Missing Pieces was a charity anthology edited by Mark Phippen and Shaun Lyon and privately printed and distributed in March 2001 in return for donations to the Downs' Syndrome Association and the Foundation for the Study of Infant Death.
The anthology's contributors included over thirty authors of official Doctor Who universe material. Notably, it included the first prose appearance of Charley Pollard, written by her creator, Gary Russell. It also featured short stories by actors Colin Baker and Wendy Padbury.
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Co-editor Mark Phippen had previously edited the first Perfect Timing charity anthology with Helen Fayle. He and Shaun Lyon had the idea for Missing Pieces in late spring 2000. They aimed to include stories for every television Doctor and companion. The book was launched at the 2001 Gallifrey Convention.
Like the Perfect Timing anthologies and Walking in Eternity, which was also edited by a Perfect Timing co-editor, Missing Pieces collected donations for the Foundation for the Study of Infant Death, which was chaired by Colin Baker. However, its donations were equally divided with the Down's Syndrome Association, which Peter Davison had worked with for over 15 years. The Down's Syndrome Association had previously received the proceeds of the charity auction at the 2000 Gallifrey Convention. Davison wrote the foreword to the anthology.
Reflecting its titular intention that each story represent a "missing piece" between existing stories, at the end of the anthology a "Continuity Guide" detailed the placement of the stories within "Doctor Who continuity".
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Love may be only a story, but stories are the greatest things in the world.
From the dawn of time to the end of everything, the Doctor has fought against evil, challenged the darkness, righted wrongs and saved the occasional planet from disaster. And now, together with his faithful companions and his trusty TARDIS, the mysterious Time Lord from Gallifrey ventures forth on an all-new campaign for truth, freedom and a hot cup of tea, in this landmark charity collection featuring contributions from four actors from the long-running series, over thirty professionally-published writers, sixty prominent fan writers and a plethora of talented artists.
Join the First Doctor as he witnesses the Charge of the Light Brigade; the Seventh Doctor as he faces intrigue in ancient Antioch and injustice in Nazi-era Poland; and the Sixth Doctor's adventures in shopping malls. Be witness to the Fourth Doctor's battles against a murderous fury in modern London and a savage gangster war in 1950's Las Vegas. The Third Doctor's love/hate relationship with a clever white witch, and his perpetual game of chess with an old foe. The Second Doctor's encounters with Hollywood legends and time travelling filmmakers. The Fifth Doctor's adventures in a Florida retreat. The Eighth Doctor's sabbatical in the fine arts with Leonardo da Vinci. And the personal demons the wandering Time Lord faced before he left Gallifrey — before the mythos began…
The adventures span the universe: The Master's fiendish plot against a people in Paradise. The daring quest of the rogue Tharil Time Lord, Romana. Anji Kapoor's near-miss with the Sixth Doctor. The horrific truth behind the transformation of Kamelion. The apocryphal adventures of the young handmaiden Katarina. Benny Summerfield and her forgotten loves. A very peculiar visit with Iris Wildthyme. Nyssa's brush with showbusiness. Sara Kingdom's last great adventure. The timeless relationship between Samantha Jones and the soulmate she left behind. A game of golf with the mysterious Dominie and Alice, the Seventh Doctor and Ace's enigmatic shadows. The conundrum of the savage Leela, lost among the spires of New York City. The secret life of the Whifferdill shapeshifer, Frobisher. The ancient rage that strikes against the TARDIS itself.
Stories of intrigue, drama, action, suspense, and even a romance or two… all in a book featuring all eight television Doctors and nearly every companion from the television series, the novels and the audio plays. MISSING PIECES is a collection for the ages!
