Things She Thought While Falling (short story): Difference between revisions

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|doctor       = Thirteenth Doctor

|setting     = [[Yorkshire]] skies, [[September]] [[2018]]

|writer       = Chris Chibnall

|publisher   = Doctor Who website

|release date = 25 March 2020

|series      = ''[[Doctor Who: Lockdown!]]'' originals

|next2        = Doctor Who and the Time War (short story)

|series3      = ''[[Adventures in Lockdown]]''

|prev3        = Message from the Doctor (short story){{!}}A Message from the Doctor

|next3        = The Terror of the Umpty Ums (short story)

'''''Things She Thought While Falling''''' was a short story written by [[Chris Chibnall]] for the [[Doctor Who website|''Doctor Who'' website]] which acted as a prequel to [[series 11 (Doctor Who 2005)|series 11]] of ''[[Doctor Who]]'', namely ''[[The Woman Who Fell to Earth (TV story)|The Woman Who Fell to Earth]]''. It was later published as the second story in the charity anthology ''[[Adventures in Lockdown]]''.

The Doctor has just fallen out of [[the Doctor's TARDIS|her TARDIS]] after it [[explosion|exploded]] and [[dematerialise]]d, or as she puts it "dematerialexploding". Feeling the [[regenerative energy]] flowing through her, the Doctor attempts to figure out how to solve her predicament and begins arguing with herself. As she wishes that a trampoline factory was under her, she gets distracted and remembers a planet with trampoline like terrain called [[Fintleborxtug]] which was named by an alien who "was hiccuping and just before it was sick." As she calmly thinks about the planet, her inner voice snaps her back to her current falling position.

 

The Doctor deduces that she must be near [[South Yorkshire]] and looks down to see an approaching train. She laments that her new appearance does not have [[x-ray vision]], something she has always wanted, and as she embraces for impact she notices that she has a warm feeling in her stomach which she identifies as kindness. She crashes through the roof of the train and quickly heals from her injuries before [[The Woman Who Fell to Earth (TV story)|starting a new adventure]].

== Worldbuilding ==

* The Doctor remembers getting [[The Tenth Doctor's hand|"his" hand]] chopped off by the [[Fadros Pallujikaa|leader]] of the [[Sycorax]].

* The Doctor, after crashing through a [[train]], gets up and [[Electrocution|electrocutes]] a [[Gathering coil|strange creature]] and makes [[Team TARDIS|new friends]].

* The short story was written in response to the ongoing [[COVID-19|Coronavirus]] pandemic, offering a form of escapism for fans during a time of anxiety.

* The Doctor remembers getting her [[Tenth Doctor|tenth incarnation]]'s [[The Tenth Doctor's hand|hand]] chopped off by a [[Sycorax]] ([[TV]]: ''[[The Christmas Invasion (TV story)|The Christmas Invasion]]'') and crashing through the roof of the [[Naismith mansion]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The End of Time (TV story)|The End of Time]]'')

* The Doctor reminds herself to stop switching [[personal pronoun]]s. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Two Doctors (TV story)|The Two Doctors]]'')

* The Doctor crashes through a [[train]], zaps [[Gathering coil|a creature]] and [[Team TARDIS|makes new friends]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Woman Who Fell to Earth (TV story)|The Woman Who Fell to Earth]]'')

 

[[Category:Web-based Doctor Who short stories]]

[[Category:Adventures in Lockdown short stories]]