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|name = {{StoryTitle}}
|series = ''[[Lethbridge-Stewart (series)|Lethbridge-Stewart]]'' short stories
|series = ''[[Lethbridge-Stewart (series)|Lethbridge-Stewart]]'' short stories
|main character = [[Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart|The Brigadier]]
|main character = [[Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart|The Brigadier]]
|featuring = [[Harold Chorley|Chorley]]
|setting = A nursing home, the [[2010s]]
|setting = A nursing home, the [[2010s]]
|writer = [[Andy Frankham-Allen]]
|writer = [[Andy Frankham-Allen]]
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* [[Harold Chorley]]
* [[Harold Chorley]]


== References ==
== Worldbuilding ==
* Chorley uses an [[iPad]].
* Chorley uses an [[iPad]].


== Notes ==
== Notes ==
* Frankham-Allen stated that this preface was cut from the novel because it would've been "one too many introductions".
* Frankham-Allen stated that this preface was cut from the novel because it would've been "one too many introductions".
* The Brigadier stops Chorley from drinking the extra [[brandy]], because it's for a [[the Doctor|special friend]]. This is a reference to [[TV]]: ''[[The Wedding of River Song (TV story)|The Wedding of River Song]]''.


== Continuity ==
== Continuity ==
* Chorley notices there's been an alien encounter at least once a year, usually around [[Christmas]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Christmas Invasion (TV story)|The Christmas Invasion]]'', ''[[The Runaway Bride (TV story)|The Runaway Bride]]'', ''[[Voyage of the Damned (TV story)|Voyage of the Damned]]'', ''[[The End of Time (TV story)|The End of Time]]'')
* Chorley notices there's been an alien encounter at least once a year, usually around [[Christmas]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Christmas Invasion (TV story)|The Christmas Invasion]]'', ''[[The Runaway Bride (TV story)|The Runaway Bride]]'', ''[[Voyage of the Damned (TV story)|Voyage of the Damned]]'', et al)
* The Brigadier stops Chorley from drinking the extra [[brandy]], because its for a [[the Doctor|special friend]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Wedding of River Song (TV story)|The Wedding of River Song]]'')
* The Brigadier says the story begins when he was brought back from [[Libya]] at the request of Colonel [[Spencer Pemberton|Pemberton]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Ambush! (short story)|The Ambush!]]'', [[TV]]: ''[[The Web of Fear (TV story)|The Web of Fear]]'')
* The Brigadier says the story begins when he was brought back from [[Libya]] at the request of Colonel [[Spencer Pemberton|Pemberton]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Ambush! (short story)|The Ambush!]]'', [[TV]]: ''[[The Web of Fear (TV story)|The Web of Fear]]'')



Latest revision as of 20:02, 9 November 2023

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The Forgotten Son original opening was the original preface to the novel The Forgotten Son by Andy Frankham-Allen. It did not appear in the novel, but was published in Lethbridge-Stewart: Top Secret Files.

Summary[[edit] | [edit source]]

Harold Chorley visits Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart in a nursing home. He has one month left to live and asks Chorley to write his memoirs.

Characters[[edit] | [edit source]]

Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • Chorley uses an iPad.

Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • Frankham-Allen stated that this preface was cut from the novel because it would've been "one too many introductions".
  • The Brigadier stops Chorley from drinking the extra brandy, because it's for a special friend. This is a reference to TV: The Wedding of River Song.

Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]

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

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