The Forgotten Son original opening (short story)

 was the original preface to the novel The Forgotten Son by Andy Frankham-Allen. It did not appear in the novel, but was published in Lethbridge-Stewart: Top Secret Files.

Summary
Harold Chorley visits Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart in a nursing home. He has one month left to live and asks Chorley to write his memoirs.

Characters

 * Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart
 * Harold Chorley

Continuity

 * Chorley notices there's been an alien encounter at least once a year, usually around Christmas. (TV: The Christmas Invasion, The Runaway Bride, Voyage of the Damned, et al)
 * The Brigadier says the story begins when he was brought back from Libya at the request of Colonel Pemberton. (PROSE: The Ambush!, TV: The Web of Fear)