Phoenix (short story)

Summary
The Doctor is on the trail of a sentient book entitled "a bestiary of legendary and magical creatures". The Doctor tracks the book to Earth where it begins creating mythical creatures such as a Unicorn and a Phoenix. The Doctor with the help of a talking cat and a house-bound neighbour, manage to defeat the book as it creates a dragon from human and animal body parts. After the Doctor leaves in the TARDIS a strange rash on the house-bound neighbour transforms into the Doctor, who quickly defeats the book's final creation before dissolving into nothingness.

Characters

 * Eighth Doctor
 * The Bestiary of Legendary and Magical Creatures
 * Margaret
 * Fire
 * Marmaduke
 * A cat, given the power of thought by the book.

Continuity

 * Fire alludes to a point in the Doctor's future where the use of fire will cost the Doctor everything he has. (DW: The Sound of Drums)

Timeline

 * This story occurs after ST: Jonah
 * This story occurs before ST: For the Man Who Has Everything