Brief Encounter

Brief Encounters was an occasional series of new prose fiction stories. The stories appeared throughout Doctor Who Magazine regular issues, issues and later Doctor Who Yearbook from the early to mid-1990s.

Overviews

The series began as vignettes orientated towards character and mood. These tended to star the Seventh Doctor (the current Doctor at the time) and often his companion Ace and often had meetings between characters from different eras of Doctor Who.

In the Yearbooks, the format changed to allow for longer stories with more of an orientation towards plot. A number of stories feature continuity difficult to integrate with the comics and with later canon.

The Stories

Issue	Title	Author
DWM Issue 167	The Meeting	John Lucarotti	First Doctor John Lucarotti (as character)
DWM Issue 168	An Incident Concerning the Continual Bombardment of the Phobos Colony	Paul Cornell	Davros
DWM Issue 169	Untitled	David Bishop	Seventh Doctor Ian Chesterton Barbara Wright
DWM Issue 171	Untitled	Michael Bonner	None
DWM Issue 172	A Victorian Interlude	Andy Lane	Henry Gordon Jago Dr Litefoot Fifth Doctor
DWM Issue 174	Under Reykjavik	Warren Ellis	Magnus Greel Romana II
DWM Issue 176	Mistaken Identity	Gary Russell	Lytton Cast of EastEnders
DWM Issue 178	Affirmative	Daniel Read	Seventh Doctor Leela K-9 Mark I
DWM Issue 178	An Unfulfilled Dream	Karen Dunn	Seventh Doctor
DWM Issue 181	Echoes of Future Past	John Summerfield	First Doctor Seventh Doctor
DWM Issue 184	Duggan	Paul Ferry	Duggan Seventh Doctor Ace
DWM Issue 184	Who Discovered America?	John Lucarotti	First Doctor Susan Ian Chesterton Barbara Wright
DWM Issue 185	Ships	Jamie Woolley	Dodo Chaplet Sarah Jane Smith
DWM Issue 186	Cathedral Heart	Paul Cornell	Seventh Doctor Ace
DWM Issue 187	A Romantic Evening	Alex Fowles	The Brigadier Doris Lethbridge-Stewart Seventh Doctor
DWM Issue 188	The Useful Pile	Kate Orman	Seventh Doctor
DWM Issue 189	Time, Love and TARDIS	Ron Plath	The TARDIS (as a character) Seventh Doctor
DWM Issue 190	A Visit to the Cinema	Vanessa Bishop	Third Doctor Dr. Who (as fictional chararcter)
DWM Issue 191	Reunion	David Caroll	Peri
DWM Issue 192	Games	Warwick Gray	Celestial Toymaker Fenric
DWM Issue 193	Toy	Colin Varney	Shardovan the Portreeve
DWM Issue 194	Tautology	Glenn Langford	Marius K-9 Mark III K-9 Mark I
DWM Issue 195	In the Community	Paul Beardsley	Ace Judith Winters ("the Girl" from Remembrance of the Daleks)
DWM Issue 196	The Stranger, The Writer, His Wife and the Mixed Metaphor	Graham Cox	Fourth Doctor William Shakespeare
DWM Issue 197	A Time and a Place	Una McCormack	Seventh Doctor
DWM Issue 198	Three Steps to the Left	Glenn Langford	Seventh Doctor
DWM Issue 199	Anti-Matter with Fries	Gareth Roberts	Ace The Ergon Seventh Doctor
DWM Issue 200	Rennigan's Record	David Whitaker	First Doctor Susan Ian Chesterton Barbara Wright
DWM Issue 205	Missing in Action	Tim Pieraccini	Mike Yates
DWM Issue 206	One Minute Fourteen Seconds	Kate Orman	Seventh Doctor Ace
DWM Issue 208	Front Line	Paul Smith	Seventh Doctor
DWM Issue 210	Down to Earth	David Jackson	Liz Shaw Fourth Doctor
DWM Issue 212	Useless Things	David Carroll	None
DWM Issue 213	The Gallery	Paul D. Smith	Seventh Doctor
DWM Issue 214	Roses	Robert Mammone	First Doctor Steven Taylor
DWMS Winter 1991	Listening Watch	Dan Abnett	John Benton Mike Yates The Brigadier
DWMS Winter 1991	A Wee Deoch an ...?	Colin Baker	Sixth Doctor, Mel, The Brigadier
DWMS Summer 1992	Girls' Night In	Mike Tucker and Robert Perry	Jo Grant, Sarah Jane Smith, Liz Shaw, Tegan, Ace
DWMS Summer 1992	Playtime	Vanessa Bishop	Sarah Jane Smith, Lavinia Smith, Susan
DWMS Summer 1992	Fond Memories	Nicholas Courtney	The Brigadier
Doctor Who Yearbook (1992)	Future Imperfect	Marc Platt	Second Doctor, Third Doctor
Doctor Who Yearbook (1992)	Time on a Vine	John Lydecker	Fifth Doctor
Doctor Who Yearbook (1992)	The Deal	Colin Baker	Sixth Doctor, Mel
Doctor Who Yearbook 1993	Cambridge Previsited	Karen Dunn	First Doctor
Doctor Who Yearbook 1993	Dream a Little Dream For Me	Nigel Robinson	Second Doctor, Seventh Doctor
Doctor Who Yearbook 1993	Country of the Blind	Paul Cornell	Third Doctor, Liz Shaw
Doctor Who Yearbook 1993	Farewells	Terrance Dicks	Fourth Doctor, Sarah Jane Smith, K-9
Doctor Who Yearbook 1993	Encounter on Burnt Snake Flat	Marc Platt	Fifth Doctor, Tegan
Doctor Who Yearbook 1993	A Tourist Invasion	Colin Baker	Sixth Doctor, Mel
Doctor Who Yearbook 1994	Loop the Loup	Marc Platt	Second Doctor
Doctor Who Yearbook 1994	Reconnaissance	Terrance Dicks	Third Doctor, Liz Shaw
Doctor Who Yearbook 1994	The Changeling Years	Gareth Roberts	Fourth Doctor, Leela
Doctor Who Yearbook 1994	Perfect Day	Mark Gatiss	Fifth Doctor, Tegan
Doctor Who Yearbook 1994	The More Things Change	Andy Lane	Sixth Doctor, Peri
Doctor Who Yearbook 1994	Pulling Strings	Nigel Robinson	Seventh Doctor, Mel
Doctor Who Yearbook 1995	Urrozdinee	Mark Gatiss	First Doctor, Susan
Doctor Who Yearbook 1995	Briefly Noted	Justin Richards	Second Doctor, Jamie, Zoe
Doctor Who Yearbook 1995	The Hungry Bomb	Gareth Roberts	Third Doctor, Sarah Jane
Doctor Who Yearbook 1995	Rescue	David Rodan	The Rani
Doctor Who Yearbook 1995	The Beast Inside	Daniel Blythe	Fourth Doctor, Romana II
Doctor Who Yearbook 1995	One Last Try	Steve Lyons	Fifth Doctor, Turlough
Doctor Who Yearbook 1995	Work is Hell	Simon Messingham	Sixth Doctor, Peri
Doctor Who Yearbook 1995	It's Only a Game	Andy Lane	Seventh Doctor, Ace

External links

• Brief Encounters at the Doctor Who Reference Guide