Retribution (short story)

 was a Sixth Doctor and Peri short story in the 1986 Doctor Who Annual. It was unusual for its unambiguous depiction of the Doctor directly killing an enemy with a double-barreled shotgun.

Summary
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Characters

 * Sixth Doctor
 * Peri
 * Robert Lawton
 * Professor Watkins
 * Emily Watkins
 * Chintor

Worldbuilding

 * The Doctor considers "revenge is a worthless pursuit in life."
 * Peri fashions a ladder out of bedsheets sturdy enough to hold for two people.
 * Chintor's taskforce is dispatched to Earth to exact revenge for the crash of a spacecraft that resulted in millions dying from its cargo of toxic waste. His belief is "death is justification for more death," and shows no discernment between the innocent and the guilty.

Continuity

 * The Doctor is described as tapping his lapel cat in this story.
 * The final gunfight between the Doctor and Chintor echoes the end of TV: Attack of the Cybermen.
 * Chintor's murderous philosophy and its ultimately gruesome results leaves the Doctor embittered. (TV: Revelation of the Daleks)