Short Trips: 2040

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Short Trips: 2040
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Author John Binns
Series Doctor Who book:
Big Finish Short Trips
Release number
10
Publisher Big Finish Productions
Publication date
October 2004
Pages192
ISBN 1-84435-111-4
Preceded by Short Trips: Monsters  
Followed by Short Trips: A Christmas Treasury  

Short Trips: 2040 is a Big Finish original anthology edited by John Binns and based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who . The stories are all set in the year 2040.

Contents

Stories

TitleAuthorDoctorFeaturing
The Nuclear Option Richard Salter 7th Roz and Chris
SeparationTara Samms (pseudonym for Stephen Cole)7thNone
Thinking WarriorHuw Wilkins 8th None
Observer Effect Lance Parkin 4th Sarah
Artificial IntelligenceAndy Campbell 5th None
Daisy ChainXanna Eve Chown7th Mel
Sustainable EnergyMatthew Griffithsalternative Doctor [1] None
Culture War Kate Orman 7thChris
The Baron WastesAlexander Leithes4thNone
/Carpenter/Butterfly/Baronet/Gareth Wigmore 3rd Jo
Outsourcing Marc Platt 6th None
Anteus Rebecca Levene 7thChris
The Last Emperor Jacqueline Rayner 2nd and 6th Jamie, Victoria and Frobisher
The EtherealJohn Binns8thNone

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References

  1. "Doctor Who Reference Guide".