War Crimes (short story)

War Crimes was the third short story in the Short Trips anthology Short Trips. It was written by Simon Bucher-Jones. It featured the Second Doctor, Jamie McCrimmon and Zoe Herriot.

Summary
The War Lords, having experimented on individuals of warlike races to determine their suitability as soldiers, decide to use humans for their army. They genetically alter the non-human survivors of their tests into killing machines.

The Time Lords, unable to help these survivors, return them to their own planets.

Ossu-male is an Ulk-Ra of the Aelcluk clan who has been altered by the War Lords. His tribe, believing him dead, mourns him prior to their setting out on the dangerous trek to their birthing grounds. The Time Lords return him to the planet, and he goes in search of his tribe. On the way, he kills Coloth, a young male from another tribe. He finally overtakes his tribe as they have entered the waters of the breeding grounds. The waters are poisonous to him as a male, and he dies.

The Doctor, Jamie and Zoe, on the run from the Time Lords, materialise on the planet. They retrieve Ossu-male’s body from the sea. As he breathes his last, the TARDIS’ cloister bell rings and they leave the planet.

Characters

 * Second Doctor
 * Jamie McCrimmon
 * Zoe Heriot
 * Tribune Gothaparduskerialldrapolatkh
 * Ossu-male
 * a warrior male of the Aelcluk clan


 * Coloth

Continuity

 * The Ulk-Ra are aware that humans are the second intelligent race to evolve on Sol III. (TV: Doctor Who and the Silurians)