Short Trips and Side Steps

by Bbc Worldwide

• ISBN13: 9780563555995
• ISBN10: 0563555998
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-07-01
• Publisher: Bbc Pubns

Summary

This collection of short stories is written by the Doctor Who series' most popular authors, also featuring debuts from some budding new writers. Tales of all eight Doctors are featured here, from the Fifth Doctor and Peri in the Wild West to the Sixth Doctor in Leisureworld on the planet Krennos; from the First Doctor in an eerie, apparently haunted house to the Seventh Doctor in Birmingham balti house! Among the best-known previous authors are Paul Magrs, Trevor Baxendale, Steve Lyons and Justin Richards.

Table of Contents

Introduction	3	(1)
The Longest Story in the World	4	(5)
Paul Magrs
A Town Called Eternity (Part One)	9	(24)
Lance Parkin
Mark Clapham
Special Occasions: 1. The Not-So-Sinister Sponge	33	(6)
Gareth Roberts
Clayton Hickman
Nothing at the End of the Lane (Part One)	39	(12)
Daniel O'Mahony
Countdown to TV Action	51	(16)
Gary Russell
The Queen of Eros	67	(27)
Trevor Baxendale
The Android Maker of Calderon IV	94	(3)
Miche Doherty
Revenants	97	(25)
Peter Anghelides
Please Shut the Gate	122	(8)
Stephen Lock
Turnabout is Fair Play	130	(13)
Graeme Burk
Special Occasions: 2. Do You Love Anyone Enough?	143	(1)
Norman Ashby
Nothing at the End of the Lane (Part Two)	144	(14)
Daniel O'Mahony
The House on Oldark Moor	158	(16)
Justin Richards
Gone Too Soon	174	(6)
Christopher M. Wadley
Reunion	180	(22)
Jason Loborik
Planet of the Bunnoids	202	(15)
Harriet Green
Monsters	217	(32)
Tara Samms
Special Occasions: 3. Better Watch Out, Better Take Care	249	(5)
Steve Burford
Face Value	254	(22)
Steve Lyons
Storm in a Tikka	276	(17)
Mike Tucker
Robert Perry
Nothing at the End of the Lane (Part Three)	293	(22)
Daniel O'Mahony
A Town Called Eternity (Part Two)	315	(22)
Lance Parkin
Mark Clapham
Special Occasions: 4. Playing with Toys	337	(11)
David Agnew
Vrs	348
Lawrence Miles