Girls' Night In (short story)

Girls' Night In
Main character(s):	Sarah, Jo, Liz, Tegan, Ace
Main setting:	England, 1990s
Key crew
Writers:	Mike Tucker and Robert Perry
Illustrator:	Paul Cockburn
Release details
Printed in:	DWMS Holiday 1992
Brief Encounter
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Summary

After reading one of Sarah Jane Smith's books, Jo gets in touch with her and discovers they both knew the Doctor. Together they place a small ad in Time Out magazine – If you know what TARDIS means, call this number – to attract the attention of former companions. With Liz Shaw and a less positive Tegan, they wallow in nostalgia with good wine and the company of friends. They reflect that after their travels with the Doctor, they never found another man to live up to the memory. There is a knock on the door – Ace joins them.

Characters

• Sarah Jane Smith
• Josephine Jones
• Liz Shaw
• Tegan Jovanka
• Ace

References

to be added

Continuity

• Sarah Jane and Tegan previously met in the Tomb of Rassilon on Gallifrey. (DW: The Five Doctors)
• This story carries on the idea that Sarah Jane turned her adventures with the Doctor into a series of novels, something picked up on in VD: Moving On. This, however, was never mentioned in the Big Finish Sarah Jane Smith audio series, DW: School Reunion or The Sarah Jane Adventures.
• This story and SJA: Death of the Doctor feature conflicting accounts of first meetings between Jo Grant and Sarah Jane Smith.

Timeline

For Sarah Jane Smith

• This story occurs after DW: The Five Doctors
• This story occurs before DWM: Train-Flight

For Jo Grant

to be added

For Liz Shaw

• This story occurs after MA: Who Killed Kennedy
• This story occurs before BBV: The Zero Imperative

For Tegan Jovanka

• This story occurs after DW: Resurrection of the Daleks
• This story occurs before BFA: The Gathering

For Ace

to be added