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 Edit date completed Custom Date Release Date Archive (no date) Save 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! 4 ratings Member Statistics Read 11 Favourited 0 Reviewed 0 Saved 0 Skipped 1 Owned 1 Related Stories Virgin New Adventures Human Nature Rating: 4.62 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