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|number in range | |number in range = 8 | ||
|image = The Slyther of Shoreditch (short story).jpg | |image = The Slyther of Shoreditch (short story).jpg | ||
|series = ''[[The Target Storybook (anthology)|The Target Storybook]]'' | |series = ''[[The Target Storybook (anthology)|The Target Storybook]]'' | ||
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|enemy = [[Slyther]] | |enemy = [[Slyther]] | ||
|setting = [[Shoreditch]], [[1963]] | |setting = [[Shoreditch]], [[1963]] | ||
|writer = | |writer = Mike Tucker | ||
|read by = | |read by = | ||
|anthology = | |anthology = The Target Storybook (anthology) | ||
|release date = | |publisher = BBC Books | ||
|release date = 24 October 2019 | |||
|prev = Interstitial Insecurity (short story) | |prev = Interstitial Insecurity (short story) | ||
|next = We Can't Stop What's Coming (short story) | |next = We Can't Stop What's Coming (short story) | ||
Latest revision as of 20:17, 3 January 2024
The Slyther of Shoreditch was the eighth short story in The Target Storybook.
Publisher's summary[[edit] | [edit source]]
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Plot[[edit] | [edit source]]
While engaged in his machinations during the Shoreditch Incident, the Doctor meets an old Time Lord "acquaintance"; the man warns of a counter-strike by the Daleks, part of a trans-temporal campaign against Gallifrey called Pa-Jass Vortan. When the Time Lord also warns that the Daleks are using a bio-mechanised Slyther to track something important to the war, the Doctor becomes concerned for the Hand of Omega device he is hiding. Enlisting the Time Lord's unwilling aid in tracking down the Slyther, the Doctor borrows a hearse and some clothes from the undertaker looking after the Hand's casket; he and the Time Lord then lure the Slyther to an electricity substation, where they manage to electrocute the creature. As the Time Lord departs with the Slyther's charred remains, he warns the Doctor of the oncoming storm of the Time War.
Characters[[edit] | [edit source]]
Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]
- This story takes place during Remembrance of the Daleks before the Seventh Doctor goes to Harry's café for some tea.
Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]
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Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]
- The Doctor recognises the Time Lord from the the surface of Skaro. (TV: Genesis of the Daleks)
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