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{{Infobox | |range = Short Trips (series) | ||
|series in range = Short Trips: Companions | |||
|series number in range = 2 | |||
|number in series = 2 | |||
|main character = [[Ian Chesterton]] | |||
|featuring = [[Barbara Wright]] | |||
|setting = [[Dorset]] and [[London]], [[20th century]] | |||
anthology=''[[Short Trips | |writer = Justin Richards | ||
prev=The Tip of the Mind (short story)| | |anthology = Short Trips: Companions | ||
next=The Man from DOCTO(R) | |release date = 2 April 2003 | ||
|series = ''[[Short Trips (series)|Short Trips]]'' | |||
'''''The Splintered Gate''''' was the second short story in the [[Short Trips (series)|Short Trips]] anthology ''[[Short Trips: Companions]]''. It was written by [[Justin Richards]]. It featured [[Ian Chesterton]] and [[Barbara Wright]]. | |prev = The Tip of the Mind (short story) | ||
|next = The Man from DOCTO(R) (short story){{!}}The Man from DOCTO(R) | |||
}} | |||
'''''The Splintered Gate''''' was the second short story in the [[Short Trips (series)|Short Trips]] anthology ''[[Short Trips: Companions]]''. It was written by [[Justin Richards]]. It featured [[Ian Chesterton]] and [[Barbara Wright]]. It is notable for taking place before the events of ''[[An Unearthly Child (TV story)|An Unearthly Child]]''. | |||
== Summary == | == Summary == | ||
' | Ian has been vacationing in [[Dorset]]. One day it starts to [[rain]] and he heads back to his guest house. On the way, he passes a [[tea room]] and sees someone who resembles his co-worker, [[Barbara Wright]]. She is sitting with another woman and there is a package on their [[table]]. | ||
When he reaches his guest house, Ian grabs at the gate to open it, but he gets a splinter in his [[hand]]. He removes the splinter, then forgets about it. When the rain lets up, he goes back outside and sees a fortune teller named [[Rosy Parks]]. She looks like the other woman he saw in the tea room. She offers to read his fortune, but when she sees the [[blood]] caked in his hand where the splinter cut him, she runs away. | |||
Later that year, Ian is attending a party at Barbara's place. Barbara introduces him to her friend [[Rosemary (The Splintered Gate)|Rosemary]], who is a psalmist. When Ian sees her he is reminded of the fortune teller from Dorset. He tells her of his encounter with the fortune teller, and she offers to read his fortune with her crystal. They arrange a meeting in a café. | |||
At the café, Rosemary has brought a package and leaves it on the table. She tells him he will "face perils and experience things that no human should have to endure". She tells him he will face a temptation. He will be sitting with a woman, and there will be a package. If he takes the package, he will seal his fate. | |||
Rosemary finishes, and asks for payment. Ian is angry, thinking she is a charlatan. She grabs the money and leaves. To compensate, Ian grabs the package from the table. | |||
== Characters == | == Characters == | ||
* [[Ian Chesterton]] | * [[Ian Chesterton]] | ||
* [[Barbara Wright]] | * [[Barbara Wright]] | ||
* [[Rosemary (The Splintered Gate)|Rosemary]] | |||
* [[Rosy Parks]] | |||
* [[Robert (The Splintered Gate)|Robert]] | |||
== | == Worldbuilding == | ||
* Ian tells Rosemary he teaches science at [[Coal Hill School]]. | |||
* Ian references [[A. A. Milne]]. | |||
== Notes == | == Notes == | ||
' | * This story is told in the first person from Ian's perspective. | ||
== Continuity == | == Continuity == | ||
'' | * Rosemary predicts that Ian will go on a long journey, further than he has ever been before, during which he face perils and experience things that no human should have to endure. ([[TV]]: ''[[An Unearthly Child (TV story)|An Unearthly Child]]'', ''[[The Daleks (TV story)|The Daleks]]'', et al.) | ||
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[[Category: | [[Category:Short Trips: Companions short stories]] | ||
[[Category:Stories set in Dorset]] | [[Category:Stories set in Dorset]] | ||
[[Category:Stories set in London]] | |||
[[Category:Stories set in the 20th century]] | |||