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|series=[[Short Trips (series)#In print|Short Trips short stories]]
|series=[[Short Trips (series)#In print|Short Trips short stories]]
|main character=[[Harry Sullivan]]
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|writer=[[Robert Dick]]
|writer = Robert Dick
|anthology=''[[Short Trips: Defining Patterns]]''
|anthology = Short Trips: Defining Patterns
|prev=The Celestial Harmony Engine (short story)
|release date = March 2008
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'''''Mutiny''''' was the seventh short story in the [[Short Trips (series)|Short Trips]] anthology ''[[Short Trips: Defining Patterns]]''. It was written by [[Robert Dick]]. It featured [[Harry Sullivan]].
'''''Mutiny''''' was the seventh short story in the [[Short Trips (series)|Short Trips]] anthology ''[[Short Trips: Defining Patterns]]''. It was written by [[Robert Dick]]. It featured [[Harry Sullivan]].
== Summary ==
== Summary ==
Harry is placed under military arrest for disobeying a superior [[UNIT]] officer's orders. However, he has only done so to keep the incorrigible man from hurting an innocent alien child, and summons the [[Fourth Doctor]] to help him sort out the mess.
While [[the Brigadier]] is in [[Geneva]], Colonel [[Dennis Horsley]] is in charge of [[UNIT]]. When an alien ship crashes, he orders [[Harry Sullivan]] to interrogate the alien by any means necessary. Harry talks to the alien and learns that he was participating in a race and crashed on Earth. Harry refuses to torture the alien in any way, and he contacts the Doctor despite Horsley's orders to the contrary.
 
When Horsley finds out, he puts Harry in a cell. [[John Benton]] sneaks a visit to Harry, and Harry explains what happened to the only person who can understand. Suddenly the Doctor shows up, ignoring Horsley, and drags Harry off to find out more about the alien.


== Characters ==
== Characters ==
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* Colonel [[Dennis Horsley]]
* Colonel [[Dennis Horsley]]


== References ==
== Worldbuilding ==
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* Harry mentions the [[Hippocratic Oath]].
* The Brigadier is in [[Geneva]].
* The Doctor offers Harry a [[yellow]] [[jelly baby]], which is his favourite.
* The Brigadier's first replacement tangles with the [[Kraal (species)|Kraals]].
* The alien is from [[Oakes Minor]].
* Harry thinks [[Sarah Jane Smith|Sarah]] would say he did the right thing.


== Notes ==
== Notes ==
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== Continuity ==
== Continuity ==
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* Benton mentions aliens who "claimed they came in peace" but wanted the Earth for themselves. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Claws of Axos (TV story)|The Claws of Axos]]'')
* Harry uses the [[space-time telegraph]] that was given to the Brigadier. ([[TV]]: ''[[Revenge of the Cybermen (TV story)|Revenge of the Cybermen]]'')
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[[Category:Doctor Who short stories]]
[[Category:Short Trips: Defining Patterns short stories]]
[[Category:2008 short stories]]
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[[Category:Stories set in Great Britain]]
[[Category:Stories set in Great Britain]]
[[Category:Stories set in the 1970s]]
[[Category:Stories set in the 1970s]]

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Mutiny was the seventh short story in the Short Trips anthology Short Trips: Defining Patterns. It was written by Robert Dick. It featured Harry Sullivan.

Summary[[edit] | [edit source]]

While the Brigadier is in Geneva, Colonel Dennis Horsley is in charge of UNIT. When an alien ship crashes, he orders Harry Sullivan to interrogate the alien by any means necessary. Harry talks to the alien and learns that he was participating in a race and crashed on Earth. Harry refuses to torture the alien in any way, and he contacts the Doctor despite Horsley's orders to the contrary.

When Horsley finds out, he puts Harry in a cell. John Benton sneaks a visit to Harry, and Harry explains what happened to the only person who can understand. Suddenly the Doctor shows up, ignoring Horsley, and drags Harry off to find out more about the alien.

Characters[[edit] | [edit source]]

Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]

Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]

to be added

Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]