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|range                  = Short Trips (series)
|name=O, Darkness
|series in range        = Short Trips: Steel Skies
|series=[[Short Trips (series)|Short Trips]]
|series number in range = 5
|doctor=Fourth Doctor
|number in series      = 14
|companions=[[Romana II]], [[Adric]]
|doctor                 = Fourth Doctor
|year=[[The Structure]], unnamed planet, [[E-Space]]
|companions             = [[Romana II]], [[Adric]]
|writer=[[John Binns]]
|setting                = [[The Structure]], [[E-Space]]
|anthology=''[[Short Trips: Steel Skies]]''
|writer                 = John Binns
|prev=Cold War (short story)
|anthology             = Short Trips: Steel Skies
|next=Greenaway (short story)
|release date          = December 2003
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|series                = ''[[Short Trips (series)|Short Trips]]''
|prev                   = Cold War (short story)
|next                   = Greenaway (short story)
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'''''O, Darkness''''' was the fourteenth short story in the [[Short Trips (series)|Short Trips]] anthology ''[[Short Trips: Steel Skies]]''. It was written by [[John Binns]]. It featured the [[Fourth Doctor]], [[Romana II]] and [[Adric]].
'''''O, Darkness''''' was the fourteenth short story in the [[Short Trips (series)|Short Trips]] anthology ''[[Short Trips: Steel Skies]]''. It was written by [[John Binns]]. It featured the [[Fourth Doctor]], [[Romana II]] and [[Adric]].
== Summary ==
== Summary ==
The Doctor, Romana and Adric arrive in a labyrinthine construction known as the Structure, with is maintained by an administrator named J. The interior of the Structure is a dark, dank and dirty maze of corridors and rooms, while outside lies a wasteland that is threatened by the Encroachment, a hoard of giant, vicious monsters.
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While the Doctor and Romana explore, Adric helps J by using a remotely-operated robot to destroy some of the creatures outside. The Doctor discovers that the rooms in the Structure are actually larger rooms sub-divided off by prefabricated walls, which he proceeds to tear down, making the building more open and less oppressive.
 
He then decides to explore the grounds outside, and, together with Romana, discovers a huge garden filled with beautiful flowers, beyond which lie other, more brightly-lit, buildings. The Doctor realises that J’s virtual reality equipment has been zoomed in on the residue of ash on the flower beds, and that the Encroachment is nothing more than greenfly. Romana encourages J to overcome his fear of the outside world, and as he prepares to venture beyond the confines of the Structure, the Doctor and his companions leave in the TARDIS.
 


== Characters ==
== Characters ==
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* [[Romana II]]
* [[Romana II]]
* [[Adric]]
* [[Adric]]
* [[J]]
* [[J (O, Darkness)|J]]


== References ==
== Worldbuilding ==
* [[The Structure]] is located on an unknown [[planet]] in [[E-Space]] with two suns.
* [[The Structure]] is located on an unknown [[planet]] in [[E-Space]] with two suns.
* Adric worries that the two [[Time Lord]]s, with life spans of centuries, would think nothing of spending months in one place.


== Notes ==
== Notes ==
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== Continuity ==
== Continuity ==
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* The Structure reminds Adric of the ''[[Starliner]]''. ([[TV]]: ''[[Full Circle (TV story)|Full Circle]]'')
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* Adric thinks he can handle the encroachment, having already dealt with [[marshman|Marshmen]] ([[TV]]: ''[[Full Circle (TV story)|Full Circle]]'') and [[Great Vampire]]s. ([[TV]]: ''[[State of Decay (TV story)|State of Decay]]'')
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[[Category:Fourth Doctor short stories]]
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[[Category:Stories set in E-Space]]
[[Category:Stories set in E-Space]]
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Latest revision as of 21:56, 11 February 2024

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O, Darkness was the fourteenth short story in the Short Trips anthology Short Trips: Steel Skies. It was written by John Binns. It featured the Fourth Doctor, Romana II and Adric.

Summary[[edit] | [edit source]]

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Characters[[edit] | [edit source]]

Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • The Structure is located on an unknown planet in E-Space with two suns.
  • Adric worries that the two Time Lords, with life spans of centuries, would think nothing of spending months in one place.

Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • The stories in Short Trips: Steel Skies are divided into four sections dealing with different types of confinement. This story deals with isolation, that is, "the loneliness and despair of being cut off from the world outside".

Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]