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{{Infobox Short Story Anthology
|image       = ST29 ReCollections.jpg
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|series       = ''[[Short Trips (series)|Short Trips]]'' anthologies
|name = Short Trips: Re:Collections
|number       = 29
|series = ''[[Doctor Who]]'' -<br />[[Short Trips (series)|Short Trips]]
|publisher   = Big Finish Productions
|number = 29
|release date = May 2009
|editor = Multiple (see "Editors", below)
|format       = Hardback, 468 pages
|publisher = [[Big Finish Productions]]
|isbn         = ISBN 978-1-84435-419-1
|release date = [[May]] [[2009]]
|prev         = Short Trips: Indefinable Magic
|format = Hardback, 468 pages
|next         = Short Trips - Volume I
|isbn = ISBN 978-1-84435-419-1
|prev = Short Trips: Indefinable Magic
|next = Short Trips: Volume 1
}}
}}
'''''Short Trips: Re:Collections - The Best of Short Trips''''' was an anthology of previously-published ''Doctor Who'' short stories in the [[Big Finish Productions]] [[Short Trips (series)|Short Trips]] series of books. ''Re:Collections'' was published in May 2009 as an epitaph to the long-running book series, which Big Finish had discontinued following the BBC not renewing the licence for them to publish original short fiction based upon ''Doctor Who''. (Big Finish did, however, retain the licence to produce ''Doctor Who''-based audio dramas.)
'''''Short Trips: Re:Collections - The Best of Short Trips''''' was an anthology of previously-published ''Doctor Who'' short stories in the [[Big Finish Productions]] ''[[Short Trips (series)|Short Trips]]'' series of books. ''Re:Collections'' was published in May 2009 as an epitaph to the long-running book series, which Big Finish had discontinued following the BBC not renewing the licence for them to publish original short prose fiction based upon ''Doctor Who''.


In 2010 Big Finish revived the ''Short Trips'' concept as an audio drama series.[http://www.bigfinish.com/news/Short-Trips-Reminder]
In 2010 Big Finish revived the ''Short Trips'' concept as an audiobook series.


The book contains 28 short stories, one from each of the 28 ''Short Trips'' volumes.
The book contains 28 short stories, one from each of the 28 ''Short Trips'' volumes.
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== Individual Stories ==
== Stories ==
 
