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The ''[[Brief Encounter]]'' published in [[DWM 169]] was '''untitled'''. | The ''[[Brief Encounter]]'' published in [[DWM 169]] was '''untitled'''. | ||
== Summary == | == Summary == | ||
On an overcast day, on a mid-winter evening, at the turn of the millenia, a man locks up the soon to be closed observatory at Greenwich and is befriended by a strange little man who confides in him that the King will have it open again soon and reflects on the passing of time. They chat further as the little man walks him back to the village both taking shelter under his umbrella from the rain. The little man, who seems somehow familar, explains that while his friend [[Ace]] was shopping for a pair of Doc Martins he decided to call on an old friend who happened to be out at the time. Before they go their seperate ways, the little man is asked if they've met before. With a smile he said "perhaps - when you were a teacher" and walks off leaving the man to go home to his . A short while later seated by an open fire his wife [[Barbara Wright|Barbara]], hands over a present that was left for him earlier in the day by a strange man. Inside was a [[Coal Hill School|Coal Hill School tie]] - a reminder of his first teaching job and the strange events that had first brought the two of them together. | |||
== Characters == | == Characters == | ||
Revision as of 02:19, 9 June 2012
- You may be looking for Untitled (DWM 171) or Untitled (DWM 184).
The Brief Encounter published in DWM 169 was untitled.
Summary
On an overcast day, on a mid-winter evening, at the turn of the millenia, a man locks up the soon to be closed observatory at Greenwich and is befriended by a strange little man who confides in him that the King will have it open again soon and reflects on the passing of time. They chat further as the little man walks him back to the village both taking shelter under his umbrella from the rain. The little man, who seems somehow familar, explains that while his friend Ace was shopping for a pair of Doc Martins he decided to call on an old friend who happened to be out at the time. Before they go their seperate ways, the little man is asked if they've met before. With a smile he said "perhaps - when you were a teacher" and walks off leaving the man to go home to his . A short while later seated by an open fire his wife Barbara, hands over a present that was left for him earlier in the day by a strange man. Inside was a Coal Hill School tie - a reminder of his first teaching job and the strange events that had first brought the two of them together.
Characters
References
- Does not disclose his identity to Ian and Barbara, but gives Ian some good news. (See Notes below.)
Notes
- It is London at the turn of the Millennium.
- Ace has gone shopping for Doc Martens.
- The monarch is male. According to the Seventh Doctor His Majesty will be re-opening Ian's workplace soon.
- Barbara is visited at home by a stranger she finds somehow familiar, who leaves for Ian a Coal Hill School tie -- no doubt to replace the one destroyed in an acid pool on Vortis. (DW: The Web Planet)
Continuity
- As in most other stories depicting or describing Ian and Barbara's lives after they left the TARDIS in 1965 (DW: The Chase), they appear noticeably older, contradicting the rumour that they had not aged since the 1960s, related by Sarah Jane Smith to Clyde Langer and Rani Chandra. Perhaps the rumour was just that! (SJA: Death of the Doctor)
Timeline
For the Doctor
- Untitled (DWM 169) occurs after DW: Dragonfire.
- Untitled (DWM 169) occurs before NA: Love and War.
For Ian and Barbara
- Untitled (DWM 169) occurs after PDA: The Face of the Enemy.
