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{{Infobox Story | {{Infobox Story | ||
|name = One Cold Step | |name = One Cold Step | ||
|image = | |image = One Cold Step.jpg | ||
|series = ''[[Lethbridge-Stewart (series)|Lethbridge-Stewart]]'' | |series = ''[[Lethbridge-Stewart (series)|Lethbridge-Stewart]]'' | ||
|number = | |number = | ||
|main character = [[Anne Travers]] | |main character = [[Anne Travers]] | ||
|featuring = | |featuring = [[Edward Travers]] | ||
|enemy = | |enemy = | ||
|setting = | |setting = North [[Atlantic]], the [[1960s]] | ||
|writer = [[David A. McIntee]] | |writer = [[David A. McIntee]] and [[Andy Frankham|Andy Frankham-Allen]] | ||
|cover = [[Nathan Hudson]] | |||
|publisher = Candy Jar Books | |publisher = Candy Jar Books | ||
|release date = [[8 July (releases)|8 July]] [[2015 (releases)|2015]] | |release date = [[8 July (releases)|8 July]] [[2015 (releases)|2015]] | ||
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|prev= The Forgotten Son original opening (short story) | |prev= The Forgotten Son original opening (short story) | ||
|next= TBA | |next= TBA | ||
}} | }}'''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was a free short story released by [[Candy Jar Books]] in [[2015 (releases)|2015]]. | ||
'''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was a free short story released by [[Candy Jar Books]] in [[2015 (releases)|2015]]. | |||
== | == Plot == | ||
''to | Anne and Edward Travers are aboard the icebreaker ''[[Amundsen]]''. She recalls her brother Alun visiting her in her new bungalow in Yorkshire. They talked about their father, who wanted to return to Tibet. Alun didn't want him to go, and suggested Anne find a way to keep him in the UK. A few days later, at her job at [[The Vault (UNIT)|the Vault]], Leonard Harkness and Sam Hawkins told her she'd been given an assignement in the North Atlantic. She refused unless she could choose a member of her team. | ||
Anne, her father, and two technicians board a helicopter piloted by [[Susan Parr]]. The copter lands on a new volcanic island and the team heads to the crater they've come to investigate. In the center, Anne finds curved metal beneath the gravel. Eventually, they unearth a cylinder large enough to transport a person. | |||
== Characters == | == Characters == | ||
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== References == | == References == | ||
''to | * The ''[[Amundsen]]'' is an [[icebreaker]]. | ||
* Anne moved from an apartment in [[Nevada]] to a bungalow in [[Kilham]], [[Yorkshire]]. | |||
* Anne doesn't have time to watch ''[[Tomorrow's World]]'' or ''[[Panorama]]''. | |||
* Anne is eighteen months younger than her brother [[Alun Travers|Alun]]. They are the children of [[Edward Travers]] and [[Margaret Goff]]. Edward's father is [[Lyndon Travers]]. Margaret has two siblings, [[Sebastian Goff|Sebastian]] and [[Kathleen Goff]]. | |||
* Alun teaches at [[Oxford College]]. | |||
* [[The Vault (UNIT)|The Vault]] was, on paper, created as part of [[Harold Wilson|Wilson]]'s plan to develop new technologies. | |||
== Notes == | == Notes == | ||
* This short story was released as a free pdf download. | |||
* It also contained a short history of the Travers family. | |||
== Continuity == | == Continuity == | ||
''to | * [[Edward Travers]] is old friends with the [[monk]]s at [[Det-Sen Monastery|Det-Sen]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Abominable Snowmen (TV story)|The Abominable Snowmen]]'') | ||
* [[Alun Travers|Alun]] refers to the recent [[London Event|evacuation]] of [[London]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Web of Fear (TV story)|The Web of Fear]]'') | |||
* Anne works at the [[The Vault (UNIT)|UNIT Vault]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Scales of Injustice (novel)|The Scales of Injustice]]'', [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Tales from the Vault (audio story)|Tales from the Vault]]'') Sam Hawkins also works at the Vault, ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Forgotten Son (novel)|The Forgotten Son]]'') and later was with UNIT during the [[Wenley Moor]] incident. ([[TV]]: ''[[Doctor Who and the Silurians (TV story)|Doctor Who and the Silurians]]'') | |||
== External links == | == External links == | ||
Revision as of 01:29, 9 July 2015
One Cold Step was a free short story released by Candy Jar Books in 2015.
Plot
Anne and Edward Travers are aboard the icebreaker Amundsen. She recalls her brother Alun visiting her in her new bungalow in Yorkshire. They talked about their father, who wanted to return to Tibet. Alun didn't want him to go, and suggested Anne find a way to keep him in the UK. A few days later, at her job at the Vault, Leonard Harkness and Sam Hawkins told her she'd been given an assignement in the North Atlantic. She refused unless she could choose a member of her team.
Anne, her father, and two technicians board a helicopter piloted by Susan Parr. The copter lands on a new volcanic island and the team heads to the crater they've come to investigate. In the center, Anne finds curved metal beneath the gravel. Eventually, they unearth a cylinder large enough to transport a person.
Characters
References
- The Amundsen is an icebreaker.
- Anne moved from an apartment in Nevada to a bungalow in Kilham, Yorkshire.
- Anne doesn't have time to watch Tomorrow's World or Panorama.
- Anne is eighteen months younger than her brother Alun. They are the children of Edward Travers and Margaret Goff. Edward's father is Lyndon Travers. Margaret has two siblings, Sebastian and Kathleen Goff.
- Alun teaches at Oxford College.
- The Vault was, on paper, created as part of Wilson's plan to develop new technologies.
Notes
- This short story was released as a free pdf download.
- It also contained a short history of the Travers family.
Continuity
- Edward Travers is old friends with the monks at Det-Sen. (TV: The Abominable Snowmen)
- Alun refers to the recent evacuation of London. (TV: The Web of Fear)
- Anne works at the UNIT Vault. (PROSE: The Scales of Injustice, AUDIO: Tales from the Vault) Sam Hawkins also works at the Vault, (PROSE: The Forgotten Son) and later was with UNIT during the Wenley Moor incident. (TV: Doctor Who and the Silurians)
