Iris Wildthyme
Encyclopedia
Iris Wildthyme is a fictional character
created by writer Paul Magrs
, who has appeared in short stories, novels and audio dramas from numerous publishers. She is best known from spin-off
media based on the long-running British
science fiction television
series Doctor Who
, where she is sometimes depicted as a renegade Time Lady
.
Her stories are in the New Wave
mold, characterised by nonlinear, sometimes stream of consciousness narrative, intertextual references to the rest of Doctor Who and popular culture
, and themes of unreliable narration
. She has a playful, mischievous personality, delighting in baiting the Doctor and getting into trouble.
.
Iris's first Doctor Who-connected appearance is in the short story Old Flames, where she meets the Fourth Doctor
and Sarah
. The Doctor
already knows Iris as an "old friend", and she is seen to be travelling in a 20th century London
Routemaster
double-decker bus
(the No. 22 to Putney Common), which is, in reality, her TARDIS
.
Iris made her first full-length novel appearance in The Scarlet Empress
, and went on to appear in several more short stories and novels in the BBC Books
range, the most recent being Mad Dogs and Englishmen
in 2002. In that year Iris started appearing as an occasional crossover character in audio plays by Big Finish Productions
, where she is voiced by Katy Manning
, who had previously portrayed Jo Grant
, a companion of the Third Doctor
, in the early 1970s; resultant from the casting of Manning in the role, imagery of the character used by Big Finish and, later, Obverse Books on packaging and covers now depicted Manning's likeness.
Iris has since been the subject of a Big Finish short story collection, Wildthyme on Top
, edited by Magrs, and two audio plays, Wildthyme at Large
and The Devil in Ms Wildthyme
. A second series of four Iris Wildthyme CDs was released in February 2009. Each of these releases is intended as a pastiche of a decade of televised Doctor Who, from the 1960s through to the 1990s. They are entitled The Sound of Fear
, Land of Wonder
, The Two Irises
and The Panda Invasion
. A further adventure, The Claws of Santa
was released at Christmas 2009.
In most of her solo Big Finish appearances Iris is accompanied by her companion Tom (who first appeared in Verdigris
and is played on audio by Ortis Deley
), her 10 inch tall sentient, stuffed Panda (played by David Benson
) or both.
Iris has appeared in several short stories (by Magrs and others) published in non-licensed, charity Doctor Who story anthologies. Several of these stories are archived at the Welcome to Wildthyme website.
A short story anthology, Iris Wildthyme and the Celestial Omnibus
was published in May 2009 by Obverse Books
. A follow-up anthology, The Panda Book of Horror
, was published in December 2009. This was followed in May 2010 by a collection made up of four novelettes titled Miss Wildthyme and Friends Investigate and further short story collections Iris: Abroad
in December 2010 and Wildthyme in Purple
in November 2011.
A full-length novel by Magrs featuring Iris and Panda, Enter Wildthyme, was published by Snowbooks in 2011.
, and also that she has erased all of her records from the Matrix
, explaining why the Time Lords know nothing about her. She is known to have survived the destruction of Gallifrey and the apparent retroactive wiping of the Time Lords from history that took place at the end of the novel The Ancestor Cell
.
Iris regenerates at the end of The Scarlet Empress (into a form resembling Jane Fonda
in Barbarella
), and is known to have at least six other incarnations. One of these, Bianca (voiced by Maria McErlane
), appears in the Big Finish Productions
audio play The Wormery
and is similar to the Doctor's villainous Valeyard
incarnation. Iris has also apparently worked for UNIT
as a Scientific Advisor, and for the Ministry of Incursions and Ontological Wonders (MIAOW).
There is no indication of what relationship the character has with the new television series. In "The End of the World
" (2005), the Doctor states that his homeworld had been destroyed and that he is the last of the Time Lords.
