Encounter on Burnt Snake Flat (short story)

 was a Brief Encounter short story published in the Doctor Who Yearbook 1993. It dealt with Tegan Jovanka's trauma after being controlled by the Mara.

Publisher's summary
The Fifth Doctor tracks down his old companion Tegan Jovanka in the Australian Outback. A new story by Ghost Light scriptwriter Marc Platt. Illustration by Paul Vyse.

Plot
Tegan is running her father's farm in Australia. She is also worrying about her father, who is laid up in hospital after having been bitten by a snake. The Fifth Doctor arrives to ensure that Tegan is finally free of the Mara's influence, as well as to give her the news that her father will be fine.

Characters

 * Fifth Doctor
 * Tegan Jovanka

Worldbuilding

 * Tegan got her family to wire her money to come home to Australia from London.
 * She thinks the Doctor sits like he's waiting for the Dreamtime.
 * Her farm has sheep.

Continuity

 * Tegan left the Doctor suddenly three years ago in 1984. (TV: Resurrection of the Daleks)
 * The Doctor reminds Tegan he promised the Mara was gone from her head. (TV: Kinda, Snakedance, AUDIO: The Cradle of the Snake)
 * Tegan tells the Doctor his celery needs changing. He previously changed it on an Eternal ship. (TV: Enlightenment)