From Little Acorns (short story)

From Little Acorns was the first short story in the Short Trips anthology Short Trips: The Quality of Leadership. It was written by John S. Drew. It featured the Eighth Doctor.

Summary
Lycon tells a story to his children of a man called the Doctor who once saved them from their evil uncle Kalem who had staged a coup to become King of Zalezna. The Doctor disarmed Kalem's soldiers and proposed that Mihal should be the next king of Zalezna. Mihal was in doubt of his leadership abilities so the Doctor told him many stories of leaders who overcame their doubt.

Characters

 * Eighth Doctor
 * Mihal
 * Lycon
 * Kalem
 * Loran

Continuity

 * The Doctor later meets Mihal in PROSE: Epilogue.
 * The Doctor's disabling of the enemy's weapons using his sonic screwdriver is similar to the Sontarans' disabling of UNIT guns during their invasion of Earth in 2009. (TV: The Sontaran Stratagem / The Poison Sky).
 * The Doctor has recently regenerated. (TV: Doctor Who)