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{{Infobox Story
|series       = ''[[Brief Encounter]]''
|name=Anti-Matter with Fries
|image       = Anti Matter with Fries.jpg
|series=[[Brief Encounter]]
|doctor       = Seventh Doctor
|image=Anti Matter with Fries.jpg
|companions   = [[Ace]]
|doctor=Seventh Doctor
|enemy       = [[The Ergon]], [[Omega]]
|companions=[[Ace]]
|setting     = [[Perivale]], [[1980s]]
|enemy=[[The Ergon]], [[Omega]]
|writer       = Gareth Roberts
|setting=[[Perivale]], [[1980s]]
|publication = [[DWM 199]]
|writer=[[Gareth Roberts]]
|release date = 15 April 1993
|publication=''[[Doctor Who Magazine]]'' [[DWM 199|199]]
|cover date  = 12 May 1993
|release date= [[12 May (releases)|12 May]] [[1993 (releases)|1993]]
|prev         = Three Steps to the Left (short story)
|prev=Three Steps to the Left (short story)
|next         = Missing in Action (short story)
|next=Missing in Action (short story)
}}
}}
'''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was a ''[[Brief Encounter]]'' short story published in ''[[Doctor Who Magazine]]'' [[DWM 199|199]]. It was a comedic story that portrayed [[Omega]] in a lighthearted manner.
'''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was a ''[[Brief Encounter]]'' short story published in [[DWM 199]]. It was a comedic story that portrayed [[Omega]] in a lighthearted manner.


== Summary ==
== Summary ==
[[Ace]] is working in a fast-food restaurant in [[Perivale]] when she encounters who she thinks is her friend [[Barry Groves]] dressed in a funny chicken costume. She gives "Barry" a box of fries but does not realise this is actually [[the Ergon]] scouting Earth for the [[Time Lord]] [[Omega]]. She later tells the Seventh Doctor about this over table tennis in the [[Cloister Room]].
[[Ace]] is working in a fast-food restaurant in [[Perivale]] when she encounters who she thinks is her friend [[Barry Groves]] dressed in a funny chicken costume. She gives "Barry" a box of fries but does not realise this is actually [[the Ergon]] scouting Earth in service of the [[Time Lord]] [[Omega]]. When he gets the fries, Omega complains about the lack of [[salt]]. She later tells the Seventh Doctor about this over [[table tennis]] in the [[Cloister Room]].


== Characters ==
== Characters ==
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* [[The Ergon]]
* [[The Ergon]]


== References ==
== Worldbuilding ==
* Ace thinks the Ergon is her friend Barry in a funny [[chicken]] costume. She gives it a box of [[fries]], which it takes back to the [[anti-matter universe]].
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* Omega can eat fries once they've passed through the [[Arc of Infinity]].
* He seems to prefer [[salt|sodium chloride]] on his fries.


== Notes ==
== Notes ==
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* [[Ace]] previously met [[Tegan Jovanka]] while working in a fast food restaurant. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Crystal Bucephalus (novel)|The Crystal Bucephalus]]'')
* [[Ace]] previously met [[Tegan Jovanka]] while working in a fast food restaurant. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Crystal Bucephalus (novel)|The Crystal Bucephalus]]'')
* [[The Ergon]] passes through the [[Arc of Infinity]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Arc of Infinity (TV story)|Arc of Infinity]]'')
* [[The Ergon]] passes through the [[Arc of Infinity]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Arc of Infinity (TV story)|Arc of Infinity]]'')
* The Doctor and Ace play table tennis in the Cloister Room. ([[TV]]: ''[[Logopolis (TV story)|Logopolis]]'')
* The Doctor and Ace play [[table tennis]] in the [[Cloister Room]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Logopolis (TV story)|Logopolis]]'')


== External links ==
== External links ==
* {{dwrefguide|brief.htm#dwm199|Anti-Matter with Fries}}
{{dwrefguide|brief.htm#dwm199|Anti-Matter with Fries}}
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[[Category:Omega short stories]]
[[Category:1993 short stories]]
[[Category:1993 short stories]]
[[Category:Stories set in Perivale]]
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[[Category:Stories set in the 1980s]]
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Anti-Matter with Fries was a Brief Encounter short story published in DWM 199. It was a comedic story that portrayed Omega in a lighthearted manner.

Summary[[edit] | [edit source]]

Ace is working in a fast-food restaurant in Perivale when she encounters who she thinks is her friend Barry Groves dressed in a funny chicken costume. She gives "Barry" a box of fries but does not realise this is actually the Ergon scouting Earth in service of the Time Lord Omega. When he gets the fries, Omega complains about the lack of salt. She later tells the Seventh Doctor about this over table tennis in the Cloister Room.

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Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]

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