Testament (short story)

Testament was the sixteenth short story in the Short Trips anthology Short Trips: The Centenarian. It was written by Stephen Hatcher. It featured the Seventh Doctor.

Summary
In 2025, the population of Earth are under the control of alien traders called the Benanki. When the Doctor arrives, he is shocked to discover everyone on Earth seems to know him. He discovers the late Edward Grainger has published his life story, My Life With the Doctor. Travelling back to the day of Edward's death, the Doctor must prevent his own past from being unravelled or the future of the entire world is doomed.

Characters

 * Seventh Doctor
 * John Grainger
 * Edward Grainger

Continuity
Later in the Doctor's life, he would once again be known to everyone on Earth - during the Year That Never Was, his companion Martha Jones told stories of the Doctor around the world while the Doctor was imprisoned by the Master. That timeline was later negated. (DW: The Last of the Time Lords)