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{{Infobox Short Story|
|series      = ''[[Brief Encounter]]''
story name=Three Anti-Matter with Fries|
|image        = Anti Matter with Fries.jpg
series=[[Brief Encounter]]|
|doctor      = Seventh Doctor
doctor=[[Seventh Doctor]]|
|companions  = [[Ace]]
companions=[[Ace]]|
|enemy        = [[The Ergon]], [[Omega]]
year=|
|setting      = [[Perivale]], [[1980s]]
writer=[[Gareth Roberts]]|
|writer       = Gareth Roberts
publication=[[DWM 199]]|
|publication = [[DWM 199]]
previous story=[[Three Steps to the Left]]|
|release date = 15 April 1993
next story=[[Missing in Action (short story)|Missing in Action]]|
|cover date  = 12 May 1993
|}}
|prev        = Three Steps to the Left (short story)
'''''{{PAGENAME}}''''' was a ''[[Brief Encounter]]'' story published in ''[[Doctor Who Magazine]]''.
|next         = Missing in Action (short story)
}}
'''''{{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 ==
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[[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 ==
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== Notes ==
== Notes ==
* Ace thinks the Ergon is her friend Barry in a funny chicken costume, and gives it a box of fries.
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* Omega seems to prefer salt on his fries, and is upset that those brought back by the Ergon don't have any!
 
== Timeline ==
* ''Anti-Matter with Fries'' occurs after [[DWM]]: ''[[Meridians]]''
* ''Anti-Matter with Fries'' occurs before [[BE]]: [[Dream a Little Dream For Me]]


== Continuity ==
== Continuity ==
* [[Ace]] was seen working in a fast food restaurant in [[MA]]: ''[[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]] first appeared in [[DW]]: ''[[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]]'')


== External Links ==
== External links ==
* {{dwrefguide|brief.htm#dwm199|Anti-Matter with Fries}}{{prose stub}}
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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.

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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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