The Switching (short story)

The Switching was the seventh short story in the Short Trips anthology Short Trips: Zodiac. It was written by Simon Guerrier. It featured the Third Doctor, Jo Grant, Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart, the Master and Captain Mike Yates.

Summary
Trapped in prison, The Master creates a device that transfers his mind into the Doctor's body, and leaves the Doctor's mind in his body. The Master plans to create chaos for UNIT before fleeing in the The Doctor's TARDIS, whilst the Doctor must find a way to break out of prison, and convince his closest allies that he is not their greatest enemy.

Characters

 * Third Doctor
 * Jo Grant
 * Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart
 * The Master
 * Captain Mike Yates

Continuity

 * Mike asks Jo out on a date. (DW: The Curse of Peladon)
 * While in the Doctor's body, the Master changes the internal configuration of his TARDIS. (DW: The Time Monster)
 * After being returned to his own body, the Master borrows a book on the Magna Carta from the Fortress Island prison library. (DW: The King's Demons)
 * Shortly after the Doctor's regeneration into his eighth incarnation on 31 December 1999, the Master would once again attempt to steal the Doctor's body in order to gain access to his remaining regenerations. (DW: Doctor Who (1996))

Timeline

 * The Switching occurs after DWM: The Man in the Ion Mask.
 * The Switching occurs before DW: The Sea Devils.