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'''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was the fifth short story in the ''[[Time Trips]]'' series of e-books. |
'''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was the fifth short story in the ''[[Time Trips]]'' series of e-books. |
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== Publisher's summary == |
== Publisher's summary == |
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| − | + | [[The TARDIS]] is diverted to England in [[1572]], and the [[Sixth Doctor]] and [[Peri Brown|Peri]] meet [[John Dee]] — "[[mathematician]], [[astrologer]], [[alchemist]], [[magician]], and the greatest mind of our time". ("Only of ''your'' time?", the Doctor asks, unimpressed.) But what brought them here? When the Doctor discovers that Dee and his assistant have come across a "great disturbance in the cosmos, in the [[constellation]] of [[Cassiopeia]]", he realises that they are all in terrible danger. |
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== Plot == |
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== Continuity == |
== Continuity == |
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| + | * The Master boasts that he has stared into the [[Untempered Schism]], and the Doctor remarks that it drove him mad. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Sound of Drums (TV story)|The Sound of Drums]]'') |
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| + | * Peri compares their situation to what brought the TARDIS off course when she first met him. ([[TV]]: ''[[Planet of Fire (TV story)|Planet of Fire]]'') |
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== External links == |
== External links == |
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Revision as of 01:30, 20 March 2020
A Handful of Stardust was the fifth short story in the Time Trips series of e-books.
Publisher's summary
The TARDIS is diverted to England in 1572, and the Sixth Doctor and Peri meet John Dee — "mathematician, astrologer, alchemist, magician, and the greatest mind of our time". ("Only of your time?", the Doctor asks, unimpressed.) But what brought them here? When the Doctor discovers that Dee and his assistant have come across a "great disturbance in the cosmos, in the constellation of Cassiopeia", he realises that they are all in terrible danger.
Plot
to be added
Characters
Story notes
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Notes
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Continuity
- The Master boasts that he has stared into the Untempered Schism, and the Doctor remarks that it drove him mad. (TV: The Sound of Drums)
- Peri compares their situation to what brought the TARDIS off course when she first met him. (TV: Planet of Fire)
External links
to be added
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