Attempting to pin down the exact details of Iris's history is problematic because such details are not only kept deliberately vague by Magrs and other writers, but also because the accounts of her adventures may not be reliable, in whole or in part. For example, some of her claimed exploits bear a remarkable similarity to those of the Doctor's, and some have suggested that it is the Doctor's adventures that are plagiarised
from Iris's life, rather than the other way around.
Her TARDIS is a double-decker red London bus, the number 22 to Putney Common. In contrast with other TARDISes, hers is slightly smaller on the inside, a fact attributed to the fact that her TARDIS was dying when she found it. She also claims to have stolen the TARDIS, and to be on the run from her "mysterious superiors".
Iris has also argued that her adventures are more "true" than the Doctor's recollections because she writes them in her diaries while the Doctor does not, and there are hints that Iris is aware of her status as a fictional character. Even more so than the Doctor's TARDIS, Iris's bus is a device for moving her between fictional genres and even texts. In the context of the Doctor Who universe, all this may be explained by Iris's claim in the novel The Blue Angel
that she is from the Obverse, a surreal parallel universe
with radically different physical laws. More recently in both Big Finish audios and Obverse Books short stories, she has claimed to come from The Clockworks, a planet in the Obverse, ruled over by a race not unlike the Time Lords.
Fictional character
A character is the representation of a person in a narrative work of art . Derived from the ancient Greek word kharaktêr , the earliest use in English, in this sense, dates from the Restoration, although it became widely used after its appearance in Tom Jones in 1749. From this, the sense of...
created by writer Paul Magrs
Paul Magrs
Paul Magrs is a writer and lecturer. He was born in Jarrow, Tyne and Wear, England, and now lives in Manchester with his partner, author and lecturer Jeremy Hoad.-Early life:...
, who has appeared in short stories, novels and audio dramas from numerous publishers. She is best known from spin-off
Doctor Who spin-offs
Doctor Who spin-offs refers to material created outside of, but related to, the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who....
media based on the long-running British
United Kingdom
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science fiction television
Science fiction on television
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series Doctor Who
Doctor Who
Doctor Who is a British science fiction television programme produced by the BBC. The programme depicts the adventures of a time-travelling humanoid alien known as the Doctor who explores the universe in a sentient time machine called the TARDIS that flies through time and space, whose exterior...
, where she is sometimes depicted as a renegade Time Lady
Time Lord
The Time Lords are an ancient extraterrestrial race and civilization of humanoids in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, of which the series' eponymous protagonist, the Doctor, is a member...
.
Her stories are in the New Wave
New Wave (science fiction)
New Wave is a term applied to science fiction produced in the 1960s and 1970s and characterized by a high degree of experimentation, both in form and in content, a "literary" or artistic sensibility, and a focus on "soft" as opposed to hard science. The term "New Wave" is borrowed from the French...
mold, characterised by nonlinear, sometimes stream of consciousness narrative, intertextual references to the rest of Doctor Who and popular culture
Popular culture
Popular culture is the totality of ideas, perspectives, attitudes, memes, images and other phenomena that are deemed preferred per an informal consensus within the mainstream of a given culture, especially Western culture of the early to mid 20th century and the emerging global mainstream of the...
, and themes of unreliable narration
Unreliable narrator
An unreliable narrator is a narrator, whether in literature, film, or theatre, whose credibility has been seriously compromised. The term was coined in 1961 by Wayne C. Booth in The Rhetoric of Fiction. This narrative mode is one that can be developed by an author for a number of reasons, usually...
. She has a playful, mischievous personality, delighting in baiting the Doctor and getting into trouble.
History
A character named Iris Wildthyme first appears in one of Magrs's non-genre novels, Marked for Life. At the end of the novel, Iris Wildthyme seems to die and then become a baby in a scene reminiscent of regeneration. The infant Iris appears in later books by Magrs taking place in the same Phoenix Court setting, and an apparently adult version re-appears in the story 'Hospitality', in the collection Iris: AbroadIris: Abroad
Iris: Abroad is a short-story anthology edited by Paul Magrs and Stuart Douglas, published by Obverse Books and featuring Iris Wildthyme, a series character with a complicated publishing history, and Iris' companion Panda, a ten inch tall sentient toy panda....
