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|series = [[Lethbridge-Stewart (series)|Lethbridge-Stewart]] short stories
|range          = Lineage (anthology)
|number =  
|number in range = 4
|main character = [[Alistair Lethbridge-Stewart (The Warkeeper's Crown)|Alistair Lethbridge-Stewart]]
|main character = [[Alistair Conall Hamish Lethbridge-Stewart]]
|featuring =  
|featuring      = Matthew Lethbridge-Stewart
|enemy =  
|featuring2    = Gordon Conall Lethbridge-Stewart
|setting = [[Carmunnock]], [[1917]]
|featuring3    = Archibald Hamish Lethbridge-Stewart
|writer = [[David A. McIntee]]
|setting       = [[Carmunnock]], [[26 December]], [[1917]]
|cover =  
|writer         = [[David A. McIntee]]
|editor = Andy Frankham-Allen, Shaun Russel, Hayley Cox
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|designer =  
|editor         = [[Andy Frankham-Allen]], [[Shaun Russel]], [[Hayley Cox]]
|publisher = Candy Jar Books
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|anthology =  
|publisher     = Candy Jar Books
|release date = [[29 December (releases)|29 December]] [[2017 (releases)|2017]]
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|format = Paperback
|release date   = [[29 December (releases)|29 December]] [[2017 (releases)|2017]]
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|format         = Online short story
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'''''What's Past is Prologue''''' was a short story in the [[Lethbridge-Stewart (series)|Lethbridge-Stewart]] series.
'''''What's Past is Prologue''''' was a free short story in the ''[[Lethbridge-Stewart (series)|Lethbridge-Stewart]]'' series. It was later published as the fourth story in the anthology ''[[Lineage (anthology)|Lineage]]''.


== Plot ==
== Plot ==
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== Characters ==
== Characters ==
* [[Alistair Lethbridge-Stewart (The Warkeeper's Crown)|Alistair Lethbridge-Stewart]]
* [[Alistair Conall Hamish Lethbridge-Stewart]]
* [[Matthew Lethbridge-Stewart]]
* [[Matthew Lethbridge-Stewart]]
* [[Gordon Conall Lethbridge-Stewart]]
* [[Gordon Conall Lethbridge-Stewart]]
* Mr Dawes
* [[Dawes|Mr Dawes]]
* [[Archibald Hamish Lethbridge-Stewart]]


== References ==
== Worldbuilding ==
''to be added''
''to be added''


== Notes ==
== Notes ==
''to be added''
* The story heavily implies that Archibald is in fact the biological father of Gordon (presumably due to an affair between Archibald and Gordon's mother [[Granny McDougal|Lillian McDougal]]). This was done to resolve a dispute between the BBC and the Haisman estate over Archibald's relationship to [[Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart|the Brigadier]], given that Alistair had already been established as the Brig's grandfather.
* The title of the story is a {{w|What's past is prologue|quotation}} from [[William Shakespeare]]'s play ''[[The Tempest]]''.
* This was David A. McIntee's final contribution to the ''Doctor Who'' franchise.


== Continuity ==
== Continuity ==
''to be added''
* Archibald lives in Cromer. ([[TV]]: ''[[Twice Upon a Time (TV story)|Twice Upon a Time]]'')


== External links ==
== External links ==
''to be added''
* [http://mailchi.mp/6a0db744bb65/hs7hix02oj-2836461 ''What's Past is Prologue''] at [[Candy Jar Books]]


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[[Category:Web-based short stories]]
[[Category:Lineage short stories]]

Latest revision as of 23:48, 15 December 2024

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What's Past is Prologue was a free short story in the Lethbridge-Stewart series. It was later published as the fourth story in the anthology Lineage.

Plot[[edit] | [edit source]]

to be added

Characters[[edit] | [edit source]]

Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]

to be added

Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • The story heavily implies that Archibald is in fact the biological father of Gordon (presumably due to an affair between Archibald and Gordon's mother Lillian McDougal). This was done to resolve a dispute between the BBC and the Haisman estate over Archibald's relationship to the Brigadier, given that Alistair had already been established as the Brig's grandfather.
  • The title of the story is a quotation from William Shakespeare's play The Tempest.
  • This was David A. McIntee's final contribution to the Doctor Who franchise.

Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]

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