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|name          = Prelude Tragedy Day
|image          = Prelude Tragedy Day.jpg
|image          = Prelude Tragedy Day.jpg
|series        =  
|series        =  
|doctor        =  
|doctor        =Seventh Doctor
|companions    =  
|companions    =[[Ace]], [[Bernice Summerfield|Benny]]
|setting           =  
|setting       =  
|writer        = [[Gareth Roberts]]
|writer        = Gareth Roberts
|illustrator    = [[Phil Bevan]]
|illustrator    = [[Phil Bevan]]
|publication    = [[DWM 210]]
|publication    = [[DWM 210]]
|release date  = 17 February 1994
|cover date    = 16 March 1994
|prev          = Prelude No Future
|prev          = Prelude No Future
|next          = Prelude Legacy
|next          = Prelude Legacy
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== Summary ==
== Summary ==
On Frinjel 87, Meredith is hired by the Friars of Pangloss to kill a man. On Olleril, the Supreme One reads the morning reports and makes plans for the future. In the time vortex, the TARDIS prepares to materialise.
On [[Frinjel 87]], [[Meredith Morgan|Meredith]] and [[Forgwyn|her son]] are hired by the [[Friars of Pangloss]] to kill a man and retrieve a [[red]] [[pyramid]] from him.
 
[[The Supreme One]] of [[Luminus]] reads the morning reports, makes plans for the wars between the independent states and looks forward to [[Tragedy Day]].
 
The Doctor has put [[The Doctor's TARDIS|his TARDIS]] on a random setting, and it prepares to materialise.


== Characters ==
== Characters ==
* [[Seventh Doctor]]
* [[Seventh Doctor]]
* Ace
* [[Ace]]
* Bernice
* [[Bernice Summerfield]]
* Meredith
* [[Meredith Morgan|Meredith]]
* Forgwyn
* [[Forgwyn]]
* The Supreme One
* [[The Supreme One]]


== References ==
== Worldbuilding ==
* The TARDIS has a jacuzzi.
* The Doctor is in the [[TARDIS jacuzzi]] playing with a [[rubber duck]]. Ace is reading [[comics]]. Benny is watching the [[Time-Space Visualiser]].
* The Doctor has a rubber duck.
* Frinjel 87's star is [[Frinjel]]. It is located in the [[Pristatrek Galaxy]].
* The Supreme One makes plans for [[Olleril]] and [[Vijja]].


== Notes ==
== Notes ==
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== Continuity ==
== Continuity ==
* Bernice watches something funny on the Time-Space Visualiser. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Chase]]'')
''to be added''


== External link ==
== Illustrations ==
* [http://www.drwhoguide.com/whona24p.htm The entire text of the piece] at the Doctor Who Reference Guide
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== External links ==
* [https://doctorwho.guide/whona24p.htm The entire text of the piece] at the Doctor Who Reference Guide
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Latest revision as of 20:32, 3 June 2024

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Prelude Tragedy Day was, as the name suggested, a prelude to Tragedy Day by Gareth Roberts. It did not appear in the published novel.

Summary[[edit] | [edit source]]

On Frinjel 87, Meredith and her son are hired by the Friars of Pangloss to kill a man and retrieve a red pyramid from him.

The Supreme One of Luminus reads the morning reports, makes plans for the wars between the independent states and looks forward to Tragedy Day.

The Doctor has put his TARDIS on a random setting, and it prepares to materialise.

Characters[[edit] | [edit source]]

Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]

Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]

to be added

Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]

to be added

Illustrations[[edit] | [edit source]]

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