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Steel Skies

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Doctor Who: Short Trips

Steel Skies

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There are many places that most of us can never see: places that are sheltered, locked away, cordoned off from the outside world. But to the Doctor, and those who travel with him in his TARDIS, there is no such thing as a locked door. Anywhere in space and time is open to them to visit — even if sometimes it might be better to leave such places well alone.

Steel Skies is a collection of stories based in enclosed and artificial environments: places constructed to keep the dangers of the universe outside, perhaps, or to keep their inhabitants locked in. It is divided into four sections, each exploring a different kind of confinement:

Section One, Flight, comprises four tales of travellers who left their homes for far-away destinations — to explore, to start a new life, or to fight for the survival of their species.

Section Two, Frontiers, explores the corridors, living quarters and ventilation shafts of four futuristic environments — designed to shelter men, women and children from harsh natural forces, or from the threat of nuclear war.

Section Three, Incarceration, tells four stories of punishment and imprisonment, from San Francisco's infamous Alcatraz, to the cage of a flightless angel in the dilapidated ruins of Heaven.

Section Four, Isolation, deals with the loneliness and despair of being cut off from the world outside, by physical or mental incapacity, by the ravages of war, or caught between destinations aboard the TARDIS itself.

A recurring theme in all four sections is the effect of the Doctor's arrival in these enclosed environments — sometimes positive, sometimes less so.

Publish Date
Language
English
Pages
192

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Cover of: Doctor Who Short Trips
Doctor Who Short Trips: 2040 (Doctor Who Short Trips)
December 1, 2004, Big Finish
Hardcover in English
Cover of: Doctor Who: Short Trips
Doctor Who: Short Trips: Steel Skies
December 1, 2003, Big Finish Productions Limited
Hardcover in English

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Library of Congress
PR1309.S4

The Physical Object

Format
Hardcover
Number of pages
192
Dimensions
8.4 x 5.4 x 1 inches
Weight
12.6 ounces

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL8954638M
Internet Archive
doctorwhoshorttr00binn_917
ISBN 10
1844350452
ISBN 13
9781844350452
Library Thing
936467
Goodreads
706034

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