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{{Infobox Short Story|
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story name=Private Investigations|
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series=[[Short Trips (series)|Short Trips]]|
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doctor=[[Seventh Doctor]]|
|series=[[Short Trips (series)#In print|Short Trips short stories]]
companions=[[Ace]]|
|doctor = Seventh Doctor
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|companions=[[Ace]]
writer=[[Ian Farrington]]|
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publication=[[Short Trips: Dalek Empire]]|
|writer = Ian Farrington
previous story=[[Alby]]|
|anthology = Short Trips: Dalek Empire
next story=[[Suz]]|
|release date = 18 December 2006
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|prev = Alby (short story)
|next=Suz (short story)
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'''''Private Investigations''''' was the fourth short story in the [[Short Trips (series)|Short Trips]] anthology ''[[Short Trips: Dalek Empire]]''. It was written by [[Ian Farrington]]. It featured the [[Seventh Doctor]] and [[Ace]].


==Summary==
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Dr [[Colem Litchen]] of the [[Landaluze Corporation]] is giving a presentation at a university, asking for funds to help him continue his research on the [[Dalek]] invasion of [[Malite]]. He gives the audience a brief summary of what the researchers think happened on Malite, hoping to interest them enough that they will fund his research.
 
Records that survived the invasion show that prior to the Dalek arrival, the Doctor and Ace arrived on Malite to warn them of the impending invasion. Premier [[Yellesh Mercado]] and his government officials heeded the Doctor's warning and prepared their planet, allowing them to resist the Dalek invasion far longer than any other planet had.
 
However, Mercado soon had the Doctor arrested as a traitor, and Mercado himself was apparently killed. As Dr Litchen tells his audience, however, it seems unlikely that the Doctor was a traitor, especially as his friend Ace helped to spearhead a resistance movement after the Dalek occupation. Records that he has studied indicate that it was Mercado who was the traitor, having the Doctor falsely arrested and faking his own death as part of his deal with the Daleks.


==Characters==
Dr Litchen hopes that his presentation has made a difference.
*[[Seventh Doctor]]
*[[Ace]]


==References==
== Characters ==
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* [[Seventh Doctor]]
* [[Ace]]
* [[Colem Litchen]]
* [[Yellesh Mercado]]
* [[T.H. Bassing]]
* [[Dessel (Private Investigations)|Dessel]]
* [[Eprahs]]
* [[Inigo Tate]]


==Notes==
== Worldbuilding ==
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* The Landaluze Corporation is based on [[Newlandis]].
* Malite has at least two moons, [[Kloeden]] and [[Haiduk]].


==Continuity==
== Notes ==
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==Timeline==
== Continuity ==
*This story occurs after [[DW]]: ''[[Silver Nemesis]]''
*This story occurs before [[ST]]: ''[[The Tide and Time]]''
 
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Private Investigations was the fourth short story in the Short Trips anthology Short Trips: Dalek Empire. It was written by Ian Farrington. It featured the Seventh Doctor and Ace.

Summary[[edit] | [edit source]]

Dr Colem Litchen of the Landaluze Corporation is giving a presentation at a university, asking for funds to help him continue his research on the Dalek invasion of Malite. He gives the audience a brief summary of what the researchers think happened on Malite, hoping to interest them enough that they will fund his research.

Records that survived the invasion show that prior to the Dalek arrival, the Doctor and Ace arrived on Malite to warn them of the impending invasion. Premier Yellesh Mercado and his government officials heeded the Doctor's warning and prepared their planet, allowing them to resist the Dalek invasion far longer than any other planet had.

However, Mercado soon had the Doctor arrested as a traitor, and Mercado himself was apparently killed. As Dr Litchen tells his audience, however, it seems unlikely that the Doctor was a traitor, especially as his friend Ace helped to spearhead a resistance movement after the Dalek occupation. Records that he has studied indicate that it was Mercado who was the traitor, having the Doctor falsely arrested and faking his own death as part of his deal with the Daleks.

Dr Litchen hopes that his presentation has made a difference.

Characters[[edit] | [edit source]]

Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]

Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]

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Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]

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