All-Consuming Fire is an original novel written by Andy Lane

Andy Lane

Andrew Lane , who also writes as Andy Lane, is a British author and journalist. He has written a number of spin-off novels in the Virgin New Adventures range and audio dramas for Big Finish based on the BBC science fiction television series Doctor Who , as well as assorted non fiction books based...

 and based on the long-running British

United Kingdom

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 science fiction television

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 series Doctor Who

Doctor Who

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. The novel is a crossover

Fictional crossover

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 with Arthur Conan Doyle

Arthur Conan Doyle

Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle DL was a Scottish physician and writer, most noted for his stories about the detective Sherlock Holmes, generally considered a milestone in the field of crime fiction, and for the adventures of Professor Challenger...

's fictional detective Sherlock Holmes

Sherlock Holmes

Sherlock Holmes is a fictional detective created by Scottish author and physician Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. The fantastic London-based "consulting detective", Holmes is famous for his astute logical reasoning, his ability to take almost any disguise, and his use of forensic science skills to solve...

 featuring the characters of both Holmes and Doctor Watson, and also with H. P. Lovecraft

H. P. Lovecraft

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's Cthulhu Mythos

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. A prelude to the novel, also penned by Lane, appeared in Doctor Who Magazine

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Plot

Sherlock Holmes

Sherlock Holmes

Sherlock Holmes is a fictional detective created by Scottish author and physician Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. The fantastic London-based "consulting detective", Holmes is famous for his astute logical reasoning, his ability to take almost any disguise, and his use of forensic science skills to solve...

 finds himself united with the Seventh Doctor

Seventh Doctor

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 to solve the mystery of the theft of arcane tomes from The Library of St. John the Beheaded

The Library of St. John the Beheaded

The Library of St. John the Beheaded is an institution in the fictional world of Dr Who. Created by Andy Lane for his novel All-Consuming Fire, it is described as being under the control of the Roman Catholic Church which uses the Library as a depository for banned literature...

.

Susan Foreman

Susan Foreman

Susan Foreman is a fictional character in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who. The granddaughter and original companion of the First Doctor, she was played by actress Carole Ann Ford from 1963 to 1964, in the show's first season and the first two stories of the second season...

, the First Doctor

First Doctor

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, and the Third Doctor

Third Doctor

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 have cameo appearance

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See also

• Shadows Over Baker Street
  Shadows Over Baker Street
  Shadows Over Baker Street: New Tales of Terror! is an anthology of stories, each by a different author and each concerning an exploit of Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes set against the backdrop of H. P. Lovecraft's Cthulhu Mythos...
  
  , an anthology of short stories that similarly pit Sherlock Holmes against the Cthulhu Mythos
• Sherlock Holmes: The Awakened
  Sherlock Holmes: The Awakened
  Sherlock Holmes: The Awakened is an adventure game developed by Frogwares and published in 2006 for Microsoft Windows. The game follows an original plotline as Sherlock Holmes and his companion Dr. John H...
  
  , a computer game that involves Holmes stopping a Cthulhu cult