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, Bernice,

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Plot

A wedding is meant to be held between Mr Jason Kane and Professor Bernice S. Summerfield in 2010. However chaos erupts as Time Lord associates show up from all over. And someone seems to want to prevent the entire event in the first place.

References

External links

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''Wedding Notes: An Annotated Guide to Happy Endings'', by Paul Scoones (''Time Space Visualiser'' issue 49, November 1996)
{{Master stories, selected=Books 1996 British novels 1996 science fiction novels Virgin New Adventures Novels by Paul Cornell Happy Seventh Doctor novels Fiction set in 2010