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|setting=[[Braxiatel Collection]], [[2600]] | |setting=[[Braxiatel Collection]], [[2600]] | ||
|writer=[[Steven Moffat]] | |writer=[[Steven Moffat]] | ||
|publication=''[[The Dead Men Diaries]]'' | |publication=''[[The Dead Men Diaries (anthology)|The Dead Men Diaries]]'' | ||
|prev=The Door into Bedlam (short story) | |prev=The Door into Bedlam (short story) | ||
|next=Digging up the Past (short story) | |next=Digging up the Past (short story) | ||
}}'''''The Least Important Man''''' was the ninth story in the [[Bernice Summerfield]] anthology ''[[The Dead Men Diaries]]''. It was written by [[Steven Moffat]]. | }}'''''The Least Important Man''''' was the ninth story in the [[Bernice Summerfield]] anthology ''[[The Dead Men Diaries (anthology)|The Dead Men Diaries]]''. It was written by [[Steven Moffat]]. | ||
== Summary == | == Summary == | ||
Gavin Oliver Scott had a thoroughly un-extraordinary life in the [[20th century]]... but, since his corpse was the only one to survive intact to the [[26th century]], he has had a most extraordinary ''death''. Professor Bernice Summerfield gives a lecture on him, the [[20th century]]'s most famous son, and is surprised to find herself becoming a part of events six hundred years past. | Gavin Oliver Scott had a thoroughly un-extraordinary life in the [[20th century]]... but, since his corpse was the only one to survive intact to the [[26th century]], he has had a most extraordinary ''death''. Professor Bernice Summerfield gives a lecture on him, the [[20th century]]'s most famous son, and is surprised to find herself becoming a part of events six hundred years past. | ||
Revision as of 02:32, 17 December 2013
The Least Important Man was the ninth story in the Bernice Summerfield anthology The Dead Men Diaries. It was written by Steven Moffat.
Summary
Gavin Oliver Scott had a thoroughly un-extraordinary life in the 20th century... but, since his corpse was the only one to survive intact to the 26th century, he has had a most extraordinary death. Professor Bernice Summerfield gives a lecture on him, the 20th century's most famous son, and is surprised to find herself becoming a part of events six hundred years past.
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Notes
- Note the similarity in tone and structure with Moffat's later Doctor Who story The Girl in the Fireplace.
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