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|series= ''[[Brief Encounter]]'' | |series= ''[[Brief Encounter]]'' | ||
|doctor = Fifth Doctor | |doctor = Fifth Doctor | ||
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|companions= [[Tegan Jovanka|Tegan]] | |companions= [[Tegan Jovanka|Tegan]] | ||
|setting = [[Australia]], [[1987]] | |setting = [[Australia]], [[1987]] | ||
|writer= | |writer=Marc Platt | ||
|release date = | |release date = September 1992 | ||
|illustrator = [[Paul Vyse]] | |illustrator = [[Paul Vyse]] | ||
|publication=''[[Doctor Who Yearbook 1993]]'' | |publication=''[[Doctor Who Yearbook 1993]]'' | ||
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* [[Tegan Jovanka]] | * [[Tegan Jovanka]] | ||
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* Tegan got her family to wire her money to come home to [[Australia]] from [[London]]. | * 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]]. | * She thinks the Doctor sits like he's waiting for the [[Dreamtime]]. | ||
Latest revision as of 22:43, 29 February 2024
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]]
- Marc Platt later wrote another Mara story, The Cradle of the Snake.
Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]
- Tegan left the Doctor suddenly three years ago in 1984. (TV: Resurrection of the Daleks)
- The Doctor reminds Tegan he promised the Mara was gone from her head. (TV: Kinda, Snakedance, AUDIO: The Cradle of the Snake)
- Tegan tells the Doctor his celery needs changing. He previously changed it on an Eternal ship. (TV: Enlightenment)
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