.
Iris's first Doctor Who-connected appearance is in the short story Old Flames, where she meets the Fourth Doctor
Fourth Doctor
The Fourth Doctor is the fourth incarnation of the protagonist of the long-running BBC British television science-fiction series Doctor Who....
and Sarah
Sarah Jane Smith
Sarah Jane Smith is a fictional character played by Elisabeth Sladen in the long-running British BBC Television science-fiction series Doctor Who and its spin-offs K-9 and Company and The Sarah Jane Adventures....
. The Doctor
Doctor (Doctor Who)
The Doctor is the central character in the long-running BBC television science-fiction series Doctor Who, and has also featured in two cinema feature films, a vast range of spin-off novels, audio dramas and comic strips connected to the series....
already knows Iris as an "old friend", and she is seen to be travelling in a 20th century London
London
London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
Routemaster
Routemaster
The AEC Routemaster is a model of double-decker bus that was built by Associated Equipment Company in 1954 and produced until 1968. Primarily front-engined, rear open-platform buses, a small number of variants were produced with doors and/or front entrances...
double-decker bus
Double-decker bus
A double-decker bus is a bus that has two storeys or 'decks'. Global usage of this type of bus is more common in outer touring than in its intra-urban transportion role. Double-decker buses are also commonly found in certain parts of Europe, Asia, and former British colonies and protectorates...
(the No. 22 to Putney Common), which is, in reality, her TARDIS
TARDIS
The TARDISGenerally, TARDIS is written in all upper case letters—this convention was popularised by the Target novelisations of the 1970s...
.
Iris made her first full-length novel appearance in The Scarlet Empress
The Scarlet Empress (Doctor Who)
The Scarlet Empress is an original novel written by Paul Magrs and based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. It features the Eighth Doctor, Sam and Iris Wildthyme.-External links:*-Reviews:*...
, and went on to appear in several more short stories and novels in the BBC Books
BBC Books
BBC Books is an imprint majority owned and managed by Random House. The minority shareholder is BBC Worldwide, the commercial subsidiary of the British Broadcasting Corporation...
range, the most recent being Mad Dogs and Englishmen
Mad Dogs and Englishmen (Doctor Who)
Mad Dogs and Englishmen is a BBC Books original novel written by Paul Magrs and based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who...
in 2002. In that year Iris started appearing as an occasional crossover character in audio plays by Big Finish Productions
Big Finish Productions
Big Finish Productions is a British company that produces books and audio plays based, primarily, on cult British science fiction properties...
, where she is voiced by Katy Manning
Katy Manning
Katy Manning is an English actress best known for her part as the companion Jo Grant in the BBC science fiction television series Doctor Who. She has also made many theatre appearances, and is now a citizen of Australia. She is myopic...
, who had previously portrayed Jo Grant
Jo Grant
Josephine "Jo" Grant is a fictional character played by Katy Manning in the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who...
, a companion of the Third Doctor
Third Doctor
The Third Doctor is the third incarnation of the protagonist of the long-running BBC television science-fiction series Doctor Who. He was portrayed by actor Jon Pertwee....
, in the early 1970s; resultant from the casting of Manning in the role, imagery of the character used by Big Finish and, later, Obverse Books on packaging and covers now depicted Manning's likeness.
Iris has since been the subject of a Big Finish short story collection, Wildthyme on Top
Wildthyme on Top
Wildthyme on Top is a Big Finish original anthology edited by Paul Magrs, featuring Iris Wildthyme and her companion Tom, characters from the spin-off media based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who.-Stories:...
, edited by Magrs, and two audio plays, Wildthyme at Large
Wildthyme at Large
Wildthyme at Large is a Big Finish Productions audio drama featuring Katy Manning as Iris Wildthyme, a character from the spin-off media based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who.- Plot :...
and The Devil in Ms Wildthyme
The Devil in Ms Wildthyme
The Devil in Ms Wildthyme is a Big Finish Productions audio drama featuring Katy Manning as Iris Wildthyme, a character from the spin-off media based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who.- Plot :...
