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{{Infobox Story | {{Infobox Story SMW | ||
|series=[[Short Trips (series)#In print|Short Trips short stories]] | |series=[[Short Trips (series)#In print|Short Trips short stories]] | ||
|doctor=Seventh Doctor | |doctor = Seventh Doctor | ||
|companions= | |companions=[[Tramp (The Tramp's Story)|The Tramp]] | ||
| | |enemy=[[Death (mythology)|Death]] | ||
|writer= | |writer = Joseph Lidster | ||
|anthology= | |anthology=Short Trips: Repercussions | ||
|prev=The Steward's Story (short story) | |release date = 26 August 2004 | ||
|prev = The Steward's Story (short story) | |||
|next=Repercussions... (short story) | |next=Repercussions... (short story) | ||
}} | }} | ||
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== Summary == | == Summary == | ||
One [[Christmas]] a [[Tramp (The Tramp's Story)|tramp]] saves up enough money to buy himself a bottle of [[champagne]]. A passerby knocks it out of his hand before he can drink it. He wishes to [[suicide|end his life]] and stands in the middle of the road to be hit by a [[bus]]. He is saved by the [[Seventh Doctor]], who claims to be trying to get one over on his enemy, [[Death ( | One [[Christmas]] a [[Tramp (The Tramp's Story)|tramp]] saves up enough money to buy himself a bottle of [[champagne]]. A passerby knocks it out of his hand before he can drink it. He wishes to [[suicide|end his life]] and stands in the middle of the road to be hit by a [[bus]]. He is saved by the [[Seventh Doctor]], who claims to be trying to get one over on his enemy, [[Death (mythology)|Death]]. | ||
The tramp joins the Doctor in several adventures. During one, he helps the Doctor stop {{Champion}} from taking [[Antonio Salieri]] back in time to kill the infant [[Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart|Mozart]]. | The tramp joins the Doctor in several adventures. During one, he helps the Doctor stop {{Champion}} from taking [[Antonio Salieri]] back in time to kill the infant [[Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart|Mozart]]. | ||
The tramp later encountered | The tramp later encountered the [[Auctor]], who told him if the bus had hit the tramp, then [[Rita (The Tramp's Story)|Rita]], the bus driver, would have blamed herself for his death and committed suicide. The Auctor informed the tramp that his life being saved disrupted the [[Web of Time]]. | ||
The Doctor removes the tramp from history to protect the Web of Time and places him in an [[airship]] that endlessly loops through the heart of the [[time vortex]]. | The Doctor removes the tramp from history to protect the Web of Time and places him in an [[airship]] that endlessly loops through the heart of the [[time vortex]]. | ||
== Characters == | == Characters == | ||
* [[Seventh Doctor]] | * [[Seventh Doctor]] | ||
* [[Tramp (The Tramp's Story)|Tramp]] | * [[Tramp (The Tramp's Story)|The Tramp]] | ||
* [[Death ( | * [[Death (mythology)|Death]] | ||
* [[Rita (The Tramp's Story)|Rita]] | * [[Rita (The Tramp's Story)|Rita]] | ||
== | == Worldbuilding == | ||
* The Doctor and the | * The [[Seventh Doctor|Doctor]] and the [[Tramp (The Tramp's Story)|Tramp]] once stopped [[Antonio Salieri]], taken back in time by {{Champion}} from killing the infant [[Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart|Mozart]] in [[Salzburg]]. Since Salieri planned to kill Mozart before he started speaking and since Mozart was born in [[1756]], ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Weapon of Choice (audio story)|Weapon of Choice]]'') this happened in the second half of the [[1750s]]. | ||
== Notes == | == Notes == | ||
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== Continuity == | == Continuity == | ||
* The Doctor thinks back to how he recently failed to save [[Tarvin (Excelis Decays)|a boy]] and [[Erco Sallis|his]] [[Jancis|parents]] on [[Artaris|a burning world]], ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Excelis Decays (audio story)|Excelis Decays]]'') a young soldier who pushed him to safety as [[Forge HQ|a building]] exploded ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Project Lazarus (audio story)|Project: Lazarus]]'') and [[The Master|his "oldest friend"]], trapped in "a thousand lifetimes of darkness". ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Master (audio story)|Master]]'') | * The Doctor thinks back to how he recently failed to save [[Tarvin (Excelis Decays)|a boy]] and [[Erco Sallis|his]] [[Jancis|parents]] on [[Artaris|a burning world]], ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Excelis Decays (audio story)|Excelis Decays]]'') a young soldier who pushed him to safety as [[Forge HQ|a building]] exploded ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Project Lazarus (audio story)|Project: Lazarus]]'') and [[The Master|his "oldest friend"]], trapped in "a thousand lifetimes of darkness". ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Master (audio story)|Master]]'') | ||
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[[Category:Short Trips: Repercussions short stories]] | [[Category:Short Trips: Repercussions short stories]] | ||
[[Category:Stories set in England]] | [[Category:Stories set in England]] | ||
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[[Category:Stories set in Salzburg]] | [[Category:Stories set in Salzburg]] | ||
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