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|year = [[Hulton College]], [[Farringham]], [[1914]] | |year = [[Hulton College]], [[Farringham]], [[1914]] | ||
|writer =[[Paul Cornell]] | |writer = [[Paul Cornell]] | ||
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|publication = [[DWM 226]] | |publication = [[DWM 226]] | ||
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'''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was, as the name suggested, a prelude to ''[[Human Nature (novel)|Human Nature]]'' by [[Paul Cornell]]. It was a short scene which did not appear in the published novel | '''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was, as the name suggested, a prelude to ''[[Human Nature (novel)|Human Nature]]'' by [[Paul Cornell]]. It was a short scene which did not appear in the published novel, and featured [[Alexander Shuttleworth]] and [[Joan Redfern (novel character)|Joan Redfern]]. It was notable for introducing the character of [[Wolsey]], a [[cat]] who travelled with the [[Seventh Doctor]] in the [[Virgin New Adventures]] series. | ||
== Summary == | == Summary == | ||
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* Cornell's depiction of [[John Smith (Seventh Doctor)|John Smith]] refers to his "charmingly mobile face" — a valid way of describing an obvious trait [[Sylvester McCoy]] gave the [[Seventh Doctor]]. | * Cornell's depiction of [[John Smith (Seventh Doctor)|John Smith]] refers to his "charmingly mobile face" — a valid way of describing an obvious trait [[Sylvester McCoy]] gave the [[Seventh Doctor]]. | ||
== Timeline == | == Timeline == | ||
The events actually take place during the events of [[PROSE]]: ''[[Human Nature (novel)|Human Nature]]'' | The events actually take place during the events of [[PROSE]]: ''[[Human Nature (novel)|Human Nature]]''. | ||
== External link == | == External link == | ||
* [http://www.drwhoguide.com/whona38p.htm The entire text of the piece] at the Doctor Who Reference Guide | * [http://www.drwhoguide.com/whona38p.htm The entire text of the piece] at the Doctor Who Reference Guide | ||
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[[Category:1995 short stories]] | |||
[[Category:Stories set in England]] | [[Category:Stories set in England]] | ||
[[Category:Stories set in 1914]] | [[Category:Stories set in 1914]] | ||
Revision as of 09:42, 29 March 2013
Prelude Human Nature was, as the name suggested, a prelude to Human Nature by Paul Cornell. It was a short scene which did not appear in the published novel, and featured Alexander Shuttleworth and Joan Redfern. It was notable for introducing the character of Wolsey, a cat who travelled with the Seventh Doctor in the Virgin New Adventures series.
Summary
Alexander Shuttleworth has come to give a lecture to Joan Redfern's WI group in Farringham on the subject of bronze age archaeology. Before he does so, however, he enjoys a bit of cake, and a bit of scrutiny, provided by the other women in the group. Meanwhile, an off-hand comment by one of the women about Joan's widowhood sends Joan into deep thought about her lost husband. This then triggers another thought — one of a dream she had about her new colleague, the mercurial Dr. John Smith.
Characters
- Alexander Shuttleworth
- Joan Redfern
- Several unnamed women of the Women's Institute
- Wolsey the cat
References
to be added
Notes
- Consistent with the novel, the spelling Boadicea is used because the speaker isn't John Smith who prefers the spelling Boudica.
- There is no punctuation in the title as printed in DWM.
Continuity
- Shuttleworth knows Wolsey by name, and the cat displays affection for him.
- It's here, and not in the the main book itself, that we find out that Joan's husband died in the Boer War.
- We explicitly find out here that Joan hates being a science teacher.
- Cornell's depiction of John Smith refers to his "charmingly mobile face" — a valid way of describing an obvious trait Sylvester McCoy gave the Seventh Doctor.
Timeline
The events actually take place during the events of PROSE: Human Nature.
External link
- The entire text of the piece at the Doctor Who Reference Guide
