Deep Stretch (short story)

Deep Stretch was the ninth short story in the Short Trips anthology Short Trips: Steel Skies. It was written by Richard Salter. It featured the Third Doctor and Jo Grant.

Summary
The TARDIS brings the Third Doctor and Jo Grant to an underwater prison cell, where the female inmates have spent the last few years in complete isolation at the bottom of the ocean. Jo implores the Doctor to release the prisoners, but he reminds her that although the means of their incarceration may be harsh, the women are still criminals.

However, after recalling his recent exile by the Time Lords, the Doctor agree to help the inmates, but not to release the; he rewires the emergency radio to transmit a signal that releases the docking clamps keeping the prison cell anchored to the sea bed, telling Jo that when the metal box floats to the surface, the authorities will realise that this method of imprisonment is flawed and will then move the women to a land-based prison.

As the cell breaks the surface, the prisoners open the docking hatch and step out into the sunlight, only to see thousands of other similar cells also floating on the water. Satisfied at his handiwork, the Doctor leaves with Jo as the helicopters arrive to pick up the prisoners.

Characters

 * Third Doctor
 * Jo Grant
 * Li Cheung
 * Melissa
 * Miss Clark
 * Jill
 * Yuriko
 * Janet
 * Rachel
 * Vijay

Continuity
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