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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=Fifth Doctor | |doctor = Fifth Doctor | ||
|companions=[[Tegan]] | |companions=[[Tegan]], the [[Gravis]] | ||
|enemy= | |enemy= | ||
|setting=[[Queth]] | |setting = [[Queth]] | ||
|writer= | |writer=Matt Kimpton | ||
|anthology= | |anthology = Short Trips: Farewells | ||
|prev=The Velvet Dark (short story) | |release date = 29 April 2006 | ||
|reprint=Short Trips: Re:Collections | |||
|prev = The Velvet Dark (short story) | |||
|next=Black and White (short story) | |next=Black and White (short story) | ||
|series2 = ''[[Short Trips: Re:Collections]]'' | |||
|prev2 = The Lampblack Wars (short story) | |||
|next2 = Checkpoint (short story) | |||
}} | }} | ||
'''''Life After Queth''''' was the ninth short story in the [[Short Trips (series)|Short Trips]] anthology ''[[Short Trips: Farewells]]''. It was written by [[Matt Kimpton]]. It featured the [[Fifth Doctor]] and [[Tegan]]. | '''''Life After Queth''''' was the ninth short story in the [[Short Trips (series)|Short Trips]] anthology ''[[Short Trips: Farewells]]''. It was written by [[Matt Kimpton]]. It featured the [[Fifth Doctor]] and [[Tegan]]. | ||
== Summary == | == Summary == | ||
The Doctor and Tegan are trying to take the [[Gravis]] to a new planet, but the planet on which they have landed isn't the right one. The Doctor wants to explore, and the Gravis is willing (at first) but Tegan isn't interested in this wet, muddy planet. | The Doctor and Tegan are trying to take the [[Gravis]] to a new planet, but the planet on which they have landed isn't the right one. The Doctor wants to explore, and the Gravis is willing (at first) but Tegan isn't interested in this wet, muddy planet. | ||
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The Queeth explain, with many interruptions from Chaugh, that every planet on which their species has lived has been destroyed by their enemies. They aim to protect their current planet, [[Queth]], though Chaugh comments that the planet will soon be destroyed. The Doctor wants to help, though by this time the Gravis has lost his enthusiasm for the job. Chaugh begins counting down the minutes until the planet's destruction, seventeen, and his own death, thirteen. | The Queeth explain, with many interruptions from Chaugh, that every planet on which their species has lived has been destroyed by their enemies. They aim to protect their current planet, [[Queth]], though Chaugh comments that the planet will soon be destroyed. The Doctor wants to help, though by this time the Gravis has lost his enthusiasm for the job. Chaugh begins counting down the minutes until the planet's destruction, seventeen, and his own death, thirteen. | ||
The Queeth plan to place Queth in a sort of pocket dimension in order to protect it from its fate. They have a machine that will do the job, that has been powered by the minds of the intelligent Queeth. However, there isn't enough power to run the machine, and the Doctor [[deduce]]s that one of the intelligent Queeth didn't take part — Chaugh. Chaugh comments on his imminent death, though the Doctor and Tegan try to stop him and fail. He jumps into the machine and dies, powering it up. | The Queeth plan to place Queth in a sort of pocket dimension in order to protect it from its fate. They have a machine that will do the job, that has been powered by the minds of the intelligent Queeth. However, there isn't enough power to run the machine, and the Doctor [[deduce]]s that one of the intelligent Queeth didn't take part — Chaugh. Chaugh comments on his imminent death, though the Doctor and Tegan try to stop him and fail. He jumps into the machine and dies, powering it up. | ||
The Doctor figures out what has happened. There are no mysterious enemies — the Queeth are trapped in a temporal loop that has the planet removing itself from the universe, over and over again. | The Doctor figures out what has happened. There are no mysterious enemies — the Queeth are trapped in a temporal loop that has the planet removing itself from the universe, over and over again. | ||
The Doctor takes the Gravis to [[Kolkokron]], then goes back in time to take the surviving | The Doctor takes the Gravis to [[Kolkokron]], then goes back in time to take the surviving | ||
Queeth to Queth, to become their own ancestors. | Queeth to Queth, to become their own ancestors. | ||
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== | == Worldbuilding == | ||
* The Doctor tries to take the Gravis to [[Kolkokron]]. | * The Doctor tries to take the Gravis to [[Kolkokron]]. | ||
== Notes == | == Notes == | ||
* This story takes place | * This story takes place during part four of the television story ''[[Frontios (TV story)|Frontios]]''. | ||
* This story was reprinted in ''[[Short Trips: Re:Collections]]''. | * This story was reprinted in ''[[Short Trips: Re:Collections]]''. | ||
== Continuity == | == Continuity == | ||
''to be added'' | ''to be added'' | ||
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[[Category:Fifth Doctor short stories]] | [[Category:Fifth Doctor short stories]] | ||
[[Category: | [[Category:Short Trips: Farewells short stories]] | ||
[[Category: | [[Category:Short Trips: Re:Collections short stories]] | ||