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	Random Quest	comment	"Random Quest" is an Alternate History Romance Novelette written by John Wyndham, first published in his 1961 collection Consider Her Ways and Others.The story concerns a physicist named Colin Trafford who, as a result of a failed experiment, finds himself in an Alternate Universe in which World War II never happened. He has switched bodies with his counterpart, a successful author and a thoroughly disreputable man who is neglectful and emotional abusive towards his beautiful wife Ottilie Harshom, flaunting his frequent adultery. Colin falls in love with Ottilie almost immediately. He does not tell her the truth about himself but he is nevertheless able to create a bond of trust between them. After he returns to his own universe just as suddenly as he arrived, Colin endeavours to find Ottilie's counterpart, something which proves very difficult.Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_1'); })It has been adapted for the screen three times: as an episode of the BBC science fiction anthology series Out of the Unknown in 1969 (now a Missing Episode), the 1971 film Quest For Love, and a 2006 BBC television film.
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	Random Quest / int_a86069f	comment	Alternate History: The parallel universe diverged from ours in late 1926 or early 1927. Colin is unable to identify the exact Point of Divergence but he does determine that it had the effect of either preventing the Wall Street Crash or significantly lessening its impact. As a result, Adolf Hitler never rose to power and World War II never happened. From reading The Times, Colin learns some of the consequences of this: India is still a British colony in 1954. There are widespread demonstrations of civil disobedience in Delhi calling for the immediate release of Jawaharlal Nehru from prison. Nuclear fission is nothing more than a theoretical possibility but the international scientific community considers the nuclear experiments being conducted in Germany to be reckless and wants the League of Nations (which was never dissolved in this universe) to intervene and assume control. Rab Butler is the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom in 1954. Butler never achieved the position in reality but was strongly considered for it on two occasions: after the resignation of Anthony Eden in 1957 (Harold Macmillan was chosen instead) and after the resignation of Macmillan in 1963 (Alec Douglas-Home was chosen instead).Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_2'); })
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	Random Quest	hasFeature	DoppelgÃ¤nger Replacement Love Interest / int_2b9895b2
	Random Quest	hasFeature	Your Universe or Mine? / int_2b9895b2

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