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Re: Doctor Who Plot: Upstream, Downstream

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Subject: Re: Doctor Who Plot: Upstream, Downstream
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by: solar penguin - Mon, 27 Mar 2023 12:27 UTC

On Monday, 27 March 2023 at 12:03:41 UTC+1, Tim typed:

> The Doctor lands in the town of Downstream. For years, the people of
> Downstream have been rescuing swimmers who have floating in from
> upstream. At first, they lost most of the swimmers, but now, they have
> excellent facilities for rescuing and caring for the swimmers, and
> excellent swimmers to do the rescues. They have an excellent hospital,
> excellent half-way houses, and excellent resettlement programs.
> However, the number of swimmers has recently increased so much
? that Downstream's resources have been strained to the breaking point.
> There is increasing violence between Downstreamers and Upstreamers.
> The Doctor asks where the Upstreamers came from and why they left
> their homes, but none of the Upstreamers can remember their previous
> lives, and in an extreme oddity, none of the Downstreamers has ever
> thought to investigate upstream! The Doctor must therefore lead an
> expedition upstream to investigate the origins of the Upstreamers.

Interesting. Is this an allegory for the 'Small Boats' issue?

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Doctor Who Plot: Upstream, Downstream	solar penguin