The Three Paths (short story)

The Three Paths
Doctor:	[[doctor::First Doctor]]
Companion(s):	Ben Jackson Polly Wright
Main setting:	Gallifrey, the Rassilon Era
Key crew
Writer:	Ian Potter
Release details
Printed in:	Short Trips: Farewells
ST short stories
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The Three Paths was the fourteenth short story in the Short Trips anthology Short Trips: Farewells. It was written by Ian Potter. It featured the First Doctor.

Summary

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Characters

• First Doctor
• K'anpo Rimpoche

References

• Steven didn't take HiFi when he left the Doctor.
• The TARDIS's fault locator has broken down.
• The Doctor's ring had a part in his escape from Gallifrey.
• Susan is mentioned, and she is said to take after her mother.
• K'anpo calls the Doctor "snail", when he declines being called Theta.
• Ben and Polly are sleeping in the TARDIS.
• The Doctor returns to Gallifrey on the same night in which he departed.

Notes

• This story contains a short flashback to a previous meeting of the Doctor with his mentor at the age of thirty.

Continuity

• Bobby Zierath is remembered by the Doctor. (ST: The Schoolboy's Story)
• The Doctor wears his fingerless gloves, worn by him previously in BE: Roses and DW: The Five Doctors.
• The Doctor is referred to by his Academy nickname, Theta. (DW: The Armageddon Factor, The Happiness Patrol)
• K'anpo gave the Doctor back his Five Hundred Year Diary.
• The Doctor is initially afraid of regeneration, similar to his tenth incarnation. (DW: The End of Time)
• The Doctor drew pictures of Torvic in his diary. (BFA: Master)

Timeline

• The Three Paths occurs after BE: The Meeting.
• The Three Paths occurs before DW: The Tenth Planet.

External links

• Doctor Who Reference Guide - synopsis for The Three Paths