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|series = | |series = | ||
|doctor = | |doctor =Seventh Doctor | ||
|companions = | |companions = | ||
|setting | |setting = | ||
|writer = | |writer = Kate Orman | ||
|illustrator = [[Phil Bevan]] | |illustrator = [[Phil Bevan]] | ||
|publication = [[DWM 207]] | |publication = [[DWM 207]] | ||
|release date = 25 November 1993 | |||
|cover date = 22 December 1993 | |||
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== Summary == | == Summary == | ||
Jacqui | Jacqui is a young [[pregnancy|pregnant]] woman whose baby is psychic. She is an inmate of a [[UNIT]] safe house. | ||
On [[Christmas Eve]] she enters the Doctor's room because of her baby's dreams. She tries talking to the Doctor, but he is [[handcuffs|handcuffed]] to the bed. As the baby in her womb screams at her to get out, and soldiers rush into the room, in her head she sees [[Huitzilin|the Blue]]. | |||
== Characters == | == Characters == | ||
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* [[Jacqui]] | * [[Jacqui]] | ||
== | == Worldbuilding == | ||
* The Doctor is hooked up to an [[EEG machine]]. | |||
== Notes == | == Notes == | ||
''to | * The first draft of the prelude was more ambiguous as to whether the Doctor deliberately killed Jacqui's baby, and at the behest of [[Gary Russell]], at the time editor of ''[[Doctor Who Magazine]]'', it was edited to clarify that this was not the case. In the course of the editing, the last paragraph in which it is clarified that the baby is dead, was "accidentally" left out. This first draft was published in fanzines ''Broadsword'' and ''Sonic Screwdriver''.<ref>{{Cite book|author=David Robinson|title=Broadsword issue 5|publisher=Broadsword|accessdate=17 June 2024|pages=6|language=English|month=September|year=1995|url=https://broadsword.org/1995/09/issue05/|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20240305124355/https://broadsword.org/1995/09/issue05/|archivedate=March 5 2024}}</ref> | ||
== Continuity == | == Continuity == | ||
''to be added'' | ''to be added'' | ||
== External | == Illustrations == | ||
* [ | <gallery position="center" captionalign="center" hideaddbutton="true" widths="250"> | ||
Prelude The Left-Handed Hummingbird.jpg | |||
Left handed hummingbird prelude 2.JPG | |||
Prelude Left-Handed Hummingbird Broadsword.png|The image which accompanied the printing of the first draft in fanzine ''Broadsword''. | |||
</gallery> | |||
== External links == | |||
* [https://doctorwho.guide/whona21p.htm The entire text of the piece] at the Doctor Who Reference Guide | |||
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Latest revision as of 18:41, 17 June 2024
Prelude The Left-Handed Hummingbird was, as the name suggested, a prelude to The Left-Handed Hummingbird by Kate Orman. It did not appear in the published novel.
Summary[[edit] | [edit source]]
Jacqui is a young pregnant woman whose baby is psychic. She is an inmate of a UNIT safe house.
On Christmas Eve she enters the Doctor's room because of her baby's dreams. She tries talking to the Doctor, but he is handcuffed to the bed. As the baby in her womb screams at her to get out, and soldiers rush into the room, in her head she sees the Blue.
Characters[[edit] | [edit source]]
Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]
- The Doctor is hooked up to an EEG machine.
Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]
- The first draft of the prelude was more ambiguous as to whether the Doctor deliberately killed Jacqui's baby, and at the behest of Gary Russell, at the time editor of Doctor Who Magazine, it was edited to clarify that this was not the case. In the course of the editing, the last paragraph in which it is clarified that the baby is dead, was "accidentally" left out. This first draft was published in fanzines Broadsword and Sonic Screwdriver.[1]
Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]
to be added
Illustrations[[edit] | [edit source]]
The image which accompanied the printing of the first draft in fanzine Broadsword.
External links[[edit] | [edit source]]
- The entire text of the piece at the Doctor Who Reference Guide
- ↑ David Robinson (September 1995). Broadsword issue 5 (English) pp. 6. Broadsword. Archived from the original on March 5 2024. Retrieved on 17 June 2024.
