Museum Peace (short story)

Museum Peace was the tenth and final short story in the Short Trips anthology Short Trips: Dalek Empire. It was written by James Swallow. It featured the Eighth Doctor and Kalendorf.

Later, it was re-released in Short Trips: Re:Collections. In 2009, it was read by Nicholas Briggs, becoming the first release in Big Finish's Subscriber Short Trips series.

Summary
The Doctor arrives in a Velyshaan museum dedicated to the Dalek War. He meets Kalendorf there, an old soldier. They reminisce about the war. The Doctor needed to meet Kalendorf so he could help him make a decision that would destroy the Daleks, albeit at the cost of everything the Doctor holds dear, namely Gallifrey and Time Lords.

A nearby Dalek in a display cabinet is not as dead as it seems and has charged enough power for one shot of its energy weapon. It sees the Doctor and Kalendorf and has to make the decision of which to kill. The Dalek chooses and fires. A nearby school child runs in front of the Doctor and Kalendorf and takes the shot. Kalendorf responds by destroying the Dalek. He turns around to see that the child is dead and the Doctor is nowhere to be seen. Kalendorf concludes that the Doctor had made his decision.

Characters

 * Eighth Doctor
 * Kalendorf
 * Jasta Mirin
 * Dalek

Continuity

 * The Doctor recalls how he first met Daleks and thought that he got rid of them then. (TV: The Daleks)
 * When Kalendorf asks the Doctor to use his time machine to prevent Daleks from ever appearing, the Doctor recalls that he had such a chance. (TV: Genesis of the Daleks)
 * The Doctor talks about the last time that he met Kalendorf on Zaleria whilst in his seventh incarnation. Kalendorf does not recognise the Doctor as he has regenerated in the interim. (AUDIO: Return of the Daleks)
 * The Doctor states that the decision he is struggling to make could rid the universe of the Daleks, but would come at the cost of "everything [he knew]". (TV: Dalek, The Night of the Doctor)
 * Kalendorf mentions that the Knights of Velyshaa are trying to develop time travel. (AUDIO: The Sirens of Time)
 * The Doctor is aware that he will soon regenerate. (PROSE: The End, TV: The Night of the Doctor)