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|image = Retiring TARDIS.JPG
|image = Retiring TARDIS.JPG
|doctor = Eleventh Doctor
|doctor = Eleventh Doctor
|writer = [[James Goss]]
|writer = James Goss
|illustrator = [[Russell T Davies]]
|illustrator = [[Russell T Davies]]
|publication = ''[[Now We Are Six Hundred (anthology)|Now We Are Six Hundred]]''
|anthology = Now We Are Six Hundred (anthology)
|prev = Taking the Air (short story)
|publisher      = Harper Design
|next = Waiting for a Friend (short story)
|release date  = 26 September 2017
}}'''''Retiring''''' was a poem contained within the ''[[Now We Are Six Hundred (anthology)|Now We Are Six Hundred]]'' anthology.
|prev = Taking the Air (poem)
|next = Waiting for a Friend (poem)
}}'''''Retiring''''' was the sixth story in the ''[[Now We Are Six Hundred (anthology)|Now We Are Six Hundred]]'' anthology.


== Synopsis ==
== Synopsis ==
[[The Doctor]] sometimes worries that he'll lose his touch. Specifically on days where he doesn't wish to be the Doctor. The [[chaos]] never ends. Sometimes the Doctor worries he'll let [[Evil]] win. But on second thought they were monsters so he always wins. It was days like that when being the Doctor was not so bad after all.
[[The Doctor]] sometimes worries that he'll lose his touch. Specifically on days where he doesn't wish to be the Doctor. The [[chaos]] never ends. Sometimes the Doctor worries he'll let [[Evil]] win. But on second thought they were monsters so he always wins. It was days like that when being the Doctor was not so bad after all.


== References ==
== Worldbuilding ==
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* Although it is not immediately apparent which incarnation of the Doctor is narrating this story, the [[Eleventh Doctor]] is illustrated alongside the inside sleeve version.
* Although it is not immediately apparent which incarnation of the Doctor is narrating this story, the [[Eleventh Doctor]] is illustrated alongside the inside sleeve version.
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Latest revision as of 17:06, 25 March 2024

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Retiring was the sixth story in the Now We Are Six Hundred anthology.

Synopsis[[edit] | [edit source]]

The Doctor sometimes worries that he'll lose his touch. Specifically on days where he doesn't wish to be the Doctor. The chaos never ends. Sometimes the Doctor worries he'll let Evil win. But on second thought they were monsters so he always wins. It was days like that when being the Doctor was not so bad after all.

Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]

to be added

Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • This poem was adapted from Now We Are Six's Knight-in Armour.
  • Retiring is the poem that represented the anthology on the inside sleeve of the cover jacket.
  • Although it is not immediately apparent which incarnation of the Doctor is narrating this story, the Eleventh Doctor is illustrated alongside the inside sleeve version.