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|name=A Romantic Evening
|main character = [[The Brigadier]], [[Doris Lethbridge-Stewart|Doris]]
|series=[[Brief Encounter]]
|writer         = Alex Fowles
|image=A Romantic Evening.jpg
|illustrator   = [[Paul Griffin]]
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|publication   = [[DWM 187]]
|featuring= [[Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart]]<br />[[Doris Lethbridge-Stewart]]
|release date  = 14 May 1992
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|cover date    = 10 June 1992
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|genre          = Science fiction
|writer=[[Alex Fowles]]|
|format        = Short story
|illustrator=[[Paul Griffin]]
|publisher      = Marvel Comics Ltd
|publication=[[DWM 187]]
|series        = ''[[Brief Encounter]]s''
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'''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was a ''[[Brief Encounter]]'' short story printed in [[DWM 187]].
'''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was a ''[[Brief Encounter]]'' short story published in ''[[Doctor Who Magazine]]'' [[DWM 187|187]].
 
== Summary ==
== Summary ==
[[Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart|Alistair]] and [[Doris Lethbridge-Stewart]] are looking through their [[wedding]] photographs one evening when the [[Seventh Doctor]] suddenly appears in some of them. Alistair and Doris both know the Doctor wasn't there — or was he? When the pair begin to vaguely recall having seen the Doctor at the wedding, they wonder if the Time Lord has somehow altered time so he could attend after all.
[[Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart|Alistair]] and [[Doris Lethbridge-Stewart]] are looking through [[Alistair and Doris' wedding|their wedding]] [[photograph]]s one evening when the [[Seventh Doctor]] suddenly appears in some of them. Alistair and Doris both know the Doctor wasn't there — or was he? When the pair begin to [[history-proofing|vaguely recall having seen the Doctor at the wedding]], they wonder if the [[Time Lord]] has somehow altered time so he could attend after all.


== Characters ==
== Characters ==
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* [[Doris Lethbridge-Stewart]]
* [[Doris Lethbridge-Stewart]]


== References ==
== Worldbuilding ==
''to be added''
* [[Sarah Jane Smith]] attended [[Alistair and Doris' wedding]], where she chatted with the [[Seventh Doctor]].
* Alistair recalled apologising to the Doctor for not asking him to the wedding, only to be told, ''"Never mind, you can invite me now."''


== Notes ==
== Notes ==
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== Continuity ==
== Continuity ==
* Doris was originally referenced in [[TV]]: ''[[Planet of the Spiders]]'', albeit only as someone who had given the Brigadier a [[watch]] — a matter he seemed embarrassed to discuss in detail.
* The Brigadier and Doris are [[married]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Battlefield (TV story)|Battlefield]]'')
* This story is set at some unspecified point after the events of [[TV]]: ''[[Battlefield (TV story)|Battlefield]]''. The Brigadier mentions having apologised to the Doctor for not inviting him to the wedding, only to have received the reply "Never mind, you can invite me now".


== External links ==
== External links ==
* {{dwrefguide|brief.htm#dwm187|A Romantic Evening}}
{{dwrefguide|brief.htm#dwm187|A Romantic Evening}}
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Latest revision as of 03:46, 22 October 2024

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A Romantic Evening was a Brief Encounter short story published in Doctor Who Magazine 187.

Summary[[edit] | [edit source]]

Alistair and Doris Lethbridge-Stewart are looking through their wedding photographs one evening when the Seventh Doctor suddenly appears in some of them. Alistair and Doris both know the Doctor wasn't there — or was he? When the pair begin to vaguely recall having seen the Doctor at the wedding, they wonder if the Time Lord has somehow altered time so he could attend after all.

Characters[[edit] | [edit source]]

Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]

Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]

to be added

Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]

External links[[edit] | [edit source]]