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Underworld

The underworld, also known as Hades, was a concept of the afterlife in several religions both on and off Earth.

In Mesopotamian mythology, the underworld was ruled by a queen named Erishkigal. (PROSE: Timewyrm: Genesys [+]John Peel, Virgin New Adventures (Virgin Books, 1991).) Ishtar was known for descending to and returning from the underworld. (PROSE: Walking to Babylon [+]Kate Orman, Virgin New Adventures (Virgin Books, 1998).)

In Greek mythology, Hades was king of the underworld and Charon was the ferryman who carried people across the River Styx to the underworld. Orpheus was known for going into the underworld to get his wife back from the dead. (PROSE: Deadly Reunion [+]Terrance Dicks and Barry Letts, BBC Past Doctor Adventures (BBC Books, 2003).) Katarina believed that the Doctor's TARDIS travelled through the underworld. (TV: The Daleks' Master Plan [+]Terry Nation and Dennis Spooner, Doctor Who season 3 (BBC1, 1965-1966).) After her death, she entered the Underworld. She was unable to cross the River Styx, but the First Doctor helped her to enter the Elysian Fields. (PROSE: Katarina in the Underworld [+]Steve Lyons, Short Trips: The Muses (Short Trips, 2003).)

In Pompeii, the Romans believed that the Pyroviles were the gods of the underworld. (TV: The Fires of Pompeii [+]James Moran, Doctor Who series 4 (BBC One, 2008).)

In Quill mythology, the Quill Goddess emerged from the underworld, where she had been trapped, into the first Quill nest. (TV: The Metaphysical Engine, or What Quill Did [+]Patrick Ness, Class television stories series 1 (BBC Three, 2016).)

Maximilian Vilmius called himself the king of the underworld. (AUDIO: The Ghosts of N-Space [+]Barry Letts, BBC Audio Dramas (BBC Audio, BBC Radio 2, 1996).)

The Fourth Doctor called the planet which had formed around the P7E the underworld. (TV: Underworld [+]Bob Baker and Dave Martin, Doctor Who season 15 (BBC1, 1978).)

Seb called the Nethersphere the underworld. (TV: Dark Water [+]Steven Moffat, Doctor Who series 8 (BBC One, 2014).)

In 1816, when Ashad attempted to manifest himself over Lake Geneva near Villa Diodati, he looked like a bright white light, which Percy Shelley described as a "death god rising from Hades". (TV: The Haunting of Villa Diodati [+]Maxine Alderton, Doctor Who series 12 (BBC One, 2020).)

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