Hyspero Hyspero was a planet at the very edge of the universe , in the area of space known as the Penumbra of the Galaxy ' s Ultimate Portion . ( PROSE : " Enter Wildthyme " ) The planet was ruled by the Scarlet Empress es , a dynasty of powerful beings who preserved themselves in jar s . ( PROSE : " The Scarlet Empress " ) Hyspero had a twenty - one - hour day . The planet used a currency known as dirna s . ( PROSE : " The Scarlet Empress " ) Hyspero was one of the few places in N - Space where magic was commonplace . ( PROSE : " The Blue Angel " ) It was also one of the only places in the universe from which the Obverse could be reached . ( PROSE : " Enter Wildthyme " ) Culture . Euphemia described Hyspero as a " dangerous , hectic place . . . that existed in a permanent state of magic al anarchy and evolution . ( PROSE : " Enter Wildthyme " ) Literature on Hyspero celebrated thieves and assassin s . There was an almost mythological quality to the life and landscape of the planet . The capital , Hyspero Central , was famed for its markets . ( PROSE : " The Scarlet Empress " ) The Fourth Doctor once said they had bazaar s and souk s to die for . ( AUDIO : " Aladdin Time " ) History . Early history . Before the rule of the Scarlet Empress es , Hyspero was a primitive world covered completely in desert . A hawk - like alien species came to Hyspero and claimed the planet as part of their empire . After sculpting the planet into a slightly more hospitable dream world , the aliens left behind one of their own to rule Hyspero : the first Scarlet Empress . ( PROSE : " The Scarlet Empress " ) Some accounts indicate the first Empress was Euphemia , ( PROSE : " Enter Wildthyme " , " Wildthyme Beyond ! " ) while one account indicates Cassandra was the first to hold the role . ( PROSE : " The Scarlet Empress " ) The Hysperons worshiped the first Empress and built her the Scarlet Palace . Hyspero became a popular tourist destination . During her reign , the first Empress introduced the tradition of tattoo ing the Scarlet Guard . ( PROSE : " The Scarlet Empress " ) A hundred years after her rule began , the Empress was betrayed and sealed in a glass jar which was kept in the catacombs beneath the Scarlet Palace . ( PROSE : " Enter Wildthyme " ) One of the Scarlet Empress ' daughters took her place on the throne ; she too was eventually sealed in a jar and stored beneath the palace . This pattern continued for many generations , with the Palace catacombs filling up with many preserved monarchs . ( PROSE : " The Scarlet Empress " ) After Iris Wildthyme left the Obverse , the Clockworks followed her out of that universe to Hyspero . Unable to find her , they waited millennia there for her to return to the planet . ( PROSE : " Wildthyme Beyond ! " ) The Four and the theft of the first Empress . Tens of thousands of years after the original Scarlet Empress , ( PROSE : " Enter Wildthyme " ) there came to be an Empress who did everything in her power to remain on the throne . Unlike her predecessors , the Empress continued to rule Hyspero after she was preserved in a jar . Around this time , the Four had many adventures across Hyspero . The Empress frequently hired them to complete tasks for her . Among their various adventures , the Four stopped Sit al - Husn from taking over Hyspero with his cyborg army , destroyed a Dalek scout ship which landed on Hyspero , and assassinated the Empress ' rivals . When the Empress asked the Four to assassinate her own daughter Julia , the Four disbanded due to a conflict over whether to follow through on the Empress ' orders . In the second decade of the Abbasid Era , the first Scarlet Empress was stolen from the Scarlet Palace catacombs . According to one account , Angela stole the Empress and took her to a manor in the Forest of Kestheven . ( PROSE : " The Scarlet Empress " ) According to another account , Terrance infiltrated the palace disguised as a vizier and stole the Empress , putting her onto the " Begins at Home " . ( PROSE : " Enter Wildthyme " ) Reunification of the Four . In the third decade of the Abbasid Era , the Eighth Doctor and Sam Jones visited Hyspero and became caught up in a quest to reunite the Four . ( PROSE : " The Scarlet Empress " ) Other visits to Hyspero . Iris Wildthyme encountered El Jefe and Alison on Hyspero during her early travels . ( PROSE : " First Meetings " ) In 1999 , Iris and Panda visited Hyspero ' s desert and built sand castles . Panda drew a sketch of Iris while she was resting . ( PROSE : " Iris at the V & A " ) Daedalus visited Hyspero seeking to learn from its mystics and was transformed into an elephant by a group of wizened enchanters that he annoyed . ( PROSE : " The Blue Angel " ) The Fourth Doctor visited Hyspero and purchased a pair of Wellington boot s and a parrot called Nelson . ( AUDIO : " Aladdin Time " ) Iris Wildthyme believed that she had bought the Relic during a visit to Hyspero . ( AUDIO : " Excelis Dawns " ) Iris once purchased a Zalbreckian travelling mat at the Hyspero market and had it stolen from her by a shabby Hysperon . ( PROSE : " " ) A hole in the Very Fabric of Time and Space in the bookshop " Chimera " led to Hyspero . Reginald Tyler , Henry Cleavis , and Catriona Mackay visited a Hysperon marketplace through this hole in reality . ( PROSE : " Fellowship of the Ink " ) Late history . Near the end of the universe , PussyWorlder s discovered the Celestial Omnibus in a car park in the ruins of Hyspero . ( PROSE : " Future Legend " ) Other information . Sam Jones owned a t - shirt with the phrase " I went to Hyspero and all I got was this t - shirt " . ( PROSE : " Repercussions . . . " ) Hyspero as fiction . Sally wrote a novel which was partially about " a desert world ruled by a Queen who sits in a vast jar of jam " . ( PROSE : " The Blue Angel " ) The final episode of " The Iris Wildthyme Show " ended with the main characters being stuck on Hyspero . It wasn ' t until 2011 that this storyline was concluded in the tie - in novel " Iris Wildthyme Returns to Hyspero " . ( PROSE : " Wildthyme Beyond ! " )