Books The 2040 anthology featured a group of stories set in 2040. The challenge for these writers is to create stories for various Doctors which fit within the same broad piece of world building, governments, technologies or people. The somewhat wordy Thinking Warrior has Eighth working for whatever version of UNIT exists by then, investigating a security breach at a technology company attempting to discover exactly why the development of a new AI is taking quite so long. For all its futuristic setting, this could just as well be a Pertwee story. Lots of dynamic, bespectacled, mustachioed men in brown suits say things like "I'm going to be busy for a day or two smoothing ruffled feathers" as they hide their real intentions. Ultimately the narrative boils down to the Doctor having a long chat with a HAL 9000 who seems more human than anyone else here. Perhaps that's the point? Placement: This feels like an Eighth Doctor who's travelled for a bit. But he's alone. End of the comics, before the audios?
Thinking Warrior (Short Trips: 2040).
Books The 2040 anthology featured a group of stories set in 2040. The challenge for these writers is to create stories for various Doctors which fit within the same broad piece of world building, governments, technologies or people. The somewhat wordy Thinking Warrior has Eighth working for whatever version of UNIT exists by then, investigating a security breach at a technology company attempting to discover exactly why the development of a new AI is taking quite so long. For all its futuristic setting, this could just as well be a Pertwee story. Lots of dynamic, bespectacled, mustachioed men in brown suits say things like "I'm going to be busy for a day or two smoothing ruffled feathers" as they hide their real intentions. Ultimately the narrative boils down to the Doctor having a long chat with a HAL 9000 who seems more human than anyone else here. Perhaps that's the point? Placement: This feels like an Eighth Doctor who's travelled for a bit. But he's alone. End of the comics, before the audios?
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