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OK the original long post I had here got edited conflicted and I just lot it all so I'll summarise my points as best I can from memory; | OK the original long post I had here got edited conflicted and I just lot it all so I'll summarise my points as best I can from memory; | ||
1. You say Fred Rawlings is meant to be the policeman because the "people in the fog who weren't there" were meant to be the Doctor, Ian, Barbara, and Susan. But the AUC policeman didn't witness any of that. I assumed he was referring to the Shroud itself, perhaps in a weakened state if news of Kennedy's assassination, which the | 1. You say Fred Rawlings is meant to be the policeman because the "people in the fog who weren't there" were meant to be the Doctor, Ian, Barbara, and Susan. But the AUC policeman didn't witness any of that. I assumed he was referring to the Shroud itself, perhaps in a weakened state if news of Kennedy's assassination, which the novel tells us gave it its power, hadn't travelled to him yet, but that's not important right now. | ||
2. Who says AUC took place on the 22nd of November? Well, Who Killed Kennedy does, to fit in with its plot, but generally that story is assumed to take place on its airdate. | 2. Who says AUC took place on the 22nd of November? Well, Who Killed Kennedy does, to fit in with its plot, but generally that story is assumed to take place on its airdate. | ||
3. The meta reference fits better if Cranfield, rather than Rawlings, is the AUC policeman, since Cranfield played the AUC policeman in the finished version of AUC. | 3. The meta reference fits better if Cranfield, rather than Rawlings, is the AUC policeman, since Cranfield played the AUC policeman in the finished version of AUC. | ||
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BTW, I know AUC taking place on its airdate doesn't make much sense, given that AUC was presented as a schoolday, but that's still what is generally assumed. [[User:NightmareofEden|NightmareofEden]] [[User talk:NightmareofEden|<span title="Talk to me">☎</span>]] 12:57, 28 August 2021 (UTC) | BTW, I know AUC taking place on its airdate doesn't make much sense, given that AUC was presented as a schoolday, but that's still what is generally assumed. [[User:NightmareofEden|NightmareofEden]] [[User talk:NightmareofEden|<span title="Talk to me">☎</span>]] 12:57, 28 August 2021 (UTC) | ||
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# Well, the policeman in ''AUC'' was never actually ''shown'' to leave Totter's Lane, was he? It would make sense that he was still vicinity to hear Ian and Barbara getting into the kerfuffle with the Doctor and started making a lot of noise, and returning just as the TARDIS dematerialised. | |||
# And? The author of [[PROSE]]: ''[[Shroud of Sorrow (novel)|Shroud of Sorrow]]'' could've easily used [[PROSE]]: ''[[Who Killed Kennedy (novel)|Who Killed Kennedy]]'' to date the events. That's not a issue, surely, one story bring in continuity with another? | |||
# I had thought that some sources had stated that Fred had portrayed the policeman in the final edition? | |||
# Well, there's a lot of evidence that I enumerated just above your latest reply. | |||
# I had thought that someone had said that both Reg and Fred were intended to be the policeman, implying that they were the same individual, so I wanted to clarify that they weren't, even though upon reflection that seemed a bit obvious. | |||
# As for the airdate being the date in which ''AUC'' is set, 22 November, well that was a Friday. So still a schoolday, surely? <div style="background-color:#0E234E; border: solid 0.5px gold; display: inline; white-space: nowrap;">[[doctorwho:user:Epsilon the Eternal|<span style="background:#0E234E; color:white"><code>Epsilon</code></span>]][[doctorwho:user talk:Epsilon the Eternal|📯]] [[doctorwho:special:Contributions/Epsilon the Eternal|📂]]</div> 13:02, 28 August 2021 (UTC) | |||
