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{{Infobox Short Story|
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story name=Totem|
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series= [[BBC Books]] - [[Short Trips (series)|Short Trips]]|
{{Infobox Story SMW
doctor=[[Eighth Doctor]]|
|series=[[Short Trips (series)#In print|Short Trips short stories]]
companions=|
|doctor = Eighth Doctor
year=|
|companions=
writer=[[Tara Samms]]|
|setting = [[Spain]], the early [[20th century]]
publication=[[More Short Trips]]|
|writer=Tara Samms
previous story=|
|anthology = More Short Trips
next story=[[Scientific Adviser]]|
|release date= 1 March 1999
|}}
|prev = The People's Temple (short story)
|next=Scientific Adviser (short story)
}}{{prose stub}}
'''''Totem''''' was the first short story in the [[Short Trips (series)|Short Trips]] anthology ''[[More Short Trips]]''. It was written by [[Tara Samms]]. It featured the [[Eighth Doctor]].


==Summary==
== Summary ==
The Doctor wants to atone for the crimes of his past selves and begins to live with a poor Mexican farmwoman and doing hard labour on her homestead. One day when digging, the Doctor finds the body of her missing husband and concludes that he was murdered. The Doctor tells Senora Panstedas what happened to her husband and it gives her some closure, after her husbands funeral the Doctor leaves.
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==Characters==
== Characters ==
*[[Eighth Doctor]]
* [[Eighth Doctor]]
*[[Senora Panstedas]]
* Señora [[Panstedas]]


==References==
== Worldbuilding ==
*The Doctor argues with his previous self in his mind, but shouts out in real life.
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==Notes==
== Notes ==
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* The Doctor is travelling alone.


==Continuity==
== Continuity ==
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==Timeline==
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*This story occurs after [[ST]]: ''[[Greenaway]]''
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*This story occurs before [[ST]]: ''[[Second Contact]]''
 
==External links==
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[[Category:Eighth Doctor short stories]]
[[Category:Eighth Doctor short stories]]
[[Category:More Short Trips short stories]]
[[Category:Stories set in Spain]]
[[Category:Stories set in the 20th century]]

Latest revision as of 20:33, 9 November 2023

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prose stub

Totem was the first short story in the Short Trips anthology More Short Trips. It was written by Tara Samms. It featured the Eighth Doctor.

Summary[[edit] | [edit source]]

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Characters[[edit] | [edit source]]

Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]

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Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • The Doctor is travelling alone.

Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]

to be added