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{{Infobox Story
|name= St Anthony's Fire
|image= NA031 stanthonysfire.jpg
|image= NA031 stanthonysfire.jpg
|series=[[Virgin New Adventures]]  
|series = [[Virgin New Adventures]]
|range = Virgin New Adventures
|number in range = 31
|number= 31  
|number= 31  
|doctor=Seventh Doctor  
|doctor = Seventh Doctor
|companions= [[Ace]], [[Bernice Summerfield|Benny]]  
|companions= [[Ace]], [[Bernice Summerfield|Benny]]
|enemy= [[Chapter of Saint Anthony]]  
|enemy= The [[Chapter of Saint Anthony]], the [[Keth]]
|setting= [[Betrushia]], [[Massatoris]] [[2148]] <br /> [[St Anthony's Chapter]] mothership, [[2148]]  
|setting= [[Betrushia]], [[Massatoris]] [[2148]] <br /> [[St Anthony's Chapter]] mothership, [[2148]]
|writer= [[Mark Gatiss]]  
|writer= Mark Gatiss
|publisher= Virgin Books  
|read by= [[John Sackville]]
|release date= [[20 October (releases)|20 October]] [[1994 (releases)|1994]]
|cover= [[Paul Campbell]]
|format= Paperback Book; 22 Chapters, 274 Pages  
|publisher= Virgin Books
|isbn= ISBN 0-426-20423-9  
|release date= 20 October 1994
|prev= First Frontier (novel)  
|format= Paperback Book; 22 Chapters, 274 Pages
|next= Falls the Shadow (novel)  
|isbn= ISBN 0-426-20423-9
}}{{you may|St Anthony's Fire|n1=the titular phenomenon}}
|prev= First Frontier (novel)
|next= Falls the Shadow (novel)
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'''''St Anthony's Fire''''' was the thirty first [[Virgin New Adventures|New Adventures]] novel and featured the [[Seventh Doctor]], [[Ace]] and [[Bernice Summerfield]]. This was writer [[Mark Gatiss]]' second and final contribution to the Virgin New Adventures range.
'''''St Anthony's Fire''''' was the thirty first [[Virgin New Adventures|New Adventures]] novel and featured the [[Seventh Doctor]], [[Ace]] and [[Bernice Summerfield]]. This was writer [[Mark Gatiss]]' second and final contribution to the Virgin New Adventures range.


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''"No time. They have come. They have come at last."''
''"No time. They have come. They have come at last."''


[[Seventh Doctor|The Doctor]] and [[Bernice Summerfield|Bernice]] visit [[Betrushia]], a [[planet]] famous for its beautiful ring system. They soon discover that the rain-drenched jungles are in turmoil. A vicious, genocidal war is raging between the lizard-like natives. The ground itself is wracked by mysterious earthquakes. And an unknown force is moving inexorably forwards, devastating everything in its path.
[[Seventh Doctor|The Doctor]] and [[Bernice Summerfield|Bernice]] visit [[Betrushia]], a [[planet]] famous for its beautiful ring system. They soon discover that the rain-drenched [[jungle]]s are in turmoil. A vicious, genocidal war is raging between the [[Betrushian (reptile)|lizard-like natives]]. The ground itself is wracked by mysterious [[earthquake]]s. And an [[Keth|unknown force]] is moving inexorably forwards, devastating everything in its path.
 
[[Ace]] wanted out; she’s resting on a neighbouring world. But from the outer reaches of space, a far greater threat is approaching Betrushia, and even Ace may find it impossible to escape.


With time running out, the Doctor must save the people of Betrushia from their own terrible legacy before the wrath of St Anthony’s Fire is visited upon them all.
[[Ace]] wanted out; she's resting on a [[Massatoris|neighbouring world]]. But from the outer reaches of space, a far greater threat is approaching Betrushia, and even Ace may find it impossible to escape.


== Chapter Titles ==
With time running out, the Doctor must save the people of Betrushia from their own terrible legacy before the wrath of [[St Anthony's Fire]] is visited upon them all.
* Prologue
# Planet of Death
# Battle Fatigue
# The Eleventh Colony
# Freaks
# Raining Stones
# Church Triumphant
# Pale Horseman
# Servus Servorum Dei
# Infernal Machines
# Attack from the Unknown
# The Rings of Betrushia
# Return of the Keth
# Auto-Da-Fé
# Papal Bull
# Yellow Fever
# Slayed in Flame
# Time Before
# Revenge of the Chaptermen
# Sun Stroke
# St. Anthony's Fire
* Epilogue


