The Platinum Sceptre was a free The Lucy Wilson Mysteries short story released by Candy Jar Books in 2022, in celebration of, and set during, the Platinum Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II.
Publisher's summary[]
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Plot[]
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Characters[]
- Lucy Wilson
- Zork-Morkavi-Rokosh
- Conall Lethbridge-Stewart
- Dean Lethbridge-Stewart
- Elizabeth II
- Prince Philip
- Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart
Worldbuilding[]
- 2 June, 2022 is the date of both Queen Elizabeth II's platinum jubilee celebration, and Lucy's seventeenth birthday.
- Upon learning that Lucy came from 2022, the young Elizabeth assumes that her son Charles III would be King by that point.
- Lucy thinks her grandfather might be a teacher at Brendon Public School in 1977.
Story notes[]
- Lucy tries to remember what her grandfather would have been doing by 1977, adding that "time is really confusing in the 1970s", a nod to the UNIT dating controversy.
- The 1977 Queen Elizabeth assumes that her son Charles would be King by 2022, only to be amazed to learn that she was still on the throne by then. In a sad case of irony, the real Charles indeed would become King that year, following Elizabeth's passing just three months later.
Continuity[]
- The Brigadier is a teacher at Brendon Public School in 1977. (TV: Mawdryn Undead)
External links[]
- Official The Platinum Sceptre page at Candy Jar Books
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