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{{Infobox | |series=[[Short Trips (series)#In print|Short Trips short stories]] | ||
|doctor = Sixth Doctor | |||
series=[[Short Trips (series)|Short Trips]]| | |companions= [[Emily Chaudhry|Emily]], [[Will Hoffman|Will]] | ||
|enemy=[[The Darkness (The Terror of the Darkness)|The Darkness]] | |||
|setting= | |||
|writer = Joseph Lidster | |||
writer= | |anthology = Short Trips: A Day in the Life | ||
|release date = 7 July 2005 | |||
|prev = The Last Broadcast (short story) | |||
next | |next=Visiting Hours (ST short story) | ||
}}'''''The Terror of the Darkness''''' was the fifteenth short story in the [[Short Trips (series)|Short Trips]] anthology ''[[Short Trips: A Day in the Life]]''. It was written by [[Joseph Lidster]]. It featured the [[Sixth Doctor]]. | |||
== Summary == | == Summary == | ||
''to | It is [[Will Hoffman]]'s first day in UNIT, and he is assigned to drive Colonel [[Emily Chaudhry|Chaudry]] to a [[Code Blue]]. | ||
Meanwhile, several people in the area have become infected with [[The Darkness (The Terror of the Darkness)|the Darkness]], attacking their friends and family. | |||
Will and the Colonel arrive at a blue police box, which the Colonel states is the Code Blue. A man is being mugged by a [[Mugger (The Terror of the Darkness)|teenager]], and they rescue him. The Colonel introduces him as the Doctor, UNIT's former science advisor. | |||
The Doctor explains that in a previous life, he prevented the [[Verulan]]s from invading Earth, but unbeknownst to him, an entity called the Darkness was attached to the Verulan ship, and when the ship exploded, the Darkness came to Earth. It preys on darkness and anger, but for now it's contained to this one street. As the three make their way down the street, Will steps into a shadow and is engulfed with anger. The Doctor pulls him out of the shadow, and he sits off to the side, recovering, as the Doctor and the Colonel discuss how to defeat the Darkness before the sun sets. | |||
The Colonel calls in several floodlighting rigs, lighting up the street. The Doctor can detect no trace of it. | |||
He offers to take the Colonel and Will back to [[UNIT HQ]]. | |||
== Characters == | == Characters == | ||
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* [[Emily Chaudhry]] | * [[Emily Chaudhry]] | ||
* [[Will Hoffman]] | * [[Will Hoffman]] | ||
* [[Deirdre (The Terror of the Darkness)|Deirdre]] | |||
* [[Trevor (The Terror of the Darkness)|Trevor]] | |||
* [[Mugger (The Terror of the Darkness)|Mugger]] | |||
* [[Shaun Ashdown]] | |||
* [[Bill Ashdown]] | |||
* [[Anna Ashdown]] | |||
* Mr [[Goodman (The Terror of the Darkness)|Goodman]] | |||
* [[Sally Moore]] | |||
== | == Worldbuilding == | ||
* Colonel Chaudhry informs Hoffman of a [[Code Blue]]. | |||
== Notes == | == Notes == | ||
'' | * The events of ''[[How You Get There (short story)|How You Get There]]'', ''[[The Last Broadcast (short story)|The Last Broadcast]]'' and this story take place in [[London]] on the same day. | ||
* This story is the first in a trilogy of stories featuring the Sixth Doctor, Chaudhry and Hoffman. It comes before ''[[Incongruous Details (short story)|Incongruous Details]]'', in ''[[Short Trips: The Centenarian]]'', and ''[[Defining Patterns (short story)|Defining Patterns]]'', in ''[[Short Trips: Defining Patterns]]''. | |||
== Continuity == | == Continuity == | ||
* The news mentions the collapse of [[Vauxhall Bridge]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[How You Get There (short story)|How You Get There]]'') | |||
* Will almost runs over the [[Fourth Doctor]] and [[Harry Sullivan]], who have just defeated the [[Verulan]]s. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Last Broadcast (short story)|The Last Broadcast]]'') | |||
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