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|series=[[Short Trips (series)#In print|Short Trips short stories]] | |series=[[Short Trips (series)#In print|Short Trips short stories]] | ||
|doctor = Fifth Doctor | |doctor = Fifth Doctor | ||
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|setting = [[France]], [[25 December]] [[1914]] | |setting = [[France]], [[25 December]] [[1914]] | ||
|writer= | |writer=Darren Sellars | ||
|anthology = | |anthology = Short Trips: A Christmas Treasury | ||
|release date = 30 December 2004 | |||
|prev=Christmas Special (ST short story) | |prev=Christmas Special (ST short story) | ||
|next = The Man Who (Nearly) Killed Christmas (short story) | |next = The Man Who (Nearly) Killed Christmas (short story){{!}}The Man Who (Nearly) Killed Christmas | ||
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'''''Never Seen Cairo''''' was the eighth short story in the [[Short Trips (series)|Short Trips]] anthology ''[[Short Trips: A Christmas Treasury]]''. It was written by [[Darren Sellars]]. It featured the [[Fifth Doctor]], [[Seventh Doctor]], and [[Peri Brown]]. | '''''Never Seen Cairo''''' was the eighth short story in the [[Short Trips (series)|Short Trips]] anthology ''[[Short Trips: A Christmas Treasury]]''. It was written by [[Darren Sellars]]. It featured the [[Fifth Doctor]], [[Seventh Doctor]], and [[Peri Brown]]. | ||
== Summary == | == Summary == | ||
In the trenches on [[Christmas Day]], Edward Woodbourne talks with an | In the trenches on [[Christmas Day]], Edward Woodbourne talks with "[[Fifth Doctor|an officer]]" who was found wandering nearby. The officer, who gives his name as the Doctor, is distraught at losing his friend Peri, but is soon told that she's been found safe. While waiting for her, the British and German soldiers declare an informal truce and begin playing football. | ||
As Edward and the Doctor talk, Edward mentions that he'd like to travel, to see [[Cairo]], but it's hard to do so with a family. The Doctor asks him, if it were possible, would he leave the [[battlefield]] tonight and search for something greater. He seems disappointed in Edward's answer that he has to stay here to help make the world safe for his wife and son. | As Edward and the Doctor talk, Edward mentions that he'd like to travel, to see [[Cairo]], but it's hard to do so with a family. The Doctor asks him, if it were possible, would he leave the [[battlefield]] tonight and search for something greater. He seems disappointed in Edward's answer that he has to stay here to help make the world safe for his wife and son. | ||
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The Doctor's transport arrives, and he leaves. Edward resumes writing a letter to his wife. | The Doctor's transport arrives, and he leaves. Edward resumes writing a letter to his wife. | ||
Some time later, Edward's wife Mary is visited by | Some time later, Edward's wife Mary is visited by [[Seventh Doctor|a stranger]]. He brings the letter from Edward; she wonders why she is receiving the letter almost a year after Edward died. She reads the letter, and for the first time in months, she smiles. | ||
== Characters == | == Characters == | ||
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== Notes == | == Notes == | ||
* This story is a "pure historical" featuring no science fiction elements apart from the presence of the Doctor. | * This story is a "[[pure historical]]" featuring no science fiction elements apart from the presence of the Doctor. | ||
== Continuity == | == Continuity == | ||
