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'''''Consequences''''' was the third instalment in the [[Virgin Decalogs]] series, a series of books which each contained ten tales on a common theme. Although two more ''Decalog'' volumes were published, this was the last to feature the Doctor. The next short stories featuring the Doctor appeared when [[BBC Books]] launched the [[Short Trips (series)|Short Trips]] line a couple of years later.
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| bgcolor="#F5F8CA" | Virgin Publishing Ltd
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| bgcolor="#F5F8CA" | [[1996]]
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| bgcolor="#F5F8CA" | Paperback book. Ten stories, 304 pages.
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| bgcolor="#F5F8CA" | ISBN 0-426-20478-6
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''Consequences'' is the third installment in the [[Decalog]] series - a series of books which each contain ten tales wrapping around a common theme.
 
In ''Consequences'', we see the ramifications of some of [[the Doctor]]'s actions throughout space and time, and how more often than not, a happy ending is not the only one.


''Consequences'' showed the ramifications of some of [[the Doctor]]'s actions throughout space and time and how, more often than not, a happy ending is not the only one.


== Publisher's Summary ==
''Consequences'' was notable for featuring a short story written by [[Steven Moffat]], who became a multi-Hugo Award-winning scriptwriter for the ''Doctor Who'' series and became showrunner in 2010.


== Publisher's summary ==
The consequences of having the Doctor crashing around our universe can be colossal...The Doctor is a time traveller. Never forget that, because it is central to an understanding of what makes him so terribly dangerous. Most of us, in our tiny, individual ways are involved in the writing of our history. Only the Doctor is out there rewriting it.


:'The consequences of having the Doctor crashing around our universe can be colossal...The Doctor is a time traveller. Never forget that, because it is central to an understanding of what makes him so terribly dangerous.  Most of us, in our tiny, individual ways are involved in the writing of our history.  Only the Doctor is out there rewriting it.'
But even the Doctor may not see the threads that bind the universe together. Perhaps, instead, he cuts right through them. Who knows what events he sets in motion without even realising? Who knows what consequences may come back — or forward — to haunt him?
 
But even the Doctor may not see the threads that bind the universe together. Perhaps, instead, he cuts right through them. Who knows what events he sets in motion without even realising? Who knows what consequences may come back - or forward - to haunt him?


Ten completely new tales from the universe of Doctor Who. Seven Doctors' lives, inexorably linked in a breathtaking chain of consequences.
Ten completely new tales from the universe of Doctor Who. Seven Doctors' lives, inexorably linked in a breathtaking chain of consequences.


''- taken from the jacket synopsis''
== Stories ==
 
{| {{prettytable}}
 
! Title || Author || Doctor || Featuring
 
|-
== Individual Stories ==
|''[[...And Eternity in an Hour (short story)|...And Eternity in an Hour]]''
 
|[[Stephen Bowkett]]
* ''[[...And Eternity in an Hour]]'' by [[Stephen Bowkett]] (Featuring the [[Third Doctor]] and [[Jo Grant]])
|[[Third Doctor|3rd]]
 
|[[Jo Grant|Jo]]
* ''[[Moving On]]'' by [[Peter Anghelides]] (Featuring [[Sarah Jane Smith]] and [[K9]])
|-
 
|''[[Moving On (short story)|Moving On]]''
* ''[[Tarnished Image]]'' by [[Guy Clapperton]] (Featuring the [[First Doctor]] and [[Dodo Chaplet]])
|[[Peter Anghelides]]
 
|
* ''[[Past Reckoning]]'' by [[Jackie Marshall]] (Featuring the [[Fifth Doctor]] and [[Nyssa]])
|[[Sarah Jane Smith|Sarah]], [[K9 Mark III]]
 
|-
* ''[[UNITed we fall]]'' by [[Keith R.A. DeCandido]] (Featuring the [[Fourth Doctor]] and the [[Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart | Brigadier]])
|''[[Tarnished Image (short story)|Tarnished Image]]''
 
|[[Guy Clapperton]]
* [[Aliens and Predators]] by [[Colin Brake]] (Featuring the [[Second Doctor]], [[Jamie McCrimmon]] and [[Zoe Heriot]])
|[[First Doctor|1st]]
 
|[[Dodo Chaplet|Dodo]]
* ''[[Fegovy]]'' by [[Gareth Roberts]] (Featuring the [[Sixth Doctor]] and [[Melanie Bush]])
|-
 
|''[[Past Reckoning (short story)|Past Reckoning]]''
* ''[[Continuity Errors]]'' by [[Steven Moffat]] (Featuring the [[Seventh Doctor]] and [[Bernice Summerfield]])
|[[Jackie Marshall]]
 
|[[Fifth Doctor|5th]]
* ''[[Timevault]]'' by [[Ben Jeapes]] (Featuring the [[Fourth Doctor]] and [[K-9]])
|[[Nyssa]]
 
|-
* ''[[Zeitgeist]]'' by [[Craig Hinton]] (Featuring the [[Fifth Doctor]] and [[Vislor Turlough | Turlough]])
|''[[UNITed We Fall (short story)|UNITed We Fall]]''
 
|[[Keith R.A. DeCandido]]
 
|[[Fourth Doctor|4th]]
== References ==
|[[Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart|The Brig]]
 
