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|doctor=Second Doctor | |doctor=Second Doctor | ||
|companions=[[Ben Jackson|Ben]], [[Polly Wright|Polly]] | |companions=[[Ben Jackson|Ben]], [[Polly Wright|Polly]] | ||
|enemy=[[Shadow creature]] | |||
|setting=[[Charon (moon)|Charon]] | |setting=[[Charon (moon)|Charon]] | ||
|writer=[[Dale Smith]] | |writer=[[Dale Smith]] | ||
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In the middle of the night, Ben wakes from a nightmare to see that both Spinks and the Doctor are gone. He wakes the others, then he heads for the TARDIS. On the way, he finds Spinks' mangled body. Back at the camp, Ask wakes and starts screaming, "It's free, it's free!" While Magellan sedates her, Ben and Polly sneak off to the cavern, though Ben thinks that the Doctor has left them here. | In the middle of the night, Ben wakes from a nightmare to see that both Spinks and the Doctor are gone. He wakes the others, then he heads for the TARDIS. On the way, he finds Spinks' mangled body. Back at the camp, Ask wakes and starts screaming, "It's free, it's free!" While Magellan sedates her, Ben and Polly sneak off to the cavern, though Ben thinks that the Doctor has left them here. | ||
In the cavern, they find the Doctor in one of the boxes. Suddenly they are attacked by a black shadow, but Magellan, who with Ray has joined them, can't see anything. The Doctor, from the box, sends up a wall of water that temporarily blocks the creature, and urges the other four to join him. The five of them together control the creature enough to send it away. | In the cavern, they find the Doctor in one of the boxes. Suddenly they are attacked by a black [[shadow]], but Magellan, who with Ray has joined them, can't see anything. The Doctor, from the box, sends up a wall of water that temporarily blocks the creature, and urges the other four to join him. The five of them together control the creature enough to send it away. | ||
As the TARDIS crew leaves Ray, Ask and Magellan to finish their work on Charon, the Doctor explains to his friends that the aliens were keeping the | As the TARDIS crew leaves Ray, Ask and Magellan to finish their work on Charon, the Doctor explains to his friends that the aliens were keeping the s[[hadow creature]] in check, and when one of them died, they recruited Ask to help them. When Magellan killed the aliens, the creature was set free. The Doctor trapped it in the ice of Charon and removed some of its aggressive impulses. | ||
== Characters == | == Characters == | ||
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== Continuity == | == Continuity == | ||
* Ben still isn't convinced that this Doctor ''is'' the Doctor. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Power of the Daleks (TV story)|The Power of the Daleks]]'') | * Ben still isn't convinced that this Doctor ''is'' the Doctor. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Power of the Daleks (TV story)|The Power of the Daleks]]'') | ||
* Other "living shadows" later encountered by the Doctor include the [[Elemental Shade]], ([[TV]]: ''[[Love & Monsters (TV story)|Love & Monsters]]'') the [[Vashta Nerada]] ([[TV]]: ''[[Silence in the Library (TV story)|Silence in the Library]]''/''[[Forest of the Dead (TV story)|Forest of the Dead]]'') and the [[Shadow Kin]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[For Tonight We Might Die (TV story)|For Tonight We Might Die]]'') | |||
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[[Category:Second Doctor short stories]] | [[Category:Second Doctor short stories]] | ||