Prelude Human Nature (short story): Difference between revisions

}}'''''{{PAGENAME}}''''' was, as the name suggested, a prelude to ''[[Human Nature (novel)|Human Nature]]'' by [[Paul Cornell]].  It was a short scene which did not appear in the published novel. and featured [[Alexander Shuttleworth]] and [[Joan Redfern (novel character)|Joan Redfern]].  It was notable for introducing the character of [[Wolsey]], a [[cat]] who travelled with the [[Seventh Doctor]] in the [[Virgin New Adventures]] series.   

[[Alexander Shuttleworth]] has come to give a lecture to [[Joan Redfern (novel character)|Joan Redfern]]'s [[WI]] group in [[Farringham]] on the subject of [[bronze age]] [[archaeology]].  Before he does so, however, he enjoys a bit of cake, and a bit of scrutiny, provided by the other women in the group.  Meanwhile, an off-hand comment by one of the women about Joan's widowhood sends Joan into deep thought about her lost husband.  This then triggers another thought — one of a dream she had about her new colleague, the mercurial Dr. [[John Smith (Seventh Doctor)|John Smith]].