. A second series of four Iris Wildthyme CDs was released in February 2009. Each of these releases is intended as a pastiche of a decade of televised Doctor Who, from the 1960s through to the 1990s. They are entitled The Sound of Fear
The Sound of Fear
The Sound of Fear is a Big Finish Productions audio drama featuring Katy Manning as Iris Wildthyme, a character from the spin-off media based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who.-Cast:...
, Land of Wonder
Land of Wonder
Land of Wonder is a Big Finish Productions audio drama featuring Katy Manning as Iris Wildthyme, a character from the spin-off media based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who.-Cast:*Iris Wildthyme — Katy Manning...
, The Two Irises
The Two Irises
The Two Irises is a Big Finish Productions audio drama featuring Katy Manning as Iris Wildthyme, a character from the spin-off media based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who.- Plot :...
and The Panda Invasion
The Panda Invasion
The Panda Invasion is a Big Finish Productions audio drama featuring Katy Manning as Iris Wildthyme, a character from the spin-off media based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who.- Plot :...
. A further adventure, The Claws of Santa
The Claws of Santa
The Claws of Santa is a Big Finish Productions audio drama featuring Katy Manning as Iris Wildthyme, a character from the spin-off media based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who.- Plot :...
was released at Christmas 2009.
In most of her solo Big Finish appearances Iris is accompanied by her companion Tom (who first appeared in Verdigris
Verdigris (Doctor Who)
Verdigris is a BBC Books original novel written by Paul Magrs and based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. It features the Third Doctor, Jo Grant and Iris Wildthyme.-Plot:...
and is played on audio by Ortis Deley
Ortis Deley
Ortis Deley is a British television presenter, radio DJ and actor of Ghanaian/Nigerian descent. He went to Ernest Bevin College in Tooting Bec, London. He is currently one of the presenters of The Gadget Show and presenter of Choice FM on Sunday mornings....
), her 10 inch tall sentient, stuffed Panda (played by David Benson
David Benson
David Benson is an English character actor, writer and comedian, most famous for his one-man show entitled 'Think No Evil of Us: My Life with Kenneth Williams' about the life and career of the late comedian, for which he won the Scotsman's Fringe First award in 1996, and for his television role as...
) or both.
Iris has appeared in several short stories (by Magrs and others) published in non-licensed, charity Doctor Who story anthologies. Several of these stories are archived at the Welcome to Wildthyme website.
A short story anthology, Iris Wildthyme and the Celestial Omnibus
Iris Wildthyme and the Celestial Omnibus
Iris Wildthyme and the Celestial Omnibus is a short-story anthology edited by Paul Magrs and Stuart Douglas, published by Obverse Books and featuring Iris Wildthyme, a series character with a complicated publishing history, who previously appeared in the series of Doctor Who books from the BBC.It...
was published in May 2009 by Obverse Books
Obverse Books
Obverse Books is a British publisher, best known for publishing books relating to the character Iris Wildthyme. The imprint was founded by Stuart Douglas in 2008 to provide an outlet for adult-oriented fiction relating to Doctor Who,...
. A follow-up anthology, The Panda Book of Horror
The Panda Book of Horror
The Panda Book of Horror is a short-story anthology edited by Stuart Douglas and Paul Magrs, published by Obverse Books and featuring Iris Wildthyme, a series character with a complicated publishing history....
, was published in December 2009. This was followed in May 2010 by a collection made up of four novelettes titled Miss Wildthyme and Friends Investigate and further short story collections Iris: Abroad
Iris: Abroad
Iris: Abroad is a short-story anthology edited by Paul Magrs and Stuart Douglas, published by Obverse Books and featuring Iris Wildthyme, a series character with a complicated publishing history, and Iris' companion Panda, a ten inch tall sentient toy panda....
in December 2010 and Wildthyme in Purple
Wildthyme in Purple
Wildthyme in Purple is a short-story anthology edited by Cody Quijano-Schell and Stuart Douglas, published by Obverse Books and featuring Iris Wildthyme, a series character with a complicated publishing history, and Iris' companion Panda, a ten inch tall sentient toy panda.The book is themed round...
in November 2011.
