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{{Infobox Short Story|
|series       = ''[[Short Trips (series)#In print|Short Trips short stories]]''
name=Glass|
|doctor       = Fourth Doctor
series=[[BBC Books]] - [[Short Trips (series)|Short Trips]]|
|companions   = [[Romana II]]
doctor=[[Fourth Doctor]]|
|setting      = [[Cambridge]]
companions=[[Romana II]]|
|writer      = Tara Samms
year=[[Cambridge]]|
|read by      = [[Sophie Aldred]]
writer=[[Tara Samms]]|
|anthology    = Short Trips (anthology)
publication=[[Short Trips (anthology)|Short Trips]]|
|release date = 2 March 1998
prev=Freedom (short story)|
|prev         = Freedom (short story)
next=Mondas Passing (short story)|
|next         = Mondas Passing (short story)
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'''''Glass''''' was the seventh short story in the ''[[Short Trips (series)|Short Trips]]'' anthology ''[[Short Trips (anthology)|Short Trips]]''. It was written by [[Tara Samms]]. It featured the [[Fourth Doctor]] and [[Romana II]].


== Summary ==
== Summary ==
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[[Woman (Glass)|A young woman]] is working in her shop one day when she sees a face in the window. It is a child's face but with adult eyes and an evil smile. It seems to be looking at her. Nobody else seems to see it, and she can't bring herself to mention it. Over the next few days, she starts seeing the face in any reflective surface: windows, mirrors, drinking glasses, and even her son's eyeglasses. She takes to hiding in her bedroom with the curtains drawn. She becomes estranged from her husband and son. When she tries to talk to someone about the face, nobody believes her.
 
One day, the Doctor and Romana appear at her door. They insist they can help her. They go to the backyard and see that the face is present in every pane of the greenhouse. The face in one of the panes drags the Doctor into the greenhouse. Romana instructs the woman to help her by poking branches in each of the window panes. When the broken glass is unable to reform around the branches, the face disappears and the Doctor is freed. But the woman's life is changed forever by the traumatic events she experienced.


== Characters ==
== Characters ==
* [[Fourth Doctor]]
* [[Fourth Doctor]]
* [[Romana II]]
* [[Romana II]]
* [[Woman (Glass)|woman]]
* [[Woman (Glass)|Woman]]


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== Worldbuilding ==
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== Continuity ==
== Continuity ==
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* The Doctor and Romana have just got back from encountering a "mind-wiping sphere". ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Shada (novelisation)|Shada]]'')
 
== Timeline ==
* This story occurs after [[DW]]: ''[[Shada (TV story)|Shada]]''
* This story occurs before [[ST]]: ''[[Doing Time (short story)|Doing Time]]''
 
 


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Glass was the seventh short story in the Short Trips anthology Short Trips. It was written by Tara Samms. It featured the Fourth Doctor and Romana II.

Summary[[edit] | [edit source]]

A young woman is working in her shop one day when she sees a face in the window. It is a child's face but with adult eyes and an evil smile. It seems to be looking at her. Nobody else seems to see it, and she can't bring herself to mention it. Over the next few days, she starts seeing the face in any reflective surface: windows, mirrors, drinking glasses, and even her son's eyeglasses. She takes to hiding in her bedroom with the curtains drawn. She becomes estranged from her husband and son. When she tries to talk to someone about the face, nobody believes her.

One day, the Doctor and Romana appear at her door. They insist they can help her. They go to the backyard and see that the face is present in every pane of the greenhouse. The face in one of the panes drags the Doctor into the greenhouse. Romana instructs the woman to help her by poking branches in each of the window panes. When the broken glass is unable to reform around the branches, the face disappears and the Doctor is freed. But the woman's life is changed forever by the traumatic events she experienced.

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  • The Doctor and Romana have just got back from encountering a "mind-wiping sphere". (PROSE: Shada)