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|main character = [[Matt Shore]] | |main character = [[Matt Shore]] | ||
|setting = [[15 February]] [[2021]] | |setting = [[15 February]] [[2021]] | ||
|series = ''[[Into | |series = ''[[Into the Unknown (series)|Into the Unknown]]'' | ||
|release date = 15 February 2021 | |||
|prev = Life is strange... and precious. (short story) | |prev = Life is strange... and precious. (short story) | ||
|next = Don't link... Don't even link. (short story) | |next = Don't link... Don't even link. (short story) | ||
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[[Matt Shore]] writes about the mystery surrounding a [[The Doctor's TARDIS|British police box]] being caught on photograph in [[Alabama]] in [[December]] [[1955]], despite experts agreeing it likely originated in the 1960s. He claims some experts have deemed it a prop made by hoaxers, as its windows are the wrong size. Matt adds an update claiming several readers have got in touch to report similar sightings of a [[The Doctor's TARDIS|blue box]] in the [[Punjab]] in [[1947]], [[Tibet]] in [[1935]], and twice in [[Ypres]] in [[1914]]. | [[Matt Shore]] writes about the mystery surrounding a [[The Doctor's TARDIS|British police box]] being caught on photograph in [[Alabama]] in [[December]] [[1955]], despite experts agreeing it likely originated in the 1960s. He claims some experts have deemed it a prop made by hoaxers, as its windows are the wrong size. Matt adds an update claiming several readers have got in touch to report similar sightings of a [[The Doctor's TARDIS|blue box]] in the [[Punjab]] in [[1947]], [[Tibet]] in [[1935]], and twice in [[Ypres]] in [[1914]]. | ||
In the comments, "GP" recalls her grandmother claiming to have seen a blue box frequently in a corridor near Prime Minister [[Winston Churchill]] | In the comments, "GP" recalls her grandmother claiming to have seen a blue box frequently in a corridor near Prime Minister [[Winston Churchill]]'s office, coinciding with the appearance of strangers. Frank recalls his father seeing such a box at a crime scene in [[San Francisco]] on [[New Year's Eve|New Year’s Eve]] [[1999]], only for it to be missing hours later. "TS" claims to be from [[Leadworth]] and claims a police box was seen in various points in the village on and off for years, being nicknamed the "[[Leadworth Locker]]". TS claims to have found it in [[February]] [[2020]], encountering a "[[Thirteenth Doctor|fair-haired woman]]" as she was stepping inside who told him to stock up on handwash. | ||
== Characters == | == Characters == | ||
* [[Matt Shore]] | * [[Matt Shore]] | ||
* [[GP ( | * [[GP (Alabama's Blue Box)|GP]] | ||
* [[Frank ( | * [[Frank (Alabama's Blue Box)|Frank]] | ||
* [[TS ( | * [[TS (Alabama's Blue Box)|TS]] | ||
== Worldbuilding == | == Worldbuilding == | ||
* The strangers that GP claims visited Winston Churchill included a "[[First Doctor|kind, old man in a frock coat]]", a "[[Third Doctor|dashing | * The strangers that GP claims visited Winston Churchill included a "[[First Doctor|kind, old man in a frock coat]]", a "[[Third Doctor|dashing 'dandy' in a velvet jacket]]", and a "[[Eleventh Doctor|rather dishy young fellow who wore a bow tie]]" who was accompanied by a [[Amy Pond|woman]] resembling the model in the [[Petrichor (perfume)|Petrichor]] adverts. | ||
== Notes == | == Notes == | ||
