying he thinks it's called a box set. Mel asks to watch one, the Doctor asks which one, and Mel says 'Maybe not the tetraps.'

The two walk off, Mel holding the Doctor's umbrella.

The voiceover says that the two friend's adventures continue.

## Notes

The space station appears to be the space station Nerva.

There are some Easter Eggs hidden in the CGI scenes. One is a Federation Pursuit Ship, and another is Scorpio, both from Blake's 7.

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1. ↑ https://twitter.com/PeteMcTighe/status/1352249372206051330
2. ↑ https://twitter.com/NielBushnell/status/1352263545778536450