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{{Infobox Story
|name=Wake
|series=[[Short Trips (series)#In print|Short Trips short stories]]
|series=[[Short Trips (series)#In print|Short Trips short stories]]
|doctor=Fifth Doctor
|doctor = Fifth Doctor
|companions=[[Nyssa]], [[Tegan]]
|companions=[[Tegan Jovanka|Tegan]], [[Nyssa]]
|enemy=[[Cora]]
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|setting=The [[Necropolitan]]
|setting = The [[Necropolitan]]
|writer=[[Jake Elliot]]
|writer=Jake Elliot
|anthology=''[[Short Trips: Farewells]]''
|anthology = 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]].
'''''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 ==
== Summary ==
The Doctor's grief for Adric draws him and his companions to the [[Necropolitan]], an official place of mourning, and the Doctor's attempt to recover from his companion's death entangles him in a murder investigation...
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.
 
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 ==
== Characters ==
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* [[Tegan]]
* [[Tegan]]
* [[Verin]]
* [[Verin]]
* [[Cora]]
* [[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 ==
* The Doctor and his companions have just witnessed Adric's death. ([[TV]]: ''[[Earthshock]]'')
* The Doctor and his companions have just witnessed Adric's death. ([[TV]]: ''[[Earthshock (TV story)|Earthshock]]'')
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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)