The Sorrows of Vienna (short story): Difference between revisions

{{Infobox Story SMW

|series=[[Short Trips (series)#In print|Short Trips short stories]]

|doctor = Eighth Doctor

|companions=

|setting = [[Vienna]]

|writer=Steven Savile

|anthology = Short Trips: Snapshots

|release date = 30 June 2007

|prev=Salva Mea (short story)

|next = Fanboys (short story)

|enemy = [[Bacchanite]]}}

'''''The Sorrows of Vienna''''' was the twentieth short story in the [[Short Trips (series)|Short Trips]] anthology ''[[Short Trips: Snapshots]]''. It was written by [[Steven Savile]]. It featured the [[Eighth Doctor]].

While the Doctor is in [[Vienna]], he starts seeing visions of [[Charley Pollard]] and [[C'rizz]]. A man chasing a dog bumps into him, knocking him down, and takes off without apologising. The man loses the dog and complains to the Doctor about seeing [[ghost]]s.

 

The man runs off, the Doctor following. The Doctor follows him to a roof, where he appears to be contemplating [[suicide]]. The Doctor, who is also seeing ghosts, talks him down, and they follow the ghosts. The man, who introduces himself as [[Johann Wolfgang von Goethe]], mentions that he has been drunk on a special wine, and the Doctor suggests they get some more.

 

Inside the tavern, the Doctor sees several C'rizzs, including the bartender. The Doctor uses a [[kaleidoscope]] to expose the bartender as a [[Bacchanite]], a parasitic species that feeds on the pain and sorrow of others. The Doctor orders Goethe to spill the wine, distracting the Bacchanite, and the Doctor defeats it.

 

* [[Bacchanite]]

== Worldbuilding ==

* The Doctor is feeling depressed over the death of [[C'rizz]] ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Absolution (BFM audio story)|Absolution]]'') and the departure of [[Charlotte Pollard|Charley Pollard]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Girl Who Never Was (audio story)|The Girl Who Never Was]]'')

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[[Category:Eighth Doctor short stories]]

[[Category:Short Trips: Snapshots short stories]]