Apocrypha Bipedium (short story)

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Apocrypha Bipedium

Doctor:

Eighth Doctor

Companion(s):

Charley

Key crew

Writer:

Ian Potter

Release details

Part of:

Short Trips: Companions

Reprinted in:

Short Trips: Re:Collections

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Apocrypha Bipedium was the fourth short story in the Short Trips anthology Short Trips: Companions. It was written by Ian Potter. It featured the Eighth Doctor and Charley Pollard.

Summary

Vicki and Troilus are on the move. Having escaped from the fall of Troy, they and their people have been wandering in search of a place to settle.

The Doctor is trying to get Wilf back home. The TARDIS dematerialises, and he thinks they've arrived in Stratford-upon-Avon in 1572, but it turns out they've arrived in ancient Asia Minor.

A herdsman sees them arrive, and they tell him they are sea travellers. He takes them to his encampment where, the Doctor learns, Vicki and Troilus have stopped. He realises he has to keep Wilf away from Vicki. If Wilf learns who Vicki and Troilus are, he might be influenced in his later writing of the play Troilus and Cressida.

However, the herdsman has seen the TARDIS and recognises it. He tells Vicki, who thinks that this Doctor is a younger version of the Doctor she knew. She soon suspects that this Doctor is a robot, like the robot Doctor she had previously experienced. She and the rest of her people make plans.

The Doctor is making plans too. He wants Charley to get Wilf drunk so that he won't remember anything the next day.

As they are all enjoying the wine, Vicki's people attack. Vicki in particular attacks the Doctor, trying to find the wires controlling him.

They all soon realise their mistakes, and the Doctor explains everything. He then learns, to his embarrassment, that, although Shakespeare wrote the play Troilus and Cressida, it was Geoffrey Chaucer who came up with their story. Vicki also tells the Doctor that, in Shakespeare's play, Cressida ends up with Diomede. The Doctor is then forced to admit he never read the play.

The TARDIS crew departs, with hopefully no harm done, and Troilus, Cressida and their people are on their way to ancient Britain, on the advice of Wilf, to settle there.

Characters

References

The Doctor mentions Zodin.
Flavia has written a book on the Doctor's exploits for Time Lord children.
Geoffrey Chaucer invented the story of Troilus and Cressida.
The Doctor mentions Walter Raleigh as one of the things Wilf is not allowed to talk about when he returns home.
The Doctor has written a book under the name of Ka Faraq Gatri.
The Doctor has never read the play Troilus and Cressida.

Notes

This story is told through excerpts from several supposed source documents, including Vicki's diary, Charley's diary and a book for Time Lord children written by Flavia.
This story was reprinted in Short Trips: Re:Collections.

Continuity

Vicki writes in her diary about Agamemnon, Menelaus, Helen and Aeneas. (TV: The Myth Makers)
Vicki also mentions Dido (TV: The Rescue) and the Monk. (TV: The Time Meddler)
The Doctor worries about Vicki seeing Wilf because she had seen him on the TARDIS' Time-Space Visualiser. (TV: The Chase)
Vicki reminds the Doctor that "Diomede" was the name Steven Taylor used in Troy. (TV: The Myth Makers)

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 '''''Apocrypha Bipedium''''' was the fourth short story in the [[Short Trips (series)|Short Trips]] anthology ''[[Short Trips: Companions]]''. It was written by [[Ian Potter]]. It featured the [[Eighth Doctor]] and [[Charlotte Pollard|Charley Pollard]].
 == Summary ==
-[[Vicki]] and [[Troilus]] are on the move. Having escaped from the fall of [[Troy]], they and their people have been wandering in search of a place to settle.
+[[Vicki Pallister|Vicki]] and [[Troilus]] are on the move. Having escaped from the fall of [[Troy]], they and their people have been wandering in search of a place to settle.
 The [[Eighth Doctor|Doctor]] is trying to get [[William Shakespeare|Wilf]] back home. [[The Doctor's TARDIS|The TARDIS]] dematerialises, and he thinks they've arrived in [[Stratford-upon-Avon]] in [[1572]], but it turns out they've arrived in ancient [[Asia Minor]].
 A herdsman sees them arrive, and they tell him they are sea travellers. He takes them to his encampment where, the Doctor learns, Vicki and Troilus have stopped. He realises he has to keep Wilf away from Vicki. If Wilf learns who Vicki and Troilus are, he might be influenced in his later writing of the play ''[[Troilus and Cressida]]''.
-However, the herdsman has seen the TARDIS and recognises it. He tells Vicki, who thinks that this Doctor is a younger version of the [[First Doctor|Doctor]] she knew. She soon suspects that this Doctor is a [[robot]]. She and the rest of her people make plans.
+However, the herdsman has seen the TARDIS and recognises it. He tells Vicki, who thinks that this Doctor is a younger version of the [[First Doctor|Doctor]] she knew. She soon suspects that this Doctor is a [[robot]], like [[Robot Doctor|the robot Doctor she had previously experienced]]. She and the rest of her people make plans.
 The Doctor is making plans too. He wants [[Charlotte Pollard|Charley]] to get Wilf drunk so that he won't remember anything the next day.
 As they are all enjoying the [[wine]], Vicki's people attack. Vicki in particular attacks the Doctor, trying to find the wires controlling him.
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 == Characters ==
 * [[Eighth Doctor]]
-* [[Charlotte Pollard|Charley Pollard]]
+* [[Charlotte Pollard]]
 * [[William Shakespeare|Wilf]]
 * [[Vicki Pallister]]
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 == Notes ==
-* This story is told through excerpts from several supposed source documents, including [[Vicki Pallister|Vicki]]'s diary, [[Charlotte Pollard|Charley]]'s diary and a book for [[Time Lord]] children written by [[Flavia]].
+* This story is told through excerpts from several supposed source documents, including [[Vicki Pallister|Vicki]]'s [[diary]], [[Charlotte Pollard|Charley]]'s diary and a book for [[Time Lord]] children written by [[Flavia]].
 * This story was reprinted in ''[[Short Trips: Re:Collections]]''.
 == Continuity ==
-* Vicki writes in her diary about [[Agamemnon]], [[Menelaus]], [[Helen (The Myth Makers)|Helen]] and [[Aeneas]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Myth Makers (TV story)|The Myth Makers]]'')
+* Vicki writes in her diary about [[Agamemnon]], [[Menelaus]], [[Helen of Troy|Helen]] and [[Aeneas]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Myth Makers (TV story)|The Myth Makers]]'')
 * Vicki also mentions [[Dido]] ([[TV]]: ''[[The Rescue (TV story)|The Rescue]]'') and the [[Mortimus|Monk]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Time Meddler (TV story)|The Time Meddler]]'')
 * The Doctor worries about Vicki seeing Wilf because she had seen him on [[The Doctor's TARDIS|the TARDIS]]' [[Time-Space Visualiser]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Chase (TV story)|The Chase]]'')
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 == External links ==
-* {{Dwrefguide|whotrip5.htm#4|Apocrypha Bipedium}}
+{{dwrefguide|whotrip5.htm#4|Apocrypha Bipedium}}
 * {{Whoniverse|ST05.php#story4|Apocrypha Bipedium}}
+{{ST prose}}
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+[[Category:Short Trips: Companions short stories]]
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-[[Category:2003 short stories]]
+[[Category:Short Trips: Re:Collections short stories]]
-[[Category:William Shakespeare stories]]
-[[Category:Historical stories]]

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