A full-length novel by Magrs featuring Iris and Panda, Enter Wildthyme, was published by Snowbooks in 2011.
Character
Iris claims to have been raised by a House of Aunts (as opposed to Cousins) in the mountains of southern GallifreyGallifrey
Gallifrey is a fictional planet in the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who and is the homeworld of the Doctor and the Time Lords...
, and also that she has erased all of her records from the Matrix
Matrix (Doctor Who)
The Matrix, in the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who, is a massive computer system on the planet Gallifrey that acts as the repository of the combined knowledge of the Time Lords....
, explaining why the Time Lords know nothing about her. She is known to have survived the destruction of Gallifrey and the apparent retroactive wiping of the Time Lords from history that took place at the end of the novel The Ancestor Cell
The Ancestor Cell
The Ancestor Cell is a novel by Peter Anghelides and Stephen Cole, based on the science fiction television series Doctor Who. It features the Eighth Doctor, Fitz Kreiner, Compassion and Romana III- as well as a brief appearance of the Third Doctor in a ghost-like state due to the Faction's...
.
Iris regenerates at the end of The Scarlet Empress (into a form resembling Jane Fonda
Jane Fonda
Jane Fonda is an American actress, writer, political activist, former fashion model, and fitness guru. She rose to fame in the 1960s with films such as Barbarella and Cat Ballou. She has won two Academy Awards and received several other movie awards and nominations during more than 50 years as an...
in Barbarella
Barbarella (film)
Barbarella is a 1968 Franco-Italian science fiction film based on Jean-Claude Forrest's French Barbarella comics. The film was directed by Roger Vadim and stars Jane Fonda, who was Vadim's wife at the time.-Plot:...
), and is known to have at least six other incarnations. One of these, Bianca (voiced by Maria McErlane
Maria McErlane
Maria McErlane is a British actress and presenter specialising in comedy. She has appeared in several TV series, including The Fast Show, Gimme, Gimme, Gimme, Thin Ice and Happiness, and "straight" roles in The Bill and Holby City but is probably best known as the narrator for Antoine de Caunes...
), appears in the Big Finish Productions
Big Finish Productions
Big Finish Productions is a British company that produces books and audio plays based, primarily, on cult British science fiction properties...
audio play The Wormery
The Wormery
The Wormery is a Big Finish Productions audio drama based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who.-Plot:...
and is similar to the Doctor's villainous Valeyard
Valeyard
The Valeyard is a fictional character from the long-running British science fiction television series, Doctor Who. He is described as an aspect of the Doctor from between his twelfth and final incarnations as depicted in the TV show or regenerations in the novelization of the story...
incarnation. Iris has also apparently worked for UNIT
United Nations Intelligence Taskforce
UNIT is a fictional military organisation from the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, Torchwood and The Sarah Jane Adventures...
as a Scientific Advisor, and for the Ministry of Incursions and Ontological Wonders (MIAOW).
There is no indication of what relationship the character has with the new television series. In "The End of the World
The End of the World (Doctor Who)
"The End of the World" is the second episode of Series One of the British science-fiction television series Doctor Who. Written by show runner Russell T Davies and directed by Euros Lyn, the episode was first broadcast on 2 April 2005....
" (2005), the Doctor states that his homeworld had been destroyed and that he is the last of the Time Lords.
