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{{Infobox Story | {{Infobox Story SMW | ||
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|doctor = Second Doctor | |||
|doctor = Second Doctor | |companions = [[Polly Wright|Polly]], [[Ben Jackson|Ben]] | ||
|companions=[[Polly Wright|Polly]], [[Ben Jackson|Ben]] | |setting = [[Intergalactic space]], 4 quadrillion [[light-year]]s from the nearest [[galaxy]] | ||
|setting= | |writer = | ||
|writer= | |anthology = The Dr Who Annual 1968 | ||
| | |release date = September 1967 | ||
|prev=Planet of Bones (short story) | |series = [[Doctor Who annual|''Doctor Who'' annual]] | ||
|next = World Without Night (comic story) | |prev = Planet of Bones (short story) | ||
|next = World Without Night (comic story) | |||
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'''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was the sixth illustrated short story in | '''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was the sixth illustrated short story in ''[[The Dr Who Annual 1968]]''. It featured the [[Second Doctor]], [[Ben Jackson|Ben]] and [[Polly Wright|Polly]] and was notable for being the first time the vast emptiness between [[galaxy|galaxies]] had been used as a setting in a piece of authorised ''[[Doctor Who]]'' fiction. | ||
== Summary == | == Summary == | ||
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* [[Ben Jackson]] | * [[Ben Jackson]] | ||
* [[Polly Wright]] | * [[Polly Wright]] | ||
* | * Members of an [[Species (When Starlight Grows Cold)|alien species]] | ||
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== Continuity == | == Continuity == | ||
'' | * Through chance, Polly is able to make a controlled "[[short hop]]" to pick the Doctor up from the alien ship. The Doctor claims himself to have never done this before, although he had made a short hop before on [[Kandalinga]] in his [[first incarnation]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Fishmen of Kandalinga (short story)|The Fishmen of Kandalinga]]'') The Second Doctor had also once commented on another short hop conducted by the First Doctor, stating that he often had trouble with short trips. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Five Card Draw (short story)|Five Card Draw]]'') | ||
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[[Category:1968 | [[Category:DWAN 1968 short stories]] | ||
