Fixing a Hole (short story)

Fixing a Hole was the sixteenth short story in the Short Trips anthology Short Trips: Past Tense. It was written by Samantha Baker. It featured the Sixth Doctor and Tegan Jovanka. A sequel to the televised segment A Fix with Sontarans, this story featured a serious epilogue to the otherwise camp fourth-wall breaking special, as Tegan and the Doctor once again prepare to part ways.

The title Fixing a Hole can be seen as both an in-universe reference to the emotional gap in-between the Doctor and Tegan following her final television story and as a real-world reference to the narrative gap between A Fix with Sontarans and following stories which do not feature Tegan and the Sixth Doctor travelling together.

Summary
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Characters

 * Sixth Doctor
 * Tegan Jovanka

The Doctor

 * The Doctor wears the same blue cloak seen in TV: Revelation of the Daleks.

Tegan

 * Tegan references deciding to leave in TV: Resurrection of the Daleks.
 * Tegan recalls how she had been pulled back into the Doctor's life; an adventure which involved Sontarans invading the TARDIS and someone named Gareth Jenkins belittling the Doctor. Tegan notes that, for a third time, she is trapped travelling with the Doctor with no indication of when their adventures will end.
 * Tegan is used to the concept of regeneration, having joined the TARDIS shortly before the birth of the Fifth Doctor. Tegan notes that during each adventure, it was a constant worry that she never knew how common regeneration was or what the Doctor would look like the next day.
 * After returning to Earth, Tegan had trouble connecting with old friends and eventually found it hard to keep a job. She eventually managed to regain her old position as an air hostess.