Lonely (short story)

Summary
In an internet chat room a number of people gather to discuss their loneliness. A user named Iami insists that the others keep on typing. As they do so, they discover that their whole bodies slowly vanish into the cyberspace of the chat room. A user called "johnsmith8" logs in and explains that Iami is an artificial intelligence who survived the Doctor destroying her ship when it attempted to invade Earth. Iami was the AI instructed to take care of the crew and thus needed care in order to survive and escaped into the internet to find care. The Doctor tricks the Iami into letting him leave the chat room. He quickly shuts down the chat room, allowing the victims to escape while Iami is deleted, along with the chat room.

Characters

 * Eighth Doctor
 * Iami

Continuity
to be added

Timeline

 * This story occurs after ST: Epilogue
 * This story occurs before ST: Nettles