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|appearances = [[DWM]]: ''[[Prelude All-Consuming Fire]]''<br />[[ | |appearances = [[DWM]]: ''[[Prelude All-Consuming Fire]]''<br />[[PROSE]]: ''[[All-Consuming Fire (novel)|All-Consuming Fire]]''<br />[[PROSE]]: ''[[Happy Endings]]''<br />[[IW]]: ''[[The Found World]]''<br />[[IW]]: ''[[The Shape of Things]]'' | ||
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== Biography == | == Biography == | ||
In real life, '''James''' studied with [[Arthur Conan Doyle]] when they attended the same medical school, ([[DWM]]: ''[[Prelude All-Consuming Fire]]'') [[Edinburgh University|Edinburgh]], ca. [[1880]]. ([[ | In real life, '''James''' studied with [[Arthur Conan Doyle]] when they attended the same medical school, ([[DWM]]: ''[[Prelude All-Consuming Fire]]'') [[Edinburgh University|Edinburgh]], ca. [[1880]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Evolution (novel)|Evolution]]'') | ||
Watson was known for his fictionalised accounts of the adventures of his friend [[Sherlock Holmes]] that were edited by [[Arthur Conan Doyle]], in whose name they were published. Because of this, it was widely believed both contemporaneously and later that Holmes was in fact a fictional character created by Conan Doyle. In [[1887]], Holmes and Watson assisted the [[Seventh Doctor]] in battling the [[Old One]] called [[Azathoth]]. ([[ | Watson was known for his fictionalised accounts of the adventures of his friend [[Sherlock Holmes]] that were edited by [[Arthur Conan Doyle]], in whose name they were published. Because of this, it was widely believed both contemporaneously and later that Holmes was in fact a fictional character created by Conan Doyle. In [[1887]], Holmes and Watson assisted the [[Seventh Doctor]] in battling the [[Old One]] called [[Azathoth]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[All-Consuming Fire (novel)|All-Consuming Fire]]'') | ||
In [[1888]], Watson and Holmes met up with [[Iris Wildthyme]] and her six foot companion [[Panda]]. ([[IW]]: ''[[The Shape of Things]]'') | In [[1888]], Watson and Holmes met up with [[Iris Wildthyme]] and her six foot companion [[Panda]]. ([[IW]]: ''[[The Shape of Things]]'') | ||
Later that year, they travelled to [[24 April]] [[2010]] to attend the wedding of [[Bernice Summerfield]] and [[Jason Kane]]. ([[ | Later that year, they travelled to [[24 April]] [[2010]] to attend the wedding of [[Bernice Summerfield]] and [[Jason Kane]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Happy Endings]]'') | ||
== Fictional / Meta-Fictional Status == | == Fictional / Meta-Fictional Status == | ||
On both occasions of their meeting the Doctor and his associates (and during the various references to said meetings) it is suggested that Sherlock Holmes and John Watson are not in fact their real names, but the pseudonyms used in the 'stories'. | On both occasions of their meeting the Doctor and his associates (and during the various references to said meetings) it is suggested that Sherlock Holmes and John Watson are not in fact their real names, but the pseudonyms used in the 'stories'. | ||
Information regarding their encounters with [[Bernice Summerfield]] and [[Ace]] is only provided in subjective form by Bernice herself and Watson, each of whom maintained diaries of said events. ([[ | Information regarding their encounters with [[Bernice Summerfield]] and [[Ace]] is only provided in subjective form by Bernice herself and Watson, each of whom maintained diaries of said events. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[All-Consuming Fire (novel)|All-Consuming Fire]]'', ''[[Happy Endings]]'') | ||
== Behind the scenes == | == Behind the scenes == | ||