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Big Finish Short Trips #12
Doctor Who Short Trips: Seven Deadly Sins
Doctor Who Short Trips is a series of themed short story anthologies of new Doctor Who fiction, featuring the Doctor in all of his first eight incarnations. They feature stories written by some of the leading names in Doctor Who, past and present, including Paul Cornell, Gareth Roberts, Christopher H. Bidmead, and Paul Magrs. In these pages you will find tales of vice, exploring the dark places at the edge of the universe. The Doctor tries to stand against the tide, to bring even a chink of light, of hope, but what good is it when he cannot even save himself from the seven deadly sins?
192 pages, Hardcover
First published June 1, 2005
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About the author
David Bailey
283 books7 followersDavid Bailey is a British editor and author whose published output to date comprises a combination of short stories, audio dramas and magazine articles.
Both before and since being professionally published, Bailey contributed to a number of Doctor Who fanzines in writing and editorial capacities, including Matrix, Silver Carrier and Cottage Under Siege.
As an editor, he worked for the British magazine publisher Titan from 1997 to 2000 during which time he edited their Simpsons and Xena, Warrior Princess titles among others.
His first professionally published writing was a number of articles for the magazine Cult Times, starting in 1996. Since that time he has contributed articles to a wide range of factual publications, including consumer guides and television listing magazines.
Subsequently, he co-authored a number of guidebooks to television series such as Friends and Frasier. These were produced by Virgin Publishing.
The body of David Bailey's fiction writing, both audio and prose, has been produced for Big Finish Productions' range of Doctor Who and Doctor Who derived materials.
In 2011, he decided to start writing under the pen name of David Bryher as his real name meant that he was hard to find on Google.
Both before and since being professionally published, Bailey contributed to a number of Doctor Who fanzines in writing and editorial capacities, including Matrix, Silver Carrier and Cottage Under Siege.
As an editor, he worked for the British magazine publisher Titan from 1997 to 2000 during which time he edited their Simpsons and Xena, Warrior Princess titles among others.
His first professionally published writing was a number of articles for the magazine Cult Times, starting in 1996. Since that time he has contributed articles to a wide range of factual publications, including consumer guides and television listing magazines.
Subsequently, he co-authored a number of guidebooks to television series such as Friends and Frasier. These were produced by Virgin Publishing.
The body of David Bailey's fiction writing, both audio and prose, has been produced for Big Finish Productions' range of Doctor Who and Doctor Who derived materials.
In 2011, he decided to start writing under the pen name of David Bryher as his real name meant that he was hard to find on Google.
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August 14, 2023
A collection of short stories all concerning the seven sins.....this is definitely one of the more enjoyable collections of the Short Trips range.It's always fun to see which companions the various authors chose to write about although I do wish there was a little more variation rather than the same repeated ones like Sarah-Jane or Jo Grant etc.Any Whovian would definitely enjoy this collection.
June 1, 2024
Review by story…
The Duke’s Folly: To be honest, I didn’t finish this one. I found it boring. But I’ll put an extra star on it just to be charitable. 3/5 stars
That Which Went Away: Awesome, dark, great story that puts one of my favorite TARDIS teams through the wringer. 4/5 stars
The Duke’s Folly: To be honest, I didn’t finish this one. I found it boring. But I’ll put an extra star on it just to be charitable. 3/5 stars
That Which Went Away: Awesome, dark, great story that puts one of my favorite TARDIS teams through the wringer. 4/5 stars
December 11, 2016
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one story for each of the first seven Doctors, with linking material featuring the Eighth, and although the stories' themes are linked, they are also different. The least successful was the first, "The Duke’s Folly" by Gareth Wigmore, which seemed to me to have the First Doctor and companions way out of character. "Angel", by 'Tara Samms' [Stephen Cole], with the Third Doctor and Jo, is gloomy but well-written. "Suitors, Inc." by Paul Magrs features the Fourth Doctor, the second Romana, Harry and Sarah and gets very silly perhaps at the expense of plot, but it is fun. Also fun but much better controlled is Rebecca Levene's "Too Rich For My Blood", in which she demonstrates her knowledge of poker (she was working on a book about it at the time this story was written) and also of the Seventh Doctor, Benny and Chris. So all in all, a decent jumping-in point if you want to sample this series.
one story for each of the first seven Doctors, with linking material featuring the Eighth, and although the stories' themes are linked, they are also different. The least successful was the first, "The Duke’s Folly" by Gareth Wigmore, which seemed to me to have the First Doctor and companions way out of character. "Angel", by 'Tara Samms' [Stephen Cole], with the Third Doctor and Jo, is gloomy but well-written. "Suitors, Inc." by Paul Magrs features the Fourth Doctor, the second Romana, Harry and Sarah and gets very silly perhaps at the expense of plot, but it is fun. Also fun but much better controlled is Rebecca Levene's "Too Rich For My Blood", in which she demonstrates her knowledge of poker (she was working on a book about it at the time this story was written) and also of the Seventh Doctor, Benny and Chris. So all in all, a decent jumping-in point if you want to sample this series.
January 4, 2014
Another series of Doctor Who short stories, this time linked with a main story involving the 7 deadly sins. Each story has an element of one of them. The linking idea was not that great and it took me a while to realise it was the 8th Doctor. The short stories were decent, especially the Jamie one. A good read.
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