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{{Infobox Story | |range = Short Trips (series) | ||
| | |series in range = Short Trips: Time Signature | ||
|series= | |series number in range = 18 | ||
|doctor=First Doctor | |number in series = 2 | ||
|companions=[[Susan Foreman|Susan]], [[Barbara Wright|Barbara]] | |doctor = First Doctor | ||
|setting=[[Torcaldi]] | |companions = [[Susan Foreman|Susan]], [[Ian Chesterton|Ian]], [[Barbara Wright|Barbara]] | ||
|writer= | |enemy = [[Balthar]] | ||
|anthology= | |setting = [[Torcaldi]] | ||
|prev=An Overture Too Early (short story) | |writer = Philip Purser-Hallard | ||
|next=Gone Fishing (short story) | |anthology = Short Trips: Time Signature | ||
|release date = October 2006 | |||
|series = [[Short Trips (series)#In print|Short Trips short stories]] | |||
|prev = An Overture Too Early (short story) | |||
|next = Gone Fishing (short story) | |||
}} | }} | ||
'''''The Ruins of Time''''' was the second short story in the [[Short Trips (series)|Short Trips]] anthology ''[[Short Trips: Time Signature]]''. It was written by [[Philip Purser-Hallard]]. It featured the [[First Doctor]], [[Susan Foreman|Susan]], [[Barbara Wright]] and [[Ian Chesterton]]. | '''''The Ruins of Time''''' was the second short story in the [[Short Trips (series)|Short Trips]] anthology ''[[Short Trips: Time Signature]]''. It was written by [[Philip Purser-Hallard]]. It featured the [[First Doctor]], [[Susan Foreman|Susan]], [[Barbara Wright]] and [[Ian Chesterton]]. | ||
== Summary == | == Summary == | ||
Susan and Ian are playing a board game belonging to the Doctor when the TARDIS lands on a desolate planet. It used to be beautiful, but things are in ruins and there are people, not dead but not alive, frozen in place. | Susan and Ian are playing a board game belonging to the Doctor when the TARDIS lands on a desolate planet. It used to be beautiful, but things are in ruins and there are people, not dead but not alive, frozen in place. | ||
They are surprised by one of the natives, a [[Torcaldian]] named [[Vedirioi]], who welcomes them and gives them hospitality. Vedirioi explains that bandits have been raiding the city. | They are surprised by one of the natives, a [[Torcaldian]] named [[Vedirioi]], who welcomes them and gives them hospitality. Vedirioi explains that bandits have been raiding the city. | ||
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Ian and Barbara are at first confused by the genders of the Torcaldians until Susan explains that they are [[hermaphrodite]]s. Meanwhile the Doctor, having found out what's wrong with the planet, says they must leave. He explains that some catastrophe has drained this planet of time. The frozen people have had all the time drained out of them. | Ian and Barbara are at first confused by the genders of the Torcaldians until Susan explains that they are [[hermaphrodite]]s. Meanwhile the Doctor, having found out what's wrong with the planet, says they must leave. He explains that some catastrophe has drained this planet of time. The frozen people have had all the time drained out of them. | ||
Susan and Vedirioi are playing the board game when bandits attack. Astebo, the leader of the city, urges the travellers to leave, but Susan wants to help her friends. She and the Doctor are captured by the bandits. | Susan and Vedirioi are playing the board game when bandits attack. Astebo, the leader of the city, urges the travellers to leave, but Susan wants to help her friends. She and the Doctor are captured by the bandits. | ||
The bandits drained all the time from Astebo, who is now frozen, and Vedirioi explains that is what the bandits do — steal time from other Torcaldians. Susan wakes up in a cage; the Doctor is unconscious. Vedirioi and [[Ecsilo]] accompany Barbara and Ian to rescue the others. | The bandits drained all the time from Astebo, who is now frozen, and Vedirioi explains that is what the bandits do — steal time from other Torcaldians. Susan wakes up in a cage; the Doctor is unconscious. Vedirioi and [[Ecsilo]] accompany Barbara and Ian to rescue the others. | ||
