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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=[[ | |companions=[[Tegan Jovanka|Tegan]], [[Nyssa]] | ||
|setting= [[Ravenna]], [[Italy]], [[493]] | |setting= [[Ravenna]], [[Italy]], [[493]] | ||
|writer= | |writer = Diane Duane | ||
|anthology= | |anthology = Short Trips: The Quality of Leadership | ||
|prev=The Slave War (short story) | |release date = 10 May 2008 | ||
|prev = The Slave War (short story) | |||
|next=Good Queen, Bad Queen, I Queen, You Queen (short story) | |next=Good Queen, Bad Queen, I Queen, You Queen (short story) | ||
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== Summary == | == Summary == | ||
The Doctor, Nyssa and Tegan land in [[Ravenna]] [[Italy]] and are brought before [[Flavius Theodoric]]. Instead of the usual imprisonment, however, Theodoric welcomes them as friends. They learn that he has met them before, though it hasn't yet happened for them. | The Doctor, Nyssa and Tegan land in [[Ravenna]], [[Italy]] and are brought before [[Flavius Theodoric]]. Instead of the usual imprisonment, however, Theodoric welcomes them as friends. They learn that he has met them before, though it hasn't yet happened for them. | ||
The Doctor and his friends are appalled that Theodoric has killed [[Odoacer]], the king of Italy | The Doctor and his friends are appalled that Theodoric has killed [[Odoacer]], the king of Italy, though Theodoric felt it was necessary. | ||
The Doctor and his companions leave in [[the TARDIS]] to meet a younger Theodoric. They encounter him when he is a young boy named Rithros, who is a hostage of the emperor of [[Constantinople]]. They help him find his missing rabbit, but then they are captured when the emperor's daughter, [[Ariadne (Goths and Robbers)|Ariadne]], accuses them of stealing the [[Crown of Byzantium]]. They are imprisoned, but Rithros informs them that Ariadne's son, Prince [[Leo (Goths and Robbers)|Leo]], stole the crown to put the blame on Rithros. | The Doctor and his companions leave in [[the TARDIS]] to meet a younger Theodoric. They encounter him when he is a young boy named Rithros, who is a hostage of the emperor of [[Constantinople]]. They help him find his missing rabbit, but then they are captured when the emperor's daughter, [[Ariadne (Goths and Robbers)|Ariadne]], accuses them of stealing the [[Crown of Byzantium]]. They are imprisoned, but Rithros informs them that Ariadne's son, Prince [[Leo (Goths and Robbers)|Leo]], stole the crown to put the blame on Rithros. | ||
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== | == Worldbuilding == | ||
* Tegan finds a jar of [[Rassilon's Universal Solvent]]. | * Tegan finds a jar of [[Rassilon's Universal Solvent]]. | ||
* Theodoric serves [[bread]], [[bean]]s and [[chicken]]. | * Theodoric serves [[bread]], [[bean]]s and [[chicken]]. | ||
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== Notes == | == Notes == | ||
'' | * Duane included a mention of [[Belgravia]], a deliberate reference to her prior short story ''[[A Dinner in Belgravia (short story)|A Dinner in Belgravia]]'', published in the [[Charity publication|charity anthology]] ''[[The Cat Who Walked Through Time (anthology)|The Cat Who Walked Through Time]]''. | ||
* This story is a "pure historical" featuring no science fiction elements apart from the presence of the Doctor, Nyssa, Tegan and the TARDIS. | |||
== Continuity == | == Continuity == | ||
'' | * Theodoric refers to [[Boudica]]'s destruction of [[London]], which the Doctor contributed to several times during his [[Fourth Doctor|fourth incarnation]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Good Queen, Bad Queen, I Queen, You Queen]]'', [[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Wrath of the Iceni (audio story)|The Wrath of the Iceni]]'') | ||
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