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|image       = Shortness of Breath.jpg
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|doctor     = Ninth Doctor
|doctor         = Ninth Doctor
|featuring   =  
|featuring     =  
|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]]''
|publication   = Now We Are Six Hundred (anthology)
|publisher      = Harper Design
|publisher      = Harper Design
|release date  = [[26 September (releases)|26 September]] [[2017 (releases)|2017]]
|release date  = 26 September 2017
|prev       = The Mara (short story)
|series        = ''[[Now We Are Six Hundred (anthology)|Now We Are Six Hundred]]''
|next       = Ode to a Krynoid (short story)
|prev           = The Mara (poem)
|next           = Ode to a Krynoid (poem)
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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: ''[[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]].
* 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]].
* 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]].
* 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]].
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== 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 ==
== Continuity ==
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Shortness of Breath was a poem published in the anthology Now We Are Six Hundred.

Summary

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

Worldbuilding

Notes

  • 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

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