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One Wednesday Afternoon

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Writer:

Alison Jacobs

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Part of:

Short Trips: A Day in the Life

Release date:

7 July 2005

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One Wednesday Afternoon was the twelfth short story in the Short Trips anthology Short Trips: A Day in the Life. It was written by Alison Jacobs. It featured the Fifth Doctor and Turlough.

Summary[[edit] | [edit source]]

Peggy Garratt is shopping one day when she collides with the Doctor and Turlough. She spills her groceries, and the Doctor helps her pick them up. She heads home and finds that her husband, Stan, has come home early because the factory at which he works has shut down. Peggy finds a necklace in her groceries that must belong to the Doctor. She contemplates wearing it next week to a party. She and Stan are worried that someone will know they have it and try to steal it, so he takes it to hide it and then put a lost-and-found ad in the newspaper.

While Stan is out, the Doctor and Turlough arrive at the Garratts' house. He tells Peggy that the necklace is a key item in a war between two alien species. He took the necklace to hide from the two species, but somehow they have followed him through time and space to Earth. One of the species attacks the house with patches of light that can burn. Peggy offers to take them to Stan, and mentions that she hoped to wear the necklace next week. The Doctor, shocked, shows her a newspaper picture of her wearing the necklace — in next week's paper. The alien species have been messing with time, and the Doctor himself could be in trouble with the Time Lords for interfering.

As Peggy, the Doctor and Turlough head for Stan's hideout, the sky is filled with ships. There are aliens who look like men with guns on the street. They are killing ducks, which angers Peggy; when they seem to be willing to shoot a young girl, the Doctor causes a distraction and runs with Peggy to the TARDIS. Peggy gives him the location where Stan hid the necklace and they materialise there, retrieving the necklace.

The Doctor and Peggy confront the aliens, but as the aliens are about to shoot, Turlough and Stan, who have found each other, cause a distraction. The Doctor and Turlough head for the TARDIS with the necklace, drawing the aliens away from Earth.

Back at home, Peggy finds the necklace in her pocket. To keep the future safe, she will wear it next week and then they will dispose of it.

Characters[[edit] | [edit source]]

Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]

Peggy and Stan's son was named for Neville Chamberlain.
The Doctor has a copy of next week's Courier.
The International's logo reminds the Doctor of UNIT.
Turlough mentions Tegan.
Peggy suggests getting rid of the necklace in Cromer.

Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]

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Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]

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+'''''One Wednesday Afternoon''''' was the twelfth short story in the [[Short Trips (series)|Short Trips]] anthology ''[[Short Trips: A Day in the Life]]''. It was written by [[Alison Jacobs]]. It featured the [[Fifth Doctor]] and [[Vislor Turlough|Turlough]].
-==Summary==
+== Summary ==
+[[Peggy Garratt]] is shopping one day when she collides with the Doctor and Turlough. She spills her groceries, and the Doctor helps her pick them up. She heads home and finds that her husband, [[Stan Garratt|Stan]], has come home early because the factory at which he works has shut down. Peggy finds a [[necklace]] in her groceries that must belong to the Doctor. She contemplates wearing it next week to a party. She and Stan are worried that someone will know they have it and try to steal it, so he takes it to hide it and then put a lost-and-found ad in the newspaper.
-Nottinghamshire, 1967: The Doctor and Turlough bump into a woman named Peggy Garratt, causing her to drop her shopping, and the Doctor gives her a rare jobla egg to make up for the trouble. When she gets home, she discovers that he’s given her something else as well: a beautiful jewelled necklace that somehow got mixed up with her shopping. Her husband, Stan, takes the necklace to hide it somewhere until the Doctor comes back looking for it. Moments after Stan has gone, the Doctor shows up again, just as spaceships descend on the town and two alien races begin fighting each other, causing some collateral damage in the process. The Doctor explains that he stole the necklace from another planet because it had been used as a symbol to justify war between the two species; however, the aliens realised what he’d done, poured all their efforts into developing time travel, and pursued him here to Earth to reclaim their property.
+While Stan is out, the Doctor and Turlough arrive at the Garratts' house. He tells Peggy that the necklace is a key item in a war between two alien species. He took the necklace to hide from the two species, but somehow they have followed him through time and space to Earth. One of the species attacks the house with patches of light that can burn. Peggy offers to take them to Stan, and mentions that she hoped to wear the necklace next week. The Doctor, shocked, shows her a newspaper picture of her wearing the necklace — in next week's paper. The alien species have been messing with time, and the Doctor himself could be in trouble with the [[Time Lord]]s for interfering.
-Unfortunately, because they’ve travelled through Time, they’ve created a temporal paradox; Peggy was due to wear the necklace next week and get her picture in the paper, and if she doesn’t, history will be changed and the Doctor won’t know that he lost the necklace here. Seeing the damage that the aliens are doing and fearing that people will start to die in the crossfire, Peggy leads the Doctor to the necklace’s hiding place: the town’s air-raid shelter, to which Stan has a key. The Doctor recovers the necklace, and Peggy and Stan help him to attract the aliens’ attention and keep them distracted while the Doctor and Turlough flee back to the TARDIS. The aliens set off in hot pursuit. However, when Peggy and Stan return home, they find that Turlough slipped the necklace back into Peggy’s pocket; she will wear it for the newspaper photograph, and then she and Stan will dispose of it so the aliens don’t come back.
+As Peggy, the Doctor and Turlough head for Stan's hideout, the sky is filled with ships. There are aliens who look like men with guns on the street. They are killing [[duck]]s, which angers Peggy; when they seem to be willing to shoot a young girl, the Doctor causes a distraction and runs with Peggy to the TARDIS. Peggy gives him the location where Stan hid the necklace and they materialise there, retrieving the necklace.
-==Characters==
+The Doctor and Peggy confront the aliens, but as the aliens are about to shoot, Turlough and Stan, who have found each other, cause a distraction. The Doctor and Turlough head for the TARDIS with the necklace, drawing the aliens away from Earth.
-*[[Fifth Doctor]]
-*[[Turlough]]
-==References==
+Back at home, Peggy finds the necklace in her pocket. To keep the future safe, she will wear it next week and then they will dispose of it.
-''to be added''
+== Characters ==
+* [[Fifth Doctor]]
+* [[Vislor Turlough]]
+* [[Peggy Garratt]]
+* [[Stan Garratt]]
-==Notes==
+== Worldbuilding ==
-''to be added''
+* Peggy and Stan's son was named for [[Neville Chamberlain]].
+* The Doctor has a copy of next week's ''[[Courier (newspaper)|Courier]]''.
+* [[The International]]'s logo reminds the Doctor of [[UNIT]].
+* Turlough mentions [[Tegan Jovanka|Tegan]].
+* Peggy suggests getting rid of the necklace in [[Cromer]].
-==Continuity==
+== Notes ==
 ''to be added''
-==External Links==
+== Continuity ==
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+{{ST prose}}
+{{TitleSort}}
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+[[Category:Short Trips: A Day in the Life short stories]]
+[[Category:Stories set in England]]
+[[Category:Stories set in 1967]]

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