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|doctor = Ninth Doctor
|doctor         = Ninth Doctor
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|featuring2 = Slitheen family{{!}}Slitheen
|writer        = James Goss
|featuring3 = Reaper{{!}}Reapers
|illustrator    = [[Russell T Davies]]
|featuring4 = Empty Child{{!}}Empty Child
|publication    = Now We Are Six Hundred (anthology)
|featuring5 = Cassandra O'Brien{{!}}Cassandra
|publisher      = Harper Design
|featuring6 = Gelth
|release date  = 26 September 2017
|featuring7 = Space Pig{{!}}Space Pig
|series        = ''[[Now We Are Six Hundred (anthology)|Now We Are Six Hundred]]''
|featuring8 = Anne Droid{{!}}Anne Droid
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'''''Shortness of Breath''''' was a poem published in the anthology ''[[Now We Are Six Hundred (anthology)|Now We Are Six Hundred]]''.
'''''Shortness of Breath''''' was a poem published in the anthology ''[[Now We Are Six Hundred (anthology)|Now We Are Six Hundred]]''.


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The [[Ninth Doctor]] looks back on his life, deciding "[[fantastic]] or not, [it] all meant a lot."
The [[Ninth Doctor]] looks back on his life, deciding "[[fantastic]] or not, [it] all meant a lot."


== References ==
== Worldbuilding ==
*The Doctor decides that several things are fantastic:
* The Doctor decides that several things are fantastic: ''[[Tainted Love]]'', [[chips]], [[red wine]], [[Woman Wept]], [[Harriet Jones]] passing [[port]], amazing [[ear]]s, lopsided grins, always feeling the [[Earth]]'s spin, [[vinegar]], [[banana]]s, [[Jack Harkness|Captain Jack]]'s pyjamas, [[England]] in [[the Blitz]], [[tea]] at [[the Ritz]], [[Kronkburger]]s, [[pajato]]s, [[Genghis Khan]], ''[[Blue Peter]]'', [[weather balloon]]s, the [[Moxx of Balhoon]], [[Lynda Moss]], [[Jackie Tyler]]'s [[shepherd's pie]] and [[Auton]] [[plastic]].
**Amazing [[ear]]s, always feeling the [[Earth]]'s spin, [[Genghis Khan]], and [[Auton]] [[Anti-plastic|plastic]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Rose (TV story)|Rose]]'')
* The Doctor also decides several things are not fantastic: [[coleslaw]], [[pickled onion]]s, [[zombie]]s in [[Cardiff]] dungeons, [[Cassandra O'Brien.Δ17]], the [[Metaltron]], [[Charles Dickens]] leaving the [[gas]] on, the [[Bad Wolf (entity)|Bad Wolf]], the [[Dalek]] scheme, the [[Jagrafess|Mighty Jagrafess]], [[Adam Mitchell]]'s [[Infospike]], the [[Emperor Dalek]]'s fleet, his two left [[feet]], [[Clive Finch]]'s [[1 Juke Street|shed]], the [[Gelth]], [[Auton]]s, [[Nestene]]s, over-active [[nanogene]]s, [[Blon Fel-Fotch Passameer-Day Slitheen|Slitheen]] romancing, the [[fear]] of never going to [[Barcelona (planet)|Barcelona]] and surviving the [[Last Great Time War]].
**[[Tainted Love]], [[chips]], and poor old [[Moxx of Balhoon]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The End of the World (TV story)|The End of the World]]'')
**[[Harriet Jones]] passing [[port]], [[vinegar]], [[Blue Peter]], and [[Jackie Tyler]]'s [[Shepherd's pie]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Aliens of London (TV story)|Aliens of London]]'' / ''[[World War Three (TV story)|World War Three]]'')
**[[Kronkburger]]s. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Long Game (TV story)|The Long Game]]'')
**[[Banana]]s, [[Jack Harkness|Captain Jack]]'s pyjamas, [[England]] in [[the Blitz]], and [[tea]] at [[the Ritz]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Empty Child (TV story)|The Empty Child]]'' / ''[[The Doctor Dances (TV story)|The Doctor Dances]]'')
**Red [[wine]] and [[Woman Wept]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Boom Town (TV story)|Boom Town]]'')
**[[Lynda Moss|Lynda with a Y]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Bad Wolf (TV story)|Bad Wolf]]'' / ''[[The Parting of the Ways (TV story)|The Parting of the Ways]]'')
*The Doctor also decides several things are not fantastic:
**[[Clive Finch|Clive]]'s shed, [[Auton|perfect brides]], and [[Nestene]]s. ([[TV]]: ''[[Rose (TV story)|Rose]]'')
**[[Cassandra O'Brien|Cassandra]] and the [[Adherents of the Repeated Meme|Repeated Meme]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The End of the World (TV story)|The End of the World]]'')
**[[Zombie]]s in [[Cardiff]] dungeons, [[Charles Dickens|Dickens]] leaving the [[gas]] on and the [[Gelth|walking undead]] ([[TV]]: ''[[The Unquiet Dead (TV story)|The Unquiet Dead]]'')
**[[Pickled onion]]s. ([[TV]]: ''[[World War Three (TV story)|World War Three]]'')
**The [[Metaltron]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Dalek (TV story)|Dalek]]'')
**The [[Jagrafess|Mighty Jagrafess]] and [[Adam Mitchell|Adam]]'s [[Infospike|weird new face]] ([[TV]]: ''[[The Long Game (TV story)|The Long Game]]'')
**His two left feet and over-active [[nanogene]]s ([[TV]]: ''[[The Empty Child (TV story)|The Empty Child]]'' / ''[[The Doctor Dances (TV story)|The Doctor Dances]]'')
**[[Blon Fel-Fotch Passameer-Day Slitheen|Slitheen]] romancing. ([[TV]]: ''[[Boom Town (TV story)|Boom Town]]'')
**[[Coleslaw]], [[Bad Wolf (entity)|Bad Wolf]] (twice), the [[Dalek]] scheme, the [[Emperor Dalek]]'s fleet and the [[fear]] of never going to [[Barcelona (planet)|Barcelona]] ([[TV]]: ''[[Bad Wolf (TV story)|Bad Wolf]]'' / ''[[The Parting of the Ways (TV story)|The Parting of the Ways]]'')
**Surviving [[Last Great Time War|war galactic]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Rose (TV story)|Rose]]'' et al.)


== Notes ==
== Notes ==
*This story appears to be set during the Ninth Doctor's final moments before he [[regenerate]]s as there are references to his final story.
* This story appears to be set during the Ninth Doctor's final moments before he [[regenerate]]s as there are references to his final story.
*The poem solely consists of references to stories in [[Series 1 (Doctor Who)|series 1]].
* The poem solely consists of references to stories in [[Series 1 (Doctor Who 2005)|series 1]].
 
== Continuity ==
''to be added''
 
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Latest revision as of 18:56, 25 April 2024

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Shortness of Breath was a poem published in the anthology Now We Are Six Hundred.

Summary[[edit] | [edit source]]

The Ninth Doctor looks back on his life, deciding "fantastic or not, [it] all meant a lot."

Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]

Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • This story appears to be set during the Ninth Doctor's final moments before he regenerates as there are references to his final story.
  • The poem solely consists of references to stories in series 1.

Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]

to be added