Attempting to pin down the exact details of Iris's history is problematic because such details are not only kept deliberately vague by Magrs and other writers, but also because the accounts of her adventures may not be reliable, in whole or in part. For example, some of her claimed exploits bear a remarkable similarity to those of the Doctor's, and some have suggested that it is the Doctor's adventures that are plagiarised
Plagiarism
Plagiarism is defined in dictionaries as the "wrongful appropriation," "close imitation," or "purloining and publication" of another author's "language, thoughts, ideas, or expressions," and the representation of them as one's own original work, but the notion remains problematic with nebulous...
from Iris's life, rather than the other way around.
Her TARDIS is a double-decker red London bus, the number 22 to Putney Common. In contrast with other TARDISes, hers is slightly smaller on the inside, a fact attributed to the fact that her TARDIS was dying when she found it. She also claims to have stolen the TARDIS, and to be on the run from her "mysterious superiors".
Iris has also argued that her adventures are more "true" than the Doctor's recollections because she writes them in her diaries while the Doctor does not, and there are hints that Iris is aware of her status as a fictional character. Even more so than the Doctor's TARDIS, Iris's bus is a device for moving her between fictional genres and even texts. In the context of the Doctor Who universe, all this may be explained by Iris's claim in the novel The Blue Angel
The Blue Angel (Doctor Who)
The Blue Angel is an original novel written by Paul Magrs and Jeremy Hoad and based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who...
that she is from the Obverse, a surreal parallel universe
Parallel universe (fiction)
A parallel universe or alternative reality is a hypothetical self-contained separate reality coexisting with one's own. A specific group of parallel universes is called a "multiverse", although this term can also be used to describe the possible parallel universes that constitute reality...
with radically different physical laws. More recently in both Big Finish audios and Obverse Books short stories, she has claimed to come from The Clockworks, a planet in the Obverse, ruled over by a race not unlike the Time Lords.
Phoenix Court novels by Paul Magrs
- Marked for Life (Vintage BooksVintage BooksVintage Books is a publishing imprint founded in 1954 by Alfred A. Knopf. Its publishing list includes world literature, fiction, and non-fiction...
1995) - Does It Show? (Vintage Books 1997)
- Could It Be Magic? (Vintage Books 1998)
BBC Doctor Who novels
- The Scarlet EmpressThe Scarlet Empress (Doctor Who)The Scarlet Empress is an original novel written by Paul Magrs and based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. It features the Eighth Doctor, Sam and Iris Wildthyme.-External links:*-Reviews:*...
by Paul Magrs (1998) - The Blue AngelThe Blue Angel (Doctor Who)The Blue Angel is an original novel written by Paul Magrs and Jeremy Hoad and based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who...
by Paul Magrs and Jeremy HoadJeremy HoadJeremy Hoad is best known as co-author of the BBC Doctor Who novel, The Blue Angel . The Blue Angel has been adapted to script form by Piers Britton and was used as the basis of a course at the University of Redlands in Southern California in 2007.Hoad has built a career managing representative...
(1999) - VerdigrisVerdigris (Doctor Who)Verdigris is a BBC Books original novel written by Paul Magrs and based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. It features the Third Doctor, Jo Grant and Iris Wildthyme.-Plot:...
by Paul Magrs (2000) - Mad Dogs and EnglishmenMad Dogs and Englishmen (Doctor Who)Mad Dogs and Englishmen is a BBC Books original novel written by Paul Magrs and based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who...
by Paul Magrs (2002)
Short stories by Paul Magrs
- Old Flames in Short Trips (BBC BooksBBC BooksBBC Books is an imprint majority owned and managed by Random House. The minority shareholder is BBC Worldwide, the commercial subsidiary of the British Broadcasting Corporation...
1998, ed Stephen ColeStephen ColeStephen Cole is a presenter for Al Jazeera English. Previously, he worked for the BBC.-Broadcasting career:...
) - Femme Fatale in More Short Trips (BBC Books 1999, ed Stephen Cole)
- Entertaining Mr O in Perfect Timing (1999, ed Mark Phippen and Helen Fayle)
- Bafflement and Devotion in Doctor Who MagazineDoctor Who MagazineDoctor Who Magazine is a magazine devoted to the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who...
