Short Trips: The Muses
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| Author | Various, edited by Jacqueline Rayner |
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| Series | Doctor Who book: Big Finish Short Trips |
Release number | 4 |
| Publisher | Big Finish Productions |
Publication date | September 2003 |
| Pages | 209 |
| ISBN | 1-84435-009-6 |
| Preceded by | Short Trips: A Universe of Terrors |
| Followed by | Short Trips: Steel Skies |
Short Trips: The Muses is a Big Finish original anthology edited by Jacqueline Rayner and based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. The stories are based on the nine Muses.
Stories[]
| Muse | Title | Author | Doctor | Featuring |
| Terpsichore - the Muse of dance and chorus | Teach Yourself Ballroom Dancing | Robert Shearman | 6th | None |
| Thalia - the Muse of comedy and idyllic poetry | The Brain of Socrates | Gareth Roberts | 4th | Leela |
| Melpomene - the Muse of tragedy | Mordieu | "Tara Samms" | 8th | None |
| Euterpe - the Muse of music | An Overture Too Early[1] | Simon Guerrier | 3rd | Sarah, The Brigadier |
| Polyhymnia - the Muse of sacred poetry, sacred hymn, dance, eloquence, agriculture and pantomime | Hymn of the City | 7th | Ace | |
| Erato - the Muse of love poetry | Confabula | Ian Potter | 5th | Nyssa |
| Urania - the Muse of astronomy | The Astronomer’s Apprentice | Simon A. Forward | 2nd | Jamie, Victoria |
| Calliope - the Muse of eloquence and epic poetry | Katarina in the Underworld | Steve Lyons | 1st | Katarina |
| Clio - the Muse of history | The Glass Princess | Justin Richards | 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th | None |
Notes[]
- ^ An Overture Too Early was later republished in Short Trips: Time Signature. The later collection explains and elaborates upon the events of this story.
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