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|image = Waiting Sarah.JPG | |image = Waiting Sarah.JPG | ||
|main character = [[Sarah Jane Smith]] | |main character = [[Sarah Jane Smith]] | ||
|featuring = Owl (The Hand of Fear){{!}}Owl | |featuring = Owl (The Hand of Fear){{!}}Owl | ||
|featuring2 | |featuring2 = Tenth Doctor | ||
|year = [[Aberdeen]], [[Scotland]] | |year = [[Aberdeen]], [[Scotland]] | ||
|writer = | |writer = James Goss | ||
|illustrator = [[Russell T Davies]] | |illustrator = [[Russell T Davies]] | ||
| | |anthology = Now We Are Six Hundred (anthology) | ||
|prev = Retiring ( | |publisher = Harper Design | ||
|next = Contents ( | |release date = 26 September 2017 | ||
'''''Waiting for a Friend''''' was | |prev = Retiring (poem) | ||
|next = Contents (poem)}} | |||
'''''Waiting for a Friend''''' was the seventh story in the anthology ''[[Now We Are Six Hundred (anthology)|Now We Are Six Hundred]]''. | |||
== Summary == | == Summary == | ||
[[Sarah Jane Smith|Sarah]] and [[Owl (The Hand of Fear)|Owl]] wait out in the [[rain]] and wait for a [[Fourth Doctor|friend]] who never came. | [[Sarah Jane Smith|Sarah]] and [[Owl (The Hand of Fear)|Owl]] wait out in the [[rain]] and wait for a [[Fourth Doctor|friend]] who never came. | ||
== | == Worldbuilding == | ||
*The Doctor left Sarah in [[Aberdeen]]. | * The Doctor left Sarah in [[Aberdeen]]. | ||
*After the Doctor left Sarah was [[Depression|quite sad]] and her [[brain]] was disordered. | * After the Doctor left, Sarah was [[Depression|quite sad]] and her [[brain]] was disordered. | ||
*People wonder why Sarah stands in the rain echoing the thoughts of individuals such as [[Kelsey Hooper]]. | * People wonder why Sarah stands in the rain, echoing the thoughts of individuals such as [[Kelsey Hooper]]. | ||
*The Doctor "did not come today, will not come | * The Doctor "did not come today, will not come tomorrow, [and] did not come last [[Wednesday]] week." | ||
*After the [[Tenth Doctor]] visited, Sarah became much happier, and no longer stood in the rain. | * After the [[Tenth Doctor]] visited, Sarah became much happier, and no longer stood in the rain. | ||
== Story notes == | == Story notes == | ||
*The poem is based upon ''Now We Are Six''{{'}}s ''Rice Pudding''. | * The poem is based upon ''Now We Are Six''{{'}}s ''Rice Pudding''. | ||
*The poem is told from the first person perspective of Sarah Jane. | * The poem is told from the first person perspective of Sarah Jane. | ||
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Latest revision as of 17:06, 25 March 2024
Waiting for a Friend was the seventh story in the anthology Now We Are Six Hundred.
Summary[[edit] | [edit source]]
Sarah and Owl wait out in the rain and wait for a friend who never came.
Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]
- The Doctor left Sarah in Aberdeen.
- After the Doctor left, Sarah was quite sad and her brain was disordered.
- People wonder why Sarah stands in the rain, echoing the thoughts of individuals such as Kelsey Hooper.
- The Doctor "did not come today, will not come tomorrow, [and] did not come last Wednesday week."
- After the Tenth Doctor visited, Sarah became much happier, and no longer stood in the rain.
Story notes[[edit] | [edit source]]
- The poem is based upon Now We Are Six's Rice Pudding.
- The poem is told from the first person perspective of Sarah Jane.
