A Farewell to R.M.S. (short story)

 was the eighth promotional short story released in The Book of the Peace Dossier.

Summary
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Characters

 * Roger
 * Great Houses representative
 * Bookkeeper

Worldbuilding

 * The Bookkeeper mentions House Bluewood.
 * Roger expected the Bookkeeper to arrive on the back of a majestic multicoloured bird.
 * The Bookkeepers donated RMS to Roger's family after accidentally desolating their original homeworld, an event which was foretold by the Library.

Continuity

 * Roger's Magic Sphere had a different name before the Bookkeepers were called "Bookkeepers". (PROSE: A Farewell to Arms)
 * Members of the Bookkeepers used to be smaller. (PROSE: Cobweb and Ivory, A Farewell to Arms)
 * The Bookkeeper asks if the Houses ambassador represents House Tracolix or House Military. (PROSE: The Book of the War, et al.)
 * The Houses ambassador says something that Roger hears as "generation unit". (TV: Regeneration)
 * The Bookkeepers' books have told them that the Houses are making agreements with several other powers. (PROSE: Dead Romance, Alien Bodies, T. memeticus: A Morphology, AUDIO: Body Politic)
 * The Houses have technology that can pluck people from time. (TV: The Five Doctors)