Gazing Void (short story)

Gazing Void (short story)

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Gazing Void
Doctor:	[[doctor::Eighth Doctor]]
Main setting:	Cherenkov
Key crew
Writer:	Huw Wilkins
Release details
Printed in:	Short Trips: A Universe of Terrors

Summary

Four years after his involvement in the Hundred Days War, the Eighth 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

• Eighth Doctor
• Elias Greenwood
• Nguyen
• Jeremiah Maru-Stahl

References

• The Doctor mentions that he lost a companion during the Hundred Days War.
• The Doctor has a faint scar from the war that runs from his jaw to the bottom of his neck.
• The Doctor drinks whiskey with Elias.

Notes

• The planet on which the story is set remains unnamed throughout the story.

Continuity

to be added

Timeline

• This story occurs after BFA: To the Death
• This story occurs before ST: Reversal of Fortune