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|series=[[Short Trips (series)#In print|Short Trips short stories]] | |series=[[Short Trips (series)#In print|Short Trips short stories]] | ||
|doctor=Third Doctor | |doctor = Third Doctor | ||
|companions=[[Jo Grant|Jo]] | |companions=[[Jo Grant|Jo]] | ||
|setting=[[Greece]] | |enemy = {{Delgado|c}} | ||
|writer= | |setting = [[Greece]] | ||
|anthology= | |writer=Peter Anghelides | ||
|prev=The Rag | |anthology = Short Trips: Repercussions | ||
|next=The Dead Man's Story (short story) | |release date = 26 August 2004 | ||
|prev=The Rag & Bone Man's Story (short story) | |||
|next = The Dead Man's Story (short story) | |||
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'''''The Seismologist's Story''''' was the fourth short story in the [[Short Trips (series)|Short Trips]] anthology ''[[Short Trips: Repercussions]]''. It was written by [[Peter Anghelides]]. It featured the [[Third Doctor]] and [[Jo Grant]]. | '''''The Seismologist's Story''''' was the fourth short story in the [[Short Trips (series)|Short Trips]] anthology ''[[Short Trips: Repercussions]]''. It was written by [[Peter Anghelides]]. It featured the [[Third Doctor]] and [[Jo Grant]]. | ||
== Summary == | == Summary == | ||
[[The Doctor's TARDIS|The TARDIS]] materialises in an underground [[cave]] during an [[earthquake]]. The Doctor and Jo escape the TARDIS just in time as it falls into a crevice. They are surprised to see the TARDIS reappear and fall again, and the Doctor realises it's caught in a [[time loop]]. | [[The Doctor's TARDIS|The TARDIS]] materialises in an underground [[cave]] during an [[earthquake]]. The Doctor and Jo escape the TARDIS just in time as it falls into a crevice. They are surprised to see the TARDIS reappear and fall again, and the Doctor realises it's caught in a [[time loop]]. | ||
The Doctor and Jo climb out of the cavern and find themselves in [[1950s]] [[Greece]]. At a taverna, the Doctor notices a man sitting at a nearby table, while Jo notices a good-looking man at the bar. The Doctor suddenly heads for the first man's table and accuses him of being a [[Time Lord]]. The man, [[Katsoudas]], agrees, and shows the Doctor and Jo a device on his table that causes time loops. He activates it, and the good-looking man at the bar repeats his actions of talking at the bar and leaving it, before ending up back at the bar. | The Doctor and Jo climb out of the cavern and find themselves in [[1950s]] [[Greece]]. At a taverna, the Doctor notices a man sitting at a nearby table, while Jo notices a good-looking man at the bar. The Doctor suddenly heads for the first man's table and accuses him of being a [[Time Lord]]. The man, [[Katsoudas]], agrees, and shows the Doctor and Jo a device on his table that causes time loops. He activates it, and the good-looking man at the bar repeats his actions of talking at the bar and leaving it, before ending up back at the bar. | ||
Katsoudas explains that he is on a mission for the Time Lords, who imprisoned criminals in a time loop which has now gone wrong. They need the Doctor's help, and it was they who brought him here. Katsoudas is pretending to be a [[seismologist]] studying the prediction of earthquakes. He turns off his time loop device, and the good-looking man, introduced as Katsoudas' assistant [[Nikos Spiridakis]], joins them. | Katsoudas explains that he is on a mission for the Time Lords, who imprisoned criminals in a time loop which has now gone wrong. They need the Doctor's help, and it was they who brought him here. Katsoudas is pretending to be a [[seismologist]] studying the prediction of earthquakes. He turns off his time loop device, and the good-looking man, introduced as Katsoudas' assistant [[Nikos Spiridakis]], joins them. | ||
The four of them head for Katsoudas' dig site. Spiridakis and Jo take a lift underground, while the Doctor and Katsoudas enter the building that houses the equipment. The Doctor wonders at the sophistication of the equipment, and Katsoudas explains that his patron, Senator Szef, funded the equipment. Katsoudas also explains that he is able to predict earthquakes because he is the one causing them. | The four of them head for Katsoudas' dig site. Spiridakis and Jo take a lift underground, while the Doctor and Katsoudas enter the building that houses the equipment. The Doctor wonders at the sophistication of the equipment, and Katsoudas explains that his patron, Senator Szef, funded the equipment. Katsoudas also explains that he is able to predict earthquakes because he is the one causing them. | ||
