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{{Infobox Story
|series= ''[[Brief Encounter]]''
|name=Encounter on Burnt Snake Flat
|doctor = Fifth Doctor
|series= [[Brief Encounter]]
|image = Encounter on Burnt Snake Flat DWY93.jpg
|doctor=Fifth Doctor
|companions= [[Tegan Jovanka|Tegan]]
|companions= [[Tegan Jovanka]]
|setting = [[Australia]], [[1987]]
|setting=[[Australia]], the [[1990s]]
|writer=Marc Platt
|writer=[[Marc Platt]]
|release date = September 1992
|illustrator=[[Paul Vyse]]
|illustrator = [[Paul Vyse]]
|publication=[[Doctor Who Yearbook 1993]]
|publication=''[[Doctor Who Yearbook 1993]]''
|prev=Farewells (short story)
|prev = Farewells (short story)
|next=A Tourist Invasion (short story)
|next=A Tourist Invasion (short story)
|series2=[[Doctor Who Yearbook]]
|series2 = ''[[Doctor Who Yearbook]]''
|prev2=Farewells (short story)
|prev2=Farewells (short story)
|next2=Metamorphosis (comic story)
|next2 = Metamorphosis (comic story)
}}
}}
'''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was a ''[[Brief Encounter]]'' short story published in the ''[[Doctor Who Yearbook 1993]]''. It dealt with [[Tegan Jovanka]]'s trauma after being controlled by the [[Mara]].
'''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was a ''[[Brief Encounter]]'' short story published in the ''[[Doctor Who Yearbook 1993]]''. It dealt with [[Tegan Jovanka]]'s trauma after being controlled by the [[Mara]].


== Summary ==
== Publisher's summary ==
[[Tegan Jovanka|Tegan]] is running her father's farm in [[Australia]]. She is also worrying about her father, who is laid up in hospital after having been bitten by a [[snake]]. The [[Fifth Doctor]] arrives to ensure that Tegan is finally free of the [[Mara]]'s influence, as well as to give her the news that her father will be fine.
The [[Fifth Doctor]] tracks down his old companion [[Tegan Jovanka]] in the [[Australian Outback]]. A new story by ''[[Ghost Light (TV story)|Ghost Light]]'' scriptwriter [[Marc Platt]]. Illustration by [[Paul Vyse]].
 
== Plot ==
[[Tegan Jovanka|Tegan]] is running [[William Jovanka|her father]]'s [[farm]] in [[Australia]]. She is also worrying about her father, who is laid up in hospital after having been bitten by a [[snake]]. The [[Fifth Doctor]] arrives to ensure that Tegan is finally free of the [[Mara]]'s influence, as well as to give her the news that her father will be fine.


== Characters ==
== Characters ==
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* [[Tegan Jovanka]]
* [[Tegan Jovanka]]


== References ==
== Worldbuilding ==
* After being left behind in England at the end of [[TV]]: ''[[Resurrection of the Daleks]]'', Tegan managed to return to Australia by getting her family to wire her the money.
* Tegan got her family to wire her money to come home to [[Australia]] from [[London]].
* She thinks the Doctor sits like he's waiting for the [[Dreamtime]].
* Her farm has [[sheep]].


== Notes ==
== Notes ==
''to be added''
* Marc Platt later wrote another Mara story, ''[[The Cradle of the Snake (audio story)|The Cradle of the Snake]]''.


== Continuity ==
== Continuity ==
* For Tegan, the events of this story take place three years after the events of [[TV]]: ''[[Resurrection of the Daleks]]'', while for the Doctor at some unspecified point between that story and [[TV]]: ''[[The Caves of Androzani (TV story)|The Caves of Androzani]]''. The Doctor is alone when he meets Tegan, so presumably his current companion — [[Turlough]] or [[Perpugilliam Brown|Peri]] — is back at the [[TARDIS]].
* Tegan left the Doctor suddenly three years ago in [[1984]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Resurrection of the Daleks (TV story)|Resurrection of the Daleks]]'')
* The Doctor reminds Tegan he promised the Mara was gone from her head. ([[TV]]: ''[[Kinda (TV story)|Kinda]]'', ''[[Snakedance (TV story)|Snakedance]]'', [[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Cradle of the Snake (audio story)|The Cradle of the Snake]]'')
* Tegan tells the Doctor his [[celery]] needs changing. He previously changed it on an [[Eternal]] ship. ([[TV]]: ''[[Enlightenment (TV story)|Enlightenment]]'')


== External links ==
== External links ==
* {{dwrefguide|brief.htm#yb1993e|Encounter on Burnt Snake Flat}}
{{dwrefguide|brief.htm#yb1993e|Encounter on Burnt Snake Flat}}
 
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Encounter on Burnt Snake Flat was a Brief Encounter short story published in the Doctor Who Yearbook 1993. It dealt with Tegan Jovanka's trauma after being controlled by the Mara.

Publisher's summary[[edit] | [edit source]]

The Fifth Doctor tracks down his old companion Tegan Jovanka in the Australian Outback. A new story by Ghost Light scriptwriter Marc Platt. Illustration by Paul Vyse.

Plot[[edit] | [edit source]]

Tegan is running her father's farm in Australia. She is also worrying about her father, who is laid up in hospital after having been bitten by a snake. The Fifth Doctor arrives to ensure that Tegan is finally free of the Mara's influence, as well as to give her the news that her father will be fine.

Characters[[edit] | [edit source]]

Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • Tegan got her family to wire her money to come home to Australia from London.
  • She thinks the Doctor sits like he's waiting for the Dreamtime.
  • Her farm has sheep.

Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]

Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]

External links[[edit] | [edit source]]