Susan talks with a Torcaldian, [[Tranell]], who is a slave of the bandits' leader [[Balthar]]. Tranell drains time from others to give to Balthar, who shares it among the bandits. Susan and the Doctor are brought to Balthar to be drained. Ian, watching, cannot help because he left the others behind. Tranell convinces Balthar that the Doctor should be drained, not Susan. | Susan talks with a Torcaldian, [[Tranell]], who is a slave of the bandits' leader [[Balthar]]. Tranell drains time from others to give to Balthar, who shares it among the bandits. Susan and the Doctor are brought to Balthar to be drained. Ian, watching, cannot help because he left the others behind. Tranell convinces Balthar that the Doctor should be drained, not Susan. | ||
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Ian is horrified to see that the Doctor is frozen, but when the bandits leave, taking Susan back to her cage, the Doctor moves. Because of his "special relationship" to time, he wasn't affected the way the Torcaldians were. When Barbara and the Torcaldians rescue Susan, they tell her that the Doctor is fine. | Ian is horrified to see that the Doctor is frozen, but when the bandits leave, taking Susan back to her cage, the Doctor moves. Because of his "special relationship" to time, he wasn't affected the way the Torcaldians were. When Barbara and the Torcaldians rescue Susan, they tell her that the Doctor is fine. | ||
Barbara and the Doctor are taken by Ecsilo to the site where a tear in time, called [[Torcaldi's Bane]], began. It happened during a musical presentation, and the Doctor is intrigued, even to the point where he drains time from himself to allow the music to play for a brief moment so he can record it. Meanwhile Ian and Susan are with Vedirioi; Vedirioi asks to drain Susan of time to keep the village alive. Susan is horrified and Vedirioi feels bad, realising that it would be wrong to do this to Susan but at a loss for a way to save the Torcaldians. | Barbara and the Doctor are taken by Ecsilo to the site where a tear in time, called [[Torcaldi's Bane]], began. It happened during a musical presentation, and the Doctor is intrigued, even to the point where he drains time from himself to allow the music to play for a brief moment so he can record it. Meanwhile Ian and Susan are with Vedirioi; Vedirioi asks to drain Susan of time to keep the village alive. Susan is horrified and Vedirioi feels bad, realising that it would be wrong to do this to Susan but at a loss for a way to save the Torcaldians. | ||
The four travellers reunite, then the village is once again attacked by bandits. Tranell, however, instead of draining one of the villagers, drains Balthar instead. | The four travellers reunite, then the village is once again attacked by bandits. Tranell, however, instead of draining one of the villagers, drains Balthar instead. | ||
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== Characters == | == Characters == | ||
* [[First Doctor]] | * [[First Doctor]] | ||
* [[Susan Foreman]] | * [[Susan Foreman|Susan]] | ||
* [[Barbara Wright]] | * [[Barbara Wright]] | ||
* [[Ian Chesterton]] | * [[Ian Chesterton]] | ||
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* [[Balthar]] | * [[Balthar]] | ||
== | == Worldbuilding == | ||
* Cities located on [[Torcaldi]] include [[Cantosi]] | * Cities located on [[Torcaldi]] include [[Cantosi]] and [[Labeth]], while [[Pletra]] is a town. | ||
* The Doctor and Susan have visited [[Yaqexis]], where the [[Yaqex]] had "peculiar" coming-of-age ceremonies. | * The Doctor and Susan have visited [[Yaqexis]], where the [[Yaqex]] had "peculiar" coming-of-age ceremonies. | ||
* The Doctor uses a [[hovercraft]] to escape from Labeth. | * The Doctor uses a [[hovercraft]] to escape from Labeth. | ||
* Barbara mentions [[Pompeii]]. | * Barbara mentions [[Pompeii]]. | ||
== Notes == | == Notes == | ||
* The board game Susan plays with Ian and Vedirioi is implied to be [[Sepulchasm]]. | |||
== Continuity == | == Continuity == | ||
* The origin of the rift which devastated Torcaldi is revealed in [[PROSE]]: ''[[DS Al Fine]]''. | * The origin of the rift which devastated Torcaldi is revealed in [[PROSE]]: ''[[DS Al Fine]]''. | ||
* Barbara recalls her encounters with [[Alydon]] and [[Ganatus]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Daleks (TV story)|The Daleks]]'') | |||
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