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'''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was a ''[[Brief Encounter]]'' short story published in the ''[[Doctor Who Yearbook 1993]]''. It provides an alternate explanation of [[Liz Shaw]]'s departure from [[UNIT]]. | '''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was a ''[[Brief Encounter]]'' short story published in the ''[[Doctor Who Yearbook 1993]]''. It provides an alternate explanation of [[Liz Shaw]]'s departure from [[UNIT]]. | ||
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Companion [[Liz Shaw]], exasperated by his attitudes, has decided to say goodbye to the [[Third Doctor]]. A new story by [[Paul Cornell]], author of '''''[[Virgin New Adventures|Doctor Who: The New Adventures]]''''' novel ''[[Timewyrm: Revelation (novel)|Revelation]]''. Illustration by [[Paul Vyse]]. | |||
== Plot == | |||
Having received an offer from [[CERN]], a new research facility, [[Liz Shaw]] decides to say goodbye to the [[Third Doctor]] and leave [[UNIT]]. She finds this no easy task because Captain [[Mike Yates]] and some soldiers are redecorating the Doctor's laboratory, causing chaos. Eventually, Liz slips quietly away without a goodbye while the Doctor is trying to stop his lab equipment from being smashed. | Having received an offer from [[CERN]], a new research facility, [[Liz Shaw]] decides to say goodbye to the [[Third Doctor]] and leave [[UNIT]]. She finds this no easy task because Captain [[Mike Yates]] and some soldiers are redecorating the Doctor's laboratory, causing chaos. Eventually, Liz slips quietly away without a goodbye while the Doctor is trying to stop his lab equipment from being smashed. | ||
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Revision as of 16:57, 17 April 2016
Country of the Blind was a Brief Encounter short story published in the Doctor Who Yearbook 1993. It provides an alternate explanation of Liz Shaw's departure from UNIT.
Publisher's summary
Companion Liz Shaw, exasperated by his attitudes, has decided to say goodbye to the Third Doctor. A new story by Paul Cornell, author of Doctor Who: The New Adventures novel Revelation. Illustration by Paul Vyse.
Plot
Having received an offer from CERN, a new research facility, Liz Shaw decides to say goodbye to the Third Doctor and leave UNIT. She finds this no easy task because Captain Mike Yates and some soldiers are redecorating the Doctor's laboratory, causing chaos. Eventually, Liz slips quietly away without a goodbye while the Doctor is trying to stop his lab equipment from being smashed.
Characters
References
- The Doctor meets Mike Yates.
- Before seeing Liz is gone, the Doctor hopes to have a last glass of wine with her.
- He meditates in the lotus position.
- There are several experiments set up in the lab.
Notes
- The events of this story conflict with those of the novel The Scales of Injustice, which has Liz return to Cambridge after an adventure with the Doctor involving the Glasshouse and Silurians.
Continuity
- The Doctor has been considering his new incarnation, (TV: Spearhead from Space) and his newfound prowess at martial arts. (TV: Inferno)
- The Brigadier notes his past encounters with the Doctor have been aggressive. (TV: Doctor Who and the Silurians)
- Captain Jack Harkness, Gwen Cooper, Ianto Jones and Martha Jones would later visit CERN in Switzerland in 2009. (AUDIO: Lost Souls)
