'Press Play' by Pete McTighe

Feeling lonely while the TARDIS is in Artron II Recharge Mode, an operation hazardous to her human companions, the Doctor is surprised when her ship alerts her to a message left long ago. The recording is from the Doctor’s granddaughter Susan: knowing how grumpy her grandfather can get while alone, Susan explains how she built a message bank and retrieval system into the TARDIS data core, in case he ever needed cheering up. Astonished to find that the ship has an (almost) complete record of every one of her adventures, the Doctor sits back to watch one, happy with the reminder that she is never truly alone…


Notes:
*Featuring the Thirteenth Doctor

*This short scene was released on the BBC website on 1st April 2020, to cheer people up during the Coronavirus crisis lockdown

*Time-placing: this takes place prior to 'Can You Hear Me?'