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name= Short Trips: Steel Skies |
|series       = ''[[Short Trips (series)|Short Trips]]'' anthologies
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|number       = 5  
series=[[Doctor Who]] -<br />[[Short Trips (series)|Short Trips]] |
|editor       = [[John Binns]]
number= 5 |
|publisher   = Big Finish Productions
editor= [[John Binns]] |
|release date = December 2003
publisher= [[Big Finish Productions]] |
|format       = 192 pages, 16 short stories
release date= [[December]] [[2003]] |
|isbn         = ISBN 1-84435-045-2
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|prev         = Short Trips: The Muses
isbn= ISBN 1-84435-045-2 |
|next         = Short Trips: Past Tense
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}}'''''Short Trips: Steel Skies''''' was the fifth ''[[Short Trips (series)|Short Trips]]'' anthology published by [[Big Finish Productions]].
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'''''Short Trips: Steel Skies''''' is the fifth [[Short Trips (series)|Short Trips]] anthology.


== Publisher's summary ==
== Publisher's summary ==
There are many places that most of us can never see: places that are sheltered, locked away, cordoned off from the outside world. But to the Doctor, and those who travel with him in his TARDIS, there is no such thing as a locked door. Anywhere in space and time is open to them to visit -- even if sometimes it might be better to leave such places well alone.
There are many places that most of us can never see: places that are sheltered, locked away, cordoned off from the outside world. But to [[the Doctor]], and [[companion|those who travel with him]] in [[The Doctor's TARDIS|his TARDIS]], there is no such thing as a locked door. Anywhere in space and time is open to them to visit — even if sometimes it might be better to leave such places well alone.


Steel Skies is a collection of stories based in enclosed and artificial environments: places constructed to keep the dangers of the universe outside, perhaps, or to keep their inhabitants locked in. It is divided into four sections, each exploring a different kind of confinement:
''Steel Skies'' is a collection of stories based in enclosed and artificial environments: places constructed to keep the dangers of the universe outside, perhaps, or to keep their inhabitants locked in. It is divided into four sections, each exploring a different kind of confinement:


Section One, Flight, comprises four tales of travellers who left their homes for far-away destinations -- to explore, to start a new life, or to fight for the survival of their species.
Section One, Flight, comprises four tales of travellers who left their homes for far-away destinations — to explore, to start a new life, or to fight for the survival of their species.


Section Two, Frontiers, explores the corridors, living quarters and ventilation shafts of four futuristic environments -- designed to shelter men, women and children from harsh natural forces, or from the threat of nuclear war.
Section Two, Frontiers, explores the corridors, living quarters and ventilation shafts of four futuristic environments — designed to shelter [[man|men]], [[woman|women]] and [[child]]ren from harsh natural forces, or from the threat of [[nuclear war]].


Section Three, Incarceration, tells four stories of punishment and imprisonment, from San Francisco's infamous Alcatraz, to the cage of a flightless angel in the dilapidated ruins of Heaven.
Section Three, Incarceration, tells four stories of [[punishment]] and [[imprisonment]], from [[San Francisco]]'s infamous [[Alcatraz]], to the cage of a flightless angel in the dilapidated ruins of Heaven.


Section Four, Isolation, deals with the loneliness and despair of being cut off from the world outside, by physical or mental incapacity, by the ravages of war, or caught between destinations aboard the TARDIS itself.
Section Four, Isolation, deals with the [[loneliness]] and [[despair]] of being cut off from the world outside, by physical or mental incapacity, by the ravages of [[war]], or caught between destinations aboard the TARDIS itself.


A recurring theme in all four sections is the effect of the Doctor's arrival in these enclosed environments -- sometimes positive, sometimes less so.
A recurring theme in all four sections is the effect of the Doctor's arrival in these enclosed environments — sometimes positive, sometimes less so.


