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{{Infobox Story | {{Infobox Story SMW | ||
|image = Toy short story.jpg | |image = Toy short story.jpg | ||
|series=''[[Brief Encounter]]'' | |series = ''[[Brief Encounter]]'' | ||
|main character= [[Shardovan]] | |main character = [[Shardovan]] | ||
|featuring= | |featuring = {{Ainley|n=The Portreeve}} | ||
|setting= | |setting = | ||
|writer= | |writer = Colin Varney | ||
|illustrator=[[Andy Lambert]] | |illustrator = [[Andy Lambert]] | ||
|publication= | |publication = [[DWM 193]] | ||
|release date= | |release date = 29 October 1992 | ||
|cover date= | |cover date = 25 November 1992 | ||
|prev=Games (short story) | |prev = Games (short story) | ||
|next=Tautology (short story) | |next = Tautology (short story) | ||
}}{{prose stub}} | }}{{prose stub}} | ||
'''''Toy''''' was a ''[[Brief Encounter]]'' short story published in ''[[Doctor Who Magazine]]'' [[DWM 193|193]]. | '''''Toy''''' was a ''[[Brief Encounter]]'' short story published in ''[[Doctor Who Magazine]]'' [[DWM 193|193]]. | ||
== Summary == | == Summary == | ||
A childhood stuffed toy evokes memories for [[Shardovan]], who is seeking reassurance about his past. But this innocent-looking toy just doesn't | A childhood stuffed toy evokes memories for [[Shardovan]], who is seeking reassurance about his past. But this innocent-looking toy just doesn't feel right somehow... | ||
== Characters == | == Characters == | ||
* [[Shardovan]] | * [[Shardovan]] | ||
* | * {{Ainley|n=The Portreeve}} | ||
== | == Worldbuilding == | ||
''to be added'' | ''to be added'' | ||
== Notes == | == Notes == | ||
* In the accompanying illustration by Andy Lambert, the spine of one of the books standing on the shelf (on the far left) can be seen to bear the name ANDY | * In the accompanying illustration by Andy Lambert, the spine of one of the books standing on the shelf (on the far left) can be seen to bear the name ANDY LAMBERT, though the last four letters of the surname are obscured by three books in the foreground — an in-joke reference included by Lambert himself. | ||
== Continuity == | == Continuity == | ||
* | * After Shardovan leaves the Portreeve, he hears that the hunters have returned with the newly regenerated [[Fifth Doctor]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Castrovalva (TV story)|Castrovalva]]'') | ||
== External links == | == External links == | ||
{{dwrefguide|brief.htm#dwm193|Toy}} | {{dwrefguide|brief.htm#dwm193|Toy}} | ||
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[[Category:BE stories]] | [[Category:BE stories]] | ||
[[Category:Brief Encounter stories]] | [[Category:Brief Encounter stories]] | ||
[[Category:Doctor Who short stories]] | [[Category:Doctor Who short stories]] | ||
[[Category:1992 short stories]] | [[Category:1992 short stories]] | ||
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