Time and Relative
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| Time and Relative | |
| Series: | Doctor Who - Telos Novella |
| Release Number: | 1 |
| Doctor: | First Doctor |
| Companions: | Susan Foreman |
| Enemy: | Cold |
| Setting: | Earth, Wednesday 27th March - Wednesday 4th April, 1963 Pluto, Far Future |
| Author: | Kim Newman |
| Publisher: | Telos Publishing |
| Publication: | 23rd November 2001 |
| Format: | Hardback Book, ? Pages |
| ISBN: | ISBN 0-426-20483-2 |
| Previous Story: | first novella |
| Following Story: | Citadel of Dreams |
Contents |
[edit] Publisher's Summary
The harsh British winter of 1963 brings a big freeze that extends into April with no sign of letting up. And with it comes a new, far greater menace: terrifying icy creatures are stalking the streets, bringing death and destruction.
The First Doctor and Susan, trapped on Earth until the faulty TARDIS can be repaired, are caught up in the crisis. The Doctor seems to know what is going on, but is uncharacteristically detached and furtive, almost as if he is losing his memory...
Susan, isolated from her grandfather and finding it hard to fit in with the human teenagers at Coal Hill School, tries to cope by recording her thoughts in a diary. But she too feels her memory slipping away and her past unravelling. Is she even sure who she is any more...?
[edit] Characters
- First Doctor
- Susan Foreman
- Gillian Roberts
- John Brent
- Francis Minto
- Malcolm
- Zack
- Okehurst
- Dolly
[edit] References
- The Doctor has Everlasting matches.
- It was Susan's idea to attend Coal Hill School (so she wouldn't stand out whilst they were trapped on Earth).
[edit] Notes
- The characters John Brent and Gillian Roberts are named for John and Gillian, who accompanied the First Doctor in early comic strip stories in which they were his grandchildren.
- The illustration from the deluxe edition is by Bryan Talbot.
[edit] Continuity
- This story occurs before DW: An Unearthly Child fact sets up a few of the events in that story.
[edit] Timeline
- Time and Relative occurs after: TN: Frayed
- Time and Relative occurs before: DWM: Operation Proteus
- After dropping off the Cold on Pluto, but before returning to Susan, the Doctor has a series of adventures beginning with DWA: The Sons of the Crab and ending with TVC: The Experimenters.
[edit] External Links
- Telos.co.uk page for Time and Relative
- Doctor Who Reference Guide - Detailed Synopsis - Time and Relative
- The Whoniverse - The Discontinuity Guide to: Time and Relative
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