The Loneliness of the Long-Distance Time Traveller (short story)

was the seventh short story in the Time Trips series of e-books.
== Publisher's summary ==
On the point of death after absorbing a vast amount of radiation during his final encounter with the Spider Queen on Metebelis III, the Third Doctor stumbles out of the TARDIS, searching for Sarah Jane Smith. Instead, he finds himself in an isolated Time Paradox ruled by an unknown psychic force, stuck on Saturday 8 April, and populated by people without names. Anyone disobeying the rules or showing any sign of dissent is swept up into the Gyre. Can the Doctor persuade whatever – or whoever – controls the Gyre to free the Village, before he dies of radiation poisoning?
== Plot ==
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== Characters ==
* Third Doctor
* The Queen
* The Princess
* The Milkman
== Worldbuilding ==
* Spider orchids come from the garden planet Chimeria.
* The Doctor has seen a double sunrise on Betelgeuse and time storms off Gallifrey. He has also travelled from Alpha IV to the Eye of Orion.
== Notes ==
* The title is a reference to the 1959 short story "The Loneliness of the Long-Distance Runner" by Alan Sillitoe, which was adapted into a 1962 film of the same name.
== Continuity ==
* The Doctor is dying after being exposed to radiation. (TV: Planet of the Spiders, PROSE: Love and War)
* Reference is made to the Doctor looking into the Untempered Schism as a child on Gallifrey. (TV: The Sound of Drums)
* The Doctor has seen sandstorms on Aridius, (TV: The Chase) and has run from the Daleks on Skaro. (TV: The Daleks)
== External links ==
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Category:2014 short stories
Category:Third Doctor short stories
Category:Time Trips
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