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{{Infobox Story | {{Infobox Story | ||
|series= ''[[Brief Encounter]]'' | |series= ''[[Brief Encounter]]'' | ||
|doctor=Fifth Doctor | |doctor = Fifth Doctor | ||
|image = Encounter on Burnt Snake Flat DWY93.jpg | |image = Encounter on Burnt Snake Flat DWY93.jpg | ||
|companions= [[Tegan Jovanka|Tegan]] | |companions= [[Tegan Jovanka|Tegan]] | ||
|setting=[[Australia]], [[1987]] | |setting = [[Australia]], [[1987]] | ||
|writer=[[Marc Platt]] | |writer=[[Marc Platt]] | ||
|release date = [[September (releases)|September]] [[1992 (releases)|1992]] | |release date = [[September (releases)|September]] [[1992 (releases)|1992]] | ||
|illustrator=[[Paul Vyse]] | |illustrator = [[Paul Vyse]] | ||
|publication=''[[Doctor Who Yearbook 1993]]'' | |publication=''[[Doctor Who Yearbook 1993]]'' | ||
|prev=Farewells (short story) | |prev = Farewells (short story) | ||
|next=A Tourist Invasion (short story) | |next=A Tourist Invasion (short story) | ||
|series2=''[[Doctor Who Yearbook]]'' | |series2 = ''[[Doctor Who Yearbook]]'' | ||
|prev2=Farewells (short story) | |prev2=Farewells (short story) | ||
|next2=Metamorphosis (comic story) | |next2 = Metamorphosis (comic story) | ||
}} | }} | ||
'''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was a ''[[Brief Encounter]]'' short story published in the ''[[Doctor Who Yearbook 1993]]''. It dealt with [[Tegan Jovanka]]'s trauma after being controlled by the [[Mara]]. | '''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was a ''[[Brief Encounter]]'' short story published in the ''[[Doctor Who Yearbook 1993]]''. It dealt with [[Tegan Jovanka]]'s trauma after being controlled by the [[Mara]]. | ||
Revision as of 14:09, 9 March 2023
Encounter on Burnt Snake Flat was a Brief Encounter short story published in the Doctor Who Yearbook 1993. It dealt with Tegan Jovanka's trauma after being controlled by the Mara.
Publisher's summary
The Fifth Doctor tracks down his old companion Tegan Jovanka in the Australian Outback. A new story by Ghost Light scriptwriter Marc Platt. Illustration by Paul Vyse.
Plot
Tegan is running her father's farm in Australia. She is also worrying about her father, who is laid up in hospital after having been bitten by a snake. The Fifth Doctor arrives to ensure that Tegan is finally free of the Mara's influence, as well as to give her the news that her father will be fine.
Characters
References
- Tegan got her family to wire her money to come home to Australia from London.
- She thinks the Doctor sits like he's waiting for the Dreamtime.
- Her farm has sheep.
Notes
- Marc Platt later wrote another Mara story, The Cradle of the Snake.
Continuity
- Tegan left the Doctor suddenly three years ago in 1984. (TV: Resurrection of the Daleks)
- The Doctor reminds Tegan he promised the Mara was gone from her head. (TV: Kinda, Snakedance, AUDIO: The Cradle of the Snake)
- Tegan tells the Doctor his celery needs changing. He previously changed it on an Eternal ship. (TV: Enlightenment)
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