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{{Infobox Story
{{Infobox Story
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|series         = ''[[Lineage (anthology)|Lineage]]''
|series = ''[[Lineage (anthology)|Lineage]]''
|range = Lineage (anthology)
|number =  
|number in range = 1
|main character = [[Mary Lethbridge]]
|main character = [[Mary Lethbridge]]
|featuring =  
|featuring     = [[William Lethbridge-Stewart|William Stewart]]
|enemy =  
|enemy         = [[Antony Gale]]
|setting = [[1603]]
|setting       = [[Hampton Court Palace]], [[1603]]
|writer = [[Richard Dinnick]]
|writer         = [[Richard Dinnick]]
|cover =
|editor         =  
|editor =
|publisher     = Candy Jar Books
|designer =  
|anthology     = ''[[Lineage (anthology)|Lineage]]''
|publisher = Candy Jar Books
|release date   = [[October (releases)|October]] [[2018 (releases)|2018]]
|anthology = ''[[Lineage (anthology)|Lineage]]''
|format         = Paperback
|release date =  
|next           = The Bone Merchants (short story)
|format = Paperback
|isbn =
|next= The Bone Merchants (short story)
}}{{prose stub}}
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'''''{{{PAGENAME}}''''' was the first short story in the ''[[Lethbridge-Stewart (series)|Lethbridge-Stewart]]'' series anthology ''[[Lineage (anthology)|Lineage]]''.
'''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was the first short story in the ''[[Lethbridge-Stewart (series)|Lethbridge-Stewart]]'' series anthology ''[[Lineage (anthology)|Lineage]]''. It served as both the prologue and epilogue to the anthology.


== Plot ==
== Plot ==
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== Characters ==
== Characters ==
* [[Mary Lethbridge]]
* [[Mary Lethbridge]]
* [[William Lethbridge-Stewart]]
* [[William Lethbridge-Stewart|William Stewart]]
* [[Antony Gale]]
* [[William Shakespeare]]
* [[William Shakespeare]]


== References ==
=== Visions ===
''to be added''
* [[Henry John Lethbridge-Stewart]]
* [[Alistair Lethbridge-Stewart]]
* [[Kate Lethbridge-Stewart]]
* [[Lucy Wilson]]
* [[John Lethbridge (The Soothsayer)|Sir John Lethbridge]]
* [[Mary Lethbridge's mother]]
* [[Benjamin (The Soothsayer)|Benjamin]]
* [[Lady Elizabeth Howlett]]
 
== Worldbuilding ==
* Sir [[John Lethbridge (The Soothsayer)|John Lethbridge]], Mary's father, attended [[James I]]'s [[coronation]].
* The poets Benjamin Johnson and Thomas Dekker are mentioned.


== Notes ==
== Notes ==
''to be added''
* While he is Captain William Stewart here, in the [[Eighth Doctor]]'s telling of his story in ''[[The Dying Days (novel)|The Dying Days]]'', he referred to him as ''General'' William ''Lethbridge''-Stewart.


== Continuity ==
== Continuity ==
* Mary sees a [[Lucy Wilson|cocoa-skinned girl]] and a [[Kate Stewart|tall blone woman]] with a soldier's bearing saving the world after Alistair dies. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Avatars of the Intelligence (novel)|Avatars of the Intelligence]]'', [[TV]]: ''[[The Power of Three (TV story)|The Power of Three]]'')
* Mary sees a [[Lucy Wilson|cocoa-skinned girl]] and a [[Kate Stewart|tall blonde woman]] with a soldier's bearing saving the world after Alistair dies. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Avatars of the Intelligence (novel)|Avatars of the Intelligence]]'', [[TV]]: ''[[The Power of Three (TV story)|The Power of Three]]'')
 
* [[William Stewart]] was first mentioned in [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Dying Days (novel)|The Dying Days]]''. A footnote at the end of the story acknowledges this.
== External links ==
* Mary gets a vision of her future son, [[Henry John Lethbridge-Stewart]], and learns she will die in childbirth. Henry John Lethbridge-Stewart appears in [[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Revisionists (audio story)|The Revisionists]]''.
''to be added''


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[[Category:2018 short stories]]
 
[[Category:Lineage short stories]]
[[Category:Stories set in 1603]]
[[Category:Stories set in 1603]]
[[Category:Lethbridge-Stewart short stories]]
[[Category:Stories set in England]]

Latest revision as of 20:23, 9 November 2023

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prose stub

The Soothsayer was the first short story in the Lethbridge-Stewart series anthology Lineage. It served as both the prologue and epilogue to the anthology.

Plot[[edit] | [edit source]]

to be added

Characters[[edit] | [edit source]]

Visions[[edit] | [edit source]]

Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]

Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • While he is Captain William Stewart here, in the Eighth Doctor's telling of his story in The Dying Days, he referred to him as General William Lethbridge-Stewart.

Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]