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|image = History's Finest.jpg | |image = History's Finest.jpg | ||
|main character = [[Graham O'Brien]] | |main character = [[Graham O'Brien]] | ||
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|writer = | |writer = Paul Lang | ||
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|publication = ''[[Doctor Who The Official Annual 2021]]'' | |publication = ''[[Doctor Who The Official Annual 2021]]'' | ||
|release date = | |release date = 3 September 2020 | ||
|series = [[Doctor Who annual|''Doctor Who'' annual]] | |series = [[Doctor Who annual|''Doctor Who'' annual]] | ||
|prev = The Haunting of Villa Diodati (short story) | |prev = The Haunting of Villa Diodati (short story) | ||
|next = Ascension of the Cybermen and the Timeless Children (short story) | |next = Ascension of the Cybermen and the Timeless Children (short story) | ||
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* [[Ada Lovelace]] died in [[1852]] after "many years of ill [[health]]" and [[Mary Shelley]] in [[1851]]. | * [[Ada Lovelace]] died in [[1852]] after "many years of ill [[health]]" and [[Mary Shelley]] in [[1851]]. | ||
* Nikola Tesla met the Doctor in [[1903]] and died forty years later, in [[1943]]. | * Nikola Tesla met the Doctor in [[1903]] and died forty years later, in [[1943]]. | ||
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== Continuity == | == Continuity == | ||
* Graham O'Brien recalls the circumstances of his meeting with [[Ada Lovelace]], [[Noor Inayat Khan]] ([[TV]]: ''[[Spyfall (TV story)|Spyfall]]'') | * Graham O'Brien recalls the circumstances of his meeting with [[Ada Lovelace]], [[Noor Inayat Khan]], ([[TV]]: ''[[Spyfall (TV story)|Spyfall]]'') [[Nikola Tesla]] ([[TV]]: ''[[Nikola Tesla's Night of Terror (TV story)|Nikola Tesla's Night of Terror]]'') and [[Mary Shelley]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Haunting of Villa Diodati (TV story)|The Haunting of Villa Diodati]]'') | ||
* [[Ada Lovelace]] died of an illness in [[1852]] ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Book of the War (novel)|The Book of the War]]'') and her part in the development of computers went unacknowledged for around a century after her passing. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Enchantress of Numbers (audio story)|The Enchantress of Numbers]]'') | * [[Ada Lovelace]] died of an illness in [[1852]] ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Book of the War (novel)|The Book of the War]]'') and her part in the development of computers went unacknowledged for around a century after her passing. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Enchantress of Numbers (audio story)|The Enchantress of Numbers]]'') | ||
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Latest revision as of 11:38, 9 May 2024
History's Finest was a short story published in September 2020 in Doctor Who The Official Annual 2021. It was narrated by Graham O'Brien.
Summary[[edit] | [edit source]]
Graham O'Brien looks back on the "cracking people from Earth's history" that he has met in the flesh thanks to the Doctor and investigates what happened to each of them after their encounter with the time-travellers in the blue box.
Characters[[edit] | [edit source]]
Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]
- Ada Lovelace died in 1852 after "many years of ill health" and Mary Shelley in 1851.
- Nikola Tesla met the Doctor in 1903 and died forty years later, in 1943.
Story notes[[edit] | [edit source]]
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Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]
- Graham O'Brien recalls the circumstances of his meeting with Ada Lovelace, Noor Inayat Khan, (TV: Spyfall) Nikola Tesla (TV: Nikola Tesla's Night of Terror) and Mary Shelley. (TV: The Haunting of Villa Diodati)
- Ada Lovelace died of an illness in 1852 (PROSE: The Book of the War) and her part in the development of computers went unacknowledged for around a century after her passing. (AUDIO: The Enchantress of Numbers)