#289 (5 April 2000) (essay with fictional elements) - Being an Extract from "The Amazing Adventures of Iris Wildthyme on Neptune" in Tales of the Solar System (2000, ed D Paul Griggs)
- In the Sixties in Walking in Eternity (2001, ed Julian Eales), reprinted in Twelve Stories (Salt PublishingSalt PublishingSalt Publishing is an independent publisher whose origins date back to 1990 when poet John Kinsella launched Salt Magazine in Western Australia. The journal rapidly developed an international reputation as a leading publisher of new poetry and poetics...
, 2009) - Suitors, Inc. in Short Trips: Seven Deadly SinsShort Trips: Seven Deadly SinsShort Trips: Seven Deadly Sins is a Big Finish original anthology edited by David Bailey and based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. The collection's theme is the seven deadly sins.-Stories:...
(Big Finish ProductionsBig Finish ProductionsBig Finish Productions is a British company that produces books and audio plays based, primarily, on cult British science fiction properties...
2005, ed David BaileyDavid Bailey (writer)David Bailey is a British editor and author whose published output to date comprises a combination of short stories, audio dramas and magazine articles....
) - The Dreadful Flap in Iris Wildthyme and the Celestial OmnibusIris Wildthyme and the Celestial OmnibusIris Wildthyme and the Celestial Omnibus is a short-story anthology edited by Paul Magrs and Stuart Douglas, published by Obverse Books and featuring Iris Wildthyme, a series character with a complicated publishing history, who previously appeared in the series of Doctor Who books from the BBC.It...
(Obverse BooksObverse BooksObverse Books is a British publisher, best known for publishing books relating to the character Iris Wildthyme. The imprint was founded by Stuart Douglas in 2008 to provide an outlet for adult-oriented fiction relating to Doctor Who,...
2009, ed Paul Magrs & Stuart Douglas) - The Delightful Bag in The Panda Book of HorrorThe Panda Book of HorrorThe Panda Book of Horror is a short-story anthology edited by Stuart Douglas and Paul Magrs, published by Obverse Books and featuring Iris Wildthyme, a series character with a complicated publishing history....
(Obverse Books 2009, ed Stuart Douglas & Paul Magrs)
Short story anthologies
- Wildthyme on TopWildthyme on TopWildthyme on Top is a Big Finish original anthology edited by Paul Magrs, featuring Iris Wildthyme and her companion Tom, characters from the spin-off media based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who.-Stories:...
ed Paul Magrs (Big Finish Productions 2005) - Iris Wildthyme and the Celestial OmnibusIris Wildthyme and the Celestial OmnibusIris Wildthyme and the Celestial Omnibus is a short-story anthology edited by Paul Magrs and Stuart Douglas, published by Obverse Books and featuring Iris Wildthyme, a series character with a complicated publishing history, who previously appeared in the series of Doctor Who books from the BBC.It...
eds Paul Magrs and Stuart Douglas (Obverse BooksObverse BooksObverse Books is a British publisher, best known for publishing books relating to the character Iris Wildthyme. The imprint was founded by Stuart Douglas in 2008 to provide an outlet for adult-oriented fiction relating to Doctor Who,...
, 2009) - The Panda Book of HorrorThe Panda Book of HorrorThe Panda Book of Horror is a short-story anthology edited by Stuart Douglas and Paul Magrs, published by Obverse Books and featuring Iris Wildthyme, a series character with a complicated publishing history....
eds Stuart Douglas and Paul Magrs (Obverse Books, 2009) - Iris: AbroadIris: AbroadIris: Abroad is a short-story anthology edited by Paul Magrs and Stuart Douglas, published by Obverse Books and featuring Iris Wildthyme, a series character with a complicated publishing history, and Iris' companion Panda, a ten inch tall sentient toy panda....
