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|number in range = 15
|number in range = #15
|name            = ''Object Auction''
|name            = ''Object Auction''
|image          = Object Auction 27 08.jpg
|image          = Object Auction 27 08.jpg
|main character  = [[J Frinkstein]], [[Jenny Maguire]]
|main character  = [[J Frinkstein]], [[Jenny Maguire]]
|setting        = [[United Kingdom]], [[2006]]
|setting        = [[United Kingdom]], [[2006]]{{Note|This story, being set after the [[London UFO crash]] in [[March]] and before ''[[Unexploded WWII Bomb Warnings (short story)|Unexploded WWII Bomb Warnings]]'' (set sometime prior to [[28 July]]) takes place anytime from mid-March to late July.}}
|release date    = [[30 April (releases)|30 April]] [[2005 (releases)|2005]]
|release date    = 30 April 2005
|writer          = [[BBC webteam]]
|writer          = BBC webteam
|publisher      = BBC
|publisher      = BBC
|genre          = Science fiction
|genre          = Science fiction
|format          = Online short story
|format          = Online short story
|anthology      = ''[[U.N.I.T. (tie-in website)|U.N.I.T.]]''
|website        = ''[[U.N.I.T. (tie-in website)|U.N.I.T.]]''
|series          = [[U.N.I.T. (tie-in website)|''U.N.I.T.'' website fiction]]
|series          = [[U.N.I.T. (tie-in website)|''U.N.I.T.'' website fiction]]
|prev            = Number Ten (short story)
|prev            = Number Ten (short story)
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=== Referenced only ===
=== Referenced only ===
* [[The Object]]
* [[The Object]]
* [[Hiram Duchesne|The seller]]
* [[Henry van Statten|The buyer]]
* [[Henry van Statten|The buyer]]


== References ==
== Worldbuilding ==
* The auction mentions that The Object is still [[life|alive]], still [[Stimulant|unresponsive]], and still [[danger|deadly]].
* The auction mentions that The Object is still [[life|alive]], still [[Stimulant|unresponsive]], and still [[danger|deadly]].
** The [[P&P]] is included in the price.
** The [[P&P]] is included in the price.
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== Notes ==
== Notes ==
* It is odd that Maguire expresses pity for the unnamed Dalek, given UNIT's history with Daleks.
''to be added''


== Continuity ==
== Continuity ==
* The Object is the "[[Metaltron]]", that passed around from collector to collector for decades. ([[TV]]: ''[[Dalek (TV story)|Dalek]]'', [[PROSE]]: ''[[Dalek (novelisation)|Dalek]]'', ''[[The Secret Lives of Monsters (short story)|The Secret Lives of Monsters]]'', et al.)
* The Object is the "[[Metaltron]]", that passed around from collector to collector for decades. ([[TV]]: ''[[Dalek (TV story)|Dalek]]'', [[PROSE]]: ''[[Dalek (novelisation)|Dalek]]'', ''[[The Secret Lives of Monsters (short story)|The Secret Lives of Monsters]]'', etc.)
* UNIT had been tracking the Object, known also as a "[[Code D]]", for years. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Dalek Transaction (audio story)|The Dalek Transaction]]'')
* UNIT had been tracking the Object, known also as a "[[Code D]]", for years. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Dalek Transaction (audio story)|The Dalek Transaction]]'')


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[[Category:Operations Board short stories]]
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[[Category:Stories set in 2006]]
[[Category:Stories set in 2006]]
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