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Only Connect was the third short story in the Short Trips anthology Short Trips: Transmissions. It was written by Andy Lane. It featured the Fourth Doctor.
Summary
James Willaker has been working late. He's tired. It's been a long day. All that awaits now is a taxi home before bed.
Conversations with taxi drivers are a factor of London commutes, indeed of every city.
They can't have any importance. They can't change the world. They can't affect the future.
Can they?
Characters
References
- James mentions Harrison Ford from Blade Runner and Flash Harry from St Trinian.
- The Doctor mentions Immanuel Kant.
- The Doctor is driving a Peugeot.
- The Doctor name drops Walter Raleigh and knows who Jean-Michel Jarre is.
- The Doctor says the second best tea he ever tasted was made by Corporal Bell.
- The Doctor tells a story about Ray Buduick.
- James drinks whisky while watching Newsnight.
Notes
- On 23 December 2012, an audio reading of this story, read by John Banks, was released free to Big Finish Productions subscribers whose subscription had included 1001 Nights. The story was released standalone as part of the Short Trips Rarities series on 28 September 2018.
Continuity
- Willaker, an architect, mentions that he worked on Harrison Chase's mansion. (TV: The Seeds of Doom)
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