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{{Infobox Story | |doctor = Eighth Doctor | ||
|companions = [[Sam Jones|Sam]] | |||
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|doctor=Eighth Doctor | |enemy = [[The Forgotten]] | ||
|companions=[[Sam Jones]] | |writer = Andrew Miller | ||
|setting= | |anthology = Earth and Beyond, More Short Trips | ||
|enemy=[[ | |read by = Paul McGann | ||
|writer= | |release date = October 1998 | ||
|anthology='' | |publisher = BBC Books | ||
|prev=Honest Living (short story) | |series = [[Short Trips (series)#In print|''Short Trips'' short stories]] | ||
|next=Romans Cutaway (short story) | |prev = Honest Living (short story) | ||
}} | |next = Romans Cutaway (short story) | ||
'''''Dead Time''''' was the eleventh short story in the [[Short Trips (series)|Short Trips]] anthology ''[[More Short Trips]]''. It was written by [[Andrew Miller]]. It featured the [[Eighth Doctor]] and [[Sam Jones]]. | |series2 = ''[[Earth and Beyond (audio anthology)|Earth and Beyond]]'' | ||
|prev2 = Bounty (audio story) | |||
|next2 = The People's Temple (short story) | |||
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'''''Dead Time''''' was the second story in the BBC ''Doctor Who: [[Earth and Beyond (audio anthology)|Earth and Beyond]]'' trilogy read by [[Paul McGann]]. It was also the eleventh short story in the [[Short Trips (series)|Short Trips]] anthology ''[[More Short Trips]]''. It was written by [[Andrew Miller]]. It featured the [[Eighth Doctor]] and [[Sam Jones|Sam]]. | |||
== Summary == | == Summary == | ||
The Doctor and Sam are travelling in [[The Doctor's TARDIS|the TARDIS]] when something goes wrong. There is an explosion and everything goes dark. After turning on the emergency lighting, the Doctor discovers they are in deepest space and have landed "in countless different times all at once". | The Doctor and Sam are travelling in [[The Doctor's TARDIS|the TARDIS]] when something goes wrong. There is an [[explosion]] and everything goes dark. After turning on the emergency lighting, the Doctor discovers they are in deepest space and have landed "in countless different times all at once". | ||
Outside the TARDIS is also dark, and they go out to explore. As they make their way through the darkness, Sam thinks she sees something, but is hesitant to mention it. They can see distorted shapes that look like faces, and there are points of light that are beginning to coalesce. The lights start moving toward the Doctor and Sam, and they run away. They enter an area that seems familiar to the Doctor. He realises it is an ancient [[TARDIS]], and it is awakening in response to his presence. | Outside the TARDIS is also dark, and they go out to explore. As they make their way through the darkness, Sam thinks she sees something, but is hesitant to mention it. They can see distorted shapes that look like faces, and there are points of light that are beginning to coalesce. The lights start moving toward the Doctor and Sam, and they run away. They enter an area that seems familiar to the Doctor. He realises it is an ancient [[TARDIS]], and it is awakening in response to his presence. | ||
The cloud of lights places Sam in a stasis field, and comes after the Doctor. They attack his mind. Suddenly he sees a version of himself from the future, come back to warn him about the alien entity attacking him. | The cloud of lights places Sam in a stasis field, and comes after the Doctor. They attack his mind. Suddenly he sees a version of himself from the future, come back to warn him about the alien entity attacking him. | ||
The Other-Doctor tells him the "aliens" are [[ | The Other-Doctor tells him the "aliens" are [[the Forgotten]], from [[Gallifrey]]'s past. They were memory surfers, who figured out how to time travel through a [[Time Lord]]'s timeline. The side effect is that the host's life unravels. The owner of this old TARDIS was one of their victims, and when he went mad, they did as well. | ||
The Other-Doctor fades away, and the Forgotten start travelling through the Doctor's past in his mind. When they get to the time his [[First Doctor|first incarnation]] was about to [[Regeneration|regenerate]], he traps them in a sealed area of his mind. | The Other-Doctor fades away, and the Forgotten start travelling through the Doctor's past in his mind. When they get to the time his [[First Doctor|first incarnation]] was about to [[Regeneration|regenerate]], he traps them in a sealed area of his mind. | ||
