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'''''Homework''''' was the fourteenth short story in the [[Short Trips (series)|Short Trips]] anthology ''[[Short Trips: Defining Patterns]]''. It was written by [[Michael Coen]]. It featured the [[Second Doctor]], [[Jamie McCrimmon]] and [[Zoe Heriot]]. It was also published in ''[[Short Trips: How the Doctor Changed My Life]]''. | '''''Homework''''' was the fourteenth short story in the [[Short Trips (series)|Short Trips]] anthology ''[[Short Trips: Defining Patterns]]''. It was written by [[Michael Coen]]. It featured the [[Second Doctor]], [[Jamie McCrimmon]] and [[Zoe Heriot]]. It was also published in ''[[Short Trips: How the Doctor Changed My Life]]''. | ||
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Homework was the fourteenth short story in the Short Trips anthology Short Trips: Defining Patterns. It was written by Michael Coen. It featured the Second Doctor, Jamie McCrimmon and Zoe Heriot. It was also published in Short Trips: How the Doctor Changed My Life.
Summary
Whilst doing his homework, a young boy called Norman Bean is visited by a ghost, who orders him to buy a selection of toys which will result in him becoming a rich person in the future. Scared by the strange instruction, Norman is unable to talk to anyone... until a woman called Zoe appears in his life, followed by a Scotsman... and a madman claiming to be a time traveller on the hunt for an escaped entity which originated in a rift at the heart of space and time.
Characters
References
- The older Norman is wearing a Buffy the Vampire Slayer T-shirt.
- Young Norman Bean is a fan of football, Kevin Keegan and Roy of the Rovers. He knows of Star Trek, the Beatles and Hot Shot Hamish of Scorcher. He later becomes interested in spacemen.
- The Doctor offers Norman some jelly babies.
Notes
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Continuity
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