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|image         = Playtime.jpg
name=Playtime|
|series         = ''[[Brief Encounter]]''
image=Playtime.jpg|
|main character = [[Sarah Jane Smith]]
series=[[Brief Encounter]]|
|featuring     = Susan Foreman
main character=[[Sarah Jane Smith]]|
|featuring2    = Lavinia Smith
featuring=[[Susan Foreman|Susan]]|
|setting        = [[Shoreditch]], [[November]] [[1963]]
year=[[Shoreditch]], [[November]] [[1963]]|
|writer        = Vanessa Bishop
writer=[[Vanessa Bishop]]|
|illustrator    = [[Brian Hudd]]
publication=[[DWMS Holiday 1992]]|
|publication   = ''[[DWMS Holiday 1992]]''
prev=Girls' Night In (short story)|
|release date  = August 1992
next=Fond Memories (short story)|
|prev           = Girls' Night In (short story)
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|next           = Fond Memories (short story)
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'''''Playtime''''' was a ''[[Brief Encounter]]'' short story published in ''[[DWMS Holiday 1992]]''.


== Summary ==
== Summary ==
On a day trip to [[London]] with her aunt [[Lavinia Smith|Lavinia]] in [[November]] [[1963]], [[Sarah Jane Smith|Sarah Jane]], a young girl with an enquiring mind, nips off to explore while her guardian goes off to buy sweets for her. Behind some double gates she finds a [[76 Totter's Lane|junkyard]] full of shop window dummies, broken chairs, picture frames and, strangely, a [[the Doctor's TARDIS|police box]]. Lost in her own world (during which she briefly pretends to be a reporter at one point), she suddenly remembers her aunt and races off as a car pulls up and an [[Susan Foreman|older girl]] runs into the junkyard.
On a day trip to [[London]] with her Aunt [[Lavinia Smith|Lavinia]] in [[November]] [[1963]], [[Sarah Jane Smith|Sarah]], a young girl with an enquiring mind, nips off to explore while her guardian goes off to buy [[Candy|sweets]] for her. Behind some double gates she finds a [[76 Totter's Lane|junkyard]] full of shop window dummies, broken chairs, picture frames and, strangely, a [[the Doctor's TARDIS|police box]]. Lost in her own world, during which she briefly pretends to be a [[reporter]] at one point, she suddenly remembers her aunt and races off as a [[car]] pulls up and an [[Susan Foreman|older girl]] runs into the junkyard.


== Characters ==
== Characters ==
* [[Sarah Jane Smith]]
* [[Sarah Jane Smith]]
* [[Susan Foreman]] (unnamed)
* [[Susan Foreman]]
* [[Lavinia Smith]]
* [[Lavinia Smith]]


== References ==
== Worldbuilding ==
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== Notes ==
== Notes ==
Illustrated by [[Brian Hudd]]
* The story presents some of the events of ''[[An Unearthly Child (TV story)|An Unearthly Child]]'' from the viewpoint of Sarah Jane Smith. ''[[Whatever Happened to Sarah Jane? (TV story)|Whatever Happened to Sarah Jane?]]'' shows Sarah as thirteen years old in [[1964]], and she clearly gives her age as "twenty-three" in ''[[Invasion of the Dinosaurs (TV story)|Invasion of the Dinosaurs]]'', set in [[1974]].


== Continuity ==
== Continuity ==
* The story presents some of the events of [[DW]]: ''[[An Unearthly Child]]'' from the viewpoint of Sarah Jane Smith. The story can only work if it is assumed that the [[UNIT]] stories [[UNIT dating controversy|took place in the "near future"]]. [[SJA]]: ''[[Whatever Happened to Sarah Jane?]]'', which shows Sarah Jane as thirteen years old in [[1964]], makes this story impossible, unless changes to the [[timeline]] are assumed.
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== Timeline ==
=== For Sarah Jane ===
* This story occurs after: [[SJA]]: ''[[The Temptation of Sarah Jane Smith]]'' (baby Sarah Jane)
* This story occurs before: [[SJA]]: ''[[Whatever Happened to Sarah Jane?]]'' (1964 scenes)


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== External links ==
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Latest revision as of 22:19, 29 February 2024

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Playtime was a Brief Encounter short story published in DWMS Holiday 1992.

Summary[[edit] | [edit source]]

On a day trip to London with her Aunt Lavinia in November 1963, Sarah, a young girl with an enquiring mind, nips off to explore while her guardian goes off to buy sweets for her. 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, during which she briefly pretends to be a reporter at one point, she suddenly remembers her aunt and races off as a car pulls up and an older girl runs into the junkyard.

Characters[[edit] | [edit source]]

Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]

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Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]

Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]

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