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{{Infobox Short Story|
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story name=From Eternity|
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series=[[Big Finish - Short Trips]]|
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doctor=Unspecified Doctor|
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|series in range        = Short Trips: Monsters
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|series number in range = 9
writer=[[Jim Mortimore]]|
|number in series      = 2
publication=[[Short Trips: Monsters]]|
|doctor = The Doctor (From Eternity){{!}}The Doctor
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|enemy=[[The Entity (From Eternity)|The Entity]]
next story=[[Last Rites]]|
|Setting = [[Gallifrey]]
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|writer=Jim Mortimore
|release date= 30 September 2004
|anthology = Short Trips: Monsters
|series=[[Short Trips (series)#In print|''Short Trips'' short stories]]
|prev = Best Seller (short story)
|next=Last Rites (short story)
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'''''From Eternity''''' was the second short story in the [[Short Trips (series)|Short Trips]] anthology ''[[Short Trips: Monsters]]''. It was written by [[Jim Mortimore]]. It featured an [[The Doctor (From Eternity)|unspecified Doctor]].


==Summary==
== Summary ==
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The Doctor is interviewing an [[The Entity (From Eternity)|entity]] who has committed terrible crimes, the [[Time Lord]]s are aware of the entity, and its ultimate fate is in the balance.
 
The entity explains that, in its first experience with intelligent life, they were unable to establish contact, and the life eventually devolved into a primitive state, later followed by their sun's implosion.
 
When the entity next encountered intelligent life, the entity was able to establish contact, but once again the civilisation decayed and the sun imploded. It concluded that some kind of infection was at work; that of war.
 
The entity next contacted the [[Iarcho]]. It tried to warn them of the infection, of war, but they didn't take notice. It killed several of them as a warning, but still their society decayed; the entity destroyed their sun.
 
At this point the entity realised that for it [[time]] moved in reverse to the rest of the [[universe]]. What it saw as de-evolution was actually evolution.
 
It admits its guilt to the Doctor and hopes for redemption.
 
Time for the entity eventually progresses to the beginning of the universe, which was its end. Instead of nothingness, however, it experiences a new universe.


==Characters==
== Characters ==
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* [[The Doctor (From Eternity)|The Doctor]]
* [[The Entity (From Eternity)|The Entity]]


==References==
== Worldbuilding ==
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*The Entity asks the Doctor to define several words including [[parent]]s, [[promise]] and [[love]].
*The Entity doesn't know how old it is.
*The Entity states that it's impossible for the [[Time Lord]]s to put it under an compulsion or restraint.
*The Entity doesn't [[rest]].


==Notes==
== Notes ==
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* The Doctor's incarnation is not clearly specified in this story. The only clues given are the Entity's description of the Doctor: "harshly, angular face" and "thumb-tucked arrogance".
* A version of the story was self-published by the author in the anthologies ''The Book of Shadows ''and ''The Sun in the Bone House''.
*This story is presented entirely from the Entity's point of view.


==Continuity==
== Continuity ==
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* The Doctor would later meet another entity which experiences time in reverse in [[COMIC]]: ''[[Room with a Deja View (comic story)|Room with a Deja View]]''. The Doctor, along with his grandchildren, would experience time in reverse himself in [[COMIC]]: ''[[Time in Reverse (comic story)|Time in Reverse]]''.


==External Links==
== External links ==
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Latest revision as of 21:22, 13 February 2024

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From Eternity was the second short story in the Short Trips anthology Short Trips: Monsters. It was written by Jim Mortimore. It featured an unspecified Doctor.

Summary[[edit] | [edit source]]

The Doctor is interviewing an entity who has committed terrible crimes, the Time Lords are aware of the entity, and its ultimate fate is in the balance.

The entity explains that, in its first experience with intelligent life, they were unable to establish contact, and the life eventually devolved into a primitive state, later followed by their sun's implosion.

When the entity next encountered intelligent life, the entity was able to establish contact, but once again the civilisation decayed and the sun imploded. It concluded that some kind of infection was at work; that of war.

The entity next contacted the Iarcho. It tried to warn them of the infection, of war, but they didn't take notice. It killed several of them as a warning, but still their society decayed; the entity destroyed their sun.

At this point the entity realised that for it time moved in reverse to the rest of the universe. What it saw as de-evolution was actually evolution.

It admits its guilt to the Doctor and hopes for redemption.

Time for the entity eventually progresses to the beginning of the universe, which was its end. Instead of nothingness, however, it experiences a new universe.

Characters[[edit] | [edit source]]

Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • The Entity asks the Doctor to define several words including parents, promise and love.
  • The Entity doesn't know how old it is.
  • The Entity states that it's impossible for the Time Lords to put it under an compulsion or restraint.
  • The Entity doesn't rest.

Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • The Doctor's incarnation is not clearly specified in this story. The only clues given are the Entity's description of the Doctor: "harshly, angular face" and "thumb-tucked arrogance".
  • A version of the story was self-published by the author in the anthologies The Book of Shadows and The Sun in the Bone House.
  • This story is presented entirely from the Entity's point of view.

Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]

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

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