Apocrypha Bipedium (short story)

	Eighth Doctor
	Charley Pollard
	Ian Potter
	Short Trips: Companions
ST short stories
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Apocrypha Bipedium was the fourth short story in the Short Trips anthology Short Trips: Companions. It was written by Ian Potter. It featured the Eighth Doctor and Charley Pollard.

Summary

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Characters

• Eighth Doctor
• Charley Pollard
• William Shakespeare
• Vicki Pallister
• Troilus

References

• The Doctor mentions Zodin.
• Flavia has written a book on the Doctor's exploits for Time Lord children.
• Geoffrey Chaucer invented the story of Troilus and Cressida.
• The Doctor mentions Walter Raleigh as one of the things Wilf is not allowed to talk about when he returns home.
• The Doctor has written a book under the name of Ka Faraq Gatri.
• The Doctor has never read the play Troilus and Cressida.

Notes

• This story is told through excerpts from several supposed source documents, including Vicki's diary, Charley's diary and a book for Time Lord children written by Flavia.

Continuity

• Vicki writes in her diary about Agamemnon, Menelaus, Helen and Aeneas. (TV: The Myth Makers)
• Vicki also mentions Dido (TV: The Rescue) and the Monk. (TV: The Time Meddler)
• The Doctor worries about Vicki seeing Wilf because she had seen him on the TARDIS' Time-Space Visualiser. (TV: The Chase)
• Vicki reminds the Doctor that "Diomede" was the name Steven Taylor used in Troy. (TV: The Myth Makers)

External links

• Apocrypha Bipedium at the Doctor Who Reference Guide
• The Discontinuity Guide to: Apocrypha Bipedium at The Whoniverse