A Mutual Friend (short story)
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A Mutual Friend was the fourth story in the Bernice Summerfield anthology A Life of Surprises. It was written by Terrance Dicks.
Summary
Bernice Summerfield is hungover, so she goes to a coffee shop to recover. Whilst Jason Kane is buying Britney Spears CDs for Irving Braxiatel, Benny meets a brown haired lady in the shop. They share drinks and stories, and learn that they have a friend in common.
Characters
References
- Braxiatel asks Jason to buy him some Britney Spears CDs.
- Benny meets Sarah Jane at a Starbucks.
Notes
- This was one of the eight stories collected in Treasury.
Continuity
- Sarah Jane mentions the Doctor leaving her (TV: The Hand of Fear) and seeing him again at a kind of family reunion. (TV: The Five Doctors)
- Benny remembers gangsters in Chicago and vampires on an alien planet, (PROSE: Blood Harvest) an Ogron detective and a demonic crime lord, (PROSE: Mean Streets) giant ants, (PROSE: Set Piece) and squat dome-headed warriors fighting glowing jellyfish. (PROSE: Shakedown)
- Sarah warns Benny not to go to Metebelis III if the Doctor ever offers. (TV: Planet of the Spiders)