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The Doctor is appalled at Katsoudas' actions and worried when the lift brings back only Spiridakis. He wishes to meet Senator Szef, who now appears on the scene. The Doctor realises he should have expected that Szef was in fact [[the Master]]. He is accompanied by Jo, whom he has captured. | The Doctor is appalled at Katsoudas' actions and worried when the lift brings back only Spiridakis. He wishes to meet Senator Szef, who now appears on the scene. The Doctor realises he should have expected that Szef was in fact [[the Master]]. He is accompanied by Jo, whom he has captured. | ||
The Doctor realises that Katsoudas is not actually a Time Lord, but was [[Hypnosis|hypnotised]] by the Master. The Master explains his situation. He is trapped in the area of the time loop, along with the [[Odobenidan]] crew of a spaceship. He is using earthquakes to try to free the ship, heedless of the damage it will do to Earth's [[Mediterranean Sea|Mediterranean region]]. | The Doctor realises that Katsoudas is not actually a Time Lord, but was [[Hypnosis|hypnotised]] by the Master. The Master explains his situation. He is trapped in the area of the time loop, along with the [[Odobenidan]] crew of a spaceship. He is using earthquakes to try to free the ship, heedless of the damage it will do to Earth's [[Mediterranean Sea|Mediterranean region]]. | ||
As the Doctor distracts the Master, Jo drags Katsoudas to the TARDIS. She tries to get Spiridakis to come with her, but he heads for the controls of the Master's equipment. The Master sees him and tries to stop him, but when he fails, he leaves in his [[The Master's TARDIS|TARDIS]]. Spiridakis has managed to confine the earthquake's effects to the immediate area, but the temporal equipment ages him to death. The Doctor heads for the TARDIS, where Jo and Katsoudas are waiting, protected from temporal damage. | As the Doctor distracts the Master, Jo drags Katsoudas to the TARDIS. She tries to get Spiridakis to come with her, but he heads for the controls of the Master's equipment. The Master sees him and tries to stop him, but when he fails, he leaves in his [[The Master's TARDIS|TARDIS]]. Spiridakis has managed to confine the earthquake's effects to the immediate area, but the temporal equipment ages him to death. The Doctor heads for the TARDIS, where Jo and Katsoudas are waiting, protected from temporal damage. | ||
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* Senator [[the Master|Szef]] | * Senator [[the Master|Szef]] | ||
== | == Worldbuilding == | ||
* The Doctor comments that [[the Brigadier]] is in [[Palestine]] at this time. | * The Doctor comments that [[the Brigadier]] is in [[Palestine]] at this time. | ||
* The Doctor and Jo drink [[ouzo]]. | * The Doctor and Jo drink [[ouzo]]. | ||
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* The Doctor once again tells Jo that he has met Sir [[Walter Raleigh]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Mind of Evil (TV story)|The Mind of Evil]]'') | * The Doctor once again tells Jo that he has met Sir [[Walter Raleigh]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Mind of Evil (TV story)|The Mind of Evil]]'') | ||
{{Master stories}} | {{The Master (TotA) stories}} | ||
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[[Category:Third Doctor short stories]] | [[Category:Third Doctor short stories]] | ||
[[Category:The Master short stories]] | [[Category:The Master (Terror of the Autons) short stories]] | ||
[[Category:Stories set in Greece]] | [[Category:Stories set in Greece]] | ||
[[Category: | [[Category:Short Trips: Repercussions short stories]] | ||
[[Category:Stories set in the 1950s]] | [[Category:Stories set in the 1950s]] | ||
[[Category: | [[Category:Stories set in a time loop]] | ||