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story name=Past Reckoning|
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series=[[Virgin Decalogs]]|
|series = [[Virgin Decalogs]]
doctor=[[Fifth Doctor]]|
|doctor=Fifth Doctor
companions=[[Nyssa]]|
|companions = [[Nyssa]]
year=|
|setting= [[Trentillys Castle]], [[Wales]], the late [[1980s]]
writer=[[Jackie Marshall]]|
|writer = Jackie Marshall
publication=[[Decalog 3: Consequences]]|
|anthology = Decalog 3: Consequences
previous story=[[Tarnished Image]]|
|release date = 18 July 1996
next story=[[UNITed We Fall]]|
|prev = Tarnished Image (short story)
|}}
|next=UNITed We Fall (short story)
|enemy = Ellen Carter
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'''''Past Reckoning''''' was the fourth story in the anthology ''[[Decalog 3: Consequences]]''. It was written by [[Jackie Marshall]]. It featured the [[Fifth Doctor]] and [[Nyssa]].


==Summary==
== Summary ==
''The [[Doctor ]]visits his old friend [[David Ghosthorpe]] a scientist who holds some of the greatest inventions in the universe.''
The [[Fifth Doctor]] visits his old friend [[David Gosthorpe]] at his ancestral home, Trentyllis Castle, only to learn that David sold the castle to fund his archeological expeditions, and died penniless. His sister, [[Ellen Carter]], plots to locate his greatest discovery and use it to reclaim the family fortune. But the Diadem of Helen has powers neither of them suspected.


''But [[Davids]] inventions are threatened when his evil sister starts to use them for her own pleasure''
== Characters ==
* [[Fifth Doctor]]
* [[Nyssa]]
* [[David Gosthorpe]]
* [[Ellen Carter]]


''With [[Nyssa ]]trapped inside her evil games. The [[Doctor]] must find a way to stop [[Ellens]] new power from spiraling out of control  ''
== Worldbuilding ==
* Nyssa asks the Doctor hopefully about [[tea]] and [[cake]].
* The Doctor says he's from [[UNIT]] to avoid being questioned about a death.
* David Gosthorpe died of a stroke in [[Naples]], [[Italy]] in [[1987]].


==Characters==
== Notes ==
*[[Fifth Doctor]]
*[[Nyssa]]
*[[David Ghosthorpe]]
*[[Ellen Carter]]
 
==References==
*Nyssa asks hopefully to the Doctor about [[tea]] and [[cake]].
*Nyssa queries the Doctor about visiting [[Tegan Jovanka|Tegan]].
*The Doctor states he's from [[UNIT]] in order to not be questioned regarding a death.
 
==Notes==
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==Continuity==
== Continuity ==
*The line "I'm a Time Lord I walk in eternity" was first used in [[DW]]: ''[[Pyramids of Mars]]''.
* Nyssa suggests that she and the Doctor go and see [[Tegan Jovanka|Tegan]] now that they are on Earth. ([[TV]]: ''[[Time-Flight (TV story)|Time-Flight]]'')
* The Doctor identifies the Diadem of Helen as the [[Jewelled Headdress of Princess Maxtra]], which the [[Tarron (planet)|Tarronians]] persuaded him to cast into the [[Time Vortex]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Tarnished Image (short story)|Tarnished Image]]'')


==Timeline==
{{Decalogs}}
*Past Reckoning occurs after: [[BFA]]: ''[[The Land of the Dead]]''
*Past Reckoning occurs before: [[BFA]]: ''[[Winter for the Adept]]''


==External links==
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[[Category:Fifth Doctor short stories]]
[[Category:Fifth Doctor short stories]]
[[Category:Virgin Decalog short stories]]
[[Category:Decalog 3: Consequences short stories]]
[[Category:Stories set in the 1980s]]
[[Category:Stories set in Wales]]

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Past Reckoning was the fourth story in the anthology Decalog 3: Consequences. It was written by Jackie Marshall. It featured the Fifth Doctor and Nyssa.

Summary[[edit] | [edit source]]

The Fifth Doctor visits his old friend David Gosthorpe at his ancestral home, Trentyllis Castle, only to learn that David sold the castle to fund his archeological expeditions, and died penniless. His sister, Ellen Carter, plots to locate his greatest discovery and use it to reclaim the family fortune. But the Diadem of Helen has powers neither of them suspected.

Characters[[edit] | [edit source]]

Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • Nyssa asks the Doctor hopefully about tea and cake.
  • The Doctor says he's from UNIT to avoid being questioned about a death.
  • David Gosthorpe died of a stroke in Naples, Italy in 1987.

Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]

to be added

Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]