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Paul Magrs

**Paul Magrs** is the author of a bunch of things that'll be put on this wiki if I get around to it.

## Bibliography

### Phoenix Court

* Marked for Life
* Does it Show?
* Could it Be Magic

### Short Trips

* Short Trips: Old Flames
* More Short Trips: Femme Fatale
* Zodiac: Jealous, Possessive
* Companions: Kept Safe and Sound
* Seven Deadly Sins: Suitors, Inc.
* Farewells: The Wickerwork Man
* Snapshots: Fanboys

### Eighth Doctor Adventures

* The Scarlet Empress
* The Blue Angel
* Mad Dogs and Englishmen
* Horror of Glam Rock
* The Zygon Who Fell to Earth

### Main Range

* The Stones of Venice
* The Wormery
* The Wishing Beast
* The Vanity Box
* The Boy That Time Forgot
* The Lady of Mercia
* The Peterloo Massacre

### Iris Wildthyme

* Wildthyme at Large
* The Land of Wonder
* Iris Wildthyme and the Celestial Omnibus: The Dreadful Flap
* The Panda Book of Horror: The Delightful Bag
* Iris: Abroad: Hospitality
* Enter Wildthyme
* Wildthyme Beyond!
* Fifteen: The Ninnies on Putney Common
* From Wildthyme with Love
* Wildthyme Reloaded: Looking for a Friend

### Brenda and Effie

* Never the Bride
* Something Borrowed
* Never the Bride
* Conjugal Rites
* Hell's Belles
* The Bride that Time Forgot
* Brenda and Effie Forever!
* The Woman in a Black Beehive
* Bat out of Hull
* Spicy Tea and Sympathy
* Brenda Has Risen from the Grave
* Visiting Hour at Horkum Asylum, Nr. Whitby

### The Companion Chronicles

* Ringpullworld
* Find and Replace
* The Elixir of Doom

### Hornets' Nest

* The Stuff of Nightmares
* The Dead Shoes
* The Circus of Doom
* A Sting in the Tale
* Hive of Horror

### Demon Quest

* The Relics of Time
* The Demon of Paris
* A Shard of Ice
* Starfall
* Sepulchre

### Serpent Crest

* Tsar Wars
* The Broken Crown
* Aladdin Time
* The Hexford Invasion
* Survivors in Space

### Other

* To the Devil - a Diva!
* Exchange
* 666 Charing Cross Road
* The Ninnies
* The Diary of a Dr. Who Addict
* Hands Up!
* Imaginary Boys
* Vince Cosmos: Glam Rock Detective
* Encounters of Sherlock Holmes: Mrs Hudson at the Christmas Hotel
Big Beef Bueno

You might be wondering why RBCP started yet another podcast when she already runs the PLA Radio podcast. It’s because RBCP is bored, okay? RBCP also just wanted to do something a little more carefree that doesn’t have any expectations on it. So this is that podcast. He doesn't try very hard nevertheless It's wholesomely entertaining.

## Episode List

* **Episode #1 – Jammie** (??/??/20??) - A collection of Jammie-related material, including calls to Jammie’s ex boyfriends, forcing Jammie to social engineer information out of Blockbuster Video (this is something that I didn’t end up using for PLA Radio Episode #8), Jammie’s voicemail messages to Adam Curry and a phone call to a hair salon that Jammie is visiting. Total running time is 20 minutes, 06 seconds.
* **Episode #2 – Interpretive LiveJournal** (??/??/20??) - A few interpretive LiveJournal entry readings, performed by RBCP, Murd0c, Jammie and CountyKid. The song at the end of this show is Hit Em Up by 2Pac. Total running time is 13 minutes, 28 seconds.
* **Episode #3 – 2006 Podcast Exposure** (??/??/20??) - This show contains lots of sound clips from various podcasts that I’ve appeared on this year. Total running time is 20 minutes, 15 seconds
* **Episode #4 – Bill Collectors** (10/13/2006) – This show contains a few miscellaneous calls that have happened in the past few months, including bill collectors, calling Dad on Father’s Day, tricking an Applebees guy, Internet, and the Sick Whispering Doctor Lady. And a voicemail. There’s lots of Lemon Demon music too. The show runs about 16 minutes and 40 seconds.
* **Episode #5 – Tribute** (11/01/2006) – Some tribute type stuff to The Bastardcast, Nate and Di, and The RBPC Show. A call to an auto repair shop about urine, some voicemails and Beat The Geeks in Detroit. Music in this episode is mostly by Nerf Herder. The show runs about 14 minutes and 48 seconds.
* **Episode #6 – Some Calls** (05/25/2007) – Mrs. Swastika, April The Slut, Brad Pitt and April Fools. The show runs about 13 minutes and 45 seconds.
* **Episode #7 – Rappy McRapperson Interview** (01/16/2011) – This 54 minute episode is a celebration of the genius that is Rappy McRapperson. It’s mostly an interview and separated by clips of my favorite Rappy music.
How to Play Four-dimensional Chinese Checkers, and Win (short story)

