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|series=[[Short Trips (series)#In print|Short Trips short stories]]
name=Wake|
|doctor = Fifth Doctor
series=[[Short Trips (series)#In print|ST short stories]]|
|companions=[[Tegan Jovanka|Tegan]], [[Nyssa]]
doctor=[[Fifth Doctor]]|
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companions=[[Nyssa]], [[Tegan]]|
|setting = The [[Necropolitan]]
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|writer=Jake Elliot
writer=[[Jake Elliot]]|
|anthology = Short Trips: Farewells
publication=[[Short Trips: Farewells]]|
|release date = 29 April 2006
prev=Into the Silent Land (short story)|
|prev=Into the Silent Land (short story)
next=The Velvet Dark (short story)|
|next = The Velvet Dark (short story)
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'''''Wake''''' was the seventh short story in the [[Short Trips (series)|Short Trips]] anthology ''[[Short Trips: Farewells]]''. It was written by [[Jake Elliot]]. It featured the [[Fifth Doctor]], [[Nyssa]] and [[Tegan]].


== Summary ==
As [[Verin]] attends to his duties on the [[Necropolitan]], he notices that the Doctor is here with two of his friends. Later, there seems to be some kind of disturbance at the Necropolitan, and the Doctor seems to be involved.


Verin learns from Nyssa, the Doctor's friend, that there has been a murder here. He attends to a ceremony that he has to perform, and learns from [[Cora (Wake)|Cora]] that the Doctor is helping the [[Solemn One]]s deal with the murder.


== Summary ==
The next day, as Verin attends to other tasks, he hears a pounding on a closet door. He opens the door to find the Doctor and his friends within. They thank him for releasing them and head off in a hurry while Verin heads for his next task.
A grief-stricken Doctor discovers a millitary base run by aliens and finds himself battling his own friends when the humans start waging war across the country. Can Nyssa and Tegan fix the disaster that the Doctor himself has created?
 
Later, Verin watches as the Doctor and his friends leave after being thanked by the Solemn Ones. Verin wonders what it was all about but comforts himself with the knowledge that nothing ever happens at the Necropolitan.


== Characters ==
== Characters ==
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* [[Nyssa]]
* [[Nyssa]]
* [[Tegan]]
* [[Tegan]]
* [[Verin]]
* [[Cora (Wake)|Cora]]
* [[Styles (Wake)|Styles]]


== References ==
== Worldbuilding ==
''to be added''
* Necropolitan rituals include the [[Rite of Crystal]], the [[Ritual of the Green Silk]] and the [[Rite of Elegant Turning]].


== Notes ==
== Notes ==
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== Continuity ==
== Continuity ==
''to be added''
* The Doctor and his companions have just witnessed Adric's death. ([[TV]]: ''[[Earthshock (TV story)|Earthshock]]'')
 
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== Timeline ==
* This story occurs after [[DW]]: ''[[Earthshock]]''
* This story occurs before [http://tardis.wikia.com/wiki/DW DW]: ''[http://tardis.wikia.com/wiki/Time-Flight Time-Flight]''
 
 
 
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Wake was the seventh short story in the Short Trips anthology Short Trips: Farewells. It was written by Jake Elliot. It featured the Fifth Doctor, Nyssa and Tegan.

Summary[[edit] | [edit source]]

As Verin attends to his duties on the Necropolitan, he notices that the Doctor is here with two of his friends. Later, there seems to be some kind of disturbance at the Necropolitan, and the Doctor seems to be involved.

Verin learns from Nyssa, the Doctor's friend, that there has been a murder here. He attends to a ceremony that he has to perform, and learns from Cora that the Doctor is helping the Solemn Ones deal with the murder.

The next day, as Verin attends to other tasks, he hears a pounding on a closet door. He opens the door to find the Doctor and his friends within. They thank him for releasing them and head off in a hurry while Verin heads for his next task.

Later, Verin watches as the Doctor and his friends leave after being thanked by the Solemn Ones. Verin wonders what it was all about but comforts himself with the knowledge that nothing ever happens at the Necropolitan.

Characters[[edit] | [edit source]]

Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]

Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]

to be added

Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • The Doctor and his companions have just witnessed Adric's death. (TV: Earthshock)