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===''' Fond Memories'''===
Written by [[Nicholas Courtney]]<br>
Illustrated by [[Paul Vyse]]<br>
Featuring: [[Sarah Jane Smith]], [[the Brigadier]], [[John Benton|Benton]]<br>
Summary: <br>
: While in Geneva, having been brought out of retirement to attend Middle East negotiations, the Brigadier is reunited with Sarah Jane Smith covering a WHO event for a medical journal. Sarah accepts the Brigadiers invitation to dine at the Hotel du Comte where they are entertained on stage by none other than ex-UNIT soldier/ex-second hand car salesman now comedian/compare Benton who joins them for a drink
: (From: [[DWMS Summer 1992]])
===''' Girls Night in'''===
Written by [[Robert Perry]] and [[Mike Tucker]]<br>
Illustrated by [[Paul Cockburn]]<br>
Featuring: [[Sarah Jane Smith]], [[Jo Grant |Josephine (Grant)  Jones]], [[Liz Shaw]], [[Tegan Jovanka]] [[Ace]]<br>
Summary: <br>
: After reading one of Sarah’s books, Jo decided to get in touch only to discover they both knew the Doctor (inspiration for her stories). Together they placed an ad in Time Out magazine and after several replies had arranged to meet. Along with Liz Shaw and a  less positive Tegan they wallow in nostalgia with good wine in the company of friends when there is a knock on the door…Ace joins them. 
:(From: [[DWMS Summer 1992]])
==='''Listening Watch'''===
Written by [[Dan Abnett]]<br>
Illustrated by [[Brian Williamson]]<br>
Featuring: [[Mike Yates|Captain Mike Yates]], [[John Benton|Sergeant John Benton]], [[the Brigadier]], <br>
Summary: <br>
: Sergeant John Benton fetches coffee and snacks for himself and Captain Mike Yates in readiness for another evening shift on radio standby. Contemplating another quiet evening their game of Pontoon is postponed when the Brigadier calls them into world-saving action.
:(From: [[DWMS Winter 1991]])
===''' Playtime'''===
Written by [[Vanessa Bishop]]<br>
Illustrated by [[Brian Hudd]]<br>
Featuring: [[Sarah Jane Smith]], [[Aunt Lavina]], <br>
Summary: <br>
: On a day trip to London, a young girl with an enquiring mind (Sarah Jane Smith), leaves her Aunt Lavina buying sweets for her, while she nips off to explore. Behind some double gates she finds a junkyard full of shop window dummies, broken chairs, picture frames and strangely a Police Box. Lost in her own world, she suddenly remembers her Aunt and races off as a car pulls up and an older girl races inside the junkyard.
:(From: [[DWMS Summer 1992]])
==='''A Wee Deoch an ...?'''===
Written by [[Colin Baker]]<br>
Illustrated by [[Paul Vyse]]<br>
Featuring: [[Sixth Doctor]], [[Melanie Bush|Mel]], [[the Brigadier]], and [[Doris Lethbridge-Stewart|Doris]].<br>
Summary: <br>
: The Sixth Doctor takes Mel to the Royal Albion Hotel in order to celebrate his 991st Birthday. At the same time Alistair Lethbridge-Stewart has found himself at the same hotel with 48 hours to wait until he meets a contact by the name of Herr Hahnstier. The Doctor accidentally creates a scene, causing a waitress to spill her tray. As the Doctor and Mel breeze off, Alistair offers his assistance to the waitress who gives her name as Doris!
:(From: [[DWMS Winter 1991]])
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Revision as of 20:02, 17 March 2008

Overview

Brief Encounters was an occasional series of new, very short fiction, with a limited word count, that sees a least two characters from the Doctor Who universe encounter each other. The stories appeared throughout Doctor Who Magazine's regular issues, special issues and annual/yearbooks, with many being written by established writers.

