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{{Infobox Short Story| | {{Infobox Short Story | ||
story name=Phoenix| | |story name = Phoenix | ||
series=[[Doctor Who]] - [[Short Trips (series)|Short Trips]]| | |series = [[Doctor Who]] - [[Short Trips (series)|Short Trips]] | ||
doctor=[[Eighth Doctor]] | |doctor = [[Eighth Doctor]] | ||
|year = [[Earth]] | |||
year=| | |writer = [[James Goss]] | ||
writer=[[James Goss]]| | |publication = [[Short Trips: Indefinable Magic]] | ||
publication=[[Short Trips: Indefinable Magic]] | |next story = [[The Power Supply]] | ||
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next story=[[The Power Supply]] | |||
==Summary== | ==Summary== | ||
Revision as of 17:27, 14 November 2010
Summary
The Doctor is on the trail of a sentient book entitled "a bestiary of legendary and magical creatures". The Doctor tracks the book to Earth where it begins creating mythical creatures such as Unicorn and a Phoenix. The Doctor with the help of a talking cat and a house-bound neighbor, manage to defeat the book as it creates a dragon from human and animal body parts. After the Doctor leaves in the TARDIS a strange rash on the house-bound neighbor transforms into the Doctor, who quickly defeats the books final creation before dissolving into nothingness.
Characters
- Eighth Doctor
- The Bestiary of Legendary and Magical Creatures
- Margaret
- Fire
References
- The Bestiary of Legendary and Magical Creatures is a sentient book which tries to make the fictional contents of its pages a reality.
- Thinking books work in the same manner as audiobooks, apart from they work with thought processes.
Notes
- This story was adapted for audio by Heroic Efforts Productions.
Continuity
- Fire alludes to a point in the Doctor's future where the use of fire will cost the Doctor everything he has. (DW: The Sound of Drums)
Timeline
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