To Top
[ Books | Comics | Dr Who | Kites | Model Trains | Music | Sooners | People | RVC | Shows | Stamps | USA ]
[ About | Terminology | Legend | Blog | Quotes | Links | Stats | Updates | Settings ]

Book Details

Short Trips

28.6% complete
1998
Unknown
1 time
Book Cover
Has a genre Has a synopsis Has comments Has an extract Has a year read In my library In a series 
378
 Doctor Who - BBC - Collections*
#1 of 3
Doctor Who - BBC - Collections*   See series as if on a bookshelf
A series of anthology books featuring short stories with the Doctor from the BBC television series Doctor Who.

1) Short Trips
2) More Short Trips
3) Short Trips and Side Steps
All copyrights © 1998 by the respective authors
None on file
None on file
Comments may contain spoilers
This is a good collection of short stories featuring all of the eight doctors.
Synopsis (may contain spoilers)
This is a collection of short stories based on Doctor Who, the long running British science-fiction television show.  This continues a short story collection originally introduced by Virgin Publishing's Doctor Who series.

Extract (may contain spoilers)
'Hoist by his own petard,' the Doctor murmurs approvingly.  He himself can barely stand, but he takes the time to bind the Master's hands with a length of rope.  As he retrieves the cube, he takes a final look at his fallen foe.  'I'm truly sorry, old chap,' he says, 'but you have left me no choice.'  Then he heads for the Freedom building, running awkwardly beneath a blood-red sky, to save a world.
    Soon, everything will return to normal.  UNIT troops will take the Master back into custody, hopefully before he awakes.  He will face many years trapped between four walls.  The Doctor can sympathise, more than ever before.  For him, too, freedom is a pipe dream.  Even had he made good his escape, the Time Lords would have found him eventually.  Still, there is a twinge of disappointment as he feels his knowledge of time travel being once more sapped from his mind.
    He is as much a prisoner here as the Master.

 

Added: 24-Jan-2003
Last Updated: 08-Apr-2020

Publications

 02-Mar-1998
BBC Books
In my libraryI read this editionOrder from amazon.comHas a cover imageBook Edition Cover
Date Issued:
02-Mar-1998
Pages*:
332
Read:
Once
Cover Link(s):
Internal ID:
236
Publisher:
ISBN:
0-563-40560-0
ISBN-13:
978-0-563-40560-3
Printing:
1
Country:
United Kingdom
Language:
English
Credits:
Stephen Cole - Editor
Black Sheep  - Cover Artist
From Neolithic Earth to the furthest reaches of the universe in the far future, Short Trips brings together established Doctor Who authors and first-time writers in a collection of stories exploring the ever-changing worlds of the Doctor and his friends.

Witness the last days of the siege of Masada with the First Doctor and meet the Fourth Doctor's extraordinary 'old flame'. An evil enemy makes life difficult for the Seventh and Third Doctors, and while the Fifth Doctor is under attack on a sinister ship shrouded in fog, the Second may soon be guilty of a grave error of judgment… The Sixth Doctor's hopes of a holiday are dashed when he discovers a pleasure planet is hiding a shocking secret, and the Eighth Doctor is caught up in a deadly drama played out during the construction of Stonehenge.

And, of course, that's just the beginning…

Edited by Stephen Cole, this collection features stories by Jonathan Blum, Simon Bucher-Jones, Guy Clapperton, Paul Grice, Matthew Jones, Paul Leonard, Sam Lester, Steve Lyons, Paul Magrs, Daniel O'Mahony, Robert Perry & Mike Tucker, Evan Pritchard and Tara Samms.
Cover:
Book Cover
Notes and Comments:

Related

Author(s)

Multiple Authors  
Notes:
This "author" is used when there are too many authors to identify or when there are some unknown authors.

Awards

No awards found
*
  • I try to maintain page numbers for audiobooks even though obviously there aren't any. I do this to keep track of pages read and I try to use the Kindle version page numbers for this.
  • Synopses marked with an asterisk (*) were generated by an AI. There aren't a lot since this is an iffy way to do it - AI seems to make stuff up.
  • When specific publication dates are unknown (ie prefixed with a "Cir"), I try to get the publication date that is closest to the specific printing that I can.
  • When listing chapters, I only list chapters relevant to the story. I will usually leave off Author Notes, Indices, Acknowledgements, etc unless they are relevant to the story or the book is non-fiction.
  • Page numbers on this site are for the end of the main story. I normally do not include appendices, extra material, and other miscellaneous stuff at the end of the book in the page count.






See my goodreads icon goodreads page. I almost never do reviews, but I use this site to catalogue books.
See my librarything icon librarything page. I use this site to catalogue books and it has more details on books than goodreads does.


Presented: 23-Apr-2024 07:01:05

Website design and original content
© 1996-2024 Type40 Web Design.
Contact: webmgr@type40.com
Server: type40.com
Page: bksDetails.aspx
Section: Books

This website uses cookies for use in navigating this site only. No personal information is gathered or shared with anyone. If you don't agree, then don't use this site.