Monitor ( short story ) Monitor was the fourth short story in the Short Trips anthology " " . It was written by Huw Wilkins . It featured the Seventh Doctor . Summary . The Doctor , badly injured , is rescued from the destroyed spacecraft " Uluru " . He wakes to find himself in the medical bay of the " Monitor " , the ship that accidentally fired on the " Uluru " . The ship ' s medical officer , Dr McIvor , tells the Doctor that there were four survivors . Lieutenant Barnes arrives to take the Doctor to meet the captain . On the way she explains that the ship ' s central corridor has no gravity and informs the Doctor of procedures for when the ship is in battle . The Doctor meets Captain David Carey . Carey explains that they fired on the " Uluru " by mistake during a battle with the Draconian ship " Empire Covenant " . Now , both the " Monitor " and the " Covenant " are " trapped " in an accretion disk , invisible to each other , and the moment one of them moves the other will be able to track it and destroy it . The Doctor is assigned quarters . Captain Ken Adams of the " Uluru " and Barnes enter . Barnes has brought them something to eat , and explains that they have enough rations for six more months . Barnes agrees to set up a meeting for the Doctor with the captain . After a memorial service for the " Uluru " dead , the Doctor approaches the captain , asking for a meeting . While the Doctor waits in the mess hall for the captain , he meets the first officer , Commander Tate . She awkwardly apologises , then leaves for bridge duty . When the captain arrives , the Doctor tries to convince him to leave the area , but the captain refuses . The Doctor asks him who gave the order to fire on the " Uluru " , and the captain refuses to answer . Adams and Crewman Lemiesz are in their quarters when Ship ' s Master Avery DeSoto enters . He offers to take them on a tour of the ship . They pass through the gravity - free corridor and end up at the rear of the ship , where the only window is . As they admire the view , DeSoto calmly proposes mutiny . Some of the crew are unhappy with their current position , waiting in space for the Draconians to make some move , and DeSoto believes that Adams and the other " Uluru " survivors feel the same way . Lieutenant Barnes will also be part of the mutiny . They make plans to take the bridge , with DeSoto and Barnes carrying weapons . Meanwhile , the Doctor tries the captain once again . He informs Carey that Shian - Kotek , admiral of the " Covenant " , is the nephew of the Draconian Emperor , and if he is killed , the Draconians will not rest until human ity is destroyed . Carey won ' t listen to reason , so the Doctor offers to tell Carey where the " Covenant " is . The Doctor has to confess that the " Uluru " was bringing aid to the " Covenant " . Carey , angry , orders two of his men to take the Doctor away . The mutineers head for the Doctor ' s quarters to retrieve him . They find him being beaten by two guards . DeSoto and Adams dispatch the guards , and they re - enter the corridor where Barnes is waiting . The Doctor worriedly asks Adams the last position of the " Covenant " , and realises that he has provided Carey with its location . DeSoto and Barnes are now wary of trusting the " Uluru " crew , knowing they were helping the Draconians , but have to accept them for now if their mutiny is to succeed . As they head aft , two men , Anders and Luiz , fire at them . DeSoto is hit . Commander Tate appears , and Barnes and DeSoto try to explain . Tate orders them all to stand down , then says they will work it out later as battle stations has been ordered . Everyone prepares for the crush of acceleration . On the bridge , Carey orders weapons made ready for firing on the " Covenant " . When the ship has stopped accelerating , the Doctor makes his way to Tate . He doesn ' t quite make it before the ship accelerates again , and falls to the deck at several g ' s . Injured , he uses Tate ' s communicator to contact Carey on the bridge . He finally gets through to Carey , who calls off his attack and communicates with the " Covenant " . Continuity . " to be added "