My Hero (short story)

My Hero was the eighth short story in the Short Trips anthology Short Trips: Snapshots. It was written by Stuart Manning. It featured the Fourth Doctor.

Summary
A bank teller finds a piece of plastic in a fence one day and notices a strange man in a scarf trying to get the teller's attention.

At the bank the man, introducing himself as the Doctor, discusses the plastic with the teller, who thinks he is crazy. The teller is attacked by a vending machine on the way home and is rescued by the Doctor, who explains that the plastic is sentient. The Doctor retrieves the plastic and promises to take it home.

Later, at home, the teller can hear strange scratching noises.

Characters

 * Fourth Doctor
 * Bank teller

Worldbuilding

 * The Doctor tries to deposit a flallgon from Nert.
 * Music from EastEnders plays.

Continuity
to be added