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name=Three Steps to the Left| | |name=Three Steps to the Left | ||
image=ThreeStepsToTheLeft.jpg| | |image=ThreeStepsToTheLeft.jpg | ||
series=[[Brief Encounter]]| | |series=[[Brief Encounter]] | ||
doctor=Seventh Doctor| | |doctor=Seventh Doctor | ||
companions=| | |companions= | ||
year=[[Gibson Desert]], [[Australia]], [[1979]]| | |year=[[Gibson Desert]], [[Australia]], [[1979]] | ||
writer=[[Glenn Langford]]| | |writer=[[Glenn Langford]] | ||
publication=[[DWM 198]]| | |publication=[[DWM 198]] | ||
prev=A Time & a Place (short story)| | |prev=A Time & a Place (short story) | ||
next=Anti-Matter with Fries (short story) | |next=Anti-Matter with Fries (short story) | ||
|}}'''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was a ''[[Brief Encounter]]'' short story published in ''[[DWM 198]]''. It was a [[pseudo-historical]] story that revolved around the actual event of [[Skylab]]'s unceremonious [[1979]] return to [[Earth]]. | |}}'''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was a ''[[Brief Encounter]]'' short story published in ''[[DWM 198]]''. It was a [[pseudo-historical]] story that revolved around the actual event of [[Skylab]]'s unceremonious [[1979]] return to [[Earth]]. | ||
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Three Steps to the Left was a Brief Encounter short story published in DWM 198. It was a pseudo-historical story that revolved around the actual 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 brown coat and carrying his red-handled umbrella.
- This story is set at some unspecified point between TV: Dragonfire and PROSE: Love and War.
