The Death of Me ( short story ) The Death of Me was the thirteenth short story in the Short Trips anthology " " . It was written by Robert Shearman . It featured the Sixth Doctor . Summary . Chloe and Arthur own a bed and breakfast , but they haven ' t had any guests in years . Their house is surrounded by fog , and every night at midnight they die . Arthur spends his days looking through his book of quotations , looking for a great quote to use as his last words . Chloe just sits , staring into space , wondering if she should divorce Arthur or give him children . At midnight every night , a countless number of chicken s appear in the yard . One scratches on the hen house , and Henrietta , the chicken , goes outside and is killed by the other chickens . Next , a countless number of Chloes appear in the yard , and one knocks on the door . Chloe goes outside and is killed . The same thing next happens to Arthur . The next morning , Chloe and Arthur wake in their bed . One day , Arthur finds a great quote , but Chloe thinks it ' s too long . She always goes to her death with a scream . When it is Arthur ' s turn , Chloe was right — he can ' t finish the quote before he is killed . The next morning , Chloe and Arthur are shocked to find that Henrietta has laid " three " egg s — she always lays just two . They bring the eggs into the house and wonder what to do with the extra , but are even more shocked to hear a knock , at eleven in the morning . There is a man at the door , who introduces himself as the Doctor and asks for a room . His TARDIS is lost in the fog , and he needs a place to stay . Chloe cooks the extra egg for the Doctor . That night , the Doctor is shocked by the nightly ritual , but is even more horrified to realise that , after Arthur has gone , there are hundreds of Doctors in the yard . Before he can ask them what they are doing there , they kill him . The next day , Arthur tries to explain . Every day , millions of cell s die , and after a week , a person is completely different . This happens to everyone , but only Chloe and Arthur notice it . Chloe and Arthur feel a bit heroic for doing this . The Doctor tries to take Chloe ' s place , but he is killed . On the third day , the Doctor talks with Chloe . He vows to stay and help them get their lives back . That night , he is killed again . On the fourth day , he tries to find the TARDIS , but no matter where he turns , he always ends up at the house . On the fifth day , Arthur shares his quotation search with the Doctor . The Doctor becomes angry and throws Arthur ' s book out the window . He then feels bad , but hopes the book will turn up the next day . It doesn ' t . After a couple of weeks , the Doctor starts spending his time counting the stains on his ceiling . At day forty - one , the Doctor is fed up ; he says there must be a way out . Chloe and Arthur calmly reply that there is a way out : don ' t answer the door . He eventually convinces them to try this . That night , Henrietta is killed , but Chloe , Arthur and the Doctor don ' t answer their knocks . After midnight , Chloe and Arthur talk . The next morning , the fog is gone . The Doctor leaves . Chloe again wonders if she should divorce Arthur or give him children , and realises in horror that her decision actually means something now . Notes . " to be added "