|-
* Consequences varied slightly from the initial two decalog books in that the stories contained within not only share a common theme, but are also a continuation of the same sequence of events, set unwittingly into motion by the Doctor himself. These events twist and turn throughout time and incarnations - so that while actions taken by the [[Second Doctor]] may directly influence the  [[Fifth Doctor | Fifth]], so do actions taken by the [[Seventh Doctor | Seventh]] influence the [[Fourth Doctor | Fourth]], and so on. Each story directly references each other story in the collection.
|''[[Aliens and Predators (short story)|Aliens and Predators]]''
 
|[[Colin Brake]]
* Sarah Jane still has K9, gifted to her by the Doctor.  ([[K9 and company]])
|[[Second Doctor|2nd]]
|[[Jamie McCrimmon|Jamie]], [[Zoe Heriot|Zoe]]
|-
|''[[Fegovy (short story)|Fegovy]]''
|[[Gareth Roberts]]
|[[Sixth Doctor|6th]]
|[[Melanie Bush|Mel]]
|-
|''[[Continuity Errors (short story)|Continuity Errors]]''
|[[Steven Moffat]]
|[[Seventh Doctor|7th]]
|[[Bernice Summerfield|Benny]]
|-
|''[[Timevault (short story)|Timevault]]''
|[[Ben Jeapes]]
|4th
|[[K9 Mark II]]
|-
|''[[Zeitgeist (short story)|Zeitgeist]]''
|[[Craig Hinton]]
|5th
|[[Vislor Turlough|Turlough]]
|-
|''[[Afterword (short story)|Afterword]]''
|[[Steven Moffat]]
|Unspecified
|[[Arthur Candy|Professor Candy]]
|-
|}


* Turlough reflects on [[Tegan Jovanka | Tegan]]'s departure from the TARDIS ([[Resurrection of the Daleks]]) and also on adventures regarding the Sontarans and Rutans, the Matasian Pleasure rings, an expedition up Mount Gysis, and the events chronicled in the [[Black Guardian Trilogy.]]
== Notes ==
* ''Consequences'' varied slightly from the first two Decalog books . The stories not only share a common theme, but are also a continuation of the same sequence of events, set unwittingly into motion by the Doctor. These events twist and turn throughout time and incarnations — so while actions taken by the [[Second Doctor]] may directly influence the [[Fifth Doctor|Fifth]], so do actions taken by the [[Seventh Doctor|Seventh]] influence the [[Fourth Doctor|Fourth]], and so on. Each story influences the next in the series.
* Keith R.A. DeCandido, author of "UNITed we Fall", is one of a handful of writers to have written original fiction for both the ''Doctor Who'' and ''[[Star Trek]]'' franchises.


* The Fifth Doctor states that he is Lord President of [[Gallifrey]] ([[The Invasion of Time]], [[The Five Doctors]])
== External links ==
{{dwrefguide|who_dec3.htm|Decalog 3: Consequences}}
* {{whoniverse|dec3|Decalog 3: Consequences}}


== Character References ==
{{Decalogs}}


{{TitleSort}}


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[[Category:1996 anthologies]]

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Consequences was the third instalment in the Virgin Decalogs series, a series of books which each contained ten tales on a common theme. Although two more Decalog volumes were published, this was the last to feature the Doctor. The next short stories featuring the Doctor appeared when BBC Books launched the Short Trips line a couple of years later.

Consequences showed the ramifications of some of the Doctor's actions throughout space and time and how, more often than not, a happy ending is not the only one.

Consequences was notable for featuring a short story written by Steven Moffat, who became a multi-Hugo Award-winning scriptwriter for the Doctor Who series and became showrunner in 2010.

Publisher's summary[[edit] | [edit source]]

The consequences of having the Doctor crashing around our universe can be colossal...The Doctor is a time traveller. Never forget that, because it is central to an understanding of what makes him so terribly dangerous. Most of us, in our tiny, individual ways are involved in the writing of our history. Only the Doctor is out there rewriting it.

But even the Doctor may not see the threads that bind the universe together. Perhaps, instead, he cuts right through them. Who knows what events he sets in motion without even realising? Who knows what consequences may come back — or forward — to haunt him?

Ten completely new tales from the universe of Doctor Who. Seven Doctors' lives, inexorably linked in a breathtaking chain of consequences.

Stories[[edit] | [edit source]]

Title Author Doctor Featuring
...And Eternity in an Hour Stephen Bowkett 3rd Jo
Moving On Peter Anghelides Sarah, K9 Mark III
Tarnished Image Guy Clapperton 1st Dodo
Past Reckoning Jackie Marshall 5th Nyssa
UNITed We Fall Keith R.A. DeCandido 4th The Brig
Aliens and Predators Colin Brake 2nd Jamie, Zoe
Fegovy Gareth Roberts 6th Mel
Continuity Errors Steven Moffat 7th Benny
Timevault Ben Jeapes 4th K9 Mark II
Zeitgeist Craig Hinton 5th Turlough
Afterword Steven Moffat Unspecified Professor Candy

Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • Consequences varied slightly from the first two Decalog books . The stories not only share a common theme, but are also a continuation of the same sequence of events, set unwittingly into motion by the Doctor. These events twist and turn throughout time and incarnations — so while actions taken by the Second Doctor may directly influence the Fifth, so do actions taken by the Seventh influence the Fourth, and so on. Each story influences the next in the series.
  • Keith R.A. DeCandido, author of "UNITed we Fall", is one of a handful of writers to have written original fiction for both the Doctor Who and Star Trek franchises.

External links[[edit] | [edit source]]

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