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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 = Eighth Doctor | |doctor = Eighth Doctor | ||
|setting = [[Earth]] | |setting = [[Earth]] | ||
|writer = | |writer = James Goss | ||
|anthology= | |anthology= Short Trips: Indefinable Magic | ||
|release date = 30 March 2009 | |||
|prev = White on White (short story) | |prev = White on White (short story) | ||
|next = The Power Supply (short story) | |next = The Power Supply (short story) | ||
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== Summary == | == Summary == | ||
The Doctor is on the trail of a sentient book entitled "a bestiary of legendary and magical creatures". The Doctor tracks the book to [[Earth]] where it begins creating mythical creatures such as a [[unicorn]] and a phoenix. The Doctor, with the help of a talking cat and a house-bound neighbour, manages to defeat the book as it creates a dragon from human and animal body parts. After the Doctor leaves in [[the TARDIS]], a strange rash on the house-bound neighbour transforms into the Doctor, who quickly defeats the book's final creation before dissolving into nothingness. | The Doctor is on the trail of a sentient book entitled "a bestiary of legendary and magical creatures". The Doctor tracks the book to [[Earth]] where it begins creating mythical creatures such as a [[unicorn]] and a phoenix. The Doctor, with the help of a talking [[cat]] and a house-bound neighbour, manages to defeat the book as it creates a dragon from human and animal body parts. After the Doctor leaves in [[the TARDIS]], a strange rash on the house-bound neighbour transforms into the Doctor, who quickly defeats the book's final creation before dissolving into nothingness. | ||
== Characters == | == Characters == | ||
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* [[Marmaduke (Phoenix)|Marmaduke]] | * [[Marmaduke (Phoenix)|Marmaduke]] | ||
== | == Worldbuilding == | ||
* [[Thinking book]]s work in the same manner as audiobooks, except they work with thought processes. | * [[Thinking book]]s work in the same manner as audiobooks, except they work with thought processes. | ||
* The book creates a [[unicorn]] from [[toilet paper]]. | * The book creates a [[unicorn]] from [[toilet paper]]. |
Latest revision as of 16:09, 17 March 2024
Phoenix was the first short story in the Short Trips anthology Short Trips: Indefinable Magic. It was written by James Goss, and featured the Eighth Doctor.
Summary[[edit] | [edit source]]
The Doctor is on the trail of a sentient book entitled "a bestiary of legendary and magical creatures". The Doctor tracks the book to Earth where it begins creating mythical creatures such as a unicorn and a phoenix. The Doctor, with the help of a talking cat and a house-bound neighbour, manages to defeat the book as it creates a dragon from human and animal body parts. After the Doctor leaves in the TARDIS, a strange rash on the house-bound neighbour transforms into the Doctor, who quickly defeats the book's final creation before dissolving into nothingness.
Characters[[edit] | [edit source]]
Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]
- Thinking books work in the same manner as audiobooks, except they work with thought processes.
- The book creates a unicorn from toilet paper.
Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]
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Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]
- Fire mentions the First Doctor's imprisonment in the Cave of Skulls, (TV: An Unearthly Child) and Fifth Doctor's escapades at Pudding Lane. (TV: The Visitation)