EPILOGUE
As befitting an officer, the remains of the Brigadier had been buried with due ceremony, with Alistair Jnr laid beside him. The service had been well attended, an indication of the high regard Lethbridge Stewart had been held in over the years. Now, only the Doctor and Jamie were left at the graveside. "He was a very brave man, Jamie."
"Aye, we'll not see his like again."
"Oh, I don't know about that," the Doctor speculated. "After all, time is relative. Within this universe, there are infinite possibilities of which we can only dream."
*****
Two hundred years previously, a local hostelry was playing host to the Brigadier, as he regaled the regulars with stories of his (supposed) travels through time and space.
Later that evening, he sat down drinking a pint of the local ale. An acquired taste, but not unpleasant. He raised his glass in a silent salute. "Good luck to you, Doctor," he whispered. "Wherever you are."
And finally . . .
FROM THE AUTHORS – A QUESTION OF CONTINUITY
When we were halfway through writing The Lizards of the Rue Morgue, the age- old problem of continuity came up, on the question of 'why didn't the Doctor and Jamie recognise Peri from The Two Doctors?' In the terms of the story we decided to leave the issue open, but in order to avoid a potential minefield, this brief explanation may help ward off any complaints. So, here goes . . .
Working on the premise that, for the Doctor, "The Two Doctors" happened after "The War Games", it follows that:-
1) Yes, this is the second time the Doctor has met the Brig from his point of view.
2) That the events of this story take place at the end of "Fury from the Deep" and therefore before "The Invasion", "The Two Doctors" and "The War Games".
So the continuity works like this (deep breath).
1) The Web of Fear (Doctor Jamie and Victoria meet the Brig for the first time).
2) Fury from the Deep. (Victoria leaves the Doctor and Jamie).
3) The Lizards of the Rue Morgue. (After parting with Victoria, the Doctor and Jamie arrive in our story).
4) Invasion (The Doctor and Jamie meet the Brig again, but must not let on to him that they have met his future self on the Lizard Planet).
5) The War Games (Jamie has never heard of the Time Lords before and the Doctor is on the run from them when he is captured).
6) The Two Doctors (Jamie is back with the Doctor. Both are visibly older and Jamie now knows exactly who the Time Lords are. The Doctor is running errands for them, and his TARDIS - and this is explicitly stated in the script - is under the Time Lords' control. Combined with the fact that we never see the second Doctor regenerate into the third, this proves that after The War Games the second Doctor was sent on various missions by the Time Lords and reunited with Jamie. Sometime later his exile and regeneration did happen. It's in this time period that The Two Doctors takes place).
And I hope that clears that up!
As befitting an officer, the remains of the Brigadier had been buried with due ceremony, with Alistair Jnr laid beside him. The service had been well attended, an indication of the high regard Lethbridge Stewart had been held in over the years. Now, only the Doctor and Jamie were left at the graveside. "He was a very brave man, Jamie."
"Aye, we'll not see his like again."
"Oh, I don't know about that," the Doctor speculated. "After all, time is relative. Within this universe, there are infinite possibilities of which we can only dream."
*****
Two hundred years previously, a local hostelry was playing host to the Brigadier, as he regaled the regulars with stories of his (supposed) travels through time and space.
Later that evening, he sat down drinking a pint of the local ale. An acquired taste, but not unpleasant. He raised his glass in a silent salute. "Good luck to you, Doctor," he whispered. "Wherever you are."
And finally . . .
FROM THE AUTHORS – A QUESTION OF CONTINUITY
When we were halfway through writing The Lizards of the Rue Morgue, the age- old problem of continuity came up, on the question of 'why didn't the Doctor and Jamie recognise Peri from The Two Doctors?' In the terms of the story we decided to leave the issue open, but in order to avoid a potential minefield, this brief explanation may help ward off any complaints. So, here goes . . .
Working on the premise that, for the Doctor, "The Two Doctors" happened after "The War Games", it follows that:-
1) Yes, this is the second time the Doctor has met the Brig from his point of view.
2) That the events of this story take place at the end of "Fury from the Deep" and therefore before "The Invasion", "The Two Doctors" and "The War Games".
So the continuity works like this (deep breath).
1) The Web of Fear (Doctor Jamie and Victoria meet the Brig for the first time).
2) Fury from the Deep. (Victoria leaves the Doctor and Jamie).
3) The Lizards of the Rue Morgue. (After parting with Victoria, the Doctor and Jamie arrive in our story).
4) Invasion (The Doctor and Jamie meet the Brig again, but must not let on to him that they have met his future self on the Lizard Planet).
5) The War Games (Jamie has never heard of the Time Lords before and the Doctor is on the run from them when he is captured).
6) The Two Doctors (Jamie is back with the Doctor. Both are visibly older and Jamie now knows exactly who the Time Lords are. The Doctor is running errands for them, and his TARDIS - and this is explicitly stated in the script - is under the Time Lords' control. Combined with the fact that we never see the second Doctor regenerate into the third, this proves that after The War Games the second Doctor was sent on various missions by the Time Lords and reunited with Jamie. Sometime later his exile and regeneration did happen. It's in this time period that The Two Doctors takes place).
And I hope that clears that up!
