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'''''Playing with Toys''''' was the twentieth short story in the [[Short Trips (series)|Short Trips]] anthology ''[[Short Trips and Side Steps]]''. It was written by [[David Agnew]]. It featured the [[Fourth Doctor]] and [[Romana II]].
'''''Playing with Toys''''' was the twentieth short story in the [[Short Trips (series)|Short Trips]] anthology ''[[Short Trips and Side Steps]]''. It was written by [[David Agnew]]. It featured the [[Fourth Doctor]] and [[Romana II]].

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Playing with Toys was the twentieth short story in the Short Trips anthology Short Trips and Side Steps. It was written by David Agnew. It featured the Fourth Doctor and Romana II.

Summary

Relaxing in the TARDIS after their strenuous but enjoyable day, the Doctor and Romana muse that it's not so bad where they are. They have fun every day. The details of what they do may change from day to day, but perhaps it doesn't matter.

Romana drifts off to sleep on a chaise longue whilst the Doctor explores a mysterious toybox. He muses on the nature of toys, the adults who bought them and the children who played with them for a while, caring for them and enjoying them, until the games changed and it became time to put them away. He finds an especially interesting doll resembling a Chinese mandarin. A projector somewhere in the shadows begins showing a flickering movie, but when the Doctor tries to tell Romana about it, he discovers that he has been turned into a toy himself, a puppet hanging silently by marionette strings. Unable to move, the Doctor watches the film and drifts off to sleep himself.

Characters

References

  • The Doctor has turned the safe which once held the segments of the Key to Time into a refrigerator.
  • Romana relaxes in the TARDIS on a Louis Quinze chaise longue.

Notes

Continuity

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