Front Line (short story)

Front Line
Doctor:	Seventh Doctor
Main setting:	Europe, World War I
Key crew
Writer:	Dale Smith
Release details
Printed in:	DWM 208
Release date:	23 December 1993
Cover date:	19 January 1994
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Front Line was a Brief Encounter short story published in DWM 208.

Summary

The Seventh Doctor meets a private in the trenches during World War I and gives him a bar of chocolate, which the private gratefully accepts. The Doctor then offers the private the chance to travel with him. However, the private declines, as he believes it would be desertion. Unbeknownst to the private, the Germans are about to advance on his position.

Characters

• Seventh Doctor
• Private

Worldbuilding

• The Doctor always carries chocolate on him, "just in case".

Notes

• Dale Smith wrote this under the name Paul Smith.
• This story is a "pure historical" featuring no science fiction elements apart from the presence of the Doctor.

Continuity

to be added

External links

• Front Line at Dale Smith's website.
• Front Line at the Doctor Who Reference Guide