Mondas Passing (short story): Difference between revisions
From Tardis Wiki, the free Doctor Who reference
Shambala108 (talk | contribs) m (→Timeline) |
|||
| Line 30: | Line 30: | ||
== Continuity == | == Continuity == | ||
* Ben and Polly returned to [[Earth]] on [[20 July]] [[1966]], the very same day that they began their travels in the TARDIS. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Faceless Ones (TV story)|The Faceless Ones]]'') | * Ben and Polly returned to [[Earth]] on [[20 July]] [[1966]], the very same day that they began their travels in the TARDIS. ([[DW]]: ''[[The War Machines (TV story)|The War Machines]]'', [[DW]]: ''[[The Faceless Ones (TV story)|The Faceless Ones]]'') | ||
* Ben mentions the launch of the [[Zeus IV|Zeus]] spacecrafts by the [[International Space Command]] earlier in the year and that he saw [[Cutler|General Cutler]] and the Snowcap on the news. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Tenth Planet (TV story)|The Tenth Planet]]'') | * Ben mentions the launch of the [[Zeus IV|Zeus]] spacecrafts by the [[International Space Command]] earlier in the year and that he saw [[Cutler|General Cutler]] and the Snowcap on the news. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Tenth Planet (TV story)|The Tenth Planet]]'') | ||
* Ben feels somewhat guilty about leaving his wife on her own for [[New Year's Eve]] in spite of the fact that he knows from personal experience that the Cybermen were defeated at the Snowcap in [[December]] [[1986]] ([[DW]]: ''[[The Tenth Planet (TV story)|The Tenth Planet]]'') and on the [[Moonbase]] in [[2070]] ([[DW]]: ''[[The Moonbase (TV story)|The Moonbase]]''). | * Ben feels somewhat guilty about leaving his wife on her own for [[New Year's Eve]] in spite of the fact that he knows from personal experience that the Cybermen were defeated at the Snowcap in [[December]] [[1986]] ([[DW]]: ''[[The Tenth Planet (TV story)|The Tenth Planet]]'') and on the [[Moonbase]] in [[2070]] ([[DW]]: ''[[The Moonbase (TV story)|The Moonbase]]''). | ||
Revision as of 11:26, 16 August 2012
Mondas Passing was the eighth short story in the Short Trips anthology Short Trips. It was written by Paul Grice. It featured Polly Wright and Ben Jackson.
Summary
to be added
Characters
References
- Ben believes that numerous governments may have covered up the return of Mondas and the Cyberman invasion of the Snowcap in Antarctica.
- Ben still has nightmares about the Cybermen in the Snowcap base projector room.
- In the 20 years since they left the TARDIS, Ben and Polly had a relationship for a time but they eventually separated and married other people.
Notes
to be added
Continuity
- Ben and Polly returned to Earth on 20 July 1966, the very same day that they began their travels in the TARDIS. (DW: The War Machines, DW: The Faceless Ones)
- Ben mentions the launch of the Zeus spacecrafts by the International Space Command earlier in the year and that he saw General Cutler and the Snowcap on the news. (DW: The Tenth Planet)
- Ben feels somewhat guilty about leaving his wife on her own for New Year's Eve in spite of the fact that he knows from personal experience that the Cybermen were defeated at the Snowcap in December 1986 (DW: The Tenth Planet) and on the Moonbase in 2070 (DW: The Moonbase).
- Ben and Polly discuss the First Doctor's regeneration into his second incarnation (DW: The Tenth Planet) and the confusion of their former companion Jamie McCrimmon, whom Ben describes as "a good bloke," about walking on the Moon (DW: The Moonbase). They wonder if he is still travelling with the Doctor. (DW: The War Games)
- Ben and Polly reminisce about Atlantis (DW: The Underwater Menace), the Battle of Culloden (DW: The Highlanders), the Roundheads (PDA: The Roundheads), the Selachians (PDA: The Murder Game), "giant crabs" (DW: The Macra Terror) and the Daleks (DW: The Power of the Daleks).
- Although Ben laments that he may never see Polly again, they would eventually marry (BFA: The Five Companions) and open an orphanage in India by 2010 (SJA: Death of the Doctor).
Timeline
For Earth
- Mondas Passing occurs contemporaneously with DW: The Tenth Planet.
For Ben and Polly
- Mondas Passing occurs 20 years after DW: The Faceless Ones.
