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| | |range = Short Trips (series) | ||
|doctor=Sixth Doctor | |series in range = Short Trips: A Universe of Terrors | ||
|companions= | |series number in range = 3 | ||
|setting=A [[bed and breakfast]] | |number in series = 13 | ||
|writer= | |doctor = Sixth Doctor | ||
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|prev=Whiskey and Water (short story) | |setting = A [[bed and breakfast]] | ||
|next=This is My Life (short story) | |writer = Robert Shearman | ||
|anthology = Short Trips: A Universe of Terrors | |||
|release date = 16 June 2003 | |||
|series = ''[[Short Trips (series)|Short Trips]]'' | |||
|prev = Whiskey and Water (short story) | |||
|next = This is My Life (short story) | |||
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'''''The Death of Me''''' was the thirteenth short story in the [[Short Trips (series)|Short Trips]] anthology ''[[Short Trips: A Universe of Terrors]]''. It was written by [[Robert Shearman]]. It featured the [[Sixth Doctor]]. | '''''The Death of Me''''' was the thirteenth short story in the [[Short Trips (series)|Short Trips]] anthology ''[[Short Trips: A Universe of Terrors]]''. It was written by [[Robert Shearman]]. It featured the [[Sixth Doctor]]. | ||
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That night, the Doctor is shocked by the nightly ritual, but is even more horrified to realise that, after Arthur has gone, there are hundreds of Doctors in the yard. Before he can ask them what they are doing there, they kill him. | That night, the Doctor is shocked by the nightly ritual, but is even more horrified to realise that, after Arthur has gone, there are hundreds of Doctors in the yard. Before he can ask them what they are doing there, they kill him. | ||
The next day, Arthur tries to explain. Every day, millions of [[cell]] | The next day, Arthur tries to explain. Every day, millions of [[cell (biology)|cells]] die, and after a week, a person is completely different. This happens to everyone, but only Chloe and Arthur notice it. Chloe and Arthur feel a bit heroic for doing this. | ||
The Doctor tries to take Chloe's place, but he is killed. | The Doctor tries to take Chloe's place, but he is killed. | ||
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* [[Henrietta (The Death of Me)|Henrietta]] | * [[Henrietta (The Death of Me)|Henrietta]] | ||
== | == Worldbuilding == | ||
* Arthur quotes from ''[[A Tale of Two Cities]]'' and ''[[King Lear]]''. He later finds a quote from [[Gerard Manley Hopkins]]. | * Arthur quotes from ''[[A Tale of Two Cities]]'' and ''[[King Lear]]''. He later finds a quote from [[Gerard Manley Hopkins]]. | ||
* The Doctor has heard [[Shakespeare]]'s dying words. | * The Doctor has heard [[Shakespeare]]'s dying words. | ||
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* The Doctor drinks [[carrot juice]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Terror of the Vervoids (TV story)|Terror of the Vervoids]]'') | * The Doctor drinks [[carrot juice]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Terror of the Vervoids (TV story)|Terror of the Vervoids]]'') | ||
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