y separately published work icon Short Trips : A Collection of Short Stories anthology   short story   science fiction  
Issue Details: First known date: 1998... 1998 Short Trips : A Collection of Short Stories
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BBC Books , 1998 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Model Train Set, Jonathan Blum , single work short story science fiction

'The Eighth Doctor isn't satisfied with his model train set any more, as it was built by his seventh incarnation as a model of clockwork timing, and that just isn't him any more. Instead he re-engineers the entire set to work by itself without needing his constant attention and is delighted by the complex patterns that result. Unfortunately, after leaving it alone for a time he returns to find that a group of impatient clockwork passengers have started a chain reaction which has resulted in the total destruction of the train set. But a few of the clockwork engineers have survived and are beginning the process of reconstruction, and the Doctor helps to get them started, still hoping against all the evidence that this time they'll get it right.'

Source: drwhoguide.com (http://www.drwhoguide.com/whotrip1.htm). Sighted 20/5/11

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