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|series=[[Short Trips (series)#In print|Short Trips short stories]] | |series = [[Short Trips (series)#In print|Short Trips short stories]] | ||
|doctor=Third Doctor | |doctor = Third Doctor | ||
| | |companions = [[Jo Grant|Jo]], [[Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart|The Brig]], [[John Benton|Benton]] | ||
|enemy = {{Delgado|c}} | |||
| | |setting = [[London]], c. [[1976]] | ||
| | |writer = Steve Lyons | ||
|setting=[[London]], c. [[1976]] | |read by = [[Nicholas Courtney]] and [[Sophie Aldred]] | ||
|writer= | |anthology = Short Trips (anthology) | ||
|read by=[[Nicholas Courtney]] and [[Sophie Aldred]] | |release date = 2 March 1998 | ||
|anthology= | |prev = Stop the Pigeon (short story) | ||
|release date= 2 March 1998 | |next = Glass (short story) | ||
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'''''Freedom''''' was the sixth short story in the [[Short Trips (series)|Short Trips]] anthology ''[[Short Trips (anthology)|Short Trips]]''. It was written by [[Steve Lyons]] | '''''Freedom''''' was the sixth short story in the [[Short Trips (series)|Short Trips]] anthology ''[[Short Trips (anthology)|Short Trips]]''. It was written by [[Steve Lyons]] and featured the [[Third Doctor]], [[Jo Grant]], [[Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart|Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart]], [[John Benton|Sergeant Benton]] and {{Delgado|c}} | ||
== Summary == | == Summary == | ||
The Doctor and Jo Grant land in the middle of a prison break, only to find that the Master has hypnotised many people. After their trances are broken, the Brigadier informs the Doctor that they all work for the Freedom Corporation, which had been set up thirty years ago. The Doctor decides to investigate the Freedom Corporation. He attends a demonstration given by Gerald Gooder to show off his time machine. The Doctor is relieved to find that Gooder doesn't know what he's doing, but is still suspicious. Late at night Jo and he sneak in to the building. They find Gooder destroying their prototype time machine. They follow Gooder to find the Master, who traps the Doctor in the construct. | The Doctor and Jo Grant land in the middle of a prison break, only to find that the Master has hypnotised many people. After their trances are broken, the Brigadier informs the Doctor that they all work for the [[Freedom Corporation]], which had been set up thirty years ago. The Doctor decides to investigate the Freedom Corporation. He attends a demonstration given by Gerald Gooder to show off his time machine. The Doctor is relieved to find that Gooder doesn't know what he's doing, but is still suspicious. Late at night Jo and he sneak in to the building. They find Gooder destroying their prototype time machine. They follow Gooder to find the Master, who traps the Doctor in the construct. | ||
The Doctor and Jo are trapped, with no way out. | The Doctor and Jo are trapped, with no way out. | ||
Meanwhile, the Brigadier attempts to negotiate with the Master in order to rescue the Doctor and Jo. The Brigadier allows the Master access to his time machine, but the Master instead turns on a device that sends out time waves, causing everything on Earth to regress backwards in time. The Master is immune to the effects. | Meanwhile, the Brigadier attempts to negotiate with the Master in order to rescue the Doctor and Jo. The Brigadier allows the Master access to his time machine, but the Master instead turns on a device that sends out time waves, causing everything on Earth to regress backwards in time. The Master is immune to the effects. | ||
The Doctor has given up hope of getting out of the construct. To his and Jo's surprise and delight, the TARDIS appears, and the Doctor's memory of time travel is fully restored. He realises the Time | The Doctor has given up hope of getting out of the construct. To his and Jo's surprise and delight, the TARDIS appears, and the Doctor's memory of time travel is fully restored. He realises the [[Time Lord]]s restored his memory and his TARDIS to him so that he can rescue Earth from the Master's device. The Doctor, seeing his freedom at hand, is sorely tempted to escape from the Time Lords and lose them in the Time Vortex. Jo's pleading, as well as the realisation that the Time Lords will find him anyway, convince the Doctor to come to Earth's aid. He convinces the Master to reverse the device. The Master is recaptured. | ||
== Characters == | == Characters == | ||
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* [[Gerald Gooder]] | * [[Gerald Gooder]] | ||
== | == Worldbuilding == | ||
* [[The construct]] was created by the people of [[Arbrocknel]]. | * [[The construct]] was created by the people of [[Arbrocknel]]. | ||
* The [[Freedom Corporation]] was set up by the Master in [[1936]]. Jo Grant says this was over thirty years ago, placing this story in [[1976]] or later. ''See [[UNIT dating controversy]].'' | * The [[Freedom Corporation]] was set up by the Master in [[1936]]. Jo Grant says this was over thirty years ago, placing this story in [[1976]] or later. ''See [[UNIT dating controversy]].'' | ||
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* [[Stangmoor Prison]] first appeared in [[TV]]: ''[[The Mind of Evil (TV story)|The Mind of Evil]]''. | * [[Stangmoor Prison]] first appeared in [[TV]]: ''[[The Mind of Evil (TV story)|The Mind of Evil]]''. | ||
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Freedom was the sixth short story in the Short Trips anthology Short Trips. It was written by Steve Lyons and featured the Third Doctor, Jo Grant, Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart, Sergeant Benton and The Master
Summary[[edit] | [edit source]]
The Doctor and Jo Grant land in the middle of a prison break, only to find that the Master has hypnotised many people. After their trances are broken, the Brigadier informs the Doctor that they all work for the Freedom Corporation, which had been set up thirty years ago. The Doctor decides to investigate the Freedom Corporation. He attends a demonstration given by Gerald Gooder to show off his time machine. The Doctor is relieved to find that Gooder doesn't know what he's doing, but is still suspicious. Late at night Jo and he sneak in to the building. They find Gooder destroying their prototype time machine. They follow Gooder to find the Master, who traps the Doctor in the construct. The Doctor and Jo are trapped, with no way out.
Meanwhile, the Brigadier attempts to negotiate with the Master in order to rescue the Doctor and Jo. The Brigadier allows the Master access to his time machine, but the Master instead turns on a device that sends out time waves, causing everything on Earth to regress backwards in time. The Master is immune to the effects.
The Doctor has given up hope of getting out of the construct. To his and Jo's surprise and delight, the TARDIS appears, and the Doctor's memory of time travel is fully restored. He realises the Time Lords restored his memory and his TARDIS to him so that he can rescue Earth from the Master's device. The Doctor, seeing his freedom at hand, is sorely tempted to escape from the Time Lords and lose them in the Time Vortex. Jo's pleading, as well as the realisation that the Time Lords will find him anyway, convince the Doctor to come to Earth's aid. He convinces the Master to reverse the device. The Master is recaptured.
Characters[[edit] | [edit source]]
Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]
- The construct was created by the people of Arbrocknel.
- The Freedom Corporation was set up by the Master in 1936. Jo Grant says this was over thirty years ago, placing this story in 1976 or later. See UNIT dating controversy.
- Due to time waves coming out of the time machine, the Doctor has visions of previous and future incarnations of himself trying to warn him, including a short, dark man with checked trousers and a tall hat, and a young, fair-haired man wearing a cricket outfit.
Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]
- An audio version of this story, read by Nicholas Courtney and Sophie Aldred, was included on the BBC Audiobooks audio duology Tales from the TARDIS.
Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]
- Stangmoor Prison first appeared in TV: The Mind of Evil.
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