Stories Short Story Brief Encounters (Doctor Who Magazine) Play Time 1 image Overview Characters How to Read Reviews Statistics Quotes Overview Released Sunday, August 2, 1992 Written by Vanessa Bishop Publisher Marvel Comics Pages 1 Time Travel Past Location (Potential Spoilers!) Shoreditch Synopsis On a day trip to London with her Aunt Lavinia in November 1963, Sarah, a young girl with an enquiring mind, nips off to explore while her guardian goes off to buy sweets for her. Behind some double gates she finds a junkyard full of shop window dummies, broken chairs, picture frames and, strangely, a police box. Lost in her own world, during which she briefly pretends to be a reporter at one point, she suddenly remembers her aunt and races off as a car pulls up and an older girl runs into the junkyard. Read Read Favourite Favourited Add Review Edit Review Log a repeat Skip Skipped Unowned Owned Owned Save to my list Saved Edit date completed Custom Date Release Date Archive (no date) Save Characters Sarah Jane Smith Lavinia Smith How to read Play Time: Magazines Doctor Who Magazine Winter Special 1992 Reviews Add Review Edit Review Submit a Review Statistics AVG. Rating7 members 3.29 / 5 Member Statistics Read 15 Favourited 1 Reviewed 0 Saved 0 Skipped 2 Quotes Add Quote Submit a Quote