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|story name = Gazing Void
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|series = [[Short Trips (series)|Short Trips]]
|range                  = Short Trips (series)
|doctor = [[Eighth Doctor]]
|series in range        = Short Trips: A Universe of Terrors
|year = [[Cherenkov]]
|series number in range = 3
|writer = [[Huw Wilkins]]
|number in series      = 15
|publication = [[Short Trips: A Universe of Terrors]]
|doctor                 = Eighth Doctor
|previous story = [[The Death of Me]]
|enemy                  = [[Jeremiah Maru-Stahl]]
|setting                = [[Cherenkov]]
|writer                 = Huw Wilkins
|anthology              = Short Trips: A Universe of Terrors
|release date          = 16 June 2003
|series                = ''[[Short Trips (series)|Short Trips]]''
|prev                  = This is My Life (poem)
|next                  = Introduction to The Muses (short story)
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'''''Gazing Void''''' was the fifteenth and final short story in the [[Short Trips (series)|Short Trips]] anthology ''[[Short Trips: A Universe of Terrors]]''. It was written by [[Huw Wilkins]]. It featured the [[Eighth Doctor]].


==Summary==
== Summary ==
Four years after his involvement in the [[Hundred Days War]], [[Eighth Doctor|the Doctor]] returns to the city of Cherenkov where he defeated the brutal dictator [[Jeremiah Maru-Stahl]]. By showing the medal he was awarded for his actions, he is able to ensure that one of the offworld casualties is added to a memorial.
Four years after his involvement in the [[Hundred Days]] war, the [[Eighth Doctor]] returns to the city of Cherenkov, where he defeated the brutal dictator [[Jeremiah Maru-Stahl]]. By showing the medal he was awarded for his actions, he ensures that one of the offworld casualties is added to a memorial.


The Doctor then visits Maru-Stahl who was going to be brought to trial for his crimes, but his failing mental health prevented this from happening. The Doctor talks to Maru-Stahl inside his cell who then lapses into insanity. Over the next few days, the Doctor attempts to coerce Maru-Stahl into revealing how he changed from a beloved revoultionary leader into a ruthless dictator. After many days the prisoner finally tells him: to fight monsters, he became a monster. The Doctor realises that there is nothing he can do for Maru-Stahl and leaves in the [[The Doctor's TARDIS|TARDIS]].
The Doctor visits Maru-Stahl. He was to be brought to trial for his crimes, but his failing mental health prevented this. The Doctor talks to Maru-Stahl inside his cell, who then lapses into insanity. Over the next few days, the Doctor attempts to coerce Maru-Stahl into revealing how he changed from a beloved revolutionary leader into a ruthless dictator. After many days, the prisoner finally tells him: to fight monsters, he became a monster. The Doctor realises there is nothing he can do for Maru-Stahl and leaves in [[The Doctor's TARDIS|the TARDIS]].


==Characters==
== Characters ==
*[[Eighth Doctor]]
* [[Eighth Doctor]]
*[[Elias Greenwood]]
* [[Elias Greenwood]]
*[[Nguyen|Nguyen ]]
* [[Nguyen]]
*[[Jeremiah Maru-Stahl]]
* [[Jeremiah Maru-Stahl]]


==References==
== Worldbuilding ==
*The Doctor mentions that he lost a companion during the [[Hundred Days War]]. This may be [[Lizzie Sinclair]], who travelled with the Eighth Doctor in the audio adventure [[BFA]]: ''[[To the Death]]'' which is set before this story (at least until more audio adventures are released)
* The Doctor drinks [[whiskey]] with Elias.
*The Doctor has a faint scar from the war that runs from his jaw to the bottom of his neck.
*The Doctor drinks [[Alcohol|whiskey]] with Elias.


==Notes==
== Notes ==
*The planet on which the story is set remains unnamed throughout the story.
* The planet on which the story is set remains unnamed throughout the story.


==Continuity==
== Continuity ==
''to be added''
''to be added''


==Timeline==
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*This story occurs after [[BFA]]: ''[[To the Death]]''
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*This story occurs before [[ST]]: ''[[Reversal of Fortune]]''


==External links==
''to be added''
[[Category:Eighth Doctor short stories]]
[[Category:Eighth Doctor short stories]]
[[Category:Short Trips: A Universe of Terrors short stories]]

Latest revision as of 20:15, 10 February 2024

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Gazing Void was the fifteenth and final short story in the Short Trips anthology Short Trips: A Universe of Terrors. It was written by Huw Wilkins. It featured the Eighth Doctor.

Summary[[edit] | [edit source]]

Four years after his involvement in the Hundred Days war, the Eighth Doctor returns to the city of Cherenkov, where he defeated the brutal dictator Jeremiah Maru-Stahl. By showing the medal he was awarded for his actions, he ensures that one of the offworld casualties is added to a memorial.

The Doctor visits Maru-Stahl. He was to be brought to trial for his crimes, but his failing mental health prevented this. The Doctor talks to Maru-Stahl inside his cell, who then lapses into insanity. Over the next few days, the Doctor attempts to coerce Maru-Stahl into revealing how he changed from a beloved revolutionary leader into a ruthless dictator. After many days, the prisoner finally tells him: to fight monsters, he became a monster. The Doctor realises there is nothing he can do for Maru-Stahl and leaves in the TARDIS.

Characters[[edit] | [edit source]]

Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • The Doctor drinks whiskey with Elias.

Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • The planet on which the story is set remains unnamed throughout the story.

Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]

to be added