Hieronymous (short story)

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 ==
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 ==
* Hieronymous
== Worldbuilding ==
* 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 ===
* 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 ==
* 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:
* Hieronymous refers to the Radio Times.
== Continuity ==
* The Brotherhood of Demnos and the centre of the Mandragora Helix are mentioned. (TV: The Masque of Mandragora)
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