Evergreen (short story)

Evergreen was the twenty-third short story in the Short Trips anthology Short Trips: A Christmas Treasury. It was written by Stephen Cole. It featured the Eighth Doctor.

Summary
The Doctor is sympathetic to Connie Bryde, a woman blamed for her husband's death. He discovers a vampire-like alien in a girl's body is responsible and is using Connie as a scapegoat for its feedings. The Doctor kills the girl and then flees from the accusing people of the village.

Characters

 * Eighth Doctor
 * Connie Bryde
 * Mrs Bledlow
 * Tom Bledlow
 * Meg Bledlow
 * Girl

Continuity

 * The Doctor is still suffering from his amnesia. (PROSE: The Burning)
 * The Doctor goes by the name John. (TV: The Wheel in Space)

Timeline

 * Evergreen occurs after PROSE: The Burning.
 * Evergreen occurs before PROSE: Casualties of War.