On a Pedestal (short story)
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On a Pedestal was the tenth short story in the Short Trips anthology Short Trips: The Quality of Leadership. It was written by Kathleen O. David. It featured the Second Doctor, Jamie McCrimmon and Victoria Waterfield.
Summary
When the TARDIS returns to the Scottish highlands, Jamie is framed for theft and finds himself on a death-sentence, the Doctor and Victoria befriend William Wallace and attempt to prove Jamie's innocence. But Sir Douglas is determind to see justice done, even if it's to the wrong person, and the Doctor soon discovers that if Jamie has any chance of surviving, someone else must die in his place...
Characters
- Second Doctor
- Jamie McCrimmon
- Victoria Waterfield
- Ewan McCrimmon
- William Wallace
- Captain John Fitzroy
- Bran Shaw
- Malcolm
- Duncan
- Brian
- Colin
- Sir Douglas
- David Wallace
- Margaret Wallace
References
- Sir Douglas and Colin give Jamie Colin's bagpipes.
- The Doctor catches a trout. Victoria catches a salmon.
- The Doctor believes in catch and release.
Notes
to be added
Continuity
- The Doctor says he loves fishing, a pastime he later pursues in TV: The Androids of Tara and The Two Doctors.
