Museum Peace (short story)

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

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 talks about the last time that he met Kalendorf on Zaleria during his seventh incarnation. Kalendorf does not recognise the Doctor as he has regenerated in the interim. (AUDIO: Return of the Daleks)
 * The Doctor recalls his first meeting with the Daleks on their homeworld of Skaro. (TV: The Daleks)
 * Kalendorf thinks the Doctor is a fool for not averting the creation of the Daleks when he had the chance. (TV: Genesis of the Daleks) The Doctor himself has previously voiced regret at his decision. (PROSE: Lucifer Rising, AUDIO: To the Death)
 * The decision that the Doctor is making seems to be the decision that will destroy his homeworld, his species and the Daleks at the conclusion of the Last Great Time War. (TV: Dalek)
 * Kalendorf mentions that the Knights of Velyshaa are trying to develop time travel. (AUDIO: The Sirens of Time)
 * The Doctor previously knew that he was going to regenerate in PROSE: The End.
 * The Doctor did not become fully involved with the Time War until he regenerated into his next incarnation. He is also stated to be wearing a frock coat, which is in line with what the Eighth Doctor wore in his final days. (TV: Night of the Doctor)