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'''''Graham Dilley Saves the World''''' was the eighth short story in the [[Short Trips (series)|Short Trips]] anthology ''[[Short Trips: Past Tense]]''. It was written by [[Iain McLaughlin]] and [[Claire Bartlett (writer)|Claire Bartlett]]. It featured the [[Fifth Doctor]], [[Peri]] and [[Erimem]]. | '''''Graham Dilley Saves the World''''' was the eighth short story in the [[Short Trips (series)|Short Trips]] anthology ''[[Short Trips: Past Tense]]''. It was written by [[Iain McLaughlin]] and [[Claire Bartlett (writer)|Claire Bartlett]]. It featured the [[Fifth Doctor]], [[Peri]] and [[Erimem]]. | ||
== Summary == | == Summary == | ||
The Doctor, Peri and Erimen barely make it back to | The Doctor, Peri and Erimen barely make it back to [[the TARDIS]]. The Doctor had promised that [[Edinburgh]] would be a great place to celebrate the millenium, but instead they were captured, thrown in a dungeon and, upon escaping, shot at by angry men. Inside the TARDIS, Peri and Erimen take the Doctor to task, but he realises that somehow history has been changed. He uses the [[TARDIS scanner|scanner]] to narrow down the source of the change: during the [[1981 Ashes series]], [[Graham Dilley]], who was supposed to make a catch that kept [[the Ashes]] in England, instead gets distracted and drops the ball, allowing [[Australia]] the win. When the Doctor scans the crowd for the source of the distraction, he finds that it is...[[Tegan]]. | ||
The Doctor explains to the girls that he and his [[companion]]s were at the match. He works out that when Dilley dropped the catch, riots broke out, and times were already tense. The riots led to the assassination of Queen [[Elizabeth II]] and several other heads of state. This is the world in which the Doctor and the girls found themselves. | The Doctor explains to the girls that he and his [[companion]]s were at the match. He works out that when Dilley dropped the catch, riots broke out, and times were already tense. The riots led to the assassination of Queen [[Elizabeth II]] and several other heads of state. This is the world in which the Doctor and the girls found themselves. | ||