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***How to Play Four-dimensional Chinese Checkers, and Win*** was the fifth story in the anthology *Iris: Abroad*. It was written by Lawrence Conquest.

## Characters

* Iris Wildthyme
* Panda
* Xi Yunshan
* Sui Sui

## References

* Panda's voice is compared to that of Noel Coward's.
* Sui Sui was raised in London Zoo.
* There is a research facility in the Qinling Mountains in China.
* Sichuan is the last hold out of the giant panda in the wild.
* Panda mentions Christopher Biggins.
* Panda has a palace in Peking.

## Notes

* This story was released as a free ebook sample by Obverse Books to promote the sales of Iris: Abroad.

## Continuity

* Iris mentions MIAOW. (AUDIO: *The Land of Wonder*)

## External links

* http://www.obversebooks.co.uk/catalogue/ia.html

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Sick Building (novel)

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***Sick Building*** was the eleventh Tenth Doctor novel released.

## Publisher's summary

Tiermann's World: a planet covered in wintry woods and roamed by sabre-toothed tigers and other savage beasts. The Doctor is here to warn Professor Tiermann, his wife and their son that a terrible danger is on its way.

The Tiermanns live in luxury, in a fantastic, futuristic, fully-automated Dreamhome, under an impenetrable force shield. But that won't protect them from the Voracious Craw. A gigantic and extremely hungry alien creature is heading remorselessly towards their home. When it gets there everything will be devoured.

Can they get away in time? With the force shield cracking up, and the Dreamhome itself deciding who should or should not leave, things are looking desperate...

## Characters

* Tenth Doctor
* Martha Jones
* Professor Ernest Tiermann
* Amanda Tiermann
* Solin Tiermann

#### Robots

* Domovoi- the artificial intelligence inside the Dreamhome
* Toaster - sun bed
* Barbra - vending machine
* Walter - drink cabinet
* Stirpeek

## References

* The Doctor mentions the Aggedor of Peladon when facing the bear-creature in the Dreamhome.
* Martha is annoyed about the Doctor babbling about Rose Tyler.

## Notes

* This was Paul Magrs' first novel to not feature Iris Wildthyme.
* This had the working title of *The Wicked Bungalow* but was changed prior to the release date after the intervention of Russell T Davies.
* The creature shown on the cover to represent the Voracious Craw is a lamprey.
* This story was also released as an ebook available from the Amazon Kindle store.
* The third edition of *AHistory* dates this story to circa 5850, as Barbra says in *Enter Wildthyme* that she's from the 59th century.

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## Continuity

* The vending machine, Barbra, would later appear in the Iris Wildthyme and the Celestial Omnibus story *The Dreadful Flap* and the Iris Wildthyme novel *Enter Wildthyme*, both also by Paul Magrs.
* The Doctor mentions that he once tamed a savage beast by singing lullabies to it. (TV: *The Monster of Peladon*)
* Martha mentions being stuck on the Moon with the Judoon, (TV:*Smith and Jones*) caught in a gridlock in the year five billion and fifty-three, (TV: *Gridlock*) and just about plunged into the heart of a living sun. (TV:*42*)
* The Doctor mentions the dead forests of Skaro after the neutron bomb. (TV: *The Daleks*)

## Audio release

* An abridged reading of the story was released as an audiobook on 2x CD read by Will Thorp.

