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|name          = Prelude Birthright
|name          = Prelude Birthright
|image          =  
|image          =  
|series        =  
|series        =  
|doctor        = [[Seventh Doctor]]
|doctor        = Seventh Doctor
|companions    = [[Victoria Waterfield]] (guest)
|companions    = {{il|[[Ace]]|[[Victoria Waterfield]] (guest)}}
|year          = The [[Great Rift Valley]], [[Africa]], [[March]] [[1926]]<br />[[London]], [[1909]]<br />[[London]], [[February]] [[1868]]
|year          = {{il|The [[Great Rift Valley]], [[Africa]], [[March]] [[1926]]|[[London]], [[1909]]|[[London]], [[February]] [[1868]]}}
|writer        = [[Nigel Robinson]]
|writer        = [[Nigel Robinson]]
|illustrator    =  
|illustrator    = [[Phil Bevan]]
|publication    = [[DWM 203]]
|publication    = [[DWM 203]]
|prev          = Prelude Shadowmind
|prev          = Prelude Shadowmind
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== Summary ==
== Summary ==
''to be added''
The Doctor takes Ace to 1926 Africa. He leaves her there while he takes the TARDIS into the future to pick up his former companion, Victoria Waterfield. He takes her to 1868 London to sign papers dealing with her father's estate, and to visit her aunt Margaret. After returning Victoria to her adopted home he goes back to pick up Ace. Later in his personal timeline, he visits Margaret in 1909, shortly before her death.


== Characters ==
== Characters ==
''to be added''
* [[Seventh Doctor]]
* [[Ace]]
* [[Naikosiai]]
* [[Victoria Waterfield]]
* [[Margaret Waterfield]]


== References ==
== References ==
''to be added''
* Among the animals the Doctor and Ace see in Africa are [[lion]]s, [[gazelle]]s, [[buffalo]], [[zebra]], [[elephant]]s and [[Rhinoceros|rhinos]].


== Notes ==
== Notes ==
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== Continuity ==
== Continuity ==
* Victoria recalls the time the Doctor talked of his family. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Tomb of the Cybermen]]'')
* The Doctor has started wearing an [[Aztec]] brooch on the lapel of his jacket. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Aztecs]]'')
* Victoria's aunt Margaret was murdered by thugs in the employ of [[Jared Khan]] in London in [[1909]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Birthright (novel)|Birthright]]'')
* Victoria's aunt Margaret was murdered by thugs in the employ of [[Jared Khan]] in London in [[1909]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Birthright (novel)|Birthright]]'')
* After picking up Ace, the Doctor heads for [[Terra Alpha]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Happiness Patrol]]'')


== External link ==
== External link ==
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[[Category:Stories set in 1926]]
[[Category:Stories set in 1926]]
[[Category:Seventh Doctor short stories]]
[[Category:Seventh Doctor short stories]]
[[Category:1993 short stories]]

Revision as of 11:58, 28 March 2013

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Prelude Birthright was, as the name suggested, a prelude to Birthright by Nigel Robinson. It did not appear in the published novel.

Summary

The Doctor takes Ace to 1926 Africa. He leaves her there while he takes the TARDIS into the future to pick up his former companion, Victoria Waterfield. He takes her to 1868 London to sign papers dealing with her father's estate, and to visit her aunt Margaret. After returning Victoria to her adopted home he goes back to pick up Ace. Later in his personal timeline, he visits Margaret in 1909, shortly before her death.

Characters

References

Notes

to be added

Continuity

External link

prose stub