Under Reykjavik (short story)

Under Reykjavik
Main character(s):	Romana II
Featuring:	Magnus Greel
Main setting:	Reykjavik, the Supreme Alliance, the 51st century
Key crew
Writer:	Warren Ellis with thanks to Matt Ginn
Illustrator:	Paul Vyse
Release details
Printed in:	DWM 174
Brief Encounter
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Under Reykjavik is a Brief Encounter short story. It was printed in DWM 174.

Summary

While the Doctor is asleep Romana II|Romana]] busies herself updating some of the TARDIS’ burnt out units by jacking in a G129AT ordnance unit. Unfortunately the TARDIS lands in the bunker of Magnus Greel beneath the Supreme Alliance fortress in Iceland and the doors won’t close. Romana apologises for the interruption and the sound of the TARDIS’ Cloister bells ringing out - the TARDIS believing it is under attack by the Pus Creatures of Rakos, and casually chats away to Magnus. She mentions time travel and debunks Dr Findecker’s work on ‘double nexus particles’ which starts Magnus thinking about the real possibility of time travel which is further fed when Romana, having fixed the TARDIS with one of the Doctors tie-pins, leaves him with a business card for an excellent plastic surgeon in 1998. As soon as she has left Magnus is on the phone to Findecker …the 1890’s sound interesting!

Characters

• Romana II

• Jacked a G129AT ordnance unit into the TARDIS. It shorted out some old wire, landing her in Greel's bunker. She eventually repairs the TARDIS with one of the Doctor's old tie pins.

• Magnus Greel

• 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

• Magnus Greel's bunker is below the Supreme Alliance in Iceland.
• The TARDIS' cloister bell is ringing because it thinks that it is 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

• The war criminal Magnus Greel, first appeared in DW: The Talons of Weng-Chiang.
• The Cloister bells were a TARDIS warning system that rang out when the TARDIS was under an extreme threat first introduced in DW: Logopolis

Timeline

For Romana

• Under Reykjavik occurs after ST: The Lying Old Witch in the Wardrobe.
• Under Reykjavik occurs before DWM: Victims.

For Magnus Greel

• Under Reykjavik occurs before DW: The Talons of Weng-Chiang.

External Links

• Under Reykjavik at the Doctor Who Reference Guide