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|name=Repercussions...
|series=[[Short Trips (series)#In print|Short Trips short stories]]
|series=[[Short Trips (series)#In print|Short Trips short stories]]
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|doctor = Eighth Doctor
|companions=[[Charley Pollard]]
|companions=[[Charley Pollard]]
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|writer=[[Gary Russell]]
|writer = Gary Russell
|anthology=''[[Short Trips: Repercussions]]''
|release date = 26 August 2004
|prev=The Tramp's Story (short story)
|anthology= Short Trips: Repercussions
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'''''Repercussions...''''' was the seventeenth short story in the [[Short Trips (series)|Short Trips]] anthology ''[[Short Trips: Repercussions]]''. It was written by [[Gary Russell]]. It featured the [[Eighth Doctor]] and [[Charley Pollard]].
'''''Repercussions...''''' was the seventeenth short story in the [[Short Trips (series)|Short Trips]] anthology ''[[Short Trips: Repercussions]]''. It was written by [[Gary Russell]]. It featured the [[Eighth Doctor]] and [[Charley Pollard]].
== Summary ==
== Summary ==
Charley falls asleep while reading a book in the TARDIS. When she wakes she is surprised to discover she is no longer on board the TARDIS, but an airship. Wandering around the ship, Charley finds a bar filled with people. Talking to the bartender, she learns the passengers are all on a journey. While awaiting the Doctor's arrival, she talks to people. Each tells the story of how they came aboard the airship. Charley comes to understand that all of the passengers have been removed from their own timelines to protect the [[Web of Time]].
Charley falls asleep while reading a book in the [[The Doctor's TARDIS|TARDIS]]. When she wakes she is surprised to discover she is no longer on board the TARDIS, but an airship. Wandering around the ship, Charley finds a bar filled with people. Talking to the [[bartender]], she learns the passengers are all on a journey. While awaiting the Doctor's arrival, she talks to people. Each tells the story of how they came aboard the airship. Charley comes to understand that all of the passengers have been removed from their own timelines to protect the [[Web of Time]].


Charley wakes back in the TARDIS to find the Doctor waiting for her. He tells her the airship was the heart of the [[time vortex]], and since no time passes there, the passengers will never know that they’re in limbo, forever heading towards a destination they will never reach. The Doctor tells Charley that it was the best solution he could come up with; they could not be permitted to cause further damage to the Web of Time. The Doctor and Charley set off in the TARDIS for another adventure, leaving Charley with a better understanding of who she is travelling with.
Charley wakes back in the TARDIS to find the Doctor waiting for her. He tells her the airship was the heart of the [[time vortex]], and since no time passes there, the passengers will never know that they're in limbo, forever heading towards a destination they will never reach. The Doctor tells Charley that it was the best solution he could come up with; they could not be permitted to cause further damage to the Web of Time. The Doctor and Charley set off in the TARDIS for another adventure, leaving Charley with a better understanding of whom she is travelling with.


== Characters ==
== Characters ==
* [[Eighth Doctor]]
* [[Eighth Doctor]]
* [[Charley Pollard]]
* [[Charley Pollard]]
* [[Tianna]]  
* [[Tianna]]
* [[The Tramp]]
* [[Tramp (The Tramp's Story)|Tramp]]
* [[Grant Markham]]  
* [[Grant Markham]]
* [[Samantha Jones]]  
* [[Sam Jones]]


== References ==
== Worldbuilding ==
* The Doctor says that he visits the airship from time to time to remind him of his responsibilities as a time-traveller.
* The Doctor says that he visits the airship from time to time to remind him of his responsibilities as a [[time-travel]]ler.
* The [[the Doctor's TARDIS|TARDIS]] contains a [[Louis XIV]] chair and a copy of [[Bartholomew]]'s [[Gazetteer of the Stars]].
* [[the Doctor's TARDIS|The TARDIS]] contains a [[Louis XIV]] chair and a copy of [[Bartholomew]]'s [[Gazetteer of the Stars]].
* [[T'rss]] is a Martian spirit.
* [[T'rss]] is a Martian spirit.
* [[Gallifreyan]] [[vampire]]s don't usually drink human blood.
* [[Gallifreyan]] [[vampire]]s don't usually drink human blood.
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== Continuity ==
== Continuity ==
* Two characters who could be companions [[Grant Markham]] and [[Samantha Jones]] appear in the airship, suggesting they have been removed from time. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Time of Your Life]]'', ''[[The Eight Doctors]]'')
* The ''[[R101]]'' and Ramsey the [[Vortisaur]] are mentioned. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Storm Warning (audio story)|Storm Warning]]'')
* The ''[[R101]]'' and Ramsey the [[Vortisaur]] are mentioned. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Storm Warning]]'')
* [[Cybermen]] and the [[Garazone system]] are mentioned. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Sword of Orion (audio story)|Sword of Orion]]'')
* [[Cybermen]] and the [[Garazone system]] are mentioned. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Sword of Orion]]'')


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[[Category:Charlotte Pollard short stories]]

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Repercussions... was the seventeenth short story in the Short Trips anthology Short Trips: Repercussions. It was written by Gary Russell. It featured the Eighth Doctor and Charley Pollard.

Summary[[edit] | [edit source]]

Charley falls asleep while reading a book in the TARDIS. When she wakes she is surprised to discover she is no longer on board the TARDIS, but an airship. Wandering around the ship, Charley finds a bar filled with people. Talking to the bartender, she learns the passengers are all on a journey. While awaiting the Doctor's arrival, she talks to people. Each tells the story of how they came aboard the airship. Charley comes to understand that all of the passengers have been removed from their own timelines to protect the Web of Time.

Charley wakes back in the TARDIS to find the Doctor waiting for her. He tells her the airship was the heart of the time vortex, and since no time passes there, the passengers will never know that they're in limbo, forever heading towards a destination they will never reach. The Doctor tells Charley that it was the best solution he could come up with; they could not be permitted to cause further damage to the Web of Time. The Doctor and Charley set off in the TARDIS for another adventure, leaving Charley with a better understanding of whom she is travelling with.

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