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|name             = ''The Clocks Go Forward''
|range          = U.N.I.T. (tie-in website){{!}}U.N.I.T.
|main character   = [[UNIT]]
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|name           = ''The Clocks Go Forward''
|setting         = [[England]], [[March]] [[2005]]
|image          = The Clocks Go Forward.jpg
|release date     = [[2005]]
|main character = [[UNIT United Kingdom|UNIT]]
|writer           = [[BBC Web Team]]
|setting         = [[England]], early [[2005]]
|publisher       = BBC
|release date   = 18 April 2005
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'''''The Clocks Go Forward''''', prefixed as '''''PRESS STATEMENT: The Clocks Go Forward''''' on the story's page, was a short story released on the [[U.N.I.T. (fictional website)|U.N.I.T. website]] as part of the ''[[UNIT Press Briefings (series)|UNIT Press Briefings]]'' series of in-universe, narrative [[press briefing]]s.
'''''The Clocks Go Forward''''', prefixed as '''''PRESS STATEMENT: The Clocks Go Forward''''' on the story's page, was the second short story exclusively published on the ''[[U.N.I.T. (tie-in website)|U.N.I.T.]]'' [[Doctor Who tie-in websites|website]] on [[18 April (releases)|18 April]] [[2005 (releases)|2005]]<ref name="rpgnet">[https://web.archive.org/web/20230617152106/https://forum.rpg.net/index.php?threads/doctor-who-greyhound-to-trap-one.186503/ ''Greyhound to Trap One...'' on forum.rpg.net via the Wayback Machine]</ref> by the [[BBC webteam]]. ''The Clocks Go Forward'' was the first release in the ''[[UNIT Press Briefings (series)|UNIT Press Briefings]]'' series of in-universe [[press briefing]]s.


== Plot ==
== Plot ==
A [[press briefing]] written by an unidentified [[UNIT]] member reminds the readers that the [[clock]]s [[Daylight savings|go forwards]] at [[1 (number)|01:00]][[A.M.|am]] on [[Sunday]] [[morning]].  
A [[press briefing]] released by [[UNIT United Kingdom|UNIT]] reminds the press and any other readers that the [[clock]]s [[Daylight savings|go forwards]] at [[1 (number)|01:00]] on [[Sunday]] [[morning]].


== References ==
== Worldbuilding ==
* Sunday is the beginning of [[British Summertime]].
* Sunday is the beginning of [[British Summertime]].


== Notes ==
== Notes ==
* ''to be added''
* While not stated in the story, the clocks went forwards on [[27 March]] 2005, if British Summertime is the same in the [[DWU]] as it is in the real world.
** If the date holds true, it means that this story is actually the sixth in the ''UNIT Press Briefings'', chronologically.


== Continuity ==
== Continuity ==
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== External links ==
== External links ==
{{elx|page url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050420065009/http://www.unit.org.uk/press/clocks.shtml|page name=''The Clocks Go Forward''|website url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050426004730/http://www.unit.org.uk/|website name=unit.org.uk via the Wayback Machine}}
{{elx|page url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050420065009/http://www.unit.org.uk/press/clocks.shtml|page name=''The Clocks Go Forward''|website url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050426004730/http://www.unit.org.uk/|website name=''U.N.I.T.'' via the Wayback Machine}}
 
== Footnotes ==
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Latest revision as of 19:52, 9 November 2023

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The Clocks Go Forward, prefixed as PRESS STATEMENT: The Clocks Go Forward on the story's page, was the second short story exclusively published on the U.N.I.T. website on 18 April 2005[1] by the BBC webteam. The Clocks Go Forward was the first release in the UNIT Press Briefings series of in-universe press briefings.

Plot[[edit] | [edit source]]

A press briefing released by UNIT reminds the press and any other readers that the clocks go forwards at 01:00 on Sunday morning.

Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]

Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • While not stated in the story, the clocks went forwards on 27 March 2005, if British Summertime is the same in the DWU as it is in the real world.
    • If the date holds true, it means that this story is actually the sixth in the UNIT Press Briefings, chronologically.

Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • to be added

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

Footnotes[[edit] | [edit source]]

  1. ↑ Greyhound to Trap One... on forum.rpg.net via the Wayback Machine
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