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{{Infobox Story
|name = Phoenix
|series =[[Short Trips (series)#In print|Short Trips short stories]]
|doctor = Eighth Doctor
|setting = [[Earth]]
|writer = [[James Goss]]
|publication = ''[[Short Trips: Indefinable Magic]]''
|prev = none
|next = The Power Supply (short story)
}}
'''''Phoenix''''' was the first short story in the [[Short Trips (series)|Short Trips]] anthology ''[[Short Trips: Indefinable Magic]]''. It was written by [[James Goss]]. It featured the [[Eighth Doctor]].
== 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 a [[unicorn]] and a phoenix. The Doctor, with the help of a talking cat and a house-bound neighbour, manages 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 neighbour transforms into the Doctor, who quickly defeats the book's final creation before dissolving into nothingness.
 
== Characters ==
* [[Eighth Doctor]]
* The [[Bestiary of Legendary and Magical Creatures]]
* Margaret
* [[Fire (Phoenix)|Fire]]
* [[Marmaduke (Phoenix)|Marmaduke]]
** A [[cat]], given the power of thought by the book.
 
== 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 book]]s work in the same manner as audiobooks, except they work with thought processes.
* The book creates a [[unicorn]] from [[toilet]] paper.
 
== Notes ==
* This story was adapted for audio by [[Heroic Efforts Productions]].
 
== Continuity ==
* Fire recalls the Doctor's escapades at Pudding Lane. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Visitation]]'')
 
== External links ==
* http://heroic-efforts.blogspot.com/2010/10/doctor-who-phoenix-short-trips.html
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