## External links

* ***Sick Building*** at the Doctor Who Reference Guide
* The Discontinuity Guide to: **Sick Building** at The Whoniverse
* The Cloister Library: **Sick Building**

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The Longest Story in the World (short story)

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***The Longest Story in the World*** was the first short story in the Short Trips anthology *Short Trips and Side Steps*. It was written by Paul Magrs. It featured the First Doctor and Susan.

## Summary

A girl has been asked, on pain of death, to tell a story that would entertain the Caliph. She decides to tell the longest story in the world, which will prolong her life. Each night she tells her story in the Caliph's bed chamber, with the Caliph, his guards, and his vizier as audience. Her story starts with an old man.

The old man and his adopted granddaughter live in a place where fantasy is considered sacriligeous. Nevertheless, the girl has a vivid imagination and entertains her grandfather with her stories of their future. She tells him of travels in a machine that he will create. As his granddaughter gets older, the old man starts to worry about indulging her, afraid that someone will find out and declare her a witch.
One day he tries to warn her about her stories, and she runs away. He can't follow her, so he goes home to wait for her. But when he arrives home, he finds armed men waiting for him.
The girl ends her story here. The Caliph is eager for more, and she promises to continue the story tomorrow.

## Characters

* First Doctor
* Susan Foreman
* The Caliph
* Girl

## References

* The granddaughter in the story talks of how the travelling machine will be vast and like a city inside. This is a reference to the TARDIS.
* There is mention also of his name and that he would adopt many on his travels. This is a reference to the Doctor's real name, which is unknown at present.
Companions (anthology)

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***Short Trips: Companions*** was the second Short Trips anthology published by Big Finish Productions.

## Publisher's summary

Wanted: attractive young girl (boy may be considered). Must have strong ankles, healthy lungs, and no family ties. Ability to say, "What's that, Doctor?", in many different ways a necessity. Bizarre taste in clothes may be an advantage. Must be able to deal with traumatic situations involving life and death with no obvious after effects.

They didn't always ask to travel with the Doctor. And even if they did, they didn't know what the consequences would be.

Were Ian's travels foretold? What paradoxical conundrums faced the Eighth Doctor, Charley and Will Shakespeare in ancient Troy? And just how difficult is it to get a job when you can't account for a gap of several years on your CV?

## External links

* ***Short Trips: Companions*** at the Doctor Who Reference Guide
* The Discontinuity Guide to: **Short Trips: Companions** at The Whoniverse
Kholism

Kholism is the mythology of the people of Auroria. It is comprised of a loose pantheon of animal and human gods, as well as a multitude of folk tales and oral myths. They are worshipped largely in Auroria, though some more rural parts of Daydrith still hold onto similar beliefs.

## Kholini

The Kholini are the shamans of Kholism. They fulfill traditional roles within their tribes and often conduct primordial enthrallment rituals. Farther south they play a more secular and militaristic role, using their captured spirits to counteract magical attacks on non-magical soldiers. They were used to great effect by the Kingdom of Daygar during the Ionian War when facing the primarily magical Mages.
Iris at the Oche (audio story)

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***Iris at the Oche*** is the second story of the fourth series of Big Finish Productions' *Iris Wildthyme* audio series.

## Publisher's summary

Super, smashing, great! It's the annual Pondside World Darts Championship. As down-at-heel pub darts player Ted Taylor steps up to the oche, Iris realises that the fate of the entire universe depends on the result of this one game of arrows. What are the calculations streaming through Ted’s mind, why are the bullish Hankians determined to drag a Kent Country Club into a temporal rift and will Panda ever get to enjoy his chicken-in-a-basket in peace? Game on!

## Cast

* Iris Wildthyme - Katy Manning
* Panda - David Benson
* Ted Taylor - Bernard Holley
* Lady Bow'n - Sophie Aldred
* Colin Stubbs/B'wen - Paul Jones
* Martin King - Charlie Ross

## References

* Panda has read *Fifty Shades of Grey*.
* The Bovians were almost wiped out in the 57th century.
* Iris refers to Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Girls Aloud.
* Ted Taylor comes from Bradford.

