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{{retitle|''Untitled'' (DWM 171 short story)}} | |||
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{{prose stub}} | {{prose stub}} | ||
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{{Infobox Story | |||
|name = ''Untitled'' | |name = ''Untitled'' | ||
|image = Berenyi.jpg | |image = Berenyi.jpg | ||
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|main character = [[Berenyi]] | |main character = [[Berenyi]] | ||
|featuring = | |featuring = | ||
|setting = | |setting = [[Dallas]], [[22 November]] [[1963]] | ||
|writer = | |writer = Michael Bonner | ||
|illustrator = [[Richard Elson]] | |illustrator = [[Richard Elson]] | ||
|publication = [[DWM 171]] | |publication = [[DWM 171]] | ||
|release date = | |release date = 21 February 1991 | ||
|cover date = | |cover date = 13 March 1991 | ||
|prev = Untitled (DWM 169 short story){{!}}Untitled | |prev = Untitled (DWM 169 short story){{!}}Untitled | ||
|next = A Victorian Interlude (short story) | |next = A Victorian Interlude (short story) | ||
}} | }}{{Dab page|Untitled}} | ||
The ''[[Brief Encounter]]'' short story published in ''[[Doctor Who Magazine]]'' [[DWM 171|171]] was '''untitled'''. The story is highly unusual for a ''Brief Encounter'' in its introduction of a new character. The ''Brief Encounter'' series usually concentrated on offering readers insights into existing characters. | The ''[[Brief Encounter]]'' short story published in ''[[Doctor Who Magazine]]'' [[DWM 171|171]] was '''untitled'''. | ||
The story is highly unusual for a ''Brief Encounter'' in its introduction of a new character. The ''Brief Encounter'' series usually concentrated on offering readers insights into existing characters. | |||
== Summary == | == Summary == | ||
[[Renegade Time Lord]] and [[ | [[Renegade Time Lord]] and [[designer]] [[Berenyi]]'s plans the [[assassination]] of [[John F. Kennedy]] in [[1963]] [[Dallas]]. programming the circumstances into the timeline and the life of the assassin. | ||
== Plot == | == Plot == | ||
The [[Time Lady]] [[Berenyi]] is watching the motorcade carrying President [[John F. Kennedy]] in [[Dallas]] [[1963]]. As it happens, she knows there will be three things she will enjoy in the [[1980s]] - [[Arthur Miller]]'s [[autobiography]], Cherry 7UP and Sonic Youth, musing that they'd help her better understand humanity even if | The [[Time Lady]] [[Berenyi]] is watching the motorcade carrying President [[John F. Kennedy]] in [[Dallas]] [[1963]]. As it happens, she knows there will be three things she will enjoy in the [[1980s]] - [[Arthur Miller]]'s [[autobiography]], Cherry 7UP and Sonic Youth, musing that they'd help her better understand humanity even if it's only 20 years away. | ||
Berenyi also reflects on her career as a freelance [[designer]] and how it conflicts with the ban imposed on the profession several centuries previously by her people, the Time Lords. Berenyi left [[Gallifrey]] after feeling constricted by the "restrictive, monastic weishmertz" before "disappearing" from Gallifrey and becoming a Designer out of spite. | Berenyi also reflects on her career as a freelance [[designer]] and how it conflicts with the ban imposed on the profession several centuries previously by her people, the Time Lords. Berenyi left [[Gallifrey]] after feeling constricted by the "restrictive, monastic weishmertz" before "disappearing" from Gallifrey and becoming a Designer out of spite. | ||
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== Characters == | == Characters == | ||
* [[Berenyi]] | * [[Berenyi]] | ||
* [[Lee Harvey Oswald]] | |||
== | == Worldbuilding == | ||
* [[Berenyi's TARDIS|Berenyi's TARDIS's]] [[chameleon circuit]] functions. | * [[Berenyi's TARDIS|Berenyi's TARDIS's]] [[chameleon circuit]] functions. | ||
* [[Designer]]s are hired to alter time by wealthy clients - Berenyi has already Designed an assassination in a | * [[Designer]]s are hired to alter time by wealthy clients - Berenyi has already Designed an assassination in a theatre in [[1865]], and that job led a German to hire her to Design the assassination of President Kennedy. | ||
* Berenyi has a degree in [[bio-chronology]]. | * Berenyi has a degree in [[bio-chronology]]. | ||
* Berenyi left [[Gallifrey]] to escape the restrictive, monastic nature of her people. | * Berenyi left [[Gallifrey]] to escape the restrictive, monastic nature of her people. | ||
== Notes == | == Notes == | ||
* This story and the novel ''[[Who Killed Kennedy (novel)|Who Killed Kennedy]]'' both go into the origins and people behind the [[Kennedy | * This story and the novel ''[[Who Killed Kennedy (novel)|Who Killed Kennedy]]'' both go into the origins and people behind the [[assassination of John F. Kennedy]]. However, the stories only lightly contradict one another: this tale delves into [[Berenyi]] attempting to formulate the incident, whilst ''Who Killed Kennedy'' features {{Delgado}} trying to stop it. | ||
== Continuity == | == Continuity == | ||
* | * The [[Ninth Doctor]] was present at the Kennedy assassination. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Rose (TV story)}}) | ||
== External links == | == External links == | ||
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