Under Reykjavik (short story)

Under Reykjavik (short story)

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Under Reykjavik
Main character(s):	Romana II
Featuring:	Magnus Greel
Main setting:	Reykjavik
Key crew
Writer:	Warren Ellis with thanks to Matt Ginn
Illustrator:	Paul Vyse
Release details
Printed in:	DWM 174

Under Reykjavik was a Brief Encounter short story printed in DWM 174.

Summary

Romana tries to add a new piece of equipment to the TARDIS. It shorts out, landing the TARDIS in Magnus Greel's bunker. They have a brief conversation, which covers time travel. As she departs he begins to seriously consider it as a method of escape.

Characters

• Romana II

• Jacked a G129AT ordnance unit into the TARDIS. It shorted out some old wire, landing her in Greel's bunker. She eventually repairs the TARDIS with one of the Doctor's old tie pins.

• Magnus Greel

• It is early in Greel's dictatorship.
• Someone of the 20th century might describe Greel as a 'psychotic deviant'.
• Most likely has cannibalistic tendencies (he contemplates slaughtering, cooking and eating Romana).

References

• Magnus Greel's bunker is below the Supreme Alliance in Iceland.
• The TARDIS Cloister bell is ringing because it thinks it's under attack by the Pus Creatures of Rakos.
• The Doctor is asleep.
• Dr. Findecker is doing research into time travel involving the double nexus particle.
• Romana gives Greel a card for a plastic surgeon in 1998, which sets him thinking about the 1890s.

Notes

to be added

Continuity

• Magnus Greel first appeared in DW: The Talons of Weng-Chiang.

Timeline

For Romana

• Under Reykjavik occurs after ST: The Lying Old Witch in the Wardrobe.
• Under Reykjavik occurs before DWM: Victims.

For Magnus Greel

• Under Reykjavik occurs before DW: The Talons of Weng-Chiang.

External Links

• Under Reykjavik at the Doctor Who Reference Guide