## External links

* Official ***Iris at the Oche*** page at bigfinish.com

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Whales

The whales of Opus are unlike the whales of our world. They still are very large mammals that are able to dive deep underwater, but the whales of opus are smaller, carnivorous, and 4th dimensional. They are not entirely grounded in one time. Their oil can be harvested and used to alter time. They commonly populate the western waters, and are extremely abundant in Uhnsigh waters.
Cwej (species)

Template:Infobox SpeciesThe **Cwejen** were clones of Chris Cwej created by the Great Houses of the Time Lords for use during the War in Heaven. Each of the Cwejen came from a different timeline of the original Chris Cwej, giving their masters a large range of abilities to use. (PROSE: *The Book of the War*)

They existed in three types: the original (blond and handsome) "Cwej-Prime", the fat and balding "Cwej-Plus", and the monstrous and heavily armoured "Cwej-Magnus". Each type existed in multiple iterations, which the Great Houses planned to use as an "Army of One". One of the Cwejen was present at a mysterious incident in the Hollywood Bowl, which may have been a point of contact with the Enemy. (PROSE: *The Book of the War*)

A Cwej-Prime who called himself Abschrift was involved in hunting rogue members of the Great Houses who escaped into the multiverse at the behest of House Mirraflex. To do so, he allied himself with a parallel Nazi Germany that was never defeated. With the Great Houses' technology, that Germany began to conquer its neighbouring parallel Earths. (PROSE: *Warlords of Utopia*)

The Cwejen did not retain the conscious memories of their progenitor, but they were affected by his memories on an unconscious level. Some of the Cwejen went mad and began secretly worshiping a figure they called "the pale god" or "Mister Seven". Several of these Cwejen, including Septimus, worked with Straxus on Earth in the 19th century before turning on him and forcing his regeneration. Bernice Summerfield and an earlier incarnation of Straxus defeated the mad Cwejen, which were taken back to Gallifrey for dissection. (AUDIO: *The Adventure of the Diogenes Damsel*)

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The Lady from Callisto Rhys (audio story)

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***The Lady from Callisto Rhys*** was the fifth story in *The Worlds of Big Finish*, a crossover of multiple Big Finish Productions ranges. It starred Chase Masterson as Vienna Salvatori.

## Cast

* Vienna Salvatori - Chase Masterson
* Cage Zorn - Rhys Jennings
* Magenta Dotrice - Rosanna Miles
* Lara Memphis - Rebecca Night
* Rodrigo - John Dorney
* Check-In Attendant - David Menkin
* Passenger - Katharine Mangold
* Driver - Terry Molloy
* Bernice Summerfield - Lisa Bowerman

## Notes

* This story was recorded on 11 May, 15 June, and 12 September 2014 at The Moat Studios.

## External links

* Official ***The Lady from Callisto Rhys - The Worlds of Big Finish*** page at bigfinish.com
Iris Wildthyme of Mars (anthology)

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***Iris Wildthyme of Mars*** is an Iris Wildthyme anthology.

## Publisher's summary

The Red Planet.

Everyone agrees about the colour, at least. The rest is up for grabs.

Is Mars a dead and sterile desert, or teeming with life?

Are Martians red, green or blue? Nubile and lithe, or monstrously tentacular?

Are they long gone, or waiting still? How do they feel about visitors?

Will we become the Martians? What kind of a world might we build on Mars? What myths, new or old, might we create there?

Oh – and how many different colours can you put in front of “Mars” to make a clever title?

These Marses are of course incompatible, contradictory, and in many cases quite impossible. And Iris Wildthyme has visited them all.

## External links

* Iris Wildthyme of Mars on Obverse Books website.

