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'''''Ships''''' was a ''[[Brief Encounter]]'' short story published in [[DWM 185]]. It was the only such story to feature [[Dodo Chaplet]] and details a possibility for Dodo's post-[[The TARDIS|TARDIS]] life quite different from that in ''[[Who Killed Kennedy]]''. | '''''Ships''''' was a ''[[Brief Encounter]]'' short story published in [[DWM 185]]. It was the only such story to feature [[Dodo Chaplet]] and details a possibility for Dodo's post-[[The TARDIS|TARDIS]] life quite different from that in ''[[Who Killed Kennedy (novel)|Who Killed Kennedy]]''. | ||
The title plays on the phrase "ships that pass in the night". It details an exceptionally brief encounter between Dodo Chaplet and [[Sarah Jane Smith]] in which they never recognise each other as people who know [[the Doctor]]. | The title plays on the phrase "ships that pass in the night". It details an exceptionally brief encounter between Dodo Chaplet and [[Sarah Jane Smith]] in which they never recognise each other as people who know [[the Doctor]]. | ||
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== Continuity == | == Continuity == | ||
* This story appears to contradict the novel, ''[[Who Killed Kennedy]]'', which kills off Dodo after seeing her institutionalised immediately after her departure in [[TV]]: ''[[The War Machines]]''. Dodo here is portrayed as being a quite functional member of society — a secretary, with all the normal sorts of concerns of adult life. She claims to be "older and wiser" and speaks of her TARDIS life being "such a long time ago", which ''suggests'' that she's alive long after her death in ''Kennedy''. However, no actual dates are given. Because of this, there's also no guarantee that Sarah Jane has even met the Doctor yet, since she claims to be from [[1980]] at one stage of her televised career – namely, [[TV]]: ''[[Pyramids of Mars]]''. The story could be set in [[1972]] just as easily as [[1992]]. However, this still makes it impossible for it to makes sense concurrently with ''[[Who Killed Kennedy]]'', as that story suggests Dodo spent years in bad conditions and mental institutions, including the [[Glasshouse]], and spent years being homeless — thus contradicting this story's claim of her good life. | * This story appears to contradict the novel, ''[[Who Killed Kennedy (novel)|Who Killed Kennedy]]'', which kills off Dodo after seeing her institutionalised immediately after her departure in [[TV]]: ''[[The War Machines]]''. Dodo here is portrayed as being a quite functional member of society — a secretary, with all the normal sorts of concerns of adult life. She claims to be "older and wiser" and speaks of her TARDIS life being "such a long time ago", which ''suggests'' that she's alive long after her death in ''Kennedy''. However, no actual dates are given. Because of this, there's also no guarantee that Sarah Jane has even met the Doctor yet, since she claims to be from [[1980]] at one stage of her televised career – namely, [[TV]]: ''[[Pyramids of Mars]]''. The story could be set in [[1972]] just as easily as [[1992]]. However, this still makes it impossible for it to makes sense concurrently with ''[[Who Killed Kennedy (novel)|Who Killed Kennedy]]'', as that story suggests Dodo spent years in bad conditions and mental institutions, including the [[Glasshouse]], and spent years being homeless — thus contradicting this story's claim of her good life. | ||
* Dodo mentions the way in which [[Cyril]] "died" in [[TV]]: ''[[The Celestial Toymaker (TV story)|The Celestial Toymaker]]'' and [[Steven Taylor]]'s departure in [[TV]]: ''[[The Savages (TV story)|The Savages]]''. | * Dodo mentions the way in which [[Cyril]] "died" in [[TV]]: ''[[The Celestial Toymaker (TV story)|The Celestial Toymaker]]'' and [[Steven Taylor]]'s departure in [[TV]]: ''[[The Savages (TV story)|The Savages]]''. | ||
* The ''Doctor Who Reference Guide'' sets the story for Sarah Jane as taking place after [[TV]]: ''[[The Hand of Fear (TV story)|The Hand of Fear]]''. | * The ''Doctor Who Reference Guide'' sets the story for Sarah Jane as taking place after [[TV]]: ''[[The Hand of Fear (TV story)|The Hand of Fear]]''. | ||