{| {{prettytable}}
# ''[[I Was a Monster!!!]]'' by Joseph Lidster
! # || Title || Author || Doctor || Featuring
# ''[[Apocrypha Bipedium]]'' by Ian Potter
|-
# ''[[Face-Painter]]'' by Tara Samms
|1
# ''[[The Glass Princess]]'' by Justin Richards
|''[[I Was a Monster!!! (short story)|I Was a Monster!!!]]''
# ''[[The Ruins of Heaven]]'' by Marc Platt
|[[Joseph Lidster]]
# ''[[The Thief of Sherwood]]'' by Jonathan Morris
|[[Fourth Doctor|4th]]
# ''[[The Age of Ambition]]'' by Andy Campbell
|[[Romana II]]
# ''[[The Dead Man's Story]]'' by Andy Frankham-Allen
|-
# ''[[Flashpoint]]'' by Matt Grady
|2
# ''[[Thinking Warrior]]'' by Huw Wilkins
|''[[Apocrypha Bipedium (short story)|Apocrypha Bipedium]]''
# ''[[All Our Christmases]]'' by Steve Lyons
|[[Ian Potter]]
# ''[[Suitors, Inc.]]'' by Paul Magrs
|[[Eighth Doctor|8th]]
# ''[[How You Get There]]'' by Simon Guerrier
|[[Charlotte Pollard|Charley]], [[Vicki Pallister|Vicki]]
# ''[[Venus (short story)|Venus]]'' by Stuart Manning
|-
# ''[[The Lampblack Wars]]'' by Matthew Sweet
|3
# ''[[Life After Queth]]'' by Matt Kimpton
|''[[Face-Painter (short story)|Face-Painter]]''
# ''[[Checkpoint]]'' by Stel Pavlou
|[[Tara Samms]]
# ''[[The Avant Guardian]]'' by Eddie Robson
|[[Second Doctor|2nd]]
# ''[[Museum Peace]]'' by James Swallow
|[[Jamie McCrimmon|Jamie]], [[Victoria Waterfield|Victoria]]
# ''[[Midnight in the Café of the Black Madonna]]'' by Sean Williams
|-
# ''[[The Glarn Strategy]]'' by Brian Dooley
|4
# ''[[Dear Great Uncle Peter]]'' by Neil Corry
|''[[The Glass Princess (short story)|The Glass Princess]]''
# ''[[Losing the Audience]]'' by Mat Coward
|[[Justin Richards]]
# ''[[The Spindle of Necessity]]'' by Allyn Gibson
|[[First Doctor|1st]]
# ''[[Lonely]]'' by Richard Wright
|Second Doctor, Third Doctor, Fourth Doctor, Fifth Doctor, Sixth Doctor, Seventh Doctor, Eighth Doctor
# ''[[Lares Domestici]]'' by Anna Bratton
|-
# ''[[Lost and Founded]]'' by Andrew Pidoux
|5
# ''[[The Fall of the Druids]]'' by David N Smith
|''[[The Ruins of Heaven (short story)|The Ruins of Heaven]]''
|[[Marc Platt]]
|[[Sixth Doctor|6th]]
|[[Peri Brown|Peri]]
|-
|6
|''[[The Thief of Sherwood (short story)|The Thief of Sherwood]]''
|[[Jonathan Morris]]
|1st
|[[Susan Foreman|Susan]], [[Ian Chesterton|Ian]], [[Barbara Wright|Barbara]]
|-
|7
|''[[The Age of Ambition (short story)|The Age of Ambition]]''
|[[Andy Campbell]]
|2nd
|Jamie, Victoria
|-
|8
|''[[The Dead Man's Story (short story)|The Dead Man's Story]]''
|[[Andy Frankham-Allen]]
|3rd
|[[Jeremy Fitzoliver|Jeremy]]
|-
|9
|''[[Flashpoint (short story)|Flashpoint]]''
|[[Matt Grady]]
|[[Fifth Doctor|5th]]
|[[Liz Shaw|Liz]]
|-
|10
|''[[Thinking Warrior (short story)|Thinking Warrior]]''
|[[Huw Wilkins]]
|8th
|rowspan=2|
|-
|11
|''[[All Our Christmases (short story)|All Our Christmases]]''
|[[Steve Lyons]]
|1st
|-
|12
|''[[Suitors, Inc. (short story)|Suitors, Inc.]]''
|[[Paul Magrs]]
|4th
|Romana II, [[K9]]
|-
|13
|''[[How You Get There (short story)|How You Get There]]''
|[[Simon Guerrier]]
|7th
|[[Bernice Summerfield|Benny]]
|-
|14
|''[[Venus (short story)|Venus]]''
|[[Stuart Manning]]
|8th
|Charley
|-
|15
|''[[The Lampblack Wars (short story)|The Lampblack Wars]]''
|[[Matthew Sweet]]
|3rd
|Sarah
|-
|16
|''[[Life After Queth (short story)|Life After Queth]]''
|[[Matt Kimpton]]
|5th
|[[Tegan Jovanka|Tegan]]
|-
|17
|''[[Checkpoint (short story)|Checkpoint]]''
|[[Stel Pavlou]]
|4th
|Romana II
|-
|18
|''[[The Avant Guardian (short story)|The Avant Guardian]]''
|[[Eddie Robson]]
|2nd
|Jamie, Zoe
|-
|19
|''[[Museum Peace (short story)|Museum Peace]]''
|[[James Swallow]]
|8th
|[[Kalendorf]]
|-
|20
|''[[Midnight in the Café of the Black Madonna (short story)|Midnight in the Café of the Black Madonna]]''
|[[Sean Williams]]
|3rd
|
|-
|21
|''[[The Glarn Strategy (short story)|The Glarn Strategy]]''
|[[Brian Dooley]]
|rowspan=2|4th
|[[Romana I]]
|-
|22
|''[[Dear Great Uncle Peter (short story)|Dear Great Uncle Peter]]''
|[[Neil Corry]]
|[[Leela]]
|-
|23
|''[[Losing the Audience (short story)|Losing the Audience]]''
|[[Mat Coward]]
|1st
|Susan
|-
|24
|''[[The Spindle of Necessity (short story)|The Spindle of Necessity]]''
|[[Allyn Gibson]]
|6th
|rowspan=3|
|-
|25
|''[[Lonely (short story)|Lonely]]''
|[[Richard Wright]]
|8th
|-
|26
|''[[Lares Domestici (short story)|Lares Domestici]]''
|[[Anna Bratton]]
|2nd
|-
|27
|''[[Lost and Founded (short story)|Lost and Founded]]''
|[[Andrew Pidoux]]
|3rd
|Jo
|-
|28
|''[[The Fall of the Druids (short story)|The Fall of the Druids]]''
|[[David N Smith]]
|5th
|Tegan, [[Vislor Turlough|Turlough]], [[Kamelion]]
|}


