Prose The problem with reading festive stories out of season is you can be a bit slow on the uptake when it comes to the more obvious details. The Doctor, Samson and Gemma visit a Pandora like planet in which a group of humans in the far future have been genetically modified to exist in a cold atmosphere by becoming branches of a tree essentially, but not until the end of the story did I realise why there even was a great tree in this particular short story. His companions come across as being slightly less mature than in their other adventures, Samson in particular giving us some mild islamophobia. But there's some nice poetry in here and it's one of those kinds of stories in which the Doctor can't really do much but inspire those he's trying to help to take the next step. But that may be enough.
Placement: Between Mary and Charley.
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