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  • The Meeting (short story)
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  • Tucked into the Parisian inn known as L'Auberge du Pont Romain, John Lucarotti hopes for a glass of Medoc and a chance to soak up the inn's historic atmosphere. As he leans in to order his wine, he hears the voice of the Doctor behind him. The Doctor reminds Lucarotti of the times they have shared together over glasses of wine. Lucarotti briefly indulges the Doctor before coming to his senses. He insists that the Doctor is fictional. The Doctor humours him, but mysteriously suggests that he can go wherever Lucarotti has been; maybe Lucarotti wants to go to Samarkand.
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Featuring
Doctor
  • First Doctor
Publication
Series
Name
  • The Meeting
Setting
  • Paris, 1965 and 1966
Illustrator
  • Colin Howard ,
  • Paul Vyse
PREV
  • none
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NEXT
  • Future Imperfect
  • An Incident Concerning the Continual Bombardment of the Phobos Colony
Writer
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  • Tucked into the Parisian inn known as L'Auberge du Pont Romain, John Lucarotti hopes for a glass of Medoc and a chance to soak up the inn's historic atmosphere. As he leans in to order his wine, he hears the voice of the Doctor behind him. The Doctor reminds Lucarotti of the times they have shared together over glasses of wine. Lucarotti briefly indulges the Doctor before coming to his senses. He insists that the Doctor is fictional. The Doctor humours him, but mysteriously suggests that he can go wherever Lucarotti has been; maybe Lucarotti wants to go to Samarkand. Lucarotti defers a decision on Samarkand to a later date, then closes his eyes. When he opens them, the Doctor has vanished. He tries to shake off the whole encounter as a figment of his imagination, then calls to the waiter for his bill. The waiter insists that the wine has been paid for by "the little old man with the long grey hair who just left". On hearing this, Lucarotti resolves to go to Samarkand and starts planning his trip.