Abigail Pettigrew (A Christmas Carol)

Abigail Pettigrew was fatally ill when she was taken by Mr Elliot Sardick and cryogenically frozen as security for a large loan given to her family. She was kept frozen for many years, until a sky shark attacked Elliot's son Kazran. The shark ate half of the Doctor's Sonic Screwdriver, and weakened severely. Kazran suggested an ice box as a way to transport it into the fog bank. The box used belonged to Abigail. She was able to calm the shark by singing, when it was trying to kill the Doctor and Kazran. She went with them in the TARDIS to release the shark. When she was returned to her icy confinement, before she went completely under, Kazran promised that he and the Doctor would return every Christmas Eve. They shared many wonderful adventures together, and as Kazran grew older, he and Abigail fell in love. But, Abigail harboured a devastating secret. And all the time the counter on her box ticked down. One Christmas Eve, Abigail was forced to tell Kazran her secret. So, after the put her back in her box that night, Kazran told the Doctor not to come back next year. The counter had ticked down to one. And so Abigail stayed in her box. Kazran was an old man when he opened that box for the last time. He only opened it because her voice was the one way he could save a crashing spaceship. And so, on her last day of life, Abigail Pettigrew saved the lives of four thousand people. The last we saw of Abigail, she was flying though the sky with her beloved Kazran in a carriage drawn by a shark. The very same shark which she saved Kazran from when he was a boy.

Enjoy your TARDIS travels everyone. And remember them well. Because not everyone can travel with the Doctor. Even you and I cannot travel with him forever.

See you next time.
Violet