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A man is waiting at [[King's Cross station]] for a train to a spiritual camp up in [[Wales]]. At the camp, the man and the other people at the camp are hypnotised by a [[Master|mystic]], who tells them that they have to go back to [[London]] and destroy [[Dr Oho]]. The man finds himself at Dr Oho's party in his home in [[Maida Vale]], where a [[public call box]] was the centre-piece.  
A man is waiting at [[King's Cross station]] for a train to a spiritual camp up in [[Wales]]. At the camp, the man and the other people at the camp are hypnotised by a [[Master|mystic]], who tells them that they have to go back to [[London]] and destroy [[Dr Oho]]. The man finds himself at Dr Oho's party in his home in [[Maida Vale]], where a [[public call box]] was the centre-piece.  


[[Joe Orton]] and [[Jamie the Highlander]] have [[sex]], and [[Angus Wilson]], [[Iris Murdoch]], and Dr Oho talk about [[book]]s, and the party wages on. Later on that night, the streets [[flood]]. The next morning, many of the guests go inside Dr Oho's public call box, and they and the box disappear, leaving Maida Vale silent. In the [[North]]-[[East]] of [[England]], in a hospital in [[Jarrow]], newborn [[Paul Magrs]] sleeps happily in a [[cot]], rolling his eyes at his amusing dream.  
[[Joe Orton]] and [[Jamie the Highlander]] have [[sex]], and [[Angus Wilson]], [[Iris Murdoch]], and Dr Oho talk about [[book]]s, and the party wages on. Later on that night, the streets [[flood]]. The next morning, many of the guests go inside Dr Oho's public call box, and they and the box disappear, leaving Maida Vale silent. In the [[North]]-[[East]] of [[England]], in a hospital in [[Jarrow]], newborn [[Paul Magrs (Bafflement and Devotion)|Paul Magrs]] sleeps happily in a [[cot]], rolling his eyes at his amusing dream.  


== Characters ==
== Characters ==
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* The [[Baby|newborn]] Paul Magrs dreams of a [[Master]], [[Sylvia Plath]], [[Stevie Smith]], the [[Cyborg-men]], [[Peter Jones]], and peculiar [[lizard men]].   
* The [[Baby|newborn]] Paul Magrs dreams of a [[Master]], [[Sylvia Plath]], [[Stevie Smith]], the [[Cyborg-men]], [[Peter Jones]], and peculiar [[lizard men]].   
* [[Dusty Springfield]], [[Mida Slike]], [[Shirley Bassey]], [[Tom Jones]], a stern robot dog, [[Reggie Kray]], [[Cilla Black]], [[Lulu]], [[Angus Wilson]], [[Judy Garland]], [[Iris Murdoch]], [[Marianne Faithfull]], [[Brian Jones]], [[Dirk Bogarde]], John and Yoko, [[Michael Moorcock]], [[Angela Carter]], [[Joe Orton]], [[Jackie O]], [[Beryl Reid]], [[Jamie the Highlander]], Steed and [[Emma Peel]], Mrs Gale, [[Jerry Cornelius]], [[Susan Sontag]], [[David Bowie]], [[Anais Nin]], Robin, [[Noel Coward]], and [[Patrick Proctor]] all attend Dr Oho's party in Magrs' dream.   
* [[Dusty Springfield]], [[Mida Slike]], [[Shirley Bassey]], [[Tom Jones]], a stern robot dog, [[Reggie Kray]], [[Cilla Black]], [[Lulu]], [[Angus Wilson]], [[Judy Garland]], [[Iris Murdoch]], [[Marianne Faithfull]], [[Brian Jones]], [[Dirk Bogarde]], John and Yoko, [[Michael Moorcock]], [[Angela Carter]], [[Joe Orton]], [[Jackie O]], [[Beryl Reid]], [[Jamie the Highlander]], Steed and [[Emma Peel]], Mrs Gale, [[Jerry Cornelius]], [[Susan Sontag]], [[David Bowie]], [[Anais Nin]], Robin, [[Noel Coward]], and [[Patrick Proctor]] all attend Dr Oho's party in Magrs' dream.   
* Maida Vale, [[Sloane Square]], [[King's Road]], The University of East Anglia,
* Maida Vale, [[Sloane Square]], [[King's Road]], [[The University of East Anglia]], and [[Atlantis]] are locations.
* [[Atlantis]] is mentioned.
* ''[[Beyond the Valley of the Dolls]]'' was a film.
* ''[[Beyond the Valley of the Dolls]]'' was a film.
* ''[[Step Inside Love]]'' is sung by Cilla Black and Lulu, and [[The Laughing Gnome|''The Laughing Gnome'']] is sung by David Bowie. Either [[A Day in the Life|''A Day in the Life'']] or [[Help|''Help'']] played in the morning after the party.
* ''[[Step Inside Love]]'' is sung by Cilla Black and Lulu, and ''[[The Laughing Gnome (song)|The Laughing Gnome]]'' is sung by David Bowie. Either [[A Day in the Life|''A Day in the Life'']] or ''[[Help (song)|Help]]'' played in the morning after the party.
* An "Iris" is intimate with Robin.  
* An "[[Iris Wildthyme|Iris]]" is intimate with [[Robin (character)|Robin]].  
* Paul Magrs is born a hospital in [[Jarrow]], [[Tyne and Wear]], on the [[Twelfth of November]], [[1969]].  
* Paul Magrs is born a [[hospital]] in [[Jarrow]], [[Tyne and Wear]], on the [[21 November|Twelfth of November]], [[1969]].  
== Notes ==
== Notes ==
* ''In the Sixties'' was originally published in the charity anthology ''Walking in Eternity''. When it was reprinted in ''Twelve Stories'', copyright-violating names were changed. The original version is outside the scope of this wiki.
* ''In the Sixties'' was originally published in the charity anthology ''Walking in Eternity''. When it was reprinted in ''Twelve Stories'', copyright-violating names were changed. The original version is outside the scope of this wiki.
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