== Individual Stories ==
== Stories ==
{| {{prettytable}}
{| {{prettytable}}
|'''Title''' || '''Author''' || '''Featuring'''
! # || Title || Author || Doctor || Featuring
|-
|-
|''[[Corridors of Power]]''||[[Matthew Griffiths]]||[[First Doctor]], [[Steven Taylor]], [[Vicki]]
|1
|''[[Corridors of Power (short story)|Corridors of Power]]''
|[[Matthew Griffiths]]
|[[First Doctor|1st]]
|[[Steven Taylor|Steven]], [[Vicki Pallister|Vicki]]
|-
|-
|''[[A Good Life]]''||[[Simon Guerrier]]||[[Eighth Doctor]], [[Charley Pollard]]
|2
|''[[A Good Life (short story)|A Good Life]]''
|[[Simon Guerrier]]
|rowspan=2|[[Eighth Doctor|8th]]
|[[Charlotte Pollard|Charley]]
|-
|-
|''[[Reversal of Fortune]]''||[[Graeme Burk]]||[[Eighth Doctor]]
|3
|''[[Reversal of Fortune (short story)|Reversal of Fortune]]''
|[[Graeme Burk]]
|rowspan=3|
|-
|-
|''[[Monitor (short story)|Monitor]]''||[[Huw Wilkins]]||[[Seventh Doctor]]
|4
|''[[Monitor (short story)|Monitor]]''
|[[Huw Wilkins]]
|[[Seventh Doctor|7th]]
|-
|-
|''[[Dust (short story)|Dust]]''||[[Paul Leonard]]||[[Second Doctor]]
|5
|''[[Dust (short story)|Dust]]''
|[[Paul Leonard]]
|[[Second Doctor|2nd]]
|-
|-
|''[[Light at the End of the Tunnel]]''||[[Mark Wright]]||[[Fifth Doctor]], [[Peri]]  
|6
|''[[Light at the End of the Tunnel (short story)|Light at the End of the Tunnel]]''
|[[Mark Wright]]
|rowspan=2|[[Fifth Doctor|5th]]
|[[Peri Brown|Peri]]
|-
|-
|''[[No Exit (short story)|No Exit]]''||[[Kate Orman]]||[[Fifth Doctor]], [[Nyssa]], [[Tegan]]
|7
|''[[No Exit (short story)|No Exit]]''
|[[Kate Orman]]
|[[Nyssa]], [[Tegan Jovanka|Tegan]]
|-
|-
|''[[House (short story)|House]]''||[[Jeremy Daw]]||[[Sixth Doctor]], [[Peri]]
|8
|''[[House (short story)|House]]''
|[[Jeremy Daw]]
|[[Sixth Doctor|6th]]
|Peri
|-
|-
|''[[Deep Stretch]]''||[[Richard Salter]]||[[Third Doctor]], [[Jo Grant]]
|9
|''[[Deep Stretch (short story)|Deep Stretch]]''
|[[Richard Salter]]
|[[Third Doctor|3rd]]
|[[Jo Grant|Jo]]
|-
|-
|''[[Inmate 280]]''||[[Cavan Scott]]||[[Seventh Doctor]]
|10
|''[[Inmate 280 (short story)|Inmate 280]]''
|[[Cavan Scott]]
|7th
|Eighth Doctor
|-
|-
|''[[Doing Time (short story)|Doing Time]]''||[[Lance Parkin]]||[[Fourth Doctor]]
|11
|''[[Doing Time (short story)|Doing Time]]''
|[[Lance Parkin]]
|[[Fourth Doctor|4th]]
|
|-
|-
|''[[The Ruins of Heaven]]''||[[Marc Platt]]||[[Sixth Doctor]], [[Peri]]
|12
|''[[The Ruins of Heaven (short story)|The Ruins of Heaven]]''
|[[Marc Platt]]
|6th
|Peri
|-
|-
|''[[Cold War (short story)|Cold War]]''||[[Rebecca Levene]]||[[Seventh Doctor]], [[Ace]], [[Bernice Summerfield]]
|13
|''[[Cold War (short story)|Cold War]]''
|[[Rebecca Levene]]
|7th
|[[Ace]], [[Bernice Summerfield|Benny]]
|-
|-
|''[[O, Darkness]]''||[[John Binns]]||[[Fourth Doctor]], [[Romana II|Romana]], [[Adric]]  
|14
|''[[O, Darkness (short story)|O, Darkness]]''
|[[John Binns]]
|4th
|[[Romana II]], [[Adric]]
|-
|-
|''[[Greenaway]]''||[[Peter Anghelides]]||[[Second Doctor]], [[Fifth Doctor]], [[Eighth Doctor]], [[The Doctor (Good Companions)|Future Doctor]]  
|15
|''[[Greenaway (short story)|Greenaway]]''
|[[Peter Anghelides]]
|2nd
|Fifth Doctor, Eighth Doctor, [[The Doctor (Battlefield)|Future Doctor]]
|-
|-
|''[[Eternity (short story)|Eternity]]''||[[Jonathan Blum]]||[[Fourth Doctor]], [[Sarah Jane Smith]]
|16
|''[[Eternity (short story)|Eternity]]''
|[[Jonathan Blum]]
|4th
|[[Sarah Jane Smith|Sarah]]
|}
|}


== External links ==
== External links ==
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Short Trips: Steel Skies was the fifth Short Trips anthology published by Big Finish Productions.

Publisher's summary

There are many places that most of us can never see: places that are sheltered, locked away, cordoned off from the outside world. But to the Doctor, and those who travel with him in his TARDIS, there is no such thing as a locked door. Anywhere in space and time is open to them to visit — even if sometimes it might be better to leave such places well alone.

Steel Skies is a collection of stories based in enclosed and artificial environments: places constructed to keep the dangers of the universe outside, perhaps, or to keep their inhabitants locked in. It is divided into four sections, each exploring a different kind of confinement:

Section One, Flight, comprises four tales of travellers who left their homes for far-away destinations — to explore, to start a new life, or to fight for the survival of their species.

Section Two, Frontiers, explores the corridors, living quarters and ventilation shafts of four futuristic environments — designed to shelter men, women and children from harsh natural forces, or from the threat of nuclear war.

Section Three, Incarceration, tells four stories of punishment and imprisonment, from San Francisco's infamous Alcatraz, to the cage of a flightless angel in the dilapidated ruins of Heaven.

Section Four, Isolation, deals with the loneliness and despair of being cut off from the world outside, by physical or mental incapacity, by the ravages of war, or caught between destinations aboard the TARDIS itself.

A recurring theme in all four sections is the effect of the Doctor's arrival in these enclosed environments — sometimes positive, sometimes less so.

Stories

# Title Author Doctor Featuring
1 Corridors of Power Matthew Griffiths 1st Steven, Vicki
2 A Good Life Simon Guerrier 8th Charley
3 Reversal of Fortune Graeme Burk
4 Monitor Huw Wilkins 7th
5 Dust Paul Leonard 2nd
6 Light at the End of the Tunnel Mark Wright 5th Peri
7 No Exit Kate Orman Nyssa, Tegan
8 House Jeremy Daw 6th Peri
9 Deep Stretch Richard Salter 3rd Jo
10 Inmate 280 Cavan Scott 7th Eighth Doctor
11 Doing Time Lance Parkin 4th
12 The Ruins of Heaven Marc Platt 6th Peri
13 Cold War Rebecca Levene 7th Ace, Benny
14 O, Darkness John Binns 4th Romana II, Adric
15 Greenaway Peter Anghelides 2nd Fifth Doctor, Eighth Doctor, Future Doctor
16 Eternity Jonathan Blum 4th Sarah

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