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|image=Three Steps to the Left.jpg | |image = Three Steps to the Left.jpg | ||
|series=[[Brief Encounter]] | |series = ''[[Brief Encounter]]'' | ||
|doctor=Seventh Doctor | |doctor = Seventh Doctor | ||
|companions= | |companions = | ||
|setting=[[Gibson Desert | |setting = [[Gibson Desert]], [[1979]] | ||
|writer= | |writer = Glenn Langford | ||
|publication= | |publication = [[DWM 198]] | ||
|release date= | |release date = 18 March 1993 | ||
|cover date= | |cover date = 14 April 1993 | ||
|prev=A Time & a Place (short story) | |prev = A Time & a Place (short story) | ||
|next=Anti-Matter with Fries (short story) | |next = Anti-Matter with Fries (short story) | ||
}}'''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was a ''[[Brief Encounter]]'' | }} | ||
'''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was a ''[[Brief Encounter]]'' short story published in [[DWM 198]]. It was a pseudo-historical story that revolved around the actual event of [[Skylab]]'s unceremonious [[1979]] return to [[Earth]]. | |||
== Summary == | == Summary == | ||
[[Paul Forbes]] is in trouble. Foolishly, he has chosen to drive across the [[Gibson Desert]] on an ill-advised summer trip between [[Darwin]] and [[Alice Springs]]. His [[Land Rover]] doesn't like it. After it overheats near [[Barrow Creek]], he is forced to stop in the blazing sun in the hopes that his engine will somehow cool down. | [[Paul Forbes]] is in trouble. Foolishly, he has chosen to drive across the [[Gibson Desert]] on an ill-advised summer trip between [[Darwin]] and [[Alice Springs]]. His [[Land Rover]] doesn't like it. After it overheats near [[Barrow Creek]], he is forced to stop in the blazing sun in the hopes that his engine will somehow cool down. | ||
In the distance, what he assumes is a mirage forms before his eyes. Why, though, is it in the form of a [[British]] [[police box]]? [[Seventh Doctor|A man]] pops out of the box and asks him to move three steps to the left. A baffled Forbes complies | In the distance, what he assumes is a mirage forms before his eyes. Why, though, is it in the form of a [[British]] [[police box]]? [[Seventh Doctor|A man]] pops out of the box and asks him to move three steps to the left. A baffled Forbes complies — just in time to avoid being struck by a chunk of falling [[Skylab]]. | ||
The man pops back inside [[The Doctor's TARDIS|the police box]], muttering something about someone named [[Ace]] who hates it when he does this sort of thing because she thinks he's just showing off. | The man pops back inside [[The Doctor's TARDIS|the police box]], muttering something about someone named [[Ace]] who hates it when he does this sort of thing because she thinks he's just showing off. | ||
== Characters == | == Characters == | ||
* [[Seventh Doctor]] | * [[Seventh Doctor]] | ||
* [[Paul Forbes]] | * [[Paul Forbes]] | ||
== | == Worldbuilding == | ||
* Forbes drinks [[Coke]]. | * Forbes drinks [[Coke]]. | ||
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[[Category:Stories set in Australia]] | [[Category:Stories set in Australia]] | ||
[[Category:Stories set in 1979]] | [[Category:Stories set in 1979]] | ||
[[Category:1993 short stories]] | [[Category:1993 short stories]] | ||
Latest revision as of 22:00, 29 February 2024
Three Steps to the Left was a Brief Encounter short story published in DWM 198. It was a pseudo-historical story that revolved around the actual event of Skylab's unceremonious 1979 return to Earth.
Summary[[edit] | [edit source]]
Paul Forbes is in trouble. Foolishly, he has chosen to drive across the Gibson Desert on an ill-advised summer trip between Darwin and Alice Springs. His Land Rover doesn't like it. After it overheats near Barrow Creek, he is forced to stop in the blazing sun in the hopes that his engine will somehow cool down.
In the distance, what he assumes is a mirage forms before his eyes. Why, though, is it in the form of a British police box? A man pops out of the box and asks him to move three steps to the left. A baffled Forbes complies — just in time to avoid being struck by a chunk of falling Skylab.
The man pops back inside the police box, muttering something about someone named Ace who hates it when he does this sort of thing because she thinks he's just showing off.
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Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]
- Forbes drinks Coke.
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