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{{Infobox Story | {{Infobox Story SMW | ||
|name | |range = U.N.I.T. (tie-in website){{!}}U.N.I.T. | ||
|main character | |number in range = #2 | ||
|name = ''The Clocks Go Forward'' | |||
|setting | |image = The Clocks Go Forward.jpg | ||
|release date | |main character = [[UNIT United Kingdom|UNIT]] | ||
|writer | |setting = [[England]], early [[2005]] | ||
|publisher | |release date = 18 April 2005 | ||
| | |writer = BBC webteam | ||
|series | |publisher = BBC | ||
|prev | |format = Online short story | ||
|next | |genre = Science fiction | ||
|series2 | |website = ''[[U.N.I.T. (tie-in website)|U.N.I.T.]]'' | ||
|next2 | |series = [[U.N.I.T. (tie-in website)|''U.N.I.T.'' website fiction]] | ||
|prev = UNIT History: Fighting the unknown (short story) | |||
|next = UNIT's Position on the Skaniska Incident (short story) | |||
|series2 = ''[[UNIT Press Briefings (series)|UNIT Press Briefings]]'' | |||
|next2 = UNIT's Position on the Skaniska Incident (short story) | |||
}} | }} | ||
'''''The Clocks Go Forward''''', prefixed as '''''PRESS STATEMENT: The Clocks Go Forward''''' on the story's page, was | '''''The Clocks Go Forward''''', prefixed as '''''PRESS STATEMENT: The Clocks Go Forward''''' on the story's page, was the second short story exclusively published on the ''[[U.N.I.T. (tie-in website)|U.N.I.T.]]'' [[Doctor Who tie-in websites|website]] on [[18 April (releases)|18 April]] [[2005 (releases)|2005]]<ref name="rpgnet">[https://web.archive.org/web/20230617152106/https://forum.rpg.net/index.php?threads/doctor-who-greyhound-to-trap-one.186503/ ''Greyhound to Trap One...'' on forum.rpg.net via the Wayback Machine]</ref> by the [[BBC webteam]]. ''The Clocks Go Forward'' was the first release in the ''[[UNIT Press Briefings (series)|UNIT Press Briefings]]'' series of in-universe [[press briefing]]s. | ||
== Plot == | == Plot == | ||
A [[press briefing]] | A [[press briefing]] released by [[UNIT United Kingdom|UNIT]] reminds the press and any other readers that the [[clock]]s [[Daylight savings|go forwards]] at [[1 (number)|01:00]] on [[Sunday]] [[morning]]. | ||
== | == Worldbuilding == | ||
* Sunday is the beginning of [[British Summertime]]. | * Sunday is the beginning of [[British Summertime]]. | ||
== Notes == | == Notes == | ||
* While not stated in the story, the clocks went forwards on [[27 March]] 2005, if British Summertime is the same in the [[DWU]] as it is in the real world. | * While not stated in the story, the clocks went forwards on [[27 March]] 2005, if British Summertime is the same in the [[DWU]] as it is in the real world. | ||
** If the date holds true, it means that this story is actually the sixth in the ''UNIT Press Briefings'', | ** If the date holds true, it means that this story is actually the sixth in the ''UNIT Press Briefings'', chronologically. | ||
== Continuity == | == Continuity == | ||
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== External links == | == External links == | ||
{{elx|page url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050420065009/http://www.unit.org.uk/press/clocks.shtml|page name=''The Clocks Go Forward''|website url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050426004730/http://www.unit.org.uk/|website name= | {{elx|page url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050420065009/http://www.unit.org.uk/press/clocks.shtml|page name=''The Clocks Go Forward''|website url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050426004730/http://www.unit.org.uk/|website name=''U.N.I.T.'' via the Wayback Machine}} | ||
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