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|story name = Gazing Void | |story name = Gazing Void | ||
|series = [[Short Trips (series)|Short Trips]] | |series = [[Short Trips (series)|Short Trips]] | ||
|doctor = [[Eighth Doctor]] | |doctor = [[Eighth Doctor]] | ||
|year = [[ | |year = [[Cherenkov]] | ||
|writer = [[Huw Wilkins]] | |writer = [[Huw Wilkins]] | ||
|publication = [[Short Trips: A Universe of Terrors]] | |publication = [[Short Trips: A Universe of Terrors]] | ||
Revision as of 18:57, 21 September 2010
Summary
Four years after his involvement in the Hundred Days War, the Doctor returns to the city of Cherenkov where he defeated the brutal dictator Jeremiah Maru-Stahl. By showing the medal he was awarded for his actions, he is able to ensure that one of the offworld casualties is added to a memorial.
The Doctor then visits Maru-Stahl who was going to be brought to trial for his crimes, but his failing mental health prevented this from happening. The Doctor talks to Maru-Stahl inside his cell who then lapses into insanity. Over the next few days, the Doctor attempts to coerce Maru-Stahl into revealing how he changed from a beloved revoultionary leader into a ruthless dictator. After many days the prisoner finally tells him: to fight monsters, he became a monster. The Doctor realises that there is nothing he can do for Maru-Stahl and leaves in the TARDIS.
Characters
References
- The Doctor mentions that he lost a companion during a war on the planet.
Notes
- The planet on which the story is set remains unnamed throughout the story.
Continuity
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Timeline
- This story occurs after BFA: To the Death
- This story occurs before ST: Reversal of Fortune
External links
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