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| |main character = [[Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart]] | | |main character = [[The Brigadier]] |
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| |writer={{il|[[James Goss]]|[[Steve Tribe]]}} | | |writer = [[James Goss]], [[Steve Tribe]] |
| |publication=''[[The Doctor: His Lives and Times]]'' | | |publication = ''[[The Doctor: His Lives and Times]]'' |
| |series=''[[The Doctor: His Lives and Times]]'' | | |series=''[[The Doctor: His Lives and Times]]'' |
| |prev=Transcript of the Doctor's first trial(short story) | | |prev=Second Session (short story) |
| |next=Court Hearing (short story) | | |next=Still Need a Title! (short story) |
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| == Summary == | | == Summary == |
| Lethbridge-Stewart is writing his memoirs, and has come to the chapter about working with [[Third Doctor|the Doctor]]. He knows this will be removed from any publication by [[D Notice]] but feels if he doesn't write it, he "couldn't look him in the face".
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| == Characters == | | == Plot == |
| * [[Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart]]
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| == References == | | == References == |
| * As part of his notes, the Brigadier has:
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| :* The Doctor's patient record from the cottage hospital.
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| :* A transcript of [[John Wakefield]]'s report about [[Mars Probe 7]].
| | * This short story acts as an in-universe recap of the Third Doctor era. |
| :* An informational leaflet for investing in [[Stahlman gas]].
| | *The text contained a poem, called '[[The Curse of Aggedor|''The Curse of Aggedor'']]'. |
| :* The St. Cedd's College Newsletter reporting [[Elizabeth Shaw]] has "returned from sabbatical".
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| :* A product recall warning for the [[Auton]]'s plastic flowers.
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| :* A report by [[Pentagon]]'s "Department X12 Axonite Task Force", which reveals the US still has some traces of [[Axonite]].
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| :* A memo to Lethbridge-Stewart reporting the suspected Master was actually the Spanish ambassador.
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| :* A TV listing for [[BBC3]]: [[the Clangers]], [[Harold Chorley]]'s show, and [[The Passing Parade]] reporting "live from [[Devil's End]].
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| :* A letter from Lethbridge-Stewart to [[Reginald Styles]], apologising for the destruction of [[Auderly House]].
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| == Notes == | |
| * This story acts as a partial in-universe recap of the Third Doctor's era. | |
| * The Brigadier laments the Doctor's spotty understanding of human political realities and how he lumbered him with paperwork. | |
| * While he can't write about the Doctor, he's allowed to write about [[the Master]] (who turns out to be a member of the same club as the Doctor and has deliberately ensured they never meet there).
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| * After the dinosaur invasion, the Brigadier began making sure UNIT were equipped to operate without the Doctor on assumption he might not show up in time next.
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| * The Brigadier had an uncle in the Royal Navy. He compares his uncle's wanderlust to the Third Doctor's increasingly sporadic appearances.
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| == Continuity == | | == Continuity == |
| * The Brigadier refers to [[Jo Grant]] getting her job via her uncle as a bit of office politics.
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| * He's learned that [[Harold Saxon]] was the Master in disguise.
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| * The Doctor's hobnobbing at an exclusive Mayfair club, with one contact being [[Rowlands|Tubby Rowlands]] first mentioned in [[TV]]: ''[[Terror of the Autons (TV story)|Terror of the Autons]]''. The Doctor uses these contacts to ensure UNIT get the supplies they need.
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| * The Doctor once namedropped knowing [[Mao Tse-Tung|Mao]]'s favourite dishes; the two knew each other in [[TV]]: ''[[The Mind of Evil (TV story)|The Mind of Evil]]''.
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| * The US has Axonite ([[TV]]: ''[[The Claws of Axos (TV story)|The Claws of Axos]]'') retained at [[Area 52]] behind the [[dwarf star alloy]] from [[TV]]: ''[[Day of the Moon (TV story)|Day of the Moon]]''.
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| * The Brigadier lies that he never said "I'm fairly sure that's [[Cromer]]", saying it's just a longstanding joke by [[John Benton|Benton]]. [[TV]]: ''[[The Three Doctors (TV story)|The Three Doctors]]''
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