Hieronymous (short story)
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Hieronymous was the thirtieth The Blogs of Doom short story. It was published in Doctor Who Magazine #550, and focused on the character Hieronymous from The Masque of Mandragora.
Summary[[edit] | [edit source]]
The events of The Masque of Mandragora are retold from the perspective of Hieronymous casting a horoscope for each of the 12 zodiac signs.
Characters[[edit] | [edit source]]
Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]
- Hieronymous is the finest astrologer in all of San Martino.
- The blasphemous pagan Cult of Demnos, also known as the Brothers of Demnos or the AHH (Alcove Helix Hieronymous), have meetings every lunchtime in their secret underground temple.
- Those possessed by Mandragora become a glowing mass of energy that can fire electricity from their fingertips.
Astrology[[edit] | [edit source]]
- Mars will come into conjunction with Saturn in the seventh layer of the House of the Ram.
- The Duke of San Martino was an Aries and his son Giuliano is a Cancer.
- Based on the horoscopes, the Fourth Doctor is a Taurus and a Virgo.
- Venus is rising in the House of the Bull.
- Sarah Jane Smith is a Leo.
- Count Federico is a Scorpio.
- Hieronymous advises Giuliano, as a Capricorn, to just tell Marco he loves him already.
- The summer solstice is approaching.
Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]
- Hieronymous predicts Sarah Jane will ask how she can be from 1980 if the UNIT stories are set in the 1970s.
- The Libra horoscope is based on the TV series The Prisoner:
You have woken up in a mysterious Italianate village. You will give us information, by hook or by crook you will. I am the new Number 2. You are Number 6.
- Hieronymous refers to the Radio Times.
Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]
- The Brotherhood of Demnos and the centre of the Mandragora Helix are mentioned. (TV: The Masque of Mandragora)
