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|series=''[[Doctor Who Magazine|DWM]]'' short stories | |series=''[[Doctor Who Magazine|DWM]]'' short stories | ||
|doctor=Fourth Doctor | |doctor = Fourth Doctor | ||
|companions=[[ | |companions=[[K9 Mark II]], [[Romana II]], [[Adric]] | ||
|setting=[[E-Space]] | |setting = [[E-Space]] | ||
|writer= | |writer=Michael E. P. Stevens | ||
|publication= | |publication= [[DWM 173]] | ||
|release date= | |release date= 18 April 1991 | ||
|cover date= | |cover date= 15 May 1991 | ||
|prev = Teenage Kicks (short story) | |prev = Teenage Kicks (short story) | ||
|next = Heliotrope Bouquet (short story) | |next = Heliotrope Bouquet (short story) | ||
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The Doctor, Romana, Adric, and K9 arrive on a planet with a road. K9 can see the projected course for the TARDIS to an extent, but it ends at a "curve in [[destiny]]." | The Doctor, Romana, Adric, and K9 arrive on a planet with a road. K9 can see the projected course for the TARDIS to an extent, but it ends at a "curve in [[destiny]]." | ||
: | :Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, | ||
: | :And sorry I could not travel both | ||
: | :And be one traveller, long I stood | ||
: | :And looked down one as far as I could | ||
: | :To where it bent in the undergrowth | ||
== Plot == | == Plot == | ||
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* [[Lazlo]] | * [[Lazlo]] | ||
== | == Worldbuilding == | ||
* Romana says she never liked [[metaphysics]]. | * Romana says she never liked [[metaphysics]]. | ||
* Adric refers to [[Robert Frost]] as "[[N-Space]] [[poetry]]." | * Adric refers to [[Robert Frost]] as "[[N-Space]] [[poetry]]." | ||
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== Notes == | == Notes == | ||
* The illustrations are by [[Gary Erskine]]. | * The illustrations are by [[Gary Erskine]]. | ||
* The poem is | * The poem is "{{w|The Road Not Taken}}" by [[Robert Frost]]. | ||
== Continuity == | == Continuity == | ||
* Romana thinks they've landed on the [[vampire planet]] again, which was the last planet they visited. ([[TV]]: ''[[State of Decay]]'') | * Romana thinks they've landed on the [[vampire planet]] again, which was the last planet they visited. ([[TV]]: ''[[State of Decay (TV story)|State of Decay]]'') | ||
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[[Category:K9 short stories]] | [[Category:K9 short stories]] | ||
[[Category:1991 short stories]] | [[Category:1991 short stories]] | ||
[[Category:Stories set in E-Space]] | [[Category:Stories set in E-Space]] | ||
[[Category:Fourth Doctor DWM short stories]] | [[Category:Fourth Doctor DWM short stories]] | ||
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Latest revision as of 22:06, 7 March 2024
Pathfinders was a short story published in Doctor Who Magazine. It featured the Fourth Doctor, Romana II, Adric and K9, and was set during the E-Space trilogy.
Summary[[edit] | [edit source]]
The Doctor, Romana, Adric, and K9 arrive on a planet with a road. K9 can see the projected course for the TARDIS to an extent, but it ends at a "curve in destiny."
- Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,
- And sorry I could not travel both
- And be one traveller, long I stood
- And looked down one as far as I could
- To where it bent in the undergrowth
Plot[[edit] | [edit source]]
to be added
Characters[[edit] | [edit source]]
Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]
- Romana says she never liked metaphysics.
- Adric refers to Robert Frost as "N-Space poetry."
- There are no seasons in the time winds.
Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]
- The illustrations are by Gary Erskine.
- The poem is "The Road Not Taken" by Robert Frost.
Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]
- Romana thinks they've landed on the vampire planet again, which was the last planet they visited. (TV: State of Decay)
