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|series =[[Short Trips (series)#In print|Short Trips short stories]]
|name = Phoenix
|series = [[Short Trips (series)|Short Trips]]
|doctor = Eighth Doctor
|doctor = Eighth Doctor
|setting = [[Earth]]
|setting = [[Earth]]
|writer = [[James Goss]]
|writer = James Goss
|publication = ''[[Short Trips: Indefinable Magic]]''
|anthology= Short Trips: Indefinable Magic
|prev = none
|release date = 30 March 2009
|prev = White on White (short story)
|next = The Power Supply (short story)
|next = The Power Supply (short story)
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'''''Phoenix''''' was the first short story in the [[Short Trips (series)|Short Trips]] anthology ''[[Short Trips: Indefinable Magic]]''. It was written by [[James Goss]]. It featured the [[Eighth Doctor]].
'''''Phoenix''''' was the first short story in the [[Short Trips (series)|Short Trips]] anthology ''[[Short Trips: Indefinable Magic]]''. It was written by [[James Goss]], and featured the [[Eighth Doctor]].
 
== Summary ==
== Summary ==
The Doctor is on the trail of a sentient book entitled "a bestiary of legendary and magical creatures". The Doctor tracks the book to [[Earth]] where it begins creating mythical creatures such as a [[unicorn]] and a phoenix. The Doctor, with the help of a talking cat and a house-bound neighbour, manages to defeat the book as it creates a dragon from human and animal body parts. After the Doctor leaves in the [[TARDIS]], a strange rash on the house-bound neighbour transforms into the Doctor, who quickly defeats the book's final creation before dissolving into nothingness.
The Doctor is on the trail of a sentient book entitled "a bestiary of legendary and magical creatures". The Doctor tracks the book to [[Earth]] where it begins creating mythical creatures such as a [[unicorn]] and a phoenix. The Doctor, with the help of a talking [[cat]] and a house-bound neighbour, manages to defeat the book as it creates a dragon from human and animal body parts. After the Doctor leaves in [[the TARDIS]], a strange rash on the house-bound neighbour transforms into the Doctor, who quickly defeats the book's final creation before dissolving into nothingness.


== Characters ==
== Characters ==
* [[Eighth Doctor]]
* [[Eighth Doctor]]
* The [[Bestiary of Legendary and Magical Creatures]]
* The [[Bestiary of Legendary and Magical Creatures]]
* Margaret
* [[Margaret (Phoenix)|Margaret]]
* [[Fire (Phoenix)|Fire]]
* [[Fire (Phoenix)|Fire]]
* [[Marmaduke (Phoenix)|Marmaduke]]
* [[Marmaduke (Phoenix)|Marmaduke]]
** A [[cat]], given the power of thought by the book.


== References ==
== Worldbuilding ==
* The ''[[Bestiary of Legendary and Magical Creatures]]'' is a sentient book which tries to make the fictional contents of its pages a reality.
* [[Thinking book]]s work in the same manner as audiobooks, except they work with thought processes.
* [[Thinking book]]s work in the same manner as audiobooks, except they work with thought processes.
* The book creates a [[unicorn]] from [[toilet]] paper.
* The book creates a [[unicorn]] from [[toilet paper]].


== Notes ==
== Notes ==
* This story was adapted for audio by [[Heroic Efforts Productions]].
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== Continuity ==
== Continuity ==
* Fire alludes to a point in the Doctor's future where the use of fire will cost the Doctor everything he has. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Sound of Drums]]'')
* Fire mentions the [[First Doctor]]'s imprisonment in the [[Cave of Skulls]], ([[TV]]: ''[[An Unearthly Child (TV story)|An Unearthly Child]]'') and [[Fifth Doctor]]'s escapades at [[Pudding Lane]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Visitation (TV story)|The Visitation]]'')
* Fire recalls the Doctor's escapades at Pudding Lane. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Visitation]]'')
 
== External links ==
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* http://heroic-efforts.blogspot.com/2010/10/doctor-who-phoenix-short-trips.html
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[[Category:Eighth Doctor short stories]]
[[Category:Eighth Doctor short stories]]
[[Category:Stories set on Earth]]
[[Category:Short stories set on Earth]]
[[Category:2009 short stories]]
[[Category:Short Trips: Indefinable Magic short stories]]
[[Category:ST short stories]]

Latest revision as of 16:09, 17 March 2024

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Phoenix was the first short story in the Short Trips anthology Short Trips: Indefinable Magic. It was written by James Goss, and featured the Eighth Doctor.

Summary[[edit] | [edit source]]

The Doctor is on the trail of a sentient book entitled "a bestiary of legendary and magical creatures". The Doctor tracks the book to Earth where it begins creating mythical creatures such as a unicorn and a phoenix. The Doctor, with the help of a talking cat and a house-bound neighbour, manages to defeat the book as it creates a dragon from human and animal body parts. After the Doctor leaves in the TARDIS, a strange rash on the house-bound neighbour transforms into the Doctor, who quickly defeats the book's final creation before dissolving into nothingness.

Characters[[edit] | [edit source]]

Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]

Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]

to be added

Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]