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|name=Ships
|image         = Ships.jpg
|image=Ships.jpg
|main character = [[Dodo Chaplet]]
|series=[[Brief Encounter]]
|featuring      = [[Sarah Jane Smith|Sarah Jane]]
|doctor=  
|setting       = [[London]]
|companions= [[Dodo Chaplet|Dodo]], [[Sarah Jane Smith|Sarah]]
|writer         = Jamie Woolley
|enemy=
|illustrator   = [[Andy Lambert]]
|setting= [[London]]
|publication   = [[DWM 185]]
|writer=[[Jamie Woolley]]
|release date  = 19 March 1992
|illustrator=[[Andy Lambert]]
|cover date    = 15 April 1992
|publication=''[[Doctor Who Magazine]]'' [[DWM 185|185]]
|series        = ''[[Brief Encounter]]''
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|next=Cathedral Heart (short story)
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'''''Ships''''' was a ''[[Brief Encounter]]'' short story published in ''[[Doctor Who Magazine]]'' [[DWM 185|185]]. It was the only such story to feature [[Dodo Chaplet]] and details a possibility for Dodo's post-[[The TARDIS|TARDIS]] life quite different from that in the novel ''[[Who Killed Kennedy (novel)|Who Killed Kennedy]]''.
'''''Ships''''' was a ''[[Brief Encounter]]'' short story published in [[DWM 185]]. It was the only such story to feature [[Dodo Chaplet]] and details a possibility for Dodo's post-[[The Doctor's TARDIS|TARDIS]] life quite different from that in the novel ''[[Who Killed Kennedy (novel)|Who Killed Kennedy]]''.


The title plays on the phrase "ships that pass in the night". It details an exceptionally brief encounter between Dodo Chaplet and [[Sarah Jane Smith]] in which they never recognise each other as people who knew [[the Doctor]].
The title plays on the phrase "ships that pass in the night". It details an exceptionally brief encounter between Dodo Chaplet and [[Sarah Jane Smith]] in which they never recognise each other as people who knew [[the Doctor]].


== Summary ==
== Summary ==
Walking home from her secretarial job, [[Dodo Chaplet]]'s mind wanders back to her days in [[the TARDIS]]. As she encounters reminders of her mundane existence on the way home, she increasingly castigates herself for having left [[First Doctor|the Doctor]] so abruptly. Lost in thought, she turns a corner and runs into a young woman. Their respective armfuls are dumped onto the ground. In the haste to collect their belongings, Dodo accidentally grabs the young woman's diary. It's too late to return it to her, though — she's long gone. Dodo examines it to determine something that might identify the owner. Luckily, there's an address — and the name [[Sarah Jane Smith|S. J. Smith]]...
Walking home from her secretarial job, [[Dodo Chaplet]]'s [[mind]] wanders back to her days in [[The Doctor's TARDIS|the TARDIS]]. As she encounters reminders of her mundane existence on the way home, she increasingly castigates herself for having left the [[First Doctor]] so abruptly. Lost in thought, she turns a corner and runs into a young woman. Their respective armfuls are dumped onto the ground. In the haste to collect their belongings, Dodo accidentally grabs the young woman's [[diary]]. It's too late to return it to her, though — she's long gone. Dodo examines it to determine something that might identify the owner. Luckily, there's an [[address]] — and the name [[Sarah Jane Smith|S. J. Smith]]...


== Characters ==
== Characters ==
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* [[Sarah Jane Smith]]
* [[Sarah Jane Smith]]


== References ==
== Worldbuilding ==
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''to be added''
== Notes ==
== Notes ==
* Although Sarah Jane appears, she is by far the more minor of the two characters, and is never identified by her full forenames.
* The collision occurs on the corner of [[Primrose Avenue]] and [[Lowry Close]] in a "satellite suburb" of [[London]].
* The collision occurs on the corner of Primrose Avenue and Lowry Close in a "satellite suburb" of [[London]].
* The ''Doctor Who Reference Guide'' sets the story for Sarah Jane as taking place after the television story ''[[The Hand of Fear (TV story)|The Hand of Fear]]''.


== Continuity ==
== Continuity ==
* Dodo mentions the way in which [[Cyril]] "died" in [[TV]]: ''[[The Celestial Toymaker (TV story)|The Celestial Toymaker]]'' and [[Steven Taylor]]'s departure in [[TV]]: ''[[The Savages (TV story)|The Savages]]''.
* Dodo mentions the way in which [[Cyril (The Celestial Toymaker)|Cyril]] "died" in the [[Celestial Toyroom]], ([[TV]]: ''[[The Celestial Toymaker (TV story)|The Celestial Toymaker]]'') and [[Steven Taylor]]'s departure from [[The Doctor's TARDIS|the TARDIS]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Savages (TV story)|The Savages]]'')


== External links ==
== External links ==
* {{dwrefguide|brief.htm#dwm185|Ships}}
{{dwrefguide|brief.htm#dwm185|Ships}}
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Ships was a Brief Encounter short story published in DWM 185. It was the only such story to feature Dodo Chaplet and details a possibility for Dodo's post-TARDIS life quite different from that in the novel Who Killed Kennedy.

The title plays on the phrase "ships that pass in the night". It details an exceptionally brief encounter between Dodo Chaplet and Sarah Jane Smith in which they never recognise each other as people who knew the Doctor.

Summary[[edit] | [edit source]]

Walking home from her secretarial job, Dodo Chaplet's mind wanders back to her days in the TARDIS. As she encounters reminders of her mundane existence on the way home, she increasingly castigates herself for having left the First Doctor so abruptly. Lost in thought, she turns a corner and runs into a young woman. Their respective armfuls are dumped onto the ground. In the haste to collect their belongings, Dodo accidentally grabs the young woman's diary. It's too late to return it to her, though — she's long gone. Dodo examines it to determine something that might identify the owner. Luckily, there's an address — and the name S. J. Smith...

Characters[[edit] | [edit source]]

Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]

to be added

Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]

Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]

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