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{{Infobox Short Story|
|series=[[Short Trips (series)#In print|Short Trips short stories]]
story name=Totem|
|doctor = Eighth Doctor
series= [[BBC Books]] - [[Short Trips (series)|Short Trips]]|
|companions=
doctor=[[Eighth Doctor]]|
|setting = [[Spain]], the early [[20th century]]
companions=|
|writer=Tara Samms
year=[[Mexico]]|
|anthology = More Short Trips
writer=[[Tara Samms]]|
|release date= 1 March 1999
publication=[[More Short Trips]]|
|prev = The People's Temple (short story)
previous story=|
|next=Scientific Adviser (short story)
next story=[[Scientific Adviser]]|
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|}}
'''''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 while 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 husband's funeral the Doctor leaves.
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== Characters ==
== Characters ==
* [[Eighth Doctor]]
* [[Eighth Doctor]]
* [[Senora Panstedas]]
* Señora [[Panstedas]]
* [[Seventh Doctor]]


== References ==
== Worldbuilding ==
* The Doctor argues with his previous self in his mind, but shouts 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]]''
* This story occurs before [[ST]]: ''[[Second Contact]]''
 
 
 
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[[Category:Eighth Doctor short stories]]
[[Category:Eighth Doctor short stories]]
[[Category:Stories released in 1999]]
[[Category:More Short Trips short stories]]
[[Category:Stories set in Mexico]]
[[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]]

to be added

Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • The Doctor is travelling alone.

Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]

to be added