== Editors ==
== Editors ==
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== Notes ==
== Notes ==
* The final story in the book, ''[[The Fall of the Druids]]'', was reprinted only two months after its initial publication in the previous ''Short Trips'' book.
* The final story in the book, ''[[The Fall of the Druids]]'', was reprinted only two months after its initial publication in the previous ''Short Trips'' book.
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Latest revision as of 14:51, 26 June 2024

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Short Trips: Re:Collections - The Best of Short Trips was an anthology of previously-published Doctor Who short stories in the Big Finish Productions Short Trips series of books. Re:Collections was published in May 2009 as an epitaph to the long-running book series, which Big Finish had discontinued following the BBC not renewing the licence for them to publish original short prose fiction based upon Doctor Who.

In 2010 Big Finish revived the Short Trips concept as an audiobook series.

The book contains 28 short stories, one from each of the 28 Short Trips volumes.

Publisher's summary[[edit] | [edit source]]

to be added

Stories[[edit] | [edit source]]

# Title Author Doctor Featuring
1 I Was a Monster!!! Joseph Lidster 4th Romana II
2 Apocrypha Bipedium Ian Potter 8th Charley, Vicki
3 Face-Painter Tara Samms 2nd Jamie, Victoria
4 The Glass Princess Justin Richards 1st Second Doctor, Third Doctor, Fourth Doctor, Fifth Doctor, Sixth Doctor, Seventh Doctor, Eighth Doctor
5 The Ruins of Heaven Marc Platt 6th Peri
6 The Thief of Sherwood Jonathan Morris 1st Susan, Ian, Barbara
7 The Age of Ambition Andy Campbell 2nd Jamie, Victoria
8 The Dead Man's Story Andy Frankham-Allen 3rd Jeremy
9 Flashpoint Matt Grady 5th Liz
10 Thinking Warrior Huw Wilkins 8th
11 All Our Christmases Steve Lyons 1st
12 Suitors, Inc. Paul Magrs 4th Romana II, K9
13 How You Get There Simon Guerrier 7th Benny
14 Venus Stuart Manning 8th Charley
15 The Lampblack Wars Matthew Sweet 3rd Sarah
16 Life After Queth Matt Kimpton 5th Tegan
17 Checkpoint Stel Pavlou 4th Romana II
18 The Avant Guardian Eddie Robson 2nd Jamie, Zoe
19 Museum Peace James Swallow 8th Kalendorf
20 Midnight in the Café of the Black Madonna Sean Williams 3rd
21 The Glarn Strategy Brian Dooley 4th Romana I
22 Dear Great Uncle Peter Neil Corry Leela
23 Losing the Audience Mat Coward 1st Susan
24 The Spindle of Necessity Allyn Gibson 6th
25 Lonely Richard Wright 8th
26 Lares Domestici Anna Bratton 2nd
27 Lost and Founded Andrew Pidoux 3rd Jo
28 The Fall of the Druids David N Smith 5th Tegan, Turlough, Kamelion

Editors[[edit] | [edit source]]

Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • The final story in the book, The Fall of the Druids, was reprinted only two months after its initial publication in the previous Short Trips book.