Listening Watch (short story)

 was a Brief Encounter short story published in DWMS Winter 1991.

Summary
Sergeant John Benton fetches coffee and snacks for Captain Mike Yates and himself in readiness for another evening shift on radio standby. Contemplating another quiet evening, their planned game of Pontoon is postponed when the Brigadier calls them into world-saving action.

Characters

 * John Benton
 * Mike Yates
 * Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart

Worldbuilding

 * Yates prefers tea, and if he did drink coffee, says he wouldn't take sugar in it.
 * Yates is trying to get into Second Stage Lensmen.
 * The Brigadier tells Benton and Yates that the Third Doctor requires twelve metres of heavy duty electric cable.
 * Yates makes a joke about the Yeti.

Continuity
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