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|image          = 42-prologue.jpg
|novel name    = 42 Prologue
|main character = [[Erina Lessak]]
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|series        = Online fiction
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|companions    = [[Martha Jones]] (cameo)
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|enemy          = [[Torajii]]  
|year          = ''[[S.S. Pentallian]]'', [[Torajii]] system, [[42nd century]]
|setting        = [[SS Pentallian|SS ''Pentallian'']], [[Torajii]] system, [[42nd century]]
|writer        = [[Joseph Lidster]], based on characters and situations created by [[Chris Chibnall]]
|writer        = Joseph Lidster
|publisher      = [[British Broadcasting Corporation|BBC website]]
|contributors  = [[Joseph Lidster]], based on characters and situations created by [[Chris Chibnall]]
|release date  = [[2007]]
|publication    = [[Doctor Who website|''Doctor Who'' website]]
|format        = Website based short fiction
|release date  = 12 May 2007
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|format        = Online short story
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'''42 Prologue''' is a web-exclusive short story published on the BBC's ''Doctor Who'' website in 2007, promoting the then-upcoming broadcast of the episode ''[[42 (TV story)|42]]''. It was the first of several [[Tenth Doctor]] short stories to be published online up to the end of 2009.
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'''42 Prologue''' was a web-exclusive short story published on the BBC's ''Doctor Who'' website in [[2007 (releases)|2007]], promoting the then-upcoming broadcast of the episode ''[[42 (TV story)|42]]''. It was the first of several [[Tenth Doctor]] short stories to be published online up to the end of 2009.


== Summary ==
== Summary ==
Focusing on Engineering Trainee [[Erina Lessak]], the story chronicles how she came to become a trainee, and her activities in the minutes preceding the arrival of the [[Tenth Doctor|Doctor]] and [[Martha Jones]] aboard the ''[[S.S. Pentallian]]''.
Focusing on Engineering Trainee [[Erina Lessak]], the story reflects back on how she became a trainee, her feelings about the crew, and her activities in the minutes preceding the arrival of the [[Tenth Doctor|Doctor]] and [[Martha Jones]] aboard the [[SS Pentallian|SS ''Pentallian'']].


== Characters ==
== Characters ==
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* [[Riley Vashtee]]
* [[Riley Vashtee]]
* [[Abi Lerner]]
* [[Abi Lerner]]
* [[Orin Scannell]]  
* [[Orin Scannell]]


== Notes ==
== Notes ==
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== Continuity ==
== Continuity ==
* The story ends with the arrival of the Doctor and Martha, leading into the events of ''42''.
* The story ends with the arrival of the Doctor and Martha, leading into the events of [[TV]]: ''[[42 (TV story)|42]]''.
 
== Timeline ==
* 42 Prologue occurs immediately before: [[DW]]: ''[[42 (TV story)|42]]''


== External links ==
== External links ==
* [http://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/s4/features/stories/fiction_42_prologue '''42 Prologue''' on the ''Doctor Who'' BBC website].
* [http://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/s4/features/stories/fiction_42_prologue '''42 Prologue''' on the ''Doctor Who'' BBC website]


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42 Prologue was a web-exclusive short story published on the BBC's Doctor Who website in 2007, promoting the then-upcoming broadcast of the episode 42. It was the first of several Tenth Doctor short stories to be published online up to the end of 2009.

Summary[[edit] | [edit source]]

Focusing on Engineering Trainee Erina Lessak, the story reflects back on how she became a trainee, her feelings about the crew, and her activities in the minutes preceding the arrival of the Doctor and Martha Jones aboard the SS Pentallian.

Characters[[edit] | [edit source]]

Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • Erina's last name is misspelled Lissak several times in the story.

Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • The story ends with the arrival of the Doctor and Martha, leading into the events of TV: 42.

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