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series=[[Short Trips (series)|Short Trips]]|
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main character=[[Lucie Miller]]|
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writer=[[Simon Guerrier]]|
|writer = Simon Guerrier
publication=[[Short Trips: Defining Patterns]]|
|anthology = Short Trips: Defining Patterns
previous story=[[Closing the Account]]|
|release date = March 2008
next story=[[Loose Change]]|
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|next=Loose Change (short story)
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'''''The Great Escapes''''' was the tenth short story in the [[Short Trips (series)|Short Trips]] anthology ''[[Short Trips: Defining Patterns]]''. It was written by [[Simon Guerrier]]. It featured [[Lucie Miller]].


==Summary==
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Lucie is in prison with [[Albumen]] and another [[Illixtrian (The Great Escapes)|Illixtrian]] on the [[Illixtrian]]s' planet. Lucie has seen the Doctor get shot by the machine guards, but she refuses to believe he is dead and instead plots the trio's escape.
 
The first time the trio try to escape, Albumen is killed by the machine guards. The other Illixtrian and Lucie try without success to escape several more times. They aren't killed because they are scheduled for public execution.


==Characters==
As Lucie and the Illixtrian are led to their execution, Lucie has started to come to terms with the Doctor being dead...
*[[Lucie Miller]]


==References==
== Characters ==
*The prison cell Lucie is imprisoned in contains two [[Illixtrians]].
* [[Lucie Miller]]
* [[Albumen]]
* [[Illixtrian (The Great Escapes)|Illixtrian]]


==Notes==
== Worldbuilding ==
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* The Doctor and Lucie have met [[Harry Houdini]].
* Lucie's [[Patricia Ryder|Auntie Pat]] puts [[horseradish]] on [[chocolate]] digestives.
* The Doctor and Lucie have visited [[Cleopatra]].
* The Doctor and Lucie saved [[Mim]] delegates on [[Northern New Mars]].
* Illixtrian food includes [[arvil grass]], [[iqar cake]] and [[umli]].


==Continuity==
== Notes ==
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==[[Eighth Doctor - Timeline|Timeline]]==
== Continuity ==
*This story takes place after [[BFA]]: ''[[Brave New Town]]''
*This story takes place before [[BFA]]: ''[[The Skull of Sobek]]''
 
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[[Category:Short Trips: Defining Patterns short stories]]
[[Category:Doctor Who short stories|Great Escapes]]
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The Great Escapes was the tenth short story in the Short Trips anthology Short Trips: Defining Patterns. It was written by Simon Guerrier. It featured Lucie Miller.

Summary[[edit] | [edit source]]

Lucie is in prison with Albumen and another Illixtrian on the Illixtrians' planet. Lucie has seen the Doctor get shot by the machine guards, but she refuses to believe he is dead and instead plots the trio's escape.

The first time the trio try to escape, Albumen is killed by the machine guards. The other Illixtrian and Lucie try without success to escape several more times. They aren't killed because they are scheduled for public execution.

As Lucie and the Illixtrian are led to their execution, Lucie has started to come to terms with the Doctor being dead...

Characters[[edit] | [edit source]]

Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]

Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]

to be added

Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]

to be added