Short Trips: Life Science: Difference between revisions
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== Stories == | == Stories == | ||
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|''[[Syntax (short story)|Syntax]]'' | |''[[Syntax (short story)|Syntax]]'' | ||
|[[David Bailey]] | |[[David Bailey]] | ||
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|[[Izzy Sinclair|Izzy]] | |[[Izzy Sinclair|Izzy]] | ||
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|''[[Primitives]]'' | |''[[Primitives]]'' | ||
|[[John Seavey]] | |[[John Seavey]] | ||
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|[[Sarah Jane Smith|Sarah]] | |[[Sarah Jane Smith|Sarah]] | ||
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|''[[The Northern Heights]]'' | |''[[The Northern Heights]]'' | ||
|[[Mark Stevens]] | |[[Mark Stevens]] | ||
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|''[[Observation (short story)|Observation]]'' | |''[[Observation (short story)|Observation]]'' | ||
|[[Ian Farrington]] | |[[Ian Farrington]] | ||
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|[[Vislor Turlough|Turlough]] | |[[Vislor Turlough|Turlough]] | ||
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|''[[Mortal Thoughts]]'' | |''[[Mortal Thoughts]]'' | ||
|[[Trevor Baxendale]] | |[[Trevor Baxendale]] | ||
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|[[Melanie Bush|Mel]] | |[[Melanie Bush|Mel]] | ||
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|''[[Lant Land (short story)|Lant Land]]'' | |''[[Lant Land (short story)|Lant Land]]'' | ||
|[[Jonathan Morris]] | |[[Jonathan Morris]] | ||
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|[[Tegan Jovanka|Tegan]], Turlough | |[[Tegan Jovanka|Tegan]], Turlough | ||
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|''[[A Star is Reborn]]'' | |''[[A Star is Reborn]]'' | ||
|[[Richard Salter]] | |[[Richard Salter]] | ||
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|[[Peri Brown|Peri]] | |[[Peri Brown|Peri]] | ||
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|''[[The Southwell Park Mermaid]]'' | |''[[The Southwell Park Mermaid]]'' | ||
|[[Kate Orman]] | |[[Kate Orman]] | ||
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|[[Chris Cwej|Chris]] | |[[Chris Cwej|Chris]] | ||
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|''[[The Destroyers (short story)|The Destroyers]]'' | |''[[The Destroyers (short story)|The Destroyers]]'' | ||
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|[[Leela]] | |[[Leela]] | ||
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|''[[The Reproductive Cycle]]'' | |''[[The Reproductive Cycle]]'' | ||
|[[Matthew Griffiths]] | |[[Matthew Griffiths]] | ||
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|''[[Jonah (short story)|Jonah]]'' | |''[[Jonah (short story)|Jonah]]'' | ||
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|''[[Scribbles in Chalk]]'' | |''[[Scribbles in Chalk]]'' | ||
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|[[Steven Taylor|Steven]], [[Katarina]] | |[[Steven Taylor|Steven]], [[Katarina]] | ||
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|''[[The End (short story)|The End]]'' | |''[[The End (short story)|The End]]'' | ||
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|''[[The Age of Ambition]]'' | |''[[The Age of Ambition]]'' | ||
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|[[Jamie McCrimmon|Jamie]], [[Victoria Waterfield|Victoria]] | |[[Jamie McCrimmon|Jamie]], [[Victoria Waterfield|Victoria]] | ||
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|''[[Echo (short story)|Echo]]'' | |''[[Echo (short story)|Echo]]'' | ||
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|rowspan=2|[[Ace]] | |rowspan=2|[[Ace]] | ||
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|''[[A Rose by Any Other Name (short story)|A Rose by Any Other Name]]'' | |''[[A Rose by Any Other Name (short story)|A Rose by Any Other Name]]'' | ||
|[[Jim Mortimore]] | |[[Jim Mortimore]] | ||
Revision as of 00:59, 16 May 2020
Short Trips: Life Science was the seventh Short Trips anthology published by Big Finish Productions.
Publisher's summary
Once, we believed our lives were sacred, that we had souls. Now we know we are mere machines; genetic data. We are science.
But even as we learn, the properties of life remain uncertain. How does life acquire consciousness, or rights? Does a robot dream? If a person transforms into an oak tree, is it science or the work of gods? Did the Victorians find a way to resurrect the dead?
To science, such questions are invitations to explore. Who better to explore with than the Doctor?
life n. : 1: The state of being which begins with generation, birth, or germination, and ends with death; also, the time during which this state continues. 2: Of human beings: the union of the soul and body; also, the duration of their union; sometimes, the deathless quality or existence of the soul.
"Life depends on change, and renewal". - Doctor Who: The Power of the Daleks by David Whitaker
"Nothing can be eternal". - Doctor Who: The Trial of a Time Lord by Robert Holmes
From the very beginnings of DNA itself, the essence of life has been renewal and change. As genetic data mutates, replicates, replaces its forerunners and adapts to its environment, the diversity of life is ever-changing, ever-growing. And as we discover more about the processes that make us what we are, so we also gain the power to change them — and even to create life in new and unfamiliar ways.
With the Doctor, this new world of scientific frontiers opens up into a whole universe of possibilities — some horrific, some mysterious, some beautiful. A robot discovering its capacity to dream. A living language, expanding to control and subjugate the human population. A life form that connects one universe and another, lurking in the London Underground. Virtual-reality people, living a not-so-virtual life of their own. An auctioneer of body parts, developing his own new life forms from the remains of others. A sentient android, whose form and thoughts have grown from a telepathic link with the occupants of the TARDIS.
The Doctor himself, of course, is not immune to change, and the passage of time takes its toll on his body and his soul. But even as he sees his friends and enemies age and die beside him, his own life is somewhat different — and every now and again, he becomes an entirely new man...
Stories
| # | Title | Author | Doctor | Featuring |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Syntax | David Bailey | 8th | Izzy |
| 2 | Primitives | John Seavey | 3rd | Sarah |
| 3 | The Northern Heights | Mark Stevens | 4th | |
| 4 | Observation | Ian Farrington | 5th | Turlough |
| 5 | Mortal Thoughts | Trevor Baxendale | 6th | Mel |
| 6 | Lant Land | Jonathan Morris | 5th | Tegan, Turlough |
| 7 | A Star is Reborn | Richard Salter | 6th | Peri |
| 8 | The Southwell Park Mermaid | Kate Orman | 7th | Chris |
| 9 | The Destroyers | Steve Lyons | 4th | Leela |
| 10 | The Reproductive Cycle | Matthew Griffiths | 6th | Peri |
| 11 | Jonah | Todd Green | 8th | |
| 12 | Scribbles in Chalk | Gareth Wigmore | 1st | Steven, Katarina |
| 13 | The End | Alexander Leithes | 8th | |
| 14 | The Age of Ambition | Andrew Campbell | 2nd | Jamie, Victoria |
| 15 | Echo | Lance Parkin | Ace | |
| 16 | A Rose by Any Other Name | Jim Mortimore | 7th |
External links
- Short Trips: Life Science at the Doctor Who Reference Guide
- The Discontinuity Guide to: Short Trips: Life Science at The Whoniverse
