Stories Short Story Short Trips (Big Finish) Story: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 Present Tense 1 image Overview Characters How to Read Reviews 1 Statistics Quotes Overview Released Thursday, December 30, 2004 Written by Ian Potter Pages 3 Story Type Christmas Synopsis Present Tense was the seventeenth short story in the Short Trips anthology Short Trips: A Christmas Treasury. It was written by Ian Potter. It featured the Fourth Doctor, Romana II and K9. Read Read Favourite Favourited Add Review Edit Review Log a repeat Skip Skipped Unowned Owned Owned Save to my list Saved Edit date completed Custom Date Release Date Archive (no date) Save Characters Fourth Doctor Romana II K9 Mark II Show All Characters (3) How to read Present Tense: Books Doctor Who Short Trips: A Christmas Treasury Reviews Add Review Edit Review Sort: Date (Newest First) Date (Oldest First) Likes (High-Low) Likes (Low-High) Rating (High-Low) Rating (Low-High) Word count (High-Low) Word count (Low-High) Username (A-Z) Username (Z-A) Spoilers First Spoilers Last 1 review 16 June 2024 · 123 words Review by dema1020 2 Perfect Present is about as outstanding of a Christmas story as I have seen for Doctor Who. It's short and simple in the best way possible, with the Doctor and Romana exchanging gifts. That's it, that's all they do in the TARDIS together. They give each other Time Lord gifts which are creative and full of interesting details - so alien and different from what a normal gift between humans looks like. Then they hug, and my heart warms. It's so lovely. As powerful as Never Seen Cairo, but without that story's sense of tragedy, Perfect Present is nothing but sincere and life-affirming. I am so impressed with Ian Potter's work here, even if there is only so much "story" to Perfect Present. dema1020 View profile Like Liked 2 Open in new window Statistics AVG. Rating9 members 4.28 / 5 The Time Scales AVG. Rating3 votes 4.35 / 5 Member Statistics Read 14 Favourited 0 Reviewed 1 Saved 0 Skipped 0 Owned 0 Quotes Add Quote Submit a Quote