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== Continuity ==
== Continuity ==
* The story presents some of the events of [[TV]]: ''[[An Unearthly Child]]'' from the viewpoint of Sarah Jane Smith. The story can only work if it is assumed that the [[UNIT]] stories [[UNIT dating controversy|took place in the "near future"]]. [[TV]]: ''[[Whatever Happened to Sarah Jane?]]'', which shows Sarah Jane as thirteen years old in [[1964]], makes this story impossible, unless changes to the [[timeline]] are assumed.
* The story presents some of the events of [[TV]]: ''[[An Unearthly Child]]'' from the viewpoint of Sarah Jane Smith. The story can only work if it is assumed that the [[UNIT]] stories [[UNIT dating controversy|took place in the "near future"]]. [[TV]]: ''[[Whatever Happened to Sarah Jane?]]'' shows Sarah Jane as thirteen years old in [[1964]], which makes the events of ''Playtime'' impossible unless changes to the [[timeline]] are assumed.
* As ''Playtime'' cannot fit into current continuity for the reasons mentioned above, it would perhaps be best to class the story as "imaginary".
* As ''Playtime'' cannot fit into current continuity for the reasons mentioned above, it would perhaps be best to class the story as "imaginary".



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Playtime was a Brief Encounter short story published in DWMS Holiday 1992.

Summary

On a day trip to London with her Aunt Lavinia in November 1963, Sarah Jane, a young girl with an enquiring mind, nips off to explore while her guardian goes off to buy sweets for her. Behind some double gates she finds a junkyard full of shop window dummies, broken chairs, picture frames and, strangely, a police box. Lost in her own world, during which she briefly pretends to be a reporter at one point (thus sowing the seeds for her future career!), she suddenly remembers her aunt and races off as a car pulls up and an older girl runs into the junkyard.

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Continuity

  • The story presents some of the events of TV: An Unearthly Child from the viewpoint of Sarah Jane Smith. The story can only work if it is assumed that the UNIT stories took place in the "near future". TV: Whatever Happened to Sarah Jane? shows Sarah Jane as thirteen years old in 1964, which makes the events of Playtime impossible — unless changes to the timeline are assumed.
  • As Playtime cannot fit into current continuity for the reasons mentioned above, it would perhaps be best to class the story as "imaginary".

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