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DEPARTMENT OF THE IRREGULAR

Hollywick Sub-Office · Field Agent Service

The Department denies that it exists. Office open Tuesdays and Thursdays, 10.00 to 12.30. Closed for lunch. Ring the bell twice.

25 DECEMBER: STILL UNCONFIRMED

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PARISH NOTICES

  • *The 25th of December is still unconfirmed this year. Please do not book the village hall for it.
  • *LOST: one Tuesday, last seen near the bus shelter. Claim it at the counter with proof of ownership.
  • *The Department's bicycle has come back. Thank you to whoever borrowed it for the Equinox survey. The bell still sticks.
  • *Filing Cabinet 14 is making the noise again. Mrs Pettigrew asks that nobody opens it after 4 pm.
  • *Tea fund: 40p a week, in the tin. The kettle is the office's only heating.
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WHO IS IN TODAY

DEPARTMENTROOMTODAY
Department for Lost DaysBack bedroomCASE OPEN
Bureau of Misplaced HoursAiring cupboardIN
Office of Unseasonal WeatherThe shedIN (DRY)
Registry of Doors That Were Not ThereUnder the stairs?UNSURE
Division of Things That Did Not HappenNoneSHUT 1974

Hollywick tonight: drizzle, clearing later. A sharp frost on the 25th, if it occurs.

P103DOTI103CASE 25-1224

THE MISSING 25TH

DOTI Case Book No. 1

At one minute past midnight on 1 December 1986, the 25th vanished from every calendar in Hollywick. The pages leapt from the 24th to the 26th. The one person who argued, Postmaster Ada Bell, disappeared soon after. The file was stamped CONFIDENTIAL and put in a drawer.

CONTENTS
24 cases, one for each day from 1 to 24 December
EVIDENCE
Telegrams, memos, tags, tickets and photographs
METHOD
One-word answer a day, two levels of hints, full answer key
EQUIPMENT
A pencil and a sharp eye. No phone or computer needed
FORMAT
Paperback, 8 x 10 in, 70 pages

This file has left the building. It should not have.

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FIELD AGENT SIGN-ON

Numbers are issued in person, at the counter. Nothing typed here leaves this television.

WAITING FOR A NUMBER.

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WRITE TO THE CASE DESK

Stuck on a puzzle, found a problem with your copy, or want to tell us how the case went? A grown-up can write to the Case Desk:

casedesk@dotihq.com

Every message is read by a person in the Department. We never ask for passwords or payment details.

This service runs on one BBC Micro, borrowed from the school, in the back room of Hollywick Post Office. The Department does not exist, and regrets any inconvenience.

© 2026 Department of the Irregular (DOTI). All rights reserved. The DOTI Case Books are works of fiction.

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