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| | |range = Short Trips (series) | ||
| | |series in range = Short Trips: A Universe of Terrors | ||
| | |series number in range = 3 | ||
|enemy=[[Gul Zaheer]] | |number in series = 2 | ||
|setting=[[Afghanistan]], [[1842]] | |team = [[Ian Chesterton]] | ||
|writer= | |featuring = [[First Doctor]], [[Susan Foreman|Susan]], [[Barbara Wright|Barbara]] | ||
|anthology= | |enemy = [[Gul Zaheer]] | ||
|prev=The Exiles (short story) | |setting = [[Afghanistan]], [[1842]] | ||
|next=Ash (short story) | |writer = Gareth Wigmore | ||
|anthology = Short Trips: A Universe of Terrors | |||
|release date = 16 June 2003 | |||
|series = ''[[Short Trips (series)|Short Trips]]'' | |||
|prev = The Exiles (short story) | |||
|next = Ash (short story) | |||
}} | }} | ||
'''''Mire and Clay''''' was the second short story in the [[Short Trips (series)|Short Trips]] anthology ''[[Short Trips: A Universe of Terrors]]''. It was written by [[Gareth Wigmore]]. It featured the [[First Doctor]], [[Susan Foreman]], [[Ian Chesterton]] and [[Barbara Wright]]. It was a "character story", showing the brutality of war, and how it had such a lasting affect on [[Ian Chesterton]]. | '''''Mire and Clay''''' was the second short story in the [[Short Trips (series)|Short Trips]] anthology ''[[Short Trips: A Universe of Terrors]]''. It was written by [[Gareth Wigmore]]. It featured the [[First Doctor]], [[Susan Foreman]], [[Ian Chesterton]] and [[Barbara Wright]]. It was a "character story", showing the brutality of war, and how it had such a lasting affect on [[Ian Chesterton]]. | ||
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== | == Worldbuilding == | ||
* When the TARDIS lands in Afghanistan, the Doctor drops the [[TARDIS key]], just when "they needed it most". | * When the TARDIS lands in Afghanistan, the Doctor drops the [[TARDIS key]], just when "they needed it most". | ||
* Symonds thought Ian was a [[Russian]] spy. | * Symonds thought Ian was a [[Russian]] spy. | ||
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== Notes == | == Notes == | ||
* This story is a "pure historical" featuring no science fiction elements apart from the presence of the Doctor, Susan, Ian, Barbara and the TARDIS. | |||
== Continuity == | == Continuity == | ||
* Ian refers to his [[national service]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Time Travellers (novel)|The Time Travellers]]'', ''[[The Eleventh Tiger (novel)|The Eleventh Tiger]]'', ''[[The Face of the Enemy (novel)|The Face of the Enemy]]''; [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Domain of the Voord (audio story)|Domain of the Voord]]'') | * Ian refers to his [[national service]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Time Travellers (novel)|The Time Travellers]]'', ''[[Byzantium! (novel)|Byzantium!]]'', ''[[The Eleventh Tiger (novel)|The Eleventh Tiger]]'', ''[[The Face of the Enemy (novel)|The Face of the Enemy]]''; [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Domain of the Voord (audio story)|Domain of the Voord]]'') | ||
* Ian recalls stumbling into the TARDIS for the first time. ([[TV]]: ''[[An Unearthly Child (TV story)|An Unearthly Child]]'') | * Ian recalls stumbling into the TARDIS for the first time. ([[TV]]: ''[[An Unearthly Child (TV story)|An Unearthly Child]]'') | ||
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[[Category:First Doctor short stories]] | [[Category:First Doctor short stories]] | ||
[[Category:Short Trips: A Universe of Terrors short stories]] | [[Category:Short Trips: A Universe of Terrors short stories]] | ||
[[Category:Stories set in 1842]] | [[Category:Stories set in 1842]] | ||
[[Category:Stories set in Asia]] | [[Category:Stories set in Asia]] | ||