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{{Infobox Story | |image = Useless Things BE story.jpg | ||
|image=Useless Things BE story.jpg | |series = ''[[Brief Encounter]]'' | ||
|main character = [[Prince]] [[Genei]] | |||
|series=[[Brief Encounter]] | |featuring = | ||
|main character= [[Prince]] [[Genei]] | |setting = [[London Borough of Barnet]] | ||
|featuring= | |writer = David Carroll | ||
|setting= [[ | |publication = [[DWM 212]] | ||
|writer= | |release date = 14 April 1994 | ||
|publication= | |cover date = 11 May 1994 | ||
|release date= | |prev = Down to Earth (short story) | ||
|prev=Down to Earth (short story) | |next = The Gallery (short story) | ||
|next=The Gallery (short story) | |||
}} | }} | ||
'''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was a ''[[Brief Encounter]]'' short story published in | '''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was a ''[[Brief Encounter]]'' short story published in [[DWM 212]]. | ||
== Summary == | == Summary == | ||
Alien invaders led by Prince Genei plan to take over the world, but are scared off by a [[police box]] they believe to be [[the Doctor's TARDIS]]. However, the police box is actually the last of its kind in [[England]] | Alien invaders led by Prince [[Genei]] plan to take over the world, but are scared off by a [[police box]] they believe to be [[the Doctor's TARDIS]]. However, the police box is actually genuine and the last of its kind in [[England]]. Workmen arrive to remove it shortly after the invaders depart for their own world. | ||
== Characters == | == Characters == | ||
* | * [[Genei]] | ||
* [[Workmen (Useless Things)|Workmen]] | * [[Workmen (Useless Things)|Workmen]] | ||
== | == Worldbuilding == | ||
* The last remaining police box in England was situated on the [[Barnet]] | * The last remaining [[police box]] in England was situated on the [[Barnet Bypass]]. | ||
== Notes == | == Notes == | ||
'' | * The legacy of the [[police box]] appearance that [[the Doctor's TARDIS]] has assumed is explored here. It is further explored in [[COMIC]]: ''[[Hunters of the Burning Stone (comic story)|Hunters of the Burning Stone]]''. | ||
== Continuity == | == Continuity == | ||
''to be added'' | |||
== External links == | == External links == | ||
{{dwrefguide|brief.htm#dwm212|Useless Things}} | |||
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[[Category:Brief Encounter stories]] | [[Category:Brief Encounter stories]] | ||
[[Category:Doctor Who short stories]] | [[Category:Doctor Who short stories]] | ||
[[Category:1994 short stories]] | [[Category:1994 short stories]] | ||
[[Category:Stories set in England]] | |||
