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{{Infobox Story|
|series=[[Short Trips (series)#In print|Short Trips short stories]]
name=Totem|
|doctor = Eighth Doctor
series= [[BBC Books]] - [[Short Trips (series)|Short Trips]]|
|companions=
doctor=Eighth Doctor|
|setting = [[Spain]], the early [[20th century]]
companions=|
|writer=Tara Samms
year=[[Spain]], the early [[20th century]]|
|anthology = More Short Trips
writer=[[Tara Samms]]|
|release date= 1 March 1999
anthology=''[[More Short Trips]]''|
|prev = The People's Temple (short story)
prev=The People's Temple|
|next=Scientific Adviser (short story)
next=Scientific Adviser (short story)|
}}{{prose stub}}
|}}
'''''Totem''''' was the first short story in the [[Short Trips (series)|Short Trips]] anthology ''[[More Short Trips]]''. It was written by [[Tara Samms]]. It featured the [[Eighth Doctor]].
'''''Totem''''' was the first short story in the [[Short Trips (series)|Short Trips]] anthology ''[[More Short Trips]]''. It was written by [[Tara Samms]]. It featured the [[Eighth Doctor]].
== Summary ==
== Summary ==
The Doctor wants to atone for the crimes of his past selves and begins to live with a poor Mexican farmwoman and doing hard labour on her homestead. One day while digging, the Doctor finds the body of her missing husband and concludes that he was murdered. The Doctor tells Senora Panstedas what happened to her husband and it gives her some closure. After her husband's funeral, the Doctor leaves.
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== Characters ==
== Characters ==
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* Señora [[Panstedas]]
* Señora [[Panstedas]]


== References ==
== Worldbuilding ==
* The Doctor argues with his previous self in his mind, but shouts in real life.
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* The Doctor is travelling alone.


== Notes ==
== Notes ==
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* The Doctor is travelling alone.


== Continuity ==
== Continuity ==
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[[Category:Eighth Doctor short stories]]
[[Category:Eighth Doctor short stories]]
[[Category:1999 short stories]]
[[Category:More Short Trips short stories]]
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[[Category:Stories set in Spain]]
[[Category:Stories set in Spain]]
[[Category:Stories set in the 20th century]]
[[Category:Stories set in the 20th century]]

Latest revision as of 20:33, 9 November 2023

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Totem was the first short story in the Short Trips anthology More Short Trips. It was written by Tara Samms. It featured the Eighth Doctor.

Summary[[edit] | [edit source]]

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Characters[[edit] | [edit source]]

Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]

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Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • The Doctor is travelling alone.

Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]

to be added