Strange Attractor (short story)

Strange Attractor was the fifth short story in the Short Trips anthology Short Trips: Destination Prague. It was written by Paul Kupperberg. It featured the Sixth Doctor and Peri Brown.

Summary
The Doctor and Peri are having coffee in Prague when the city falls into a temporary autonomous zone. The Doctor explains that, under normal circumstances, this would only last a few minutes, then things would return to normal. However, there is a being, calling himself Anarchy, who is trying to destroy Prague.

The Doctor tries to talk Anarchy out of what he is doing, but with no success. He then hits upon the idea that Anarchy, who also calls himself Entropy, should follow his natural course. When he does so, Prague returns to normal.

Characters

 * Sixth Doctor
 * Peri Brown
 * Anarchy

Worldbuilding

 * The Doctor quotes Alexander Pope and Philip K. Dick.
 * The Vltava River has fourteen bridges spanning it.
 * Some of the locations affected by Anarchy's destruction include Rudolfinum Concert Hall, Prague Castle and the Mánesüv Bridge.
 * The Doctor is wearing his red cravat.

Continuity
to be added