Prelude Birthright (short story)

Prelude Birthright
Doctor:	Seventh Doctor
Companion(s):	Ace, Victoria
Main setting:	The Great Rift Valley, Africa, March 1926 London, 1909 London, February 1868
Key crew
Writer:	Nigel Robinson
Illustrator:	Phil Bevan
Release details
Printed in:	DWM 203
Release date:	5 August 1993
Cover date:	1 September 1993
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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

• Seventh Doctor
• Ace
• Naikosiai
• Victoria Waterfield
• Margaret Waterfield

References

• Among the animals the Doctor and Ace see in Africa are lions, gazelles, buffalo, zebra, elephants and rhinos.

Notes

to be added

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)
• After picking up Ace, the Doctor heads for Terra Alpha. (TV: The Happiness Patrol)

External link

• The entire text of the piece at the Doctor Who Reference Guide