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|image=Before the Legend.jpg | |image = Before the Legend.jpg | ||
|series=[[Doctor Who annual|''Doctor Who'' annual]] | |series=[[Doctor Who annual|''Doctor Who'' annual]] | ||
|doctor=Third Doctor | |doctor = Third Doctor | ||
|companions= [[Sarah Jane Smith|Sarah]] | |companions= [[Sarah Jane Smith|Sarah]] | ||
|setting=[[England]] | |enemy = [[Lantan]]s | ||
|writer= | |setting = [[England]], 23000 [[BC]] | ||
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|prev=The Battle Within (short story) | |anthology = Doctor Who Annual 1975 | ||
|next=Scorched Earth (short story) | |release date = September 1974 | ||
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'''''Before the Legend''''' was a short story published in ''[[Doctor Who Annual 1975]]''. It featured the [[Third Doctor]] and [[Sarah Jane Smith]]. | '''''Before the Legend''''' was a short story published in ''[[Doctor Who Annual 1975]]''. It featured the [[Third Doctor]] and [[Sarah Jane Smith]]. | ||
It depicted another version of the [[Fall of Atlantis]]. | |||
== Summary == | == Summary == | ||
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* [[Sarah Jane Smith]] | * [[Sarah Jane Smith]] | ||
* [[Lantan]]s | * [[Lantan]]s | ||
* [[Lantan leader]] | |||
== | == Worldbuilding == | ||
''to | * [[Lantis]] is the capital city of the [[Lantan]]s. | ||
* An [[earthquake]] and [[tidal wave]] submerge the [[continent]] on which the Lantans live. | |||
* Sarah is reading ''[[Astrology - The Key to the Future]]'', which suggests that the positions of the [[star]]s are repeated every 25,000 [[year]]s. This is one reason why [[Eternal return|history repeats itself]]. | |||
* Sarah wonders about the astrological details of [[the Doctor's birth]], suggesting that he was likely born in a repetition of the same astrological conditions that created the [[Lantan leader]]. | |||
== Notes == | == Notes == | ||
'' | * The concept of Atlanteans being an alien race was explored in the popular 1940s stories of {{w|Richard Sharpe Shaver}}, which were later presented as truth in [[PROSE]]: {{cs|Are We Alone? (feature)}}. Authorship of text in the Annuals is uncertain, but the author of ''Are We Alone?'' may have also authored ''Before the Legend''. [[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Lost Ones (short story)}}, an earlier Annual story, also featured an account of the [[Atlantean]]s with elements inspired by Shaver. | ||
* The unnamed Lantan continent which is submerged by the sea in this story is implicitly [[Atlantis]]. The idea of Atlantis as a continent was earlier part of [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Lost Continent of Atlantis (feature)|The Lost Continent of Atlantis]]''. | |||
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Latest revision as of 13:12, 6 December 2024
Before the Legend was a short story published in Doctor Who Annual 1975. It featured the Third Doctor and Sarah Jane Smith.
It depicted another version of the Fall of Atlantis.
Summary[[edit] | [edit source]]
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Characters[[edit] | [edit source]]
Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]
- Lantis is the capital city of the Lantans.
- An earthquake and tidal wave submerge the continent on which the Lantans live.
- Sarah is reading Astrology - The Key to the Future, which suggests that the positions of the stars are repeated every 25,000 years. This is one reason why history repeats itself.
- Sarah wonders about the astrological details of the Doctor's birth, suggesting that he was likely born in a repetition of the same astrological conditions that created the Lantan leader.
Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]
- The concept of Atlanteans being an alien race was explored in the popular 1940s stories of Richard Sharpe Shaver, which were later presented as truth in PROSE: Are We Alone? [+]Loading...["Are We Alone? (feature)"]. Authorship of text in the Annuals is uncertain, but the author of Are We Alone? may have also authored Before the Legend. PROSE: The Lost Ones [+]Loading...["The Lost Ones (short story)"], an earlier Annual story, also featured an account of the Atlanteans with elements inspired by Shaver.
- The unnamed Lantan continent which is submerged by the sea in this story is implicitly Atlantis. The idea of Atlantis as a continent was earlier part of PROSE: The Lost Continent of Atlantis.
Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]
to be added