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== | == Worldbuilding == | ||
* The ancient TARDIS was sent out to map the universe by [[Rassilon]], likely a [[Type | * The ancient TARDIS was sent out to map the universe by [[Rassilon]], likely a [[Type 1]]. | ||
* The Doctor recalls a time as a child when he witnessed the Gallifreyan | * The Doctor recalls a time as a child when he witnessed the [[Gallifreyan Flower of Remembrance]] at a funeral in the [[Panopticon]]. | ||
* A [[Lucrece shift]] is a cosmic phenomenon that can affect the TARDIS. | |||
== Notes == | == Notes == | ||
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== Continuity == | == Continuity == | ||
* The Doctor refers to himself as a wanderer in the fourth and fifth dimensions. ([[TV]]: ''[[An Unearthly Child (TV story)|An Unearthly Child]]'') | |||
* Sam's "Richter scale of danger" is used. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Genocide (novel)|Genocide]]'') | * Sam's "Richter scale of danger" is used. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Genocide (novel)|Genocide]]'') | ||
* As the Forgotten are attacking his timeline, the Doctor sees [[Cheetah Person|Cheetah people]], ([[TV]]: ''[[Survival (TV story)|Survival]]'') [[Dalek]]s, ([[Revelation of the Daleks (TV story)|Revelation of the Daleks]]'') [[Nimon]]s, ([[TV]]: ''[[The Horns of Nimon (TV story)|The Horns of Nimon]]'') [[Kraal]] | * The Gallifreyan flowers of remembrance that the Doctor mentions here are the same flowers that his TARDIS takes the form of in [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Ancestor Cell (novel)|The Ancestor Cell]]''. | ||
* The Doctor recently regenerated. ([[TV]]: ''[[Doctor Who (TV story)|Doctor Who]]'') | |||
* The Forgotten travel through Time Lord lifespans. When they leave, the host Time Lord dies at all points in their life. Something similar happened to the Eleventh Doctor when the Great Intelligence steps into his timeline. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Name of the Doctor (TV story)|The Name of the Doctor]]'') | |||
* The Doctor hates to imagine what the universe would be like without him. ([[TV]]: ''[[Turn Left (TV story)|Turn Left]]'', ''[[The Name of the Doctor (TV story)|The Name of the Doctor]]'') | |||
* As the Forgotten are attacking his timeline, the Doctor sees [[San Francisco]], ([[TV]]: ''[[Doctor Who (TV story)|Doctor Who]]'') [[Cheetah Person|Cheetah people]], ([[TV]]: ''[[Survival (TV story)|Survival]]'') [[Dalek]]s, ([[TV]]: ''[[Remembrance of the Daleks (TV story)|Remembrance of the Daleks]]'', ''[[Revelation of the Daleks (TV story)|Revelation of the Daleks]]'') [[Nimon]]s, ([[TV]]: ''[[The Horns of Nimon (TV story)|The Horns of Nimon]]'') [[Kraal (species)|Kraals]], ([[TV]]: ''[[The Android Invasion (TV story)|The Android Invasion]]'') [[Ogron]]s and [[Draconian]]s ([[TV]]: ''[[Frontier in Space (TV story)|Frontier in Space]]'') [[Drashig]]s, ([[TV]]: ''[[Carnival of Monsters (TV story)|Carnival of Monsters]]'') [[Axos|Axons]], ([[TV]]: ''[[The Claws of Axos (TV story)|The Claws of Axos]]'') the [[Third Doctor|grey-haired dandy]] born from the pain and dismay of the [[Second Doctor|little dark haired clown]], tried and convicted by the very people he was fighting now to save, ([[TV]]: ''[[Spearhead from Space (TV story)|Spearhead from Space]]'', ''[[The War Games (TV story)|The War Games]]'') [[Kroton (species)|Krotons]], ([[TV]]: ''[[The Krotons (TV story)|The Krotons]]'') [[Ice Warrior]]s, ([[TV]]: ''[[The Ice Warriors (TV story)|The Ice Warriors]]'') [[Robot Yeti|Yeti]], ([[TV]]: ''[[The Abominable Snowmen (TV story)|The Abominable Snowmen]]'') [[Macra]] ([[TV]]: ''[[The Macra Terror (TV story)|The Macra Terror]]'') and the [[Cyberman|Cybermen]] in [[Antarctica]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Tenth Planet (TV story)|The Tenth Planet]]'') | |||
* The Doctor notes that [[the Forgotten]] will be destroyed when he next regenerates. He would ultimately undergo a successful regeneration on [[Karn]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Night of the Doctor (TV story)|The Night of the Doctor]]'') | |||
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Dead Time was the second story in the BBC Doctor Who: Earth and Beyond trilogy read by Paul McGann. It was also the eleventh short story in the Short Trips anthology More Short Trips. It was written by Andrew Miller. It featured the Eighth Doctor and Sam.
