Mike Tucker and Robert Perry are usually a really great writing partnership, there’s a reason they are responsible for many of the Seventh Doctor novels in the Past Doctor Adventures line, but “Stop the Pigeon” is a weird one.  It’s a short story that feels far more suited to an actual novel, and goes against the premise of these being all historical stories, being set in the far future of Earth while dealing with a space probe that is an intelligent pigeon.  Tucker and Perry present the story through the viewpoint of Joe Dakin who is a really uninteresting protagonist; attempting to be an everyman he is just kind of annoying and unsuited for the mess of a story that includes aliens, the Master for some reason.  It’s clear that Tucker is not done with the Master as a character after this, the ideas are good in the story.  The pigeon is an interesting idea and personality but there isn’t nearly enough time to really explore any of the ideas the short story proposes.  4/10.

Thoschei pigeon short story is kind of the best short story to read in pride month. Really enjoyable tbh