The Three Paths (short story)

The Three Paths was the fourteenth and final short story in the Short Trips anthology Short Trips: Farewells. It was written by Ian Potter. It featured the First Doctor.

Summary
Everyone has a purpose and everyone has a meaning to life, but what is the Doctor's purpose? Ever since he left his homeworld of Gallifrey, the Doctor has been drifting through Time. But now, it's time to face what he has become, because today, the Doctor returns home to face his past... and his present... and possibly his future.

Characters

 * First Doctor
 * The Hermit

Continuity

 * Bobby Zierath is remembered by the Doctor. (PROSE: The Schoolboy's Story)
 * The Hermit mentions "a chap I know in Cambridge".
 * The Doctor wears his fingerless gloves. (PROSE: Roses and TV: The Five Doctors)
 * The Doctor is referred to by his nicknames Theta (TV: The Armageddon Factor, The Happiness Patrol) and snail. (PROSE: Lungbarrow)
 * The Doctor is initially afraid of regeneration (TV: Twice Upon a Time), similar to his tenth (TV: The End of Time) and twelfth incarnations. (TV: The Doctor Falls, Twice Upon a Time'')
 * In his story of the Penultimate Evil, the Hermit mentions the Quarks. (TV: The Dominators)
 * The Doctor is given back his diary. (TV: The Power of the Daleks, The Tomb of the Cybermen et al) He wrote about riding skimmers with a friend, (PROSE: Divided Loyalties, AUDIO: The Paradise of Death) and drew pictures of Torvic in his diary. (AUDIO: Master)