Summary[[edit] | [edit source]]
The Doctor and Sam are travelling in the TARDIS when something goes wrong. There is an explosion and everything goes dark. After turning on the emergency lighting, the Doctor discovers they are in deepest space and have landed "in countless different times all at once".
Outside the TARDIS is also dark, and they go out to explore. As they make their way through the darkness, Sam thinks she sees something, but is hesitant to mention it. They can see distorted shapes that look like faces, and there are points of light that are beginning to coalesce. The lights start moving toward the Doctor and Sam, and they run away. They enter an area that seems familiar to the Doctor. He realises it is an ancient TARDIS, and it is awakening in response to his presence.
The cloud of lights places Sam in a stasis field, and comes after the Doctor. They attack his mind. Suddenly he sees a version of himself from the future, come back to warn him about the alien entity attacking him.
The Other-Doctor tells him the "aliens" are the Forgotten, from Gallifrey's past. They were memory surfers, who figured out how to time travel through a Time Lord's timeline. The side effect is that the host's life unravels. The owner of this old TARDIS was one of their victims, and when he went mad, they did as well.
The Other-Doctor fades away, and the Forgotten start travelling through the Doctor's past in his mind. When they get to the time his first incarnation was about to regenerate, he traps them in a sealed area of his mind.
He and Sam find themselves in the console room of the old TARDIS. This reality starts to dissolve, and they head back to their TARDIS.
Characters[[edit] | [edit source]]
Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]
- The ancient TARDIS was sent out to map the universe by Rassilon, likely a Type 1.
- The Doctor recalls a time as a child when he witnessed the Gallifreyan Flower of Remembrance at a funeral in the Panopticon.
- A Lucrece shift is a cosmic phenomenon that can affect the TARDIS.
Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]
to be added
Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]
- The Doctor refers to himself as a wanderer in the fourth and fifth dimensions. (TV: An Unearthly Child)
- Sam's "Richter scale of danger" is used. (PROSE: Genocide)
- The Gallifreyan flowers of remembrance that the Doctor mentions here are the same flowers that his TARDIS takes the form of in PROSE: The Ancestor Cell.
- The Doctor recently regenerated. (TV: Doctor Who)
- The Forgotten travel through Time Lord lifespans. When they leave, the host Time Lord dies at all points in their life. Something similar happened to the Eleventh Doctor when the Great Intelligence steps into his timeline. (TV: The Name of the Doctor)
- The Doctor hates to imagine what the universe would be like without him. (TV: Turn Left, The Name of the Doctor)
- As the Forgotten are attacking his timeline, the Doctor sees San Francisco, (TV: Doctor Who) Cheetah people, (TV: Survival) Daleks, (TV: Remembrance of the Daleks, Revelation of the Daleks) Nimons, (TV: The Horns of Nimon) Kraals, (TV: The Android Invasion) Ogrons and Draconians (TV: Frontier in Space) Drashigs, (TV: Carnival of Monsters) Axons, (TV: The Claws of Axos) the grey-haired dandy born from the pain and dismay of the little dark haired clown, tried and convicted by the very people he was fighting now to save, (TV: Spearhead from Space, The War Games) Krotons, (TV: The Krotons) Ice Warriors, (TV: The Ice Warriors) Yeti, (TV: The Abominable Snowmen) Macra (TV: The Macra Terror) and the Cybermen in Antarctica. (TV: The Tenth Planet)
- The Doctor notes that the Forgotten will be destroyed when he next regenerates. He would ultimately undergo a successful regeneration on Karn. (TV: The Night of the Doctor)
External links[[edit] | [edit source]]
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