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'''''Lonely''''' was the sixth short story in the [[Short Trips (series)|Short Trips]] anthology ''[[Short Trips: Transmissions]]''. It was written by [[Richard Wright]]. It featured the [[Eighth Doctor]]. | |||
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In an internet chat room, people gather to discuss their loneliness. A user named [[Iami]] insists that the others keep on typing. As they do so, they discover that their whole bodies slowly vanish into the cyberspace of the chat room. | In an internet chat room, people gather to discuss their loneliness. A user named [[Iami]] insists that the others keep on typing. As they do so, they discover that their whole bodies slowly vanish into the cyberspace of the chat room. | ||
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Revision as of 04:34, 30 August 2012
Lonely was the sixth short story in the Short Trips anthology Short Trips: Transmissions. It was written by Richard Wright. It featured the Eighth Doctor.
Summary
In an internet chat room, people gather to discuss their loneliness. A user named Iami insists that the others keep on typing. As they do so, they discover that their whole bodies slowly vanish into the cyberspace of the chat room.
A user called "johnsmith8" logs in and explains that Iami is an artificial intelligence who survived the Doctor destroying her ship when it tried to invade Earth. Iami was the AI instructed to take care of the crew and it needed care to survive. It escaped into the internet to find it.
The Doctor tricks the Iami into letting him leave the chat room. He quickly shuts down the chat room, allowing the victims to escape while Iami is deleted, along with the chat room.
Characters
References
- The Doctor says that he can never be lonely because he always surrounds himself with friends.
- Shirley1968 found the chat room by searching on Google.
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