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|name | |range = The Blogs of Doom | ||
|image | |number in range = #21 | ||
|team | |name = Doctor Fendelman | ||
|publisher | |image = The Blogs of Doom - Doctor Fendelman.jpg | ||
|writer | |team = [[Fendelman|Doctor Fendelman]] | ||
|illustrator | |publisher = Doctor Who Magazine | ||
|publication | |writer = Jonothan Morris | ||
|release date = [[30 May (releases)|30 May]] [[2019 (releases)|2019]] | |illustrator = Ben Morris | ||
|series | |publication = DWM 539 | ||
|prev | |release date = [[30 May (releases)|30 May]] [[2019 (releases)|2019]] | ||
|next | |series = ''[[The Blogs of Doom]]'' | ||
|prev = Lady Peinforte (short story) | |||
|next = Sam Seeley (short story) | |||
}} | }} | ||
'''''Doctor Fendelman''''' was the twenty-first ''[[The Blogs of Doom]]'' short story, published in July of [[2019 (releases)|2019]], in ''[[Doctor Who Magazine]]'' [[DWM 539|539]]. Like other features in the series, it narrated events in the life of a minor ''[[Doctor Who]]'' TV character before and after their involvement in [[the Doctor]]'s life, turning everything the readers thought they knew about them on its head. | '''''Doctor Fendelman''''' was the twenty-first ''[[The Blogs of Doom]]'' short story, published in July of [[2019 (releases)|2019]], in ''[[Doctor Who Magazine]]'' [[DWM 539|539]]. Like other features in the series, it narrated events in the life of a minor ''[[Doctor Who]]'' TV character before and after their involvement in [[the Doctor]]'s life, turning everything the readers thought they knew about them on its head. | ||
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== Plot == | == Plot == | ||
'' | The events of ''Image of the Fendahl'' are seen from Doctor Fendelman's perspective, as he shares his thoughts with [[Adam Colby]] and remarks on the similarities between the events at [[Fetch Priory]] and [[Bernard Quatermass|''Quatermass and the Pit'']], which can't be a coincidence. | ||
== Characters == | == Characters == | ||
* Doctor [[Fendelman]] | * Doctor [[Fendelman]] | ||
* [[Adam Colby]] | |||
== | == Worldbuilding == | ||
* ''to | * Thea's potassium-argon test dates the skull to being 12 million years old. | ||
* Fendelman was working on a missile guidance system when he detected a sort of vibration, or sonic shadow, which led him to develop the [[time scanner]]. The sonic shadow was the moment of the skull's death, a massive in-pouring of energy to store. | |||
* The [[pentagram]] is part of the bone structure of the skull, and acts as a neural relay. | |||
* The pentagram is a symbol of mystical energy. | |||
* The Fendahl skull is absorbing energy caused by Fendelman's scanner damaging a [[Time fissure|time fissure.]] | |||
* [[Maximillian Stael]] had copies of ''[[New Satanist]]'' delivered to the priory. | |||
* [[Martha Tyler]]'s [[fruit cake]] is part of the Fendahl's return. | |||
== Notes == | == Notes == | ||
* ''to | * The story pokes fun at how ''Image of the Fendahl'' was influenced by ''Quatermass and the Pit''. | ||
* A combination of things are allowing the Fendahl to return, including a disco version of the ''[[Doctor Who]]'' theme song. | |||
== Continuity == | == Continuity == | ||
* Doctor [[Fendelman]] | * Doctor [[Fendelman]] recounts events at Fetch Priory, and declares that Mankind has been used! ([[TV]]: ''[[Image of the Fendahl (TV story)|Image of the Fendahl]]'') | ||
[[Category:Fendahl stories]] | [[Category:Fendahl stories]] | ||
[[Category:2019 short stories]] | [[Category:2019 short stories]] | ||
[[Category:The Blogs of Doom short stories]] | [[Category:The Blogs of Doom short stories]] | ||