Echoes of Future Past (short story)

 was a Brief Encounter short story published in DWM 181. It tries to explain the First Doctor's involvement with the Hand of Omega as a gambit by the Seventh Doctor, creating an ontological paradox.

Plot
The First Doctor, walking to take Susan home from school, bumps into the Seventh Doctor, who was waiting in a dark street. The Seventh Doctor gives him the Hand of Omega, claiming that it will know what to do, and leaves without giving any other information about himself, leaving the First Doctor confused.

Characters

 * First Doctor
 * Seventh Doctor

Continuity

 * The Seventh Doctor states that he was once a pioneer among his own people. (TV: The Daleks)