In the Tenth Doctor swansong story The End of Time, Part 2, the entire population of the Earth (sans Donna Noble, the Doctor, and a couple of spiky aliens) are transformed into copies of the Master. And not a single human character has mentioned it since. Viewers might be forgiven for thinking that such a profound, widespread transformation would be the cause of some longstanding consternation and trauma among the human population. In the real world, of course, such an event would be psychologically devastating, but this is the Doctor Who universe and so these events must be wiped from the ongoing narrative because, once again, they are inconvenient to all subsequent stories.
Mike has lived in the UK, Japan and the USA. Currently, he is based in Iowa with his wife and 2 young children. After working for many years as a writer and editor for a large corporation, he is now a freelancer. He has been fortunate enough to contribute to many books on Doctor Who over the last 20 years and is now concentrating on original sci-fi & fantasy short stories, with recent sales including Flame Tree, Uffda, and The Martian Wave. Also, look for his contribution on Blake's 7 to "You and Who Else", a charity anthology to be released later this year.
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