The Least Important Man (short story)
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The Least Important Man was the ninth story in the Bernice Summerfield anthology The Dead Men Diaries. It was written by Steven Moffat.
Summary
Gavin Oliver Scott had a thoroughly un-extraordinary life in the 20th century... but, since his corpse was the only one to survive intact to the 26th century, he has had a most extraordinary death. Professor Bernice Summerfield gives a lecture on him, the 20th century's most famous son, and is surprised to find herself becoming a part of events six hundred years past.
Characters
- Bernice Summerfield
- Irving Braxiatel
- Gavin Oliver Scott
- Toby Wilton
- Mrs Grillo
- Mum
- Mr Frisby
- Irene Gilbey
References
- Gavin's favourite television programme is Blake's 7.
- Gavin mentions Dostoyevski and Tolstoy.
- Toby has a very large Scalextrix set.
Notes
- This story is told by Gavin, interspersed with portions of Benny's lecture.
Continuity
to be added
