Prose Sigh, they can't all be great and my suspicion is a few of these stories don't work well outside of their anthology position where they become swept up with the other tales creating an overall mood. After reading this Short Trip it took a look at the TARDIS Data Core page to work out what Nettles was about. It seemed to be a relitigating of the virus scene from Genesis of the Daleks, "Davros if you had created a virus in your laboratory something contagious and infectious that killed on contact a virus that would destroy all other forms of life would you allow its use?" that sort of thing. But the wiki actually explains that its about Eighth creating a silent revolution by convincing a geneticist to engage in eugenics so that eventually the people will be physically strong enough to overthrow the government. To be honest, I hate that idea even more. Only reflection it is in there, but honesty I don't think it's clear enough. Either way it feels more like something the Seventh Doctor would do. Eighth is more prone to direct action, life's champion and all that.
Placement: Early. Between The Eight Doctors and The Dying Days when he's still cooking, trying to discover what kind of man he is.
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