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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
doctor=Seventh Doctor|
|companions   = [[Ace]]
companions=[[Ace]]|
|enemy       = [[The Ergon]], [[Omega]]
enemy=[[The Ergon]]|
|setting      = [[Perivale]], [[1980s]]
year=[[Perivale]], the [[1980s]]|
|writer       = Gareth Roberts
writer=[[Gareth Roberts]]|
|publication = [[DWM 199]]
publication=[[DWM 199]]|
|release date = 15 April 1993
prev=Three Steps to the Left (short story)|
|cover date  = 12 May 1993
next=Missing in Action (short story)|
|prev         = Three Steps to the Left (short story)
|}}
|next         = Missing in Action (short story)
'''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was a ''[[Brief Encounter]]'' short story published in [[DWM 199]].
}}
'''''{{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 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 [[Omega]].
[[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. She gives it a box of [[fries]], which it takes back to the [[anti-matter]] universe.
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* Omega seems to prefer [[salt]] on his fries. He is upset that those brought back by the Ergon don't have any.


== Continuity ==
== Continuity ==
* [[Ace]] was seen working in a fast food restaurant in [[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]] first appeared in [[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]]'')
* For Omega, this story takes place before ''Arc of Infinity'', while for the Doctor this is some unspecified point between [[TV]]: ''[[Dragonfire (TV story)|Dragonfire]]'' and [[PROSE]]: ''[[Love and War (novel)|Love and War]]''.
* 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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[[Category:Brief Encounter stories]]
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[[Category:Seventh Doctor short stories]]
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[[Category:Omega stories]]
[[Category:Omega short stories]]
[[Category:1993 short stories]]
[[Category:1993 short stories]]
[[Category:Stories set in Perivale]]
[[Category:Stories set in Perivale]]
[[Category:Stories set in the 1980s]]
[[Category:Stories set in the 1980s]]
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