Playtime (short story)

Playtime (short story)

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Playtime
Main character(s):	Sarah Jane Smith
Featuring:	Susan Foreman (unnamed cameo)
Main setting:	Shoreditch, London, England, UK, Earth, November 1963
Key crew
Writer:	Vanessa Bishop
Release details
Printed in:	DWMS Holiday 1992

Summary

On a day trip to London with her aunt Lavinia in November 1963, Sarah Jane, a young girl with an enquiring mind, nips off to explore while her guardian goes off to buy sweets for her. Behind some double gates she finds a junkyard full of shop window dummies, broken chairs, picture frames and, strangely, a police box. Lost in her own world, she suddenly remembers her aunt and races off as a car pulls up and an older girl runs into the junkyard.

Characters

• Sarah Jane Smith
• Susan Foreman (unnamed)
• Lavinia Smith

References

to be added

Notes

Illustrated by Brian Hudd

Continuity

• The story presents some of the events of DW: An Unearthly Child from the viewpoint of Sarah Jane Smith. The story can only work if it is assumed that the UNIT stories took place in the "near future". SJA: Whatever Happened to Sarah Jane?, which shows Sarah Jane as thirteen years old in 1964, makes this story impossible, unless changes to the timeline are assumed.

Timeline

For Sarah Jane

• This story occurs after: SJA: The Temptation of Sarah Jane Smith (baby Sarah Jane)
• This story occurs before: SJA: Whatever Happened to Sarah Jane? (1964 scenes)