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Obverse Books

**Obverse Books** is a British publisher named for the Obverse, which primarily publishes anthologies about Iris Wildthyme and other Paul Magrs Universe concepts. Their ebook-only imprint, Manleigh Books, publishes the Iris Wildthyme spin-off The Periodic Adventures of Señor 105

## Paul Magrs Universe publications

* Iris Wildthyme
	+ The Ninnies
	+ The Casebook of the Manleigh Halt Irregulars
	+ The Periodic Adventures of Señor 105
* Faction Paradox
	+ The City of the Saved
Oracle of the Supermarket (audio story)

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***Oracle of the Supermarket*** was the third story of the fifth series of the Iris Wildthyme audio series, *Wildthyme Reloaded*.

## Publisher's summary

Cassie Burdock works on the till in the local branch of Fergusons. She thinks she's nothing special, that she’s just like everyone else...until one day, she finds that she can predict the future with unnerving accuracy.

## Cast

* Iris Wildthyme - Katy Manning
* Captain Edwin Turner - Geoffrey Breton
* Cassie Burdock - Charlie Hayes
* Rick - Toby Longworth

## References

* Iris is barred from Fergusons.
* Iris found the street using Google Maps.
* The run down store features Jukebox records for Cilla, Dusty and Peggy Lee.

## Notes

* This story was recorded on 14, 15, 16 and 18 January at The Moat Studios.

## External links

* Official ***Oracle of the Supermarket - Wildthyme Reloaded*** page at bigfinish.com

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Christine Summerfield

**Cousin Eliza**, originally named **Christine Summerfield** and later called **Horus**, was a clone who became a member of Faction Paradox and aided Justine in her quest to save the universe from Lolita.

## Biography

Christine was created in a bottle universe and named "Christine Summerfield" after Bernice Summerfield and her creator Chris Cwej. Her memories were taken from a "blonde girl" from the 1970s, who lost her virginity at the age of 15 and had an interest in serial killers like Jack the Ripper and Charles Manson. She was also fascinated with the supernatural, often visiting the seer Lady Diamond.

Following the invasion of the bottle universe's Earth by Cwej's employers, the Great Houses of the Time Lords, Christine left the bottle universe and entered the main universe. After being dropped off on Ordifica, she visited a number of colony worlds including Shristostophon, Gardener's World, Hai Dow Seven, Lubellin, Shatner's Climax and Ultra Caprisis. Christine eventually visited the ruins of Gallifrey, where she wrote most of her journal before heading towards Dellah. (PROSE: *Dead Romance*) Christine later sent a letter to Bernice, where she said that she took a post at a university on the planet Vremnya. (PROSE: *Twilight of the Gods*)

She later took on the name Eliza after one of Jack the Ripper's victims and became a Cousin of Faction Paradox. She survived the destruction of the Eleven-Day Empire with Cousin Justine and planned to save the surviving members of the Faction from Lolita. (AUDIO: *The Eleven Day Empire*, AUDIO: *The Shadow Play*) Eliza once broke Justine out of the Great Houses' prison planet with the help of criminals and newly freed members of Faction Paradox. (AUDIO: *Movers*, AUDIO: *A Labyrinth of Histories*)

To prevent Sutekh from gaining control of the Osirian Court, Eliza became Horus by allowing the consciousness of Osiris to control her body to let him to make his claim to the throne. (AUDIO: *Ozymandias*) Sutekh proposed a fight to the death between Horus and himself to settle the claim. Sutekh won the battle and Eliza died in the fight. (AUDIO: *The Judgment of Sutekh*)
The Circus of Doom (audio story)

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***The Circus of Doom*** is the third story in the Hornets' Nest arc, a series of five audio dramas featuring Tom Baker as Fourth Doctor alongside Richard Franklin as Mike Yates.

## Publisher's summary

The circus has come to town - and so has the Doctor! Watching the parade pass by in 1832, he finds the people of Blandford strangely drawn towards the garish big top. He knows something is terribly wrong. The only thing to do is pay a visit. Meanwhile Adam Farrow finds his sister caught up with the circus and its sinister ringmaster. What is behind Antonio's almost hypnotic power, and how is it connected with an event in the Doctor's future? Seized by clowns and forced into the centre of the ring, the Doctor encounters the fiercest of all circus acts. Yet something much more terrifying lurks in the wings - and the sound it makes is horribly familiar. Lives will be lost before the circus moves on - and the Doctor will face his own doom on the high wire.

