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story name=Under Reykjavik| | |story name=Under Reykjavik | ||
series=[[Brief Encounter]]| | |series=[[Brief Encounter]] | ||
main character= [[Romana II]] | | |main character= [[Romana II]] | ||
featuring= | |featuring= [[Magnus Greel]] | ||
year=| | |year= | ||
writer=[[Warren Ellis]]<br>with thanks to [[Matt Ginn]]| | |writer=[[Warren Ellis]]<br>with thanks to [[Matt Ginn]] | ||
illustrator=[[Paul Vyse]]| | |illustrator=[[Paul Vyse]] | ||
publication=[[DWM 174]]| | |publication=[[DWM 174]] | ||
previous story=[[A Victorian Interlude]]| | |previous story=[[A Victorian Interlude]] | ||
next story=[[Mistaken Identity]]| | |next story=[[Mistaken Identity]]| | ||
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==Summary== | ==Summary== | ||
Romana attempts to add a new piece of equipment to the TARDIS, except it shorts out, landing the TARDIS in Magnus Greel's bunker. They have a short conversation, which includes time travel, as she departs he begins to seriously consider it as a method of escape. | Romana attempts to add a new piece of equipment to the TARDIS, except it shorts out, landing the TARDIS in Magnus Greel's bunker. They have a short conversation, which includes time travel, as she departs he begins to seriously consider it as a method of escape. | ||
Revision as of 21:43, 6 September 2011
Summary
Romana attempts to add a new piece of equipment to the TARDIS, except it shorts out, landing the TARDIS in Magnus Greel's bunker. They have a short conversation, which includes time travel, as she departs he begins to seriously consider it as a method of escape.
Characters
- Jacked into the TARDIS a G129AT ordnance unit, which shorted out some old wire in the TARDIS landing her in Greel's bunker.
- It is early in Greel's dictatorship.
- Someone of the 20th century might describe Greel as a 'psychotic deviant'.
- Most likely has cannibalistic tendencies (he contemplates slaughtering, cooking and eating Romana).
References
- Magrnus Greel's bunker is below the Supreme Alliance in Iceland.
- The TARDIS Cloister bell is ringing because it thinks it's under attack by the Pus Creatures of Rakos.
- The Doctor is asleep.
- Dr Findecker is doing research into time travel involving the double nexus particle.
- Romana gives Greel a card for a plastic surgeon in 1998, which sets him thinking about the 1890s.
Notes
to be added
Continuity
- Magnus Greel first appeared in DW: The Talons of Weng-Chiang.
Timeline
- Under Reykjavik occurs after: DW: Destiny of the Daleks
- Under Reykjavik occurs before: DWM: Victims
External links
to be added
