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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=[[Peri]] | |companions=[[Peri Brown|Peri]] | ||
|setting= | |setting = | ||
|writer= | |writer = Xanna Eve Chown | ||
|anthology= | |anthology = Short Trips: A Day in the Life | ||
|prev=Waiting for Jeremy (short story) | |release date = 7 July 2005 | ||
|next=Morphology (short story) | |prev = Waiting for Jeremy (short story) | ||
|next = Morphology (short story) | |||
}}{{you may|A Life in the Day (audio story)|n1=the audio story of the same name}} | }}{{you may|A Life in the Day (audio story)|n1=the audio story of the same name}} | ||
'''''A Life in the Day''''' was the ninth short story in the [[Short Trips (series)|Short Trips]] anthology ''[[Short Trips: A Day in the Life]]''. It was written by [[Xanna Eve Chown]]. It featured the [[Fifth Doctor]] and [[Peri]]. | '''''A Life in the Day''''' was the ninth short story in the [[Short Trips (series)|Short Trips]] anthology ''[[Short Trips: A Day in the Life]]''. It was written by [[Xanna Eve Chown]]. It featured the [[Fifth Doctor]] and [[Peri Brown|Peri]]. | ||
== Summary == | == Summary == | ||
Peri and the Doctor return, four weeks later, to a village they had visited "yesterday". The Doctor looks forward to watching a [[cricket]] match, but as they make their way to the village fête, a sharp, loud sound hits them. The Doctor thinks he can make out words in the sound they heard, but the message was too fast, so they head back to the TARDIS so the Doctor can build a contraption to slow down the transmission. | Peri and the Doctor return, four weeks later, to a village they had visited "yesterday". The Doctor looks forward to watching a [[cricket]] match, but as they make their way to the village fête, a sharp, loud sound hits them. The Doctor thinks he can make out words in the sound they heard, but the message was too fast, so they head back to the TARDIS so the Doctor can build a contraption to slow down the transmission. | ||
They exit the TARDIS, each wearing a device that will slow down the message. This time they are able to hear the words, and learn that a very tiny alien named [[Ba]] has been trying to communicate with them. Ba comes from a very short-lived species — they only live for twenty-four hours. Ba and his mother, who is long dead, were abandoned by the rest of their people, and Ba blames the Doctor. In the time that it takes the Doctor to ask Ba a question, weeks pass for Ba, making him very frustrated. | They exit the TARDIS, each wearing a device that will slow down the message. This time they are able to hear the words, and learn that a very tiny alien named [[Ba]] has been trying to communicate with them. Ba comes from a very short-lived species — they only live for twenty-four hours. Ba and his mother, who is long dead, were abandoned by the rest of their people, and Ba blames the Doctor. In the time that it takes the Doctor to ask Ba a question, weeks pass for Ba, making him very frustrated. | ||
Ba tells his story to the Doctor and Peri telepathically, though Peri doesn't follow much of the details. The Doctor realises that Ba's ship must have entered the TARDIS "yesterday" and been trapped inside, though it's been four weeks since the Doctor and Peri were last in this location, and therefore several generations have passed for Ba's people. | Ba tells his story to the Doctor and Peri telepathically, though Peri doesn't follow much of the details. The Doctor realises that Ba's ship must have entered the TARDIS "yesterday" and been trapped inside, though it's been four weeks since the Doctor and Peri were last in this location, and therefore several generations have passed for Ba's people. | ||
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== Characters == | == Characters == | ||
* [[Fifth Doctor]] | * [[Fifth Doctor]] | ||
* [[Peri]] | * [[Peri Brown|Peri]] | ||
* [[Ba]] | * [[Ba]] | ||
== | == Worldbuilding == | ||
* Peri thinks the Doctor is quoting [[the Beatles]]. | * Peri thinks the Doctor is quoting [[the Beatles]]. | ||
* The Doctor mentions ''[[The Wizard of Oz]]''. | * The Doctor mentions ''[[The Wizard of Oz]]''. | ||
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