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|}}'''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was a short story in the [[Brief Encounter]] range in ''[[Doctor Who Magazine]]''. It was a [[pseudo-historical]] story that revolved around the actual historical event of [[Skylab]]'s unceremonious [[1979]] return to [[Earth]]. | |}}'''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was a short story in the [[Brief Encounter]] range in ''[[Doctor Who Magazine]]''. It was a [[pseudo-historical]] story that revolved around the actual historical event of [[Skylab]]'s unceremonious [[1979]] return to [[Earth]]. | ||
== Summary == | == Summary == | ||
[[Paul Forbes]] is in trouble. Foolishly, he has chosen to drive across the [[Gibson Desert]] on an ill-advised summer trip between [[Darwin]] and [[Alice Springs]]. His [[Land Rover]] doesn't like it. After it overheats near [[Barrow Creek]], he is forced to stop in the blazing sun in the hopes that his engine will somehow cool down. In the distance, what he assumes is a mirage forms before his eyes. Why, though, is it in the form of a [[British]] [[police box]]? [[Seventh Doctor|A man]] pops out of the box and asks him to move three steps to the left. A baffled Forbes complies —just in time to avoid being struck by a chunk of falling [[Skylab]]. The man pops back inside [[The Doctor's TARDIS|the police box]], muttering something about someone named [[Ace]] who hates it when he does this sort of thing because she thinks he's just showing off. | [[Paul Forbes]] is in trouble. Foolishly, he has chosen to drive across the [[Gibson Desert]] on an ill-advised summer trip between [[Darwin]] and [[Alice Springs]]. His [[Land Rover]] doesn't like it. After it overheats near [[Barrow Creek]], he is forced to stop in the blazing sun in the hopes that his engine will somehow cool down. | ||
In the distance, what he assumes is a mirage forms before his eyes. Why, though, is it in the form of a [[British]] [[police box]]? [[Seventh Doctor|A man]] pops out of the box and asks him to move three steps to the left. A baffled Forbes complies —just in time to avoid being struck by a chunk of falling [[Skylab]]. | |||
The man pops back inside [[The Doctor's TARDIS|the police box]], muttering something about someone named [[Ace]] who hates it when he does this sort of thing because she thinks he's just showing off. | |||
== Characters == | == Characters == | ||
Revision as of 23:34, 17 May 2012
Three Steps to the Left was a short story in the Brief Encounter range in Doctor Who Magazine. It was a pseudo-historical story that revolved around the actual historical event of Skylab's unceremonious 1979 return to Earth.
Summary
Paul Forbes is in trouble. Foolishly, he has chosen to drive across the Gibson Desert on an ill-advised summer trip between Darwin and Alice Springs. His Land Rover doesn't like it. After it overheats near Barrow Creek, he is forced to stop in the blazing sun in the hopes that his engine will somehow cool down.
In the distance, what he assumes is a mirage forms before his eyes. Why, though, is it in the form of a British police box? A man pops out of the box and asks him to move three steps to the left. A baffled Forbes complies —just in time to avoid being struck by a chunk of falling Skylab.
The man pops back inside the police box, muttering something about someone named Ace who hates it when he does this sort of thing because she thinks he's just showing off.
Characters
- Seventh Doctor
- Paul Forbes
- Ace (implied to be in the TARDIS)
References
- Forbes drinks Coke.
Notes
to be added
Continuity
- The Doctor is specifically said to be wearing his dark coat and carrying a red-handled umbrella.
Timeline
- Three Steps to the Left takes place after BE: Dream a Little Dream For Me.
- Three Steps to the Left takes place before BE: Untitled.
