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|image        = Cathedral Heart.jpg
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|series      = ''[[Brief Encounter]]''
|series      = ''[[Brief Encounter]]''
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|setting      = [[Cheldon Bonniface]]
|setting      = [[Cheldon Bonniface]]
|writer      = [[Paul Cornell]]
|writer      = Paul Cornell
|illustrator  = [[Brian Hudd]]
|illustrator  = [[Brian Hudd]]
|publication  = [[DWM 186]]
|publication  = [[DWM 186]]
|release date = [[16 April (releases)|16 April]] [[1992 (releases)|1992]]
|release date = 16 April 1992
|cover date  = [[13 May (releases)|13 May]] [[1992 (releases)|1992]]
|cover date  = 13 May 1992
|prev        = Ships (short story)
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|next        = A Romantic Evening (short story)
|next        = A Romantic Evening (short story)
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== Summary ==
== Summary ==
Reverend [[Ernest Trelaw]] wonders if she'll stay, but [[Saul]] doesn't think she will. Outside the church, [[Emily Hutchings]] and [[Ace]] walk around it anti-clockwise, talking about various events and the [[Seventh Doctor|Doctor's]] treatment of Ace. Emily asks why he's so horrible to her. Ace explains they were in [[the TARDIS]] lab. She had a new batch of [[Nitro-9]] and the Doctor was working on a [[hypercube|cube]], and when she asked him about it he got angry and she left. She wonders if the TARDIS will still be there when she goes back and wonders if she cares. They sit down and wonder if other buildings are inhabited like Saul inhabits the church, joking that offices would be dull and pubs would be drunk. The Doctor appears and says in an even tone "I'm sorry. Forgive me." Ace seems to shake her head and leaves with him, telling Emily she'll be back, but Emily wonders if she will.
Reverend [[Ernest Trelaw]] wonders if she'll stay, but [[Saul]] doesn't think she will. Outside the church, [[Emily Hutchings]] and [[Ace]] walk around it anti-clockwise, talking about various events and the Doctor's treatment of Ace. Emily asks why he's so horrible to her. Ace explains they were in [[the TARDIS]] lab. She had a new batch of [[Nitro-9]] and the Doctor was working on a [[hypercube|cube]], and when she asked him about it he got angry and she left. She wonders if the TARDIS will still be there when she goes back and wonders if she cares. They sit down and wonder if other buildings are inhabited like Saul inhabits the church, joking that offices would be dull and pubs would be drunk. The Doctor appears and says in an even tone, ''"I'm sorry. Forgive me."'' Ace seems to shake her head and leaves with him, telling Emily she'll be back, but Emily wonders if she will.


== Characters ==
== Characters ==
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* [[Saul]]
* [[Saul]]


== References ==
== Worldbuilding ==
* Ace mentions mixing up another batch of [[nitro-9]] in [[the Doctor's TARDIS|the TARDIS]].
* Ace mentions mixing up another batch of [[nitro-9]] in [[the Doctor's TARDIS|the TARDIS]].
* Emily thinks of [[Ishtar Hutchings|Ishtar]] in her cot at home.
* Emily thinks of [[Ishtar Hutchings|Ishtar]] in her cot at home.
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== Notes ==
== Notes ==
* While it is not explicitly clear, it seems like the Doctor uses [[hypnosis]] to make Ace forgive him.
''to be added''
* The story would appear to be set just prior to [[PROSE]]: ''[[Love and War (novel)|Love and War]]'', as it is mentioned that the Doctor is constructing a cube in the laboratory and has shouted at Ace for interrupting him. This cube whispers to him, (''[[Prelude Love and War (short story)|Prelude Love and War]]'') and is presumably the same cube given to Ace when she leaves, that allows her to re-enter the TARDIS. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Deceit (novel)|Deceit]]'')


== Continuity ==
== Continuity ==
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Latest revision as of 21:30, 29 February 2024

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Cathedral Heart was a Brief Encounter short story published in Doctor Who Magazine 186.

Summary[[edit] | [edit source]]

Reverend Ernest Trelaw wonders if she'll stay, but Saul doesn't think she will. Outside the church, Emily Hutchings and Ace walk around it anti-clockwise, talking about various events and the Doctor's treatment of Ace. Emily asks why he's so horrible to her. Ace explains they were in the TARDIS lab. She had a new batch of Nitro-9 and the Doctor was working on a cube, and when she asked him about it he got angry and she left. She wonders if the TARDIS will still be there when she goes back and wonders if she cares. They sit down and wonder if other buildings are inhabited like Saul inhabits the church, joking that offices would be dull and pubs would be drunk. The Doctor appears and says in an even tone, "I'm sorry. Forgive me." Ace seems to shake her head and leaves with him, telling Emily she'll be back, but Emily wonders if she will.

Characters[[edit] | [edit source]]

Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • Ace mentions mixing up another batch of nitro-9 in the TARDIS.
  • Emily thinks of Ishtar in her cot at home.
  • Emily tells Ace a superstition that walking around a church three times makes girls pregnant with tailed-babies.

Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]

to be added

Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]

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