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story name=My Hero|
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series=[[Short Trips (series)|Short Trips]]|
|series=[[Short Trips (series)#In print|Short Trips short stories]]
doctor=[[Fourth Doctor]]|
|doctor = Fourth Doctor
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writer=[[Stuart Manning]]|
|writer = Stuart Manning
publication=[[Short Trips: Snapshots]]|
|anthology = Short Trips: Snapshots
previous story=[[There's Something About Mary]]|
|release date = 30 June 2007
next story=[[Plight of the Monkrah]]|
|prev = There's Something About Mary (short story)
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|next=Plight of the Monkrah (short story)
|enemy = sentient plastic creature
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'''''My Hero''''' was the eighth short story in the [[Short Trips (series)|Short Trips]] anthology ''[[Short Trips: Snapshots]]''. It was written by [[Stuart Manning]]. It featured the [[Fourth Doctor]].


==Summary==
== Summary ==
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A [[Bank teller (My Hero)|bank teller]] finds a piece of [[plastic]] in a fence one day and notices a strange man in a scarf trying to get the teller's attention.
 
At the bank the man, introducing himself as the Doctor, discusses the plastic with the teller, who thinks he is crazy. The teller is attacked by a [[vending machine]] on the way home and is rescued by the Doctor, who explains that the plastic is sentient. The Doctor retrieves the plastic and promises to take it home.


==Characters==
Later, at home, the teller can hear strange scratching noises.
*[[Fourth Doctor]]


==References==
== Characters ==
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* [[Fourth Doctor]]
* [[Bank teller (My Hero)|Bank teller]]


==Notes==
== Worldbuilding ==
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* The Doctor tries to deposit a [[flallgon]] from [[Nert]].
* Music from ''[[EastEnders]]'' plays.


==Continuity==
== Notes ==
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==Timeline==
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==External links==
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[[Category:Fourth Doctor short stories]]
[[Category:Fourth Doctor short stories]]
[[Category:Short Trips: Snapshots short stories]]

Latest revision as of 22:32, 8 March 2024

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My Hero was the eighth short story in the Short Trips anthology Short Trips: Snapshots. It was written by Stuart Manning. It featured the Fourth Doctor.

Summary[[edit] | [edit source]]

A bank teller finds a piece of plastic in a fence one day and notices a strange man in a scarf trying to get the teller's attention.

At the bank the man, introducing himself as the Doctor, discusses the plastic with the teller, who thinks he is crazy. The teller is attacked by a vending machine on the way home and is rescued by the Doctor, who explains that the plastic is sentient. The Doctor retrieves the plastic and promises to take it home.

Later, at home, the teller can hear strange scratching noises.

Characters[[edit] | [edit source]]

Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]

Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]

to be added

Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]

to be added