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{{Infobox Story | {{Infobox Story | ||
|series = ''[[Lineage (anthology)|Lineage]]'' | |series = ''[[Lineage (anthology)|Lineage]]'' | ||
|number | |range = Lineage (anthology) | ||
|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]] | ||
|editor = | |editor = | ||
|publisher = Candy Jar Books | |publisher = Candy Jar Books | ||
|anthology = ''[[Lineage (anthology)|Lineage]]'' | |anthology = ''[[Lineage (anthology)|Lineage]]'' | ||
|release date = [[October (releases)|October]] [[2018 (releases)|2018]] | |release date = [[October (releases)|October]] [[2018 (releases)|2018]] | ||
|format = Paperback | |format = Paperback | ||
|next = The Bone Merchants (short story) | |next = The Bone Merchants (short story) | ||
}}{{prose stub}} | }}{{prose stub}} | ||
'''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' 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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* [[Mary Lethbridge]] | * [[Mary Lethbridge]] | ||
* [[William Lethbridge-Stewart|William Stewart]] | * [[William Lethbridge-Stewart|William Stewart]] | ||
* Antony Gale | * [[Antony Gale]] | ||
* [[William Shakespeare]] | * [[William Shakespeare]] | ||
=== Visions === | |||
* [[Henry John Lethbridge-Stewart]] | * [[Henry John Lethbridge-Stewart]] | ||
* [[Alistair Lethbridge-Stewart]] | * [[Alistair Lethbridge-Stewart]] | ||
* [[Kate Lethbridge-Stewart]] | |||
* [[Lucy Wilson]] | * [[Lucy Wilson]] | ||
* [[ | * [[John Lethbridge (The Soothsayer)|Sir John Lethbridge]] | ||
* [[Mary Lethbridge's mother]] | |||
* [[Benjamin (The Soothsayer)|Benjamin]] | |||
* [[Lady Elizabeth Howlett]] | |||
== | == Worldbuilding == | ||
* Sir John Lethbridge, Mary's father, attended [[James I]]'s [[coronation]]. | * Sir [[John Lethbridge (The Soothsayer)|John Lethbridge]], Mary's father, attended [[James I]]'s [[coronation]]. | ||
* The poets Benjamin Johnson and Thomas Dekker are mentioned. | * The poets Benjamin Johnson and Thomas Dekker are mentioned. | ||
== Notes == | == Notes == | ||
''to | * 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 == | ||
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* [[William Stewart]] was first mentioned in [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Dying Days (novel)|The Dying Days]]''. A footnote at the end of the story acknowledges this. | * [[William Stewart]] was first mentioned in [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Dying Days (novel)|The Dying Days]]''. A footnote at the end of the story acknowledges this. | ||
* 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]]''. | * 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]]''. | ||
{{LS}} | {{LS}} | ||
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[[Category:Lineage short stories]] | [[Category:Lineage short stories]] | ||
[[Category:Stories set in 1603]] | [[Category:Stories set in 1603]] | ||
[[Category:Stories set in England]] | |||
Latest revision as of 20:23, 9 November 2023
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]]
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Characters[[edit] | [edit source]]
Visions[[edit] | [edit source]]
- Henry John Lethbridge-Stewart
- Alistair Lethbridge-Stewart
- Kate Lethbridge-Stewart
- Lucy Wilson
- Sir John Lethbridge
- Mary Lethbridge's mother
- Benjamin
- Lady Elizabeth Howlett
Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]
- Sir John Lethbridge, Mary's father, attended James I's coronation.
- The poets Benjamin Johnson and Thomas Dekker are mentioned.
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]]
- Mary sees a cocoa-skinned girl and a tall blonde woman with a soldier's bearing saving the world after Alistair dies. (PROSE: Avatars of the Intelligence, TV: The Power of Three)
- William Stewart was first mentioned in PROSE: The Dying Days. A footnote at the end of the story acknowledges this.
- 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.
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