Housewarming (short story)

Housewarming
Main character(s):	Sarah Jane Smith
Featuring:	K9, Mike Yates
Main enemy:
Main setting:	England
Key crew
Writer:	David A. McIntee
Release details
Part of:	Decalog 2: Lost Property
Virgin Decalogs
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Housewarming was the fifth story in the anthology Decalog 2: Lost Property. It was written by David A. McIntee. It featured Sarah Jane Smith, K9 Mark III and Mike Yates.

Summary

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Characters

• Sarah Jane Smith
• Mike Yates
• K9 Mark III
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• Shirley
• Bob
• Shaun
• Peter

References

• Sarah mentions a UNIT reunion party where she and Mike saw Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart.
• Brendan Richards, the former ward of Sarah's aunt Lavinia Smith, is studying at the University of Cambridge.
• The country house where Sarah and Mike are staying is owned by the Doctor and is built over a time fissure.
• K9 destroys the Master's time vector filter.
• K9 claims that is shaped like a dog because "the human ego requires a familiar reference point to aid in adjusting to new concepts. Animal forms are comforting to the majority of humans."
• K9 runs on an electron-fusion nuclear battery.
• Though K9 usually recharges himself when necessary, Sarah Jane has occasionally done so by clipping jump leads to his antennae.
• "The Count" drives a Mercedes.

Notes

• David A. McIntee's description of Count Marius Castillo matches his description of the Master in the novel First Frontier.
• The stories in Decalog 2 have a common theme of homes owned or acquired by the Doctor. The home in this story is the house which Sarah and Mike are investigating.

Continuity

• The Master mentions his encounter with Sarah in the Death Zone (TV: The Five Doctors) and his encounter with the Doctor in Atlantis. (TV: The Time Monster)
• Mike recalls plastic mannequins coming to life (TV: Terror of the Autons) and dinosaurs appearing out of nowhere. (TV: Invasion of the Dinosaurs)