== Plot ==
== Plot ==
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* [[Ace]]
* [[Ace]]
* [[Bernice Summerfield]]
* [[Bernice Summerfield]]
* [[Liso]]
* [[Grek]]
* [[Hovv]]
* [[Imalgahite]]
* [[Maconsa]]
* [[Ran]]
* [[Thoss]]
* [[William Hon Yuen Yong]]
* [[De Hooch]]
* [[Jones (St Anthony's Fire)|Jones]]
* [[Neerid]]
* [[Feeson]]
* [[Priss]]
* [[Tobess]]
* [[Hovv]]
* [[Utreh]]
* [[Testra]]
* [[Miller (St Anthony's Fire)|Miller]]
* [[Martino (St Anthony's Fire)|Martino]]
* [[Libon Fung]]


== References ==
== Worldbuilding ==
=== The Doctor's items ===
=== The Doctor ===
* The Doctor fixes the [[chameleonic fluctuation]] affecting the TARDIS exterior, amoung other repairs he's been making over the past several weeks.
* He wonders, disconcertingly, if someone else is living in the TARDIS.
* When the Doctor [[Four to Doomsday (TV story)|encountered the]] [[Urbankan]]s he had a vacuum-resistant propulsion-powered [[cricket ball]].
* When the Doctor [[Four to Doomsday (TV story)|encountered the]] [[Urbankan]]s he had a vacuum-resistant propulsion-powered [[cricket ball]].


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== Continuity ==
== Continuity ==
* The cricket ball which the Doctor used in [[TV]]: ''[[Four to Doomsday]]'' was vacuum resistant and propulsion powered.
* The Doctor is still wearing the three piece linen suit he "recently adopted". ([[PROSE]]: ''[[White Darkness (novel)|White Darkness]]'')
* When wandering the TARDIS one day, Ace discovered the [[Eighth Door]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Neverland (audio story)|Neverland]]'')
* The poor quality of the [[Ismetch]] [[Airship|dirigibles]] make Benny think of the more advanced [[Silurian airship]]s. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Blood Heat (novel)|Blood Heat]]'')
* When adrift in space, the Doctor wishes he had his vacuum resistant and propulsion powered [[cricket ball]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Four to Doomsday (TV story)|Four to Doomsday]]'')
 
== External links ==
== External links ==
* {{Dwrefguide|who_na31.htm|St Anthony's Fire}}
{{dwrefguide|who_na31.htm|St Anthony's Fire}}
* {{whoniverse|NA31.php|St Anthony's Fire}}
* {{whoniverse|na31|St Anthony's Fire}}
* [http://www.drwhoguide.com/whona31p.htm Prelude to '''St Anthony's Fire''' as published in DWM #217]
* [https://doctorwho.guide/whona31p.htm Prelude to '''St Anthony's Fire''' as published in DWM #217]
* [http://mysite.science.uottawa.ca/rsmith43/cloister/stan.htm The Cloister Library: '''''St Anthony's Fire''''']
* [http://mysite.science.uottawa.ca/rsmith43/cloister/stan.htm The Cloister Library: '''''St Anthony's Fire''''']
 
* [http://doctorwho.org.nz/archive/tsv43/beyondthebook.html#na031 Beyond the Book: St Anthony's Fire by Paul Scoones (Article) - TSV 43]
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St Anthony's Fire was the thirty first New Adventures novel and featured the Seventh Doctor, Ace and Bernice Summerfield. This was writer Mark Gatiss' second and final contribution to the Virgin New Adventures range.

Publisher's summary[[edit] | [edit source]]

"No time. They have come. They have come at last."

The Doctor and Bernice visit Betrushia, a planet famous for its beautiful ring system. They soon discover that the rain-drenched jungles are in turmoil. A vicious, genocidal war is raging between the lizard-like natives. The ground itself is wracked by mysterious earthquakes. And an unknown force is moving inexorably forwards, devastating everything in its path.

Ace wanted out; she's resting on a neighbouring world. But from the outer reaches of space, a far greater threat is approaching Betrushia, and even Ace may find it impossible to escape.

With time running out, the Doctor must save the people of Betrushia from their own terrible legacy before the wrath of St Anthony's Fire is visited upon them all.

Plot[[edit] | [edit source]]

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Characters[[edit] | [edit source]]

Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]

The Doctor[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • The Doctor fixes the chameleonic fluctuation affecting the TARDIS exterior, amoung other repairs he's been making over the past several weeks.
  • He wonders, disconcertingly, if someone else is living in the TARDIS.
  • When the Doctor encountered the Urbankans he had a vacuum-resistant propulsion-powered cricket ball.

Games[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • The Doctor enjoys playing nine dimensional scrabble.

History[[edit] | [edit source]]

Religion[[edit] | [edit source]]

Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]

Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]

External links[[edit] | [edit source]]

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