A Mutual Friend (short story): Difference between revisions

Benny and Jason travel back to 21st century Earth with their Time Rings and, whilst Jason goes to buy some Britney Spears CDs per Braxiatel's request, the hungover Benny goes to Starbucks and sits with a woman.

Sensing a similarity between the two of them, Benny asks about the woman's career as a journalist and they discuss how they both used to travel with a friend. The woman explains that her friend had silver hair becoming becoming "all teeth and curls", which sounds nothing like Benny's friend. The woman has seen her friend only once since then. Whilst she gets Benny another espresso, Benny briefly considers whether or not they could both be talking about the same person, but dismisses the idea.

The woman leaves to investigate a modelling agency and, telling Benny that her name is Sarah, she asks her to give the Doctor her love if she sees him again. Benny is surprised and agrees to follow her advice and never accept if he invites to Metebelis III.

Characters[[edit] | [edit source]]

Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]

Benny meets Sarah Jane at a Starbucks.
Sarah drinks lemon tea.
Benny drinks a double espresso.

Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]

This was later one of the eight stories collected in Treasury.
This story was written in the style of Dicks' own 'Brief Encounter' stories for the Doctor Who Yearbook.

Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]

Sarah Jane mentions the Doctor leaving her (TV: The Hand of Fear) and seeing him again at a kind of family reunion. (TV: The Five Doctors)
Benny remembers gangsters in Chicago and vampires on an alien planet, (PROSE: Blood Harvest) an Ogron detective and a demonic crime lord, (PROSE: Mean Streets) giant ants, (PROSE: Set Piece) and squat dome-headed warriors fighting glowing jellyfish. (PROSE: Shakedown)
Sarah warns Benny not to go to Metebelis III if the Doctor ever offers. (TV: Planet of the Spiders)

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-{{Infobox Story
+{{Infobox Story SMW
-|series         = ''[[Bernice Summerfield (series)|Bernice Summerfield]]'' short stories
 |main character = [[Bernice Summerfield]]
-|featuring      = [[Sarah Jane Smith]]
+|featuring      = [[Sarah Jane Smith|Sarah]]
-|writer         = [[Terrance Dicks]]
+|setting        = [[Earth]], [[21st century]]
-|anthology      = ''[[A Life of Surprises]]''
+|writer         = Terrance Dicks
-|release date   = [[4 October (releases)|4 October]] [[2002 (releases)|2002]]
+|anthology      = A Life of Surprises (anthology)
+|release date   = 4 October 2002
 |series         = ''[[Bernice Summerfield (series)|Bernice Summerfield]]'' short stories
 |prev           = Solar Max and the Seven-Handed Snake-Mother (short story)
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 '''''A Mutual Friend''''' was the fourth story in the [[Bernice Summerfield]] anthology ''[[A Life of Surprises]]''. It was written by [[Terrance Dicks]].
-== Summary ==
+== Plot ==
-Bernice Summerfield is hungover, so she goes to a coffee shop to recover. Whilst [[Jason Kane]] is buying [[Britney Spears]] [[CD]]s for [[Irving Braxiatel]], Benny meets a brown haired lady in the shop. They share drinks and stories, and learn that they have a friend in common.
+[[Bernice Summerfield|Benny]] and [[Jason Kane|Jason]] travel back to [[21st century]] [[Earth]] with their [[Time Ring]]s and, whilst Jason goes to buy some [[Britney Spears]] [[CD]]s per [[Irving Braxiatel|Braxiatel]]'s request, the hungover Benny goes to [[Starbucks]] and sits with [[Sarah Jane Smith|a woman]].
+Sensing a similarity between the two of them, Benny asks about the woman's career as a [[journalist]] and they discuss how they both used to travel with [[the Doctor|a friend]]. The woman explains that her friend [[Third Doctor|had silver hair]] becoming becoming [[Fourth Doctor|"all teeth and curls"]], which sounds nothing like [[Seventh Doctor|Benny's friend]]. The woman has seen her friend only once since then. Whilst she gets Benny another [[espresso]], Benny briefly considers whether or not they could both be talking about the same person, but dismisses the idea.
+The woman leaves to investigate a modelling agency and, telling Benny that her name is Sarah, she asks her to give the Doctor her love if she sees him again. Benny is surprised and agrees to follow her advice and never accept if he invites to [[Metebelis III]].
 == Characters ==
 * [[Bernice Summerfield]]
 * [[Sarah Jane Smith]]
+* [[Jason Kane]]
-== References ==
+== Worldbuilding ==
 * Benny meets Sarah Jane at a [[Starbucks]].
+* Sarah drinks [[lemon tea]].
+* Benny drinks a double [[espresso]].
 == Notes ==
 * This was later one of the eight stories collected in ''[[Treasury (audio anthology)|Treasury]]''.
-* This story was written in the style of Dicks’ own ‘[[Brief Encounter]]’ stories for the [[Doctor Who Yearbook]].
+* This story was written in the style of Dicks' own '[[Brief Encounter]]' stories for the [[Doctor Who Yearbook]].
 == Continuity ==
-* Sarah Jane mentions the Doctor leaving her ([[TV]]: ''[[The Hand of Fear]]'') and seeing him again at a kind of family reunion. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Five Doctors (TV story)|The Five Doctors]]'')
+* Sarah Jane mentions the Doctor leaving her ([[TV]]: ''[[The Hand of Fear (TV story)|The Hand of Fear]]'') and seeing him again at a kind of family reunion. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Five Doctors (TV story)|The Five Doctors]]'')
-* Benny remembers [[gangster]]s in [[Chicago]] and [[vampire]]s on [[Vampire planet|an alien planet]], ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Blood Harvest (novel)|Blood Harvest]]'') [[Garshak|an Ogron detective]] and [[Lucifer (Mean Streets)|a demonic crime lord]], ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Mean Streets (novel)|Mean Streets]]'') [[Robot Ant|giant ants]], ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Set Piece (novel)|Set Piece]]'') and [[Sontaran|squat dome-headed warriors]] fighting [[Rutan Host|glowing jellyfish]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Shakedown (novel)|Shakedown]]'')
+* Benny remembers [[gangster]]s in [[Chicago]] and [[vampire]]s on [[Vampire planet|an alien planet]], ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Blood Harvest (novel)|Blood Harvest]]'') [[Garshak|an Ogron detective]] and [[Lucifer (Mean Streets)|a demonic crime lord]], ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Mean Streets (novel)|Mean Streets]]'') [[Robot Ant|giant ants]], ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Set Piece (novel)|Set Piece]]'') and [[Sontaran|squat dome-headed warriors]] fighting [[Rutan|glowing jellyfish]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Shakedown (novelisation)|Shakedown]]'')
-* Sarah warns Benny not to go to [[Metebelis III]] if the Doctor ever offers. ([[TV]]: ''[[Planet of the Spiders]]'')
+* Sarah warns Benny not to go to [[Metebelis III]] if the Doctor ever offers. ([[TV]]: ''[[Planet of the Spiders (TV story)|Planet of the Spiders]]'')
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-[[Category:Bernice Summerfield stories]]
+[[Category:Bernice Summerfield sources]]
 [[Category:A Life of Surprises short stories]]
 [[Category:Sarah Jane Smith short stories]]
 [[Category:Stories set in the 21st century]]
 [[Category:Treasury short stories]]