eds Paul Magrs and Stuart Douglas (Obverse Books, 2010) - Wildthyme in PurpleWildthyme in PurpleWildthyme in Purple is a short-story anthology edited by Cody Quijano-Schell and Stuart Douglas, published by Obverse Books and featuring Iris Wildthyme, a series character with a complicated publishing history, and Iris' companion Panda, a ten inch tall sentient toy panda.The book is themed round...
eds Stuart Douglas and Cody Quijano-Schell (Obverse Books, November 2011)
Big Finish audio plays
- Excelis DawnsExcelis DawnsExcelis Dawns is a Big Finish Productions audio drama based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. It is part of the Excelis trilogy which continues in Excelis Rising and Excelis Decays...
by Paul Magrs (2002) - The Plague Herds of ExcelisThe Plague Herds of ExcelisThe Plague Herds of Excelis is a Big Finish Productions audio drama based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who...
by Stephen Cole (2002) - The WormeryThe WormeryThe Wormery is a Big Finish Productions audio drama based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who.-Plot:...
by Stephen Cole and Paul Magrs (2003) - Wildthyme at LargeWildthyme at LargeWildthyme at Large is a Big Finish Productions audio drama featuring Katy Manning as Iris Wildthyme, a character from the spin-off media based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who.- Plot :...
by Paul Magrs (2005) - The Devil in Ms WildthymeThe Devil in Ms WildthymeThe Devil in Ms Wildthyme is a Big Finish Productions audio drama featuring Katy Manning as Iris Wildthyme, a character from the spin-off media based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who.- Plot :...
by Stephen Cole (2005) - The Sound of FearThe Sound of FearThe Sound of Fear is a Big Finish Productions audio drama featuring Katy Manning as Iris Wildthyme, a character from the spin-off media based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who.-Cast:...
by Mark MichalowskiMark MichalowskiMark Michalowski is the editor of Shout!, "Yorkshire's lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender paper", as well as being an author best known for his work writing spin-offs based on the BBC Television series Doctor Who...
(2009) - Land of WonderLand of WonderLand of Wonder is a Big Finish Productions audio drama featuring Katy Manning as Iris Wildthyme, a character from the spin-off media based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who.-Cast:*Iris Wildthyme — Katy Manning...
by Paul Magrs (2009) - The Two IrisesThe Two IrisesThe Two Irises is a Big Finish Productions audio drama featuring Katy Manning as Iris Wildthyme, a character from the spin-off media based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who.- Plot :...
by Simon GuerrierSimon GuerrierSimon Guerrier is a British science fiction author and dramatist, closely associated with the fictional universe of Doctor Who and its spinoffs...
(2009) - The Panda InvasionThe Panda InvasionThe Panda Invasion is a Big Finish Productions audio drama featuring Katy Manning as Iris Wildthyme, a character from the spin-off media based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who.- Plot :...
by Mark MagrsMark MagrsMark Magrs is an award winning radio producer, magazine editor and secondary school teacher.He is the author of various fiction and non-fiction works. His first non-fiction book, Too Much Information is an autobiographical account of living with mental illness...
(2009) - The Claws of SantaThe Claws of SantaThe Claws of Santa is a Big Finish Productions audio drama featuring Katy Manning as Iris Wildthyme, a character from the spin-off media based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who.- Plot :...
by Cavan ScottCavan ScottCavan Scott is a freelance author, journalist and editor best known for his work on a variety of spin-offs from the BBC Television series Doctor Who...
& Mark WrightMark WrightMark Wright may refer to:*Mark Wright , English footballer and manager*Mark Wright , English footballer...
(2009) - Find and ReplaceFind and ReplaceFind and Replace is a Big Finish Productions audiobook based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. In it, Katy Manning reprises her role as Jo Grant from the television series, and Iris Wildthyme from the Big Finish audio series.The Companion Chronicles "talking...
by Paul Magrs (2010)
External links
- Welcome to Wildthyme — a site dedicated to Iris Wildthyme and her writers
- Obverse Books - publishers of the Iris Wildthyme books
- Big Finish: New Worlds — producers of the Iris Wildthyme audio plays