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| + | |leader = {{il|[[Francis Dashwood]]|[[Mary Culver]]|[[Lord Sandwich]]|[[Scarlette]]|[[Sebastian Grayle]]|[[Brigham Elisha Dashwood III]]}} |
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| + | |first mention = The Nightmare Fair (novelisation) |
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| − | |appearances = [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Minuet in Hell]]'', ''[[Seasons of Fear]]'', [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Adventuress of Henrietta Street]]'' |
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| + | |appearances = {{il|[[PROSE]]: ''[[The Adventuress of Henrietta Street (novel)|The Adventuress of Henrietta Street]]''|[[AUDIO]]: ''[[Seasons of Fear (audio story)|Seasons of Fear]]''|[[AUDIO]]: ''[[Sabbath Dei (audio story)|Sabbath Dei]]''|[[AUDIO]]: ''[[Jago & Son (audio story)|Jago & Son]]''}} |
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+ | The '''Hellfire Club''' was a secret [[occult]] organisation of politicians, businessmen, and other powerful people. |
== History == |
== History == |
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| − | The club was created to mock the prevalent religion of the time. Sir [[Francis Dashwood]] continued the tradition in the [[1750s]]. The [[Eighth Doctor]] described their |
+ | The club was created to mock the prevalent religion of the time. Sir [[Francis Dashwood]] continued the tradition in the [[1750s]]. The [[Eighth Doctor]] described them as "simply a group of chums who spent [[weekend]]s with him at [[Medmenham]] from time to time", dismissing the possibility of their involvement with [[human sacrifice]]s or "pacts with anyone called [[Satan|Lucifer]]." ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Minuet in Hell (audio story)|Minuet in Hell]]'') |
| + | In [[1762]], [[Mary Culver]], a member of the original Hellfire Club, [[ritual]]ly [[suicide|slit her own throat]] with a [[Piece of glass (The Adventuress of Henrietta Street)|piece of broken glass]], ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Adventuress of Henrietta Street (novel)|The Adventuress of Henrietta Street]]'') completing the [[Supplication of the Anakim]] and becoming a host for [[Compassion]]. From the [[whispering gallery]] of [[St Paul's Cathedral]], she directed [[Lord Sandwich]] in the affairs of the Club. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Sabbath Dei (audio story)|Sabbath Dei]]'') |
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| − | :"[Francis Dashwood's] so-called Club was simply a group of chums who spent weekends with him at Medmenham from time to time. No doubt they drank more than was good for them, but the nearest thing they had to a manifestation of The Devil was one of their inebriated number sticking horns on his head, and jumping out of a bush yelling 'Boo!' Certainly Sir Francis was interested in reinventing the Greek Eleusinian Mysteries, but that's a far cry from human sacrifices and pacts with anyone called Lucifer." ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Minuet in Hell]]'') |
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| − | The Club fell into disrepute in the [[1760s]] and faded into obscurity. In the following decades it was sporadically reformed by various people making serious attempts at summoning arcane beings. |
+ | The Club fell into disrepute in the [[1760s]] and faded into obscurity. In the following decades it was sporadically reformed by various people making serious attempts at summoning arcane beings. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Minuet in Hell (audio story)|Minuet in Hell]]'') [[Scarlette]], the proprietress of the [[Henrietta Street House]], later claimed she was the last Madam of the Hellfire Club. She used her arcane knowledge and the Eighth Doctor's help to defend Earth from an invasion of [[Babewyn]]s in [[1782]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Adventuress of Henrietta Street (novel)|The Adventuress of Henrietta Street]]'') |
| + | In [[July]] of [[1778]], [[Shardlow]] lost a game of [[backgammon]] to the [[Celestial Toymaker]] at the Hellfire Club and was forced to become his slave. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Nightmare Fair (novelisation)|The Nightmare Fair]]'', [[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Nightmare Fair (audio story)|The Nightmare Fair]]'') |
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| − | [[Scarlette]], the proprietess of a brothel on Henrietta Street in London, claimed she was the last Madam of the Hellfire Club. She used her arcane knowledge and the Eighth Doctor's help to defend Earth from an invasion of [[Babewyns]] in [[1782]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Adventuress of Henrietta Street]]'') |
