Under Reykjavik (short story)
Under Reykjavik is a Brief Encounter short story. It was printed in DWM 174.
Summary
While the Doctor is asleep Romana II|Romana]] busies herself updating some of the TARDIS’ burnt out units by jacking in a G129AT ordnance unit. Unfortunately the TARDIS lands in the bunker of Magnus Greel beneath the Supreme Alliance fortress in Iceland and the doors won’t close. Romana apologises for the interruption and the sound of the TARDIS’ Cloister bells ringing out - the TARDIS believing it is under attack by the Pus Creatures of Rakos, and casually chats away to Magnus. She mentions time travel and debunks Dr Findecker’s work on ‘double nexus particles’ which starts Magnus thinking about the real possibility of time travel which is further fed when Romana, having fixed the TARDIS with one of the Doctors tie-pins, leaves him with a business card for an excellent plastic surgeon in 1998. As soon as she has left Magnus is on the phone to Findecker …the 1890’s sound interesting!
Characters
References
- Magnus Greel's bunker is below the Supreme Alliance in Iceland.
- The TARDIS' cloister bell is ringing because it thinks that it is 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
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Continuity
- The war criminal Magnus Greel, first appeared in DW: The Talons of Weng-Chiang. Even this early in his dictatorship he displays 'psychotic deviant' and cannibalistic tendencies contemplating the slaughtering, cooking and eating of Romana as an act of manners.
- The Cloister bells were a TARDIS warning system that rang out when the TARDIS was under an extreme threat first introduced in DW: Logopolis
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.
