The Wings of a Butterlfy

Short Trips #1.6

Released: 5 November 2010

Listened: 6/2/20

No placement clues, so I’m arbitrarily putting this one here. This short is written by Colin Baker himself, apparently years before Big Finish even existed, although it was released in 2010. Baker has stated that he’s quite fond of “timey wimey” stories, and this one definitely is that. As a favor for a friend, the Doctor is investigating the unexpected destruction of a planet, discovers it was caused by an improbable series of events, and then crosses his own timeline several times trying to unravel it. That’s not quite the way time travel normally works in this show, so it’s probably best to treat this story as an amusing aside, not really relating to anything else. But it’s both enjoyable and silly at the same time.