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|image = Playtime.jpg | |||
|series = ''[[Brief Encounter]]'' | |||
|image=Playtime.jpg | |main character = [[Sarah Jane Smith]] | ||
|series=[[Brief Encounter]] | |featuring = Susan Foreman | ||
|main character=[[Sarah Jane Smith]] | |featuring2 = Lavinia Smith | ||
|featuring= | |setting = [[Shoreditch]], [[November]] [[1963]] | ||
| | |writer = Vanessa Bishop | ||
|writer= | |illustrator = [[Brian Hudd]] | ||
|illustrator=[[Brian Hudd]] | |publication = ''[[DWMS Holiday 1992]]'' | ||
|publication=[[DWMS Holiday 1992]] | |release date = August 1992 | ||
|prev=Girls' Night In (short story) | |prev = Girls' Night In (short story) | ||
|next=Fond Memories (short story) | |next = Fond Memories (short story) | ||
}} | |||
''''' | '''''Playtime''''' was a ''[[Brief Encounter]]'' short story published in ''[[DWMS Holiday 1992]]''. | ||
== Summary == | == Summary == | ||
On a day trip to [[London]] with her Aunt [[Lavinia Smith|Lavinia]] in [[November]] [[1963]], [[Sarah Jane Smith|Sarah | On a day trip to [[London]] with her Aunt [[Lavinia Smith|Lavinia]] in [[November]] [[1963]], [[Sarah Jane Smith|Sarah]], a young girl with an enquiring mind, nips off to explore while her guardian goes off to buy [[Candy|sweets]] for her. Behind some double gates she finds a [[76 Totter's Lane|junkyard]] full of shop window dummies, broken chairs, picture frames and, strangely, a [[the Doctor's TARDIS|police box]]. Lost in her own world, during which she briefly pretends to be a [[reporter]] at one point, she suddenly remembers her aunt and races off as a [[car]] pulls up and an [[Susan Foreman|older girl]] runs into the junkyard. | ||
== Characters == | == Characters == | ||
* [[Sarah Jane Smith]] | * [[Sarah Jane Smith]] | ||
* [[Susan Foreman]] | * [[Susan Foreman]] | ||
* [[Lavinia Smith]] | * [[Lavinia Smith]] | ||
== | == Worldbuilding == | ||
''to be added'' | ''to be added'' | ||
== Notes == | == Notes == | ||
''to | * The story presents some of the events of ''[[An Unearthly Child (TV story)|An Unearthly Child]]'' from the viewpoint of Sarah Jane Smith. ''[[Whatever Happened to Sarah Jane? (TV story)|Whatever Happened to Sarah Jane?]]'' shows Sarah as thirteen years old in [[1964]], and she clearly gives her age as "twenty-three" in ''[[Invasion of the Dinosaurs (TV story)|Invasion of the Dinosaurs]]'', set in [[1974]]. | ||
== Continuity == | == Continuity == | ||
''to be added'' | |||
== External links == | == External links == | ||
{{dwrefguide|brief.htm#dwmh1992b|Playtime}} | |||
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[[Category:BE stories]] | [[Category:BE stories]] | ||
[[Category:Brief Encounter stories]] | [[Category:Brief Encounter stories]] | ||
Latest revision as of 22:19, 29 February 2024
Playtime was a Brief Encounter short story published in DWMS Holiday 1992.
Summary[[edit] | [edit source]]
On a day trip to London with her Aunt Lavinia in November 1963, Sarah, a young girl with an enquiring mind, nips off to explore while her guardian goes off to buy sweets for her. Behind some double gates she finds a junkyard full of shop window dummies, broken chairs, picture frames and, strangely, a police box. Lost in her own world, during which she briefly pretends to be a reporter at one point, she suddenly remembers her aunt and races off as a car pulls up and an older girl runs into the junkyard.
Characters[[edit] | [edit source]]
Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]
to be added
Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]
- The story presents some of the events of An Unearthly Child from the viewpoint of Sarah Jane Smith. Whatever Happened to Sarah Jane? shows Sarah as thirteen years old in 1964, and she clearly gives her age as "twenty-three" in Invasion of the Dinosaurs, set in 1974.
Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]
to be added
External links[[edit] | [edit source]]
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