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'''''Ships''''' was a ''[[Brief Encounter]]'' short story published in | '''''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 Doctor's TARDIS|TARDIS]] life quite different from that in the novel ''[[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 knew [[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 knew [[the Doctor]]. | ||
== Summary == | == Summary == | ||
Walking home from her secretarial job, [[Dodo Chaplet]]'s [[mind]] wanders back to her days in [[the TARDIS]]. As she encounters reminders of her mundane existence on the way home, she increasingly castigates herself for having left the [[First Doctor]] so abruptly. Lost in thought, she turns a corner and runs into a young woman. Their respective armfuls are dumped onto the ground. In the haste to collect their belongings, Dodo accidentally grabs the young woman's [[diary]]. It's too late to return it to her, though — she's long gone. Dodo examines it to determine something that might identify the owner. Luckily, there's an [[address]] — and the name [[Sarah Jane Smith|S. J. Smith]]... | Walking home from her secretarial job, [[Dodo Chaplet]]'s [[mind]] wanders back to her days in [[The Doctor's TARDIS|the TARDIS]]. As she encounters reminders of her mundane existence on the way home, she increasingly castigates herself for having left the [[First Doctor]] so abruptly. Lost in thought, she turns a corner and runs into a young woman. Their respective armfuls are dumped onto the ground. In the haste to collect their belongings, Dodo accidentally grabs the young woman's [[diary]]. It's too late to return it to her, though — she's long gone. Dodo examines it to determine something that might identify the owner. Luckily, there's an [[address]] — and the name [[Sarah Jane Smith|S. J. Smith]]... | ||
== Characters == | == Characters == | ||
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== Continuity == | == Continuity == | ||
* Dodo mentions the way in which [[Cyril (The Celestial Toymaker)|Cyril]] "died" in the [[Celestial Toyroom]], ([[TV]]: ''[[The Celestial Toymaker (TV story)|The Celestial Toymaker]]'') and [[Steven Taylor]]'s departure from the TARDIS. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Savages (TV story)|The Savages]]'') | * Dodo mentions the way in which [[Cyril (The Celestial Toymaker)|Cyril]] "died" in the [[Celestial Toyroom]], ([[TV]]: ''[[The Celestial Toymaker (TV story)|The Celestial Toymaker]]'') and [[Steven Taylor]]'s departure from [[The Doctor's TARDIS|the TARDIS]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Savages (TV story)|The Savages]]'') | ||
== External links == | == External links == | ||
