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{{Infobox Short Story| | {{Infobox Short Story| | ||
story name=Three Steps to the Left| | story name=Three Steps to the Left| | ||
image=[[file:ThreeStepsToTheLeft.jpg|250px]] | |||
series=[[Brief Encounters]]| | series=[[Brief Encounters]]| | ||
doctor=[[Seventh Doctor]]| | doctor=[[Seventh Doctor]]| | ||
companions=| | companions=[[Ace]] (mentioned, doesn't appear)| | ||
year=[[Australia]], [[1979]]| | year=[[Gibson Desert]], [[Australia]], [[1979]]| | ||
writer=[[Glenn Langford]]| | writer=[[Glenn Langford]]| | ||
publication=[[DWM Issue 198]]| | publication=[[DWM Issue 198]]| | ||
previous story=[[A Time and a Place]]| | previous story=[[A Time and a Place]]| | ||
next story=[[Anti-Matter with Fries]]| | next story=[[Anti-Matter with Fries]]| | ||
|}} | |}}'''''{{PAGENAME}}'''' was a short story in the [[Brief Encounters]] range in ''[[Doctor Who Magazine]]''. It was a [[pseudo-historical]] story in that it revolved around the actual historical event of [[Skylab]]'s unceremonious [[1979]] return to [[Earth]]. | ||
==Summary== | ==Summary== | ||
''to be | [[Paul Forbes]] is in trouble. Rather stupidly, he's chosen to drive across the [[Gibson Desert]] on an ill-advised summer trip between [[Darwin]] and [[Alice Springs]]. His [[Landrover]] doesn't like it. After it overheats near [[Barrow Creek]], he's forced to stop in the blazing sun in the hopes that his engine will somehow cool down. In the distance, what he assumes to be a mirage forms before his eyes. Why, though, is it in the form of a [[British]] [[police box]]? [[Seventh Doctor|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 with the police box pops back inside, muttering something about a person named [[Ace]], who hates it when he does this sort of thing — because she thinks he's just showing off. | ||
==Characters== | ==Characters== | ||
*[[Seventh Doctor]] | *[[Seventh Doctor]] | ||
*[[Paul Forbes]] | |||
*[[Ace]] (implied to be in [[the TARDIS]]) | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
*Forbes drinks [[Coke]]. | |||
==Notes== | ==Notes== | ||
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==Continuity== | ==Continuity== | ||
*The Doctor is specifically defined to be wearing his dark coat and carrying a red-handled umbrella. | |||
==External links== | ==External links== | ||
''to be added'' | ''to be added'' | ||
{{TitleSort}} | {{TitleSort}} | ||
[[Category:Seventh Doctor short stories]] | [[Category:Seventh Doctor short stories]] | ||
[[Category:Stories set in Australia]] | [[Category:Stories set in Australia]] | ||
[[Category:Stories set in 1979]] | [[Category:Stories set in 1979]] | ||
Revision as of 16:23, 19 February 2011
Three Steps to the Left (short story)' was a short story in the Brief Encounters range in Doctor Who Magazine. It was a pseudo-historical story in that it revolved around the actual historical event of Skylab's unceremonious 1979 return to Earth.
Summary
Paul Forbes is in trouble. Rather stupidly, he's chosen to drive across the Gibson Desert on an ill-advised summer trip between Darwin and Alice Springs. His Landrover doesn't like it. After it overheats near Barrow Creek, he's forced to stop in the blazing sun in the hopes that his engine will somehow cool down. In the distance, what he assumes to be 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 with the police box pops back inside, muttering something about a person 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 defined to be wearing his dark coat and carrying a red-handled umbrella.
External links
to be added
