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 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 More Ratings Needed! 3 ratings Member Statistics Read 5 Favourited 0 Reviewed 0 Saved 0 Skipped 1 Owned 0 Quotes Add Quote Submit a Quote