Stories Short Story Doctor Who Magazine Preludes Prelude Human Nature 1 image Overview Characters How to Read Reviews Statistics Related Stories Quotes Overview Released Thursday, May 11, 1995 Written by Paul Cornell Publisher Marvel Comics Pages 2 Time Travel Past Location (Potential Spoilers!) Farringham, Earth Synopsis Alexander Shuttleworth has come to give a lecture to Joan Redfern's WI group in Farringham on the subject of bronze age archaeology. Before he does so, however, he enjoys a bit of cake, and a bit of scrutiny, provided by the other women in the group. Meanwhile, an off-hand comment by one of the women about Joan's widowhood sends Joan into deep thought about her lost husband. This then triggers another thought — one of a dream she had about her new colleague, the mercurial Dr John Smith. Read Read Favourite Favourited Add Review Edit Review Log a repeat Skip Skipped Unowned Owned Owned Save to my list Saved Characters Joan Redfern Wolsey Alexander Shuttleworth Show All Characters (3) How to read Prelude Human Nature: Magazines Doctor Who Magazine 226 Reviews Add Review Edit Review Submit a Review Statistics More Ratings Needed! 3 ratings Member Statistics Read 8 Favourited 0 Reviewed 0 Saved 0 Skipped 0 Owned 0 Related Stories Virgin New Adventures Human Nature Rating: 4.56 Story Skipped Book Reviews(1) More Actions View Sets Close Related Sets Set of Stories: Virgin Books Set of Stories: Virgin New Adventures Add Review Edit Review Skip Skipped Unowned Owned Save to my list Saved Quotes Add Quote Submit a Quote