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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 | ||
|companions= | |companions= | ||
|setting= Inside [[The Doctor's TARDIS|the TARDIS]] | |setting= Inside [[The Doctor's TARDIS|the TARDIS]] | ||
|writer= | |writer = Jonathan Blum | ||
|read by=[[Sophie Aldred]] | |read by=[[Sophie Aldred]] | ||
|anthology= | |anthology= Short Trips (anthology) | ||
|release date= | |release date= 2 March 1998 | ||
|next = Old Flames (short story) | |||
|next=Old Flames (short story) | |||
}} | }} | ||
'''''Model Train Set''''' was the first short story in the [[Short Trips (series)|Short Trips]] anthology ''[[Short Trips (anthology)|Short Trips]]''. It was written by [[Jonathan Blum]]. It featured the [[Eighth Doctor]]. | '''''Model Train Set''''' was the first short story in the [[Short Trips (series)|Short Trips]] anthology ''[[Short Trips (anthology)|Short Trips]]''. It was written by [[Jonathan Blum]]. It featured the [[Eighth Doctor]]. | ||
== | == Plot == | ||
The Doctor is playing with his | The Doctor is playing with his [[model train set]] but has become increasingly depressed about it. A previous incarnation built it over a period of many years, complete with miniature people, and it is a "miracle of craftsmanship", but he wants a little less perfection. He wants a system that won't need his constant attention. He spends days rebuilding the system so that it can function on its own. He is very pleased with this finished product. | ||
When the Doctor later returns to his train set after an adventure outside [[The Doctor's TARDIS|the TARDIS]], he finds a disaster has happened. One little glitch caused the entire system to go out of control. While the Doctor begins to clean up, he notices a miniature work crew beginning to put things right. After watching them for a bit, he begins to help them but thinks better of it. He decides to let them fix things themselves, hopefully learning from the process. | When the Doctor later returns to his train set after an adventure outside [[The Doctor's TARDIS|the TARDIS]], he finds a disaster has happened. One little glitch caused the entire system to go out of control. While the Doctor begins to clean up, he notices a miniature work crew beginning to put things right. After watching them for a bit, he begins to help them but thinks better of it. He decides to let them fix things themselves, hopefully learning from the process. | ||
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== | == Worldbuilding == | ||
* The Doctor was once sold miracle-gro microseeds by [[Kapteynian]]s. | * The Doctor was once sold miracle-gro microseeds by [[Kapteynian]]s. | ||
* The Doctor keeps ''[[War and Peace]]'' in the [[TARDIS library]]. | * The Doctor keeps ''[[War and Peace]]'' in the [[TARDIS library]]. | ||
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* It's mentioned that the Doctor had dreamed of driving a train even as a little boy. ([[TV]]: ''[[Black Orchid (TV story)|Black Orchid]]'') | * It's mentioned that the Doctor had dreamed of driving a train even as a little boy. ([[TV]]: ''[[Black Orchid (TV story)|Black Orchid]]'') | ||
* The Doctor recalls the [[Sol Transit System|Transit system]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Transit (novel)|Transit]]'') | * The Doctor recalls the [[Sol Transit System|Transit system]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Transit (novel)|Transit]]'') | ||
* The Doctor remembers someone saying "You can't mend people." ([[TV]]: ''[[Kinda (TV story)|Kinda]]'') | * The Doctor remembers [[Hindle|someone]] saying "You can't mend people." ([[TV]]: ''[[Kinda (TV story)|Kinda]]'') | ||
* The train set is later seen in [[PROSE]]: ''[[Vampire Science]]'', ''[[Genocide (novel)|Genocide]]'' and ''[[The Janus Conjunction]]''. | * The train set is later seen in [[PROSE]]: ''[[Vampire Science (novel)|Vampire Science]]'', ''[[Genocide (novel)|Genocide]]'' and ''[[The Janus Conjunction (novel)|The Janus Conjunction]]''. | ||
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[[Category:Eighth Doctor short stories]] | [[Category:Eighth Doctor short stories]] | ||
[[Category:Stories set entirely in the TARDIS]] | [[Category:Stories set entirely in the TARDIS]] | ||
[[Category: | [[Category:Short Trips short stories]] | ||
[[Category: | [[Category:Short Trips (audio anthology) stories]] | ||
[[Category: | [[Category:Tales from the TARDIS: Volume One short stories]] |