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=== 19th century === |
=== 19th century === |
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| + | There was a version of the club in London at the end of the 19th century. [[Henry Gordon Jago]] and [[Henry Gordon Jago Jr]] found the dead body of [[Ruby Valentine]] there. After Jago Jr was kidnapped, Jago went there to find him. Jago and [[George Litefoot|Litefoot]] found a menagerie in the building. It contained a coffin of an alien being. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Jago & Son (audio story)|Jago & Son]]'') |
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=== 21st century === |
=== 21st century === |
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| − | By [[2003]] a new Hellfire Club had been set up in [[Malebolgia]] |
+ | By [[2003]] a new Hellfire Club had been set up in [[Malebolgia]] to assist in electing [[Brigham Elisha Dashwood III]] as their first Governor, and to continue the drinking and debauchery of their predecessors. Dashwood summoned the demon [[Marchosias]], but the subsequent invasion of [[Psionovore]]s was prevented by the Eighth Doctor. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Minuet in Hell (audio story)|Minuet in Hell]]'') |
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| ⚫ | In an alternate history where [[Sebastian Grayle]] achieved immortality, the Eighth Doctor and [[Charlotte Pollard]] arrived in [[Wycombe Caves]] in [[1806]]. Grayle had set up the Hellfire Club as a psychic conduit for summoning the [[Nimon]] to Earth. The Doctor and Charley interfered with Grayle's plans and stopped the invasion, but not before the Nimon had consumed most of the current membership. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Seasons of Fear (audio story)|Seasons of Fear]]'') |
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Revision as of 16:06, 8 April 2019
The Hellfire Club was a secret occult organisation of politicians, businessmen, and other powerful people.
History
The club was created to mock the prevalent religion of the time. Sir Francis Dashwood continued the tradition in the 1750s. The Eighth Doctor described them as "simply a group of chums who spent weekends with him at Medmenham from time to time", dismissing the possibility of their involvement with human sacrifices or "pacts with anyone called Lucifer." (AUDIO: Minuet in Hell)
In 1762, Mary Culver, a member of the original Hellfire Club, ritually slit her own throat with a piece of broken glass, (PROSE: The Adventuress of Henrietta Street) completing the Supplication of the Anakim and becoming a host for Compassion. From the whispering gallery of St Paul's Cathedral, she directed Lord Sandwich in the affairs of the Club. (AUDIO: Sabbath Dei)
The Club fell into disrepute in the 1760s and faded into obscurity. In the following decades it was sporadically reformed by various people making serious attempts at summoning arcane beings. (AUDIO: Minuet in Hell) Scarlette, the proprietress of the Henrietta Street House, later claimed she was the last Madam of the Hellfire Club. She used her arcane knowledge and the Eighth Doctor's help to defend Earth from an invasion of Babewyns in 1782. (PROSE: The Adventuress of Henrietta Street)
In July of 1778, Shardlow lost a game of backgammon to the Celestial Toymaker at the Hellfire Club and was forced to become his slave. (PROSE: The Nightmare Fair, AUDIO: The Nightmare Fair)
19th century
In the early 19th century, Lord Aldbourne set up his own version of the Hellfire Club in Devil's End. (PROSE: The Eight Doctors)
There was a version of the club in London at the end of the 19th century. Henry Gordon Jago and Henry Gordon Jago Jr found the dead body of Ruby Valentine there. After Jago Jr was kidnapped, Jago went there to find him. Jago and Litefoot found a menagerie in the building. It contained a coffin of an alien being. (AUDIO: Jago & Son)
21st century
By 2003 a new Hellfire Club had been set up in Malebolgia to assist in electing Brigham Elisha Dashwood III as their first Governor, and to continue the drinking and debauchery of their predecessors. Dashwood summoned the demon Marchosias, but the subsequent invasion of Psionovores was prevented by the Eighth Doctor. (AUDIO: Minuet in Hell)
Alternate timeline
In an alternate history where Sebastian Grayle achieved immortality, the Eighth Doctor and Charlotte Pollard arrived in Wycombe Caves in 1806. Grayle had set up the Hellfire Club as a psychic conduit for summoning the Nimon to Earth. The Doctor and Charley interfered with Grayle's plans and stopped the invasion, but not before the Nimon had consumed most of the current membership. (AUDIO: Seasons of Fear)