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* When the power went out in the [[TARDIS wardrobe]], the [[Fifth Doctor]] found everlasting matches to light the way. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[No Place Like Home]]'') | * When the power went out in the [[TARDIS wardrobe]], the [[Fifth Doctor]] found everlasting matches to light the way. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[No Place Like Home]]'') | ||
* The [[Seventh Doctor]] kept everlasting matches in the [[Jade Pagoda]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Sanctuary]]'') | * The [[Seventh Doctor]] kept everlasting matches in the [[Jade Pagoda]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Sanctuary]]'') | ||
* The Seventh Doctor gave some everlasting matches to a clerk in [[Valhalla (city)|Valhalla]] during a power cut. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Valhalla (audio story)|Valhalla]]'') | |||
* In his [[Eighth Doctor|eighth incarnation]], he often used them. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Kursaal (novel)|Kursaal]]'', ''[[Seeing I]]'', ''[[Demontage (novel)|Demontage]]''; [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Caerdroia (audio story)|Caerdroia]]'', ''[[Terror Firma (audio story)|Terror Firma]]'') | * In his [[Eighth Doctor|eighth incarnation]], he often used them. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Kursaal (novel)|Kursaal]]'', ''[[Seeing I]]'', ''[[Demontage (novel)|Demontage]]''; [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Caerdroia (audio story)|Caerdroia]]'', ''[[Terror Firma (audio story)|Terror Firma]]'') | ||
* The [[Tenth Doctor]] was known to carry everlasting matches. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Resurrection Casket]]'', ''[[The Nightmare of Black Island]]'', ''[[Martha in the Mirror]]'') | * The [[Tenth Doctor]] was known to carry everlasting matches. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Resurrection Casket]]'', ''[[The Nightmare of Black Island]]'', ''[[Martha in the Mirror]]'') | ||
Revision as of 18:26, 4 October 2013
Promethean Everlasting Matches were matches made of Umbeka wood. The heat from the flame made the wood grow as fast as the flame consumed it, so the match would never burn down. They were created by the Eternity Perpetual Company on the planet Umbeka. (PROSE: The Cabinet of Light, PROSE: The Resurrection Casket) Some were made so that they gave off a lemon scent when lit. (PROSE: Venusian Lullaby)
Usage
- In his first incarnation the Doctor often carried a box of these matches. (PROSE: Time and Relative, PROSE: Venusian Lullaby) He once claimed to have invented them himself. (PROSE: The Exiles)
- When the power went out in the TARDIS wardrobe, the Fifth Doctor found everlasting matches to light the way. (AUDIO: No Place Like Home)
- The Seventh Doctor kept everlasting matches in the Jade Pagoda. (PROSE: Sanctuary)
- The Seventh Doctor gave some everlasting matches to a clerk in Valhalla during a power cut. (AUDIO: Valhalla)
- In his eighth incarnation, he often used them. (PROSE: Kursaal, Seeing I, Demontage; AUDIO: Caerdroia, Terror Firma)
- The Tenth Doctor was known to carry everlasting matches. (PROSE: The Resurrection Casket, The Nightmare of Black Island, Martha in the Mirror)
Behind the scenes
- Everlasting matches were first mentioned in the first Doctor Who novelisation, Doctor Who in an Exciting Adventure with the Daleks by David Whitaker. The Eternity Perpetual Company was first mentioned in Carnival of Monsters.