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| Title | Writer | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Introduction | Peter Davison | |
| Editor's Preface | Mark Phippen, Shaun Lyon | |
| Absent Friends | An apology from writers who didn't finish their stories in time. David Bailey's, The Canvey Angels [+]Loading...["The Canvey Angels (short story)"], was later published in Short Trips: Companions. | |
| Aspects of Evil Part One: The Journey Begins | Craig Hinton | Features a male Thirteenth Doctor who would become the Red Guardian. Revisits an era of future-history seen in The Crystal Bucephalus [+]Loading...["The Crystal Bucephalus (novel)"] and Synthespians™ [+]Loading...["[[Synthespians™ (novel)]]"]. |
| Letting Go | Jim Catapano | |
| An Inconsequential Death | Dave Stone | |
| How the Mighty… | Shaun Lyon | |
| Fiction Paradox | Damon Cavalchini | Set after the author's story Painting History in Perfect Timing 2. |
| Iris Explains[1] | Lance Parkin | Set during Father Time [+]Loading...["Father Time (novel)"] and featuring Miranda. Referenced in Father Time and Mad Dogs and Englishmen [+]Loading...["Mad Dogs and Englishmen (novel)"]. Reprinted in Bafflement & Devotion with licensed use of Iris Wildthyme. |
| A Time to Choose | Olivia James | |
| Waste | Daniel Blythe | |
| Missing Pieces | Jonathan Blum | |
| Time Out | David A. McIntee | |
| Dinner Conversation | Charles Daniels | |
| Of Chocolates and Queens | Kathryn Sullivan | |
| Irresistible Force[2] | R.J. Anderson | |
| Magnificent Folly | Deborah T. Stevens | |
| The Art of Compassion | Alan Taylor | |
| Outside Forces | Greg McElhatton | |
| Outside Forces II: Meanwhile | Greg McElhatton | |
| The Great Eskape | Nick Walters | |
| Revolver | Simon John Gerard | |
| The Puppet King[3] | Dale Smith | |
| Tea With Cthulhu | Lars Pearson | |
| The Ashes of Eden | Lorelei S. Jordan | |
| The Dark Domain | Nathan A. Skreslet | |
| Dead Men's Place | Martin Day | |
| A Whisper of Light | Matt Marshall | |
| The Breach | Daniel Kukwa | |
| A Tale of Monsters | David Bickley | |
| The Killing of a Flash Boy | Jonathan Dennis | Featured Daniel and Anna Joyce; set prior to This Hollywood Life in Perfect Timing. |
| The Painting | Stacey Smith? | |
| The Shadow Knows… | Wendy Padbury | |
| The Wings of a Butterfly | Colin Baker | Later published by Big Finish in Short Trips series 1. |
| Old Scores | Bret Herholz | |
| A Stone of the Heart | Erin and James Bow | |
| The Last Song I'll Ever Sing | Simon Exton | |
| Watch Out! Watch Out! | Mags L. Halliday | |
| The Isidore Corporation | Sarah Hadley | |
| A Winters Tale | Robert Shearman | Featured Frobisher. |
| Rock and a Hard Place | Mike Tucker | |
| Fitz Kreiner and the Onion of Doom | Stephen Cole | Featured licensed use of Fitz Kreiner; set before The Taint [+]Loading...["The Taint (novel)"]. |
| The Doctor and the Dragon | Bradley McGrath | |
| Eurydice's Reprieve | Greg Gick | |
| Brought to Book | Mark Phippen and Paul Leonard | |
| Oblivion Lurks Near the Coffee Machine | Sietel Singh Gill | |
| Tempus Refugit | James Ambuehl and Simon Bucher-Jones | |
| All The Time In The World | Susannah Tiller | Featured Jacqueline Maguire. |
| Just Love | Gregg Smith | |
| On the Town | John Peel | |
| The Silent City | Jonathan Morris | |
| Self Delusion | Jon Andersen | |
| The Arches | Cavan Scott and Mark Wright | |
| Juggling | Zoe Ellis | |
| Mind Over Matter | David J. Howe | |
| In The Days of 'The Days of "The Days of Our Lives"'[4] | Simon Bucher-Jones | |
| For Queen and Country | Dylan Crawfoot and Peter Petroff | |
| Tee Time | Trina L. Short | |
| Loose Ends | Sue Cowley | |
| Time Gained, Time Lost | John S. Drew | |
| Fear and Logarithms in Las Vegas | Matt Fitton | |
| The Science of Magic, and Vice Versa (aka Attack of the Gluons) |
Arnold T. Blumberg | |
| In the Frame | Steve Lyons | |
| A Renegade's Manifesto | Angela P. Wade | |
| Bedlam | Helen Fayle | |
| Head in the Sand | Gary Russell | Featured licensed use of Charley Pollard; set between Storm Warning [+]Loading...["Storm Warning (audio story)"] and Sword of Orion [+]Loading...["Sword of Orion (audio story)"]. |
| Raymond's Room | Keith R.A. DeCandido | |
| The Billion Year Heart | Steve Emmerson | |
| Disturbance at the Heron House | Keith Topping | Featured licensed use of Johnny Chess. |
| Fate Healer | Jon de Burgh Miller | |
| Shadows Cast | Mike Morris | |
| Casket 44 | Alex Steer | |
| While Stocks Last | James Potter | |
| Blind | Witold Tietze | |
| Coda | Joshua Lou Friedman | |
| The Star Racer | Trevor Baxendale | |
| The Memory of Stones | James Middleditch | |
| Here Again | Nick Campbell | |
| Going Home | Colin Brake | Featured licensed use of Anji Kapoor; set before Escape Velocity [+]Loading...["Escape Velocity (novel)"]. |
| Eye of the Beholder | Tom and Alryssa Kelly | |
| In vino veritas | Mark Michalowski | |
| Walk a Mile in My Shoes | Julian Eales | |
| Where Were You | Tom Beck | |
| Fathers, Friends, and Other Objects of Hate | Ian McIntire | |
| Aspects of Evil Part Two: The End of Days | Craig Hinton | |
| Should Have Been Dancing | Paul Magrs | |
| A Moment to Myself | Mansoon Mir | |
| Doctor Who in an Exciting Adventure with a Cup of Tea | ||
| "Just Who is the Doctor?" | Jennifer Tifft | |
| "The Room With No Doors" | ||
| "Nursery Verse for a Loomling" | ||
| The Dead Series Sketch | Peter Anghelides | |
| Afterword | Sylvester McCoy |