Doctor Who Short Trips: A Day in the Life by Ian Farrington


Doctor Who Short Trips: A Day in the Life
Title : Doctor Who Short Trips: A Day in the Life
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ISBN : 1844351475
ISBN-10 : 9781844351473
Language : English
Format Type : Hardcover
Number of Pages : 192
Publication : First published August 1, 2005

Doctor Who Short Trips is a series of themed short story anthologies of new Doctor Who fiction, featuring the Doctor in all of his first eight incarnations. They feature stories written by some of the leading names in Doctor Who, past and present, including Paul Cornell, Gareth Roberts, Christopher H. Bidmead, and Paul Magrs. A Day in the Life features 16 stories whose total "running time" adds up to a single 24-hour period: a fictional "day in the life of the universe," made up of fragments from throughout time and space. Given the temperamental nature of the TARDIS and the round-the-clock events that go on every single day, it's no wonder that the Doctor often arrives at his destinations at differing times. As we leave one story and join the next, we switch location and era—but not the hands on the clock.

Doctor Who Short Trips: A Day in the Life Reviews

  • Nicholas Whyte


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    Another in the generally good series of anthologies by Big Finish, this one leaning a lot more on Big Finish's own continuity and thus a bit less on TV Who (though Nev Fountain's "The Five O’Clock Shadow" bridges the TV and comics versions of the First Doctor, with the Cushing Doctor Who thrown in as well). I did not really understand what the theme was here, except perhaps that all the stories take place at different times of day, and the last one appeared to loop back to the first. The two that really stood out for me were Richard Salter's "Waiting for Jeremy", where the First Doctor demonstrates to Steven that rewriting time is not straightforward or even desirable, and the romp "Morphology" by Phil Pascoe, in the Third Doctor and Jo, along with a UNIT soldier called Osgood, become entangled in a situation where all vowels except 'o' are removed from the universe. (Pascoe's only other Who writing credit is the similarly linguistic early Big Finish audio ...ish.)

  • Angela

    A series of short stories set during one day. These stories include some Big Finish companions like Hex and Charley but you don't need to have been familiar with these characters to enjoy the stories. There's some very memorable ones. The 1st Doctor meets an old lady in a café who is waiting for her lost love. The 6th Doctor goes to a rock concert. Steven becomes a peace maker. Zoe flies the TARDIS. All the stories are fun in their own way. A very good read.

  • Mark Higginbottom

    Another in the collection of short stories from the many world's of Doctor Who.This was a strange one.Most of the tales reminded me very much of the bizzare stories we used to get in the 1970's Doctor Who Annuals!They are simple enough and make for a pleasant read but often they are so strange.I am sure they will appeal to most fans of the series though.I just found them a wee bit.....weird......

  • Billy Martel

    Review by Story…

    Undercurrents: Just offensively bad. 1/5.

  • Dodau

    The twelth collection of short stories about the Doctor and friends.
    There were some good stories in this collection though they were a little 4th and 8th Doctor heavy. No particualler stand outs either good or bad. Light and easy to read.