The Stories

Issue Title Author
DWM Issue 167 The Meeting John Lucarotti First Doctor
DWM Issue 168 An Incident Concerning the Continual Bombardment of the Phobos Colony Paul Cornell Davros
DWM Issue 169 Untitled David Bishop Seventh Doctor, Ian Chesterton, Barbara Wright
DWM Issue 171 Untitled Michael Bonner None
DWM Issue 172 A Victorian Interlude Andy Lane Fifth Doctor
DWM Issue 174 Under Reykjavik Warren Ellis Romana II
DWM Issue 176 Mistaken Identity Gary Russell Lytton
DWM Issue 178 Affirmative Daniel Read Seventh Doctor, Leela, K9
DWM Issue 178 An Unfulfilled Dream Karen Dunn Seventh Doctor
DWM Issue 181 Echoes of Future Past John Summerfield First Doctor, Seventh Doctor
DWM Issue 184 Duggan Paul Ferry Seventh Doctor, Ace
DWM Issue 184 Who Discovered America? John Lucarotti First Doctor, Susan, Ian Chesterton, Barbara Wright
DWM Issue 185 Ships Jamie Woolley Dodo Chaplet, Sarah Jane Smith
DWM Issue 186 Cathedral Heart Paul Cornell Seventh Doctor, Ace
DWM Issue 187 A Romantic Evening Alex Fowles The Brigadier
DWM Issue 188 The Useful Pile Kate Orman Seventh Doctor
DWM Issue 189 Time, Love and TARDIS Ron Plath Seventh Doctor
DWM Issue 190 A Visit to the Cinema Vanessa Bishop Third Doctor
DWM Issue 191 Reunion David Caroll Peri
DWM Issue 192 Games Warwick Gray Celestial Toymaker
DWM Issue 193 Toy Colin Varney Shardovan, the Portreeve
DWM Issue 194 Tautology Glenn Langford Marius and K9
DWM Issue 195 In the Community Paul Beardsley Ace
DWM Issue 196 The Stranger, The Writer, His Wife and the Mixed Metaphor Graham Cox Fourth Doctor
DWM Issue 197 A Time and a Place Una McCormack Seventh Doctor
DWM Issue 198 Three Steps to the Left Glenn Langford Seventh Doctor
DWM Issue 199 Anti-Matter with Fries Gareth Roberts Seventh Doctor, Ace
DWM Issue 200 Rennigan's Record David Whitaker First Doctor, Susan, Ian Chesterton, Barbara Wright
DWM Issue 205 Missing in Action Tim Pieraccini Mike Yates
DWM Issue 206 One Minute Fourteen Seconds Kate Orman Seventh Doctor, Ace
DWM Issue 208 Front Line Paul Smith Seventh Doctor
DWM Issue 210 Down to Earth David Jackson Liz Shaw, Fourth Doctor
DWM Issue 212 Useless Things David Carroll None
DWM Issue 213 The Gallery Paul D. Smith Seventh Doctor
DWM Issue 214 Roses Robert Mammone First Doctor, Steven Taylor
DWMS Winter 1991 Listening Watch Dan Abnett The Brigadier
DWMS Winter 1991 A Wee Deoch an ...? Colin Baker Sixth Doctor, Mel, The Brigadier
DWMS Summer 1992 Girls' Night In Mike Tucker and Robert Perry Jo Grant, Sarah Jane Smith, Liz Shaw, Tegan, Ace
DWMS Summer 1992 Playtime Vanessa Bishop Sarah Jane Smith, Lavinia Smith, Susan
DWMS Summer 1992 Fond Memories Nicholas Courtney The Brigadier
Doctor Who Yearbook (1992) Future Imperfect Marc Platt Second Doctor, Third Doctor
Doctor Who Yearbook (1992) Time on a Vine John Lydecker Fifth Doctor
Doctor Who Yearbook (1992) The Deal Colin Baker Sixth Doctor, Mel
Doctor Who Yearbook 1993 Cambridge Previsited Karen Dunn First Doctor
Doctor Who Yearbook 1993 Dream a Little Dream For Me Nigel Robinson Second Doctor, Seventh Doctor
Doctor Who Yearbook 1993 Country of the Blind Paul Cornell Third Doctor, Liz Shaw
Doctor Who Yearbook 1993 Farewells Terrance Dicks Fourth Doctor, Sarah Jane Smith, K9
Doctor Who Yearbook 1993 Encounter on Burnt Snake Flat Marc Platt Fifth Doctor, Tegan
Doctor Who Yearbook 1993 A Tourist Invasion Colin Baker Sixth Doctor, Mel
Doctor Who Yearbook 1994 Loop the Loup Marc Platt Second Doctor
Doctor Who Yearbook 1994 Reconnaissance Terrance Dicks Third Doctor, Liz Shaw
Doctor Who Yearbook 1994 The Changeling Years Gareth Roberts Fourth Doctor, Leela
Doctor Who Yearbook 1994 Perfect Day Mark Gatiss Fifth Doctor, Tegan
Doctor Who Yearbook 1994 The More Things Change Andy Lane Sixth Doctor, Peri
Doctor Who Yearbook 1994 Pulling Strings Nigel Robinson Seventh Doctor, Mel
Doctor Who Yearbook 1995 Urrozdinee Mark Gatiss First Doctor, Susan
Doctor Who Yearbook 1995 Briefly Noted Justin Richards Second Doctor, Jamie, Zoe
Doctor Who Yearbook 1995 The Hungry Bomb Gareth Roberts Third Doctor, Sarah Jane
Doctor Who Yearbook 1995 Rescue David Rodan The Rani
Doctor Who Yearbook 1995 The Beast Inside Daniel Blythe Fourth Doctor, Romana II
Doctor Who Yearbook 1995 One Last Try Steve Lyons Fifth Doctor, Turlough
Doctor Who Yearbook 1995 Work is Hell Simon Messingham Sixth Doctor, Peri
Doctor Who Yearbook 1995 It's Only a Game Andy Lane Seventh Doctor, Ace
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