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|image = Prelude Highest science 1.jpg | |||
|series = | |series = | ||
|doctor = | |doctor = Seventh Doctor | ||
|companions = | |companions = [[Bernice Summerfield]] | ||
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|writer = | |writer = Gareth Roberts | ||
|illustrator = | |illustrator = [[Phil Bevan]] | ||
|publication = [[DWM 196]] | |publication = [[DWM 196]] | ||
|prev = Prelude Transit | |release date = 21 January 1993 | ||
|next = Prelude The Pit | |cover date = 17 February 1993 | ||
|prev = Prelude Transit (short story) | |||
|next = Prelude The Pit (short story) | |||
|enemy = [[Chelonian]]s | |||
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'''''Prelude The Highest Science''''' was, as the name suggested, a prelude to ''[[The Highest Science]]'' by [[Gareth Roberts]]. It did not appear in the published novel. | '''''Prelude The Highest Science''''' was, as the name suggested, a prelude to ''[[The Highest Science (novel)|The Highest Science]]'' by [[Gareth Roberts]]. It did not appear in the published novel. | ||
== Summary == | == Summary == | ||
' | Six days after a raid on [[Checkley's World]], workers are sent into the [[gene]] labs to check for any traps left there. In the far future, General [[Fakrid]] of the [[Chelonian Empire]] is en route to the human colony [[Vaagon]]. In the TARDIS, the Doctor finds the ship reporting a reverse [[Fortean flux]]. | ||
== Characters == | == Characters == | ||
* [[Seventh Doctor]] | |||
* [[Bernice Summerfield]] | |||
* [[Cooper (Prelude The Highest Science)|Cooper]] | |||
* [[Pethering]] | |||
* [[Yanos (Prelude The Highest Science)|Yanos]] | |||
* [[Fakrid]] | |||
* [[Jinkwa]] | |||
== | == Worldbuilding == | ||
* The Doctor and Bernice have played [[Scrabble]], but in their last game she challenged his use of the word [[Dynatrope]]. | |||
* The Doctor suggests they go to [[Miradilus 4]]. | |||
== Notes == | == Notes == | ||
* The "reverse Fortean flux" is renamed a "[[Fortean Flicker]]" in the novel. | |||
== Continuity == | == Continuity == | ||
''to be added'' | ''to be added'' | ||
== External | == Illustrations == | ||
* [ | <gallery position="center" captionalign="center" hideaddbutton="true" widths="250"> | ||
Prelude Highest science 1.jpg | |||
Prelude Highest science 2.PNG | |||
</gallery> | |||
== External links == | |||
* [https://doctorwho.guide/whona11p.htm The entire text of the piece] at the Doctor Who Reference Guide | |||
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[[Category:1993 short stories]] | |||
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[[Category:Bernice Summerfield short stories]] | |||
[[Category:Seventh Doctor short stories]] | |||
[[Category:Chelonian short stories]] | |||
Latest revision as of 20:32, 3 June 2024
Prelude The Highest Science was, as the name suggested, a prelude to The Highest Science by Gareth Roberts. It did not appear in the published novel.
Summary[[edit] | [edit source]]
Six days after a raid on Checkley's World, workers are sent into the gene labs to check for any traps left there. In the far future, General Fakrid of the Chelonian Empire is en route to the human colony Vaagon. In the TARDIS, the Doctor finds the ship reporting a reverse Fortean flux.
Characters[[edit] | [edit source]]
Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]
- The Doctor and Bernice have played Scrabble, but in their last game she challenged his use of the word Dynatrope.
- The Doctor suggests they go to Miradilus 4.
Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]
- The "reverse Fortean flux" is renamed a "Fortean Flicker" in the novel.
Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]
to be added
Illustrations[[edit] | [edit source]]
External links[[edit] | [edit source]]
- The entire text of the piece at the Doctor Who Reference Guide