## Plot

Tracking down the Hornets, the Doctor finds himself in 1832, in a small town with a dark secret. A circus has come to town... only it's not the happy kind. This "Circus of Delights" is run by a man under the influence of the Hornets! The vile plot is to kill the entire town... and then move on to a bigger target... The Doctor must stop this act at once!

## Cast

* The Doctor - Tom Baker
* Mike Yates - Richard Franklin
* Sally - Susie Riddell
* Farrow - Michael Maloney
* Francesca - Jilly Bond
* Antonio - Stephen Thorne

## External links

* DisContinuity for ***The Circus of Doom*** at Tetrapyriarbus - The DisContinuity Guide
* ***The Circus of Doom*** at the Doctor Who Reference Guide

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The Wickerwork Man (short story)

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***The Wickerwork Man*** was the thirteenth short story in the Short Trips anthology *Short Trips: Farewells*. It was written by Paul Magrs. It featured the Eighth Doctor. There was no companion in this story.

## Summary

Now that Peter's father is retired, he spends most of his time doing household projects. Peter and his mother go shopping and decide to buy some wicker garden furniture. Peter notices a strange man hanging around the furniture. The man, who calls himself the Doctor, says he is examining the furniture for sentience, then invites himself to a barbecue at Peter's house.

Peter's father has started to spend a lot of time sitting on one of the garden chairs, ignoring things like food and cold weather. His mother is worried.

Peter comes across the Doctor again in town, noting that he hangs around an old police box.

Saturday night, all the neighbours are invited to the barbecue. The Doctor shows up and warns Peter and his mother about Goomba, then leaves. Peter follows him to the police box, and when he is invited inside, the Doctor shows him a film of prehistoric China, where an alien tree god named Goomba found himself. He has been inhabiting a piece of bamboo ever since, and is now part of Peter's garden furniture.

The Doctor doesn't seem inclined to do anything about the danger, so Peter stomps home, only to find his father and guests building a huge figure out of wood. They seem to be possessed. When Peter tries to warn his mother, she at first dismisses his fears then becomes possessed herself.

Peter heads back to the police box, and the Doctor agrees to help. He has Peter get some tea, but Peter accidentally spills the tea on the console, causing the police box to materialise days later.

By this point, the wood figure is much larger. It is on fire, and there are several people waiting in line with pieces of wood to add to the figure. Inside the head is Peter's dad. The Doctor explains that the Goomba worshippers are no longer themselves, and they will be sacrificed to help Goomba leave the Earth.

Peter tries to put out the fire with a hose, and it works for a bit until his mother turns off the tap. Some of the possessed turn on Peter, but the Doctor attracts their attention. He tells Peter to climb up Goomba and get his father out of the head, while the Doctor distracts Goomba. The Doctor taunts Goomba while Peter makes his way towards his father.

Inside the head, Peter's father recognises him. They climb down, and the figure stops moving. Peter's father collapses, and the spirit of Goomba leaves him. The neighbours and Peter's mother are freed.

Peter and his father are hospitalised, and they watch news reports about the barbecue where guests suffered smoke inhalation. Meanwhile, the Doctor takes Peter's mother shopping.

## Characters

* Eighth Doctor
* Peter
* Goomba
* Peter's mother
* Peter's father
* Anthony Danby
* Melanie Danby
* Mary Mead
* Mrs Evans
* Jessica Northspoon
* Mr Roberts
The Evil Little Mother and the Tragic Old Bat (short story)

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***The Evil Little Mother and the Tragic Old Bat*** was the eleventh story in the anthology *Wildthyme on Top*. It was written by Jonathan Blum.

## Characters

* Iris Wildthyme
* Tom
* Medea
* Jason
* Mermerus
* Pheres

## References

* Iris plays a song by Alanis Morissette on the bus.
* Tom gives Mermerus and Pheres Game Boys to play with.
* Iris knows Germaine Greer.

## Timeline

*to be added*

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Murder at the Abbey (audio story)

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***Murder at the Abbey*** was the fourth story of the fifth series of the Iris Wildthyme audio series, *Wildthyme Reloaded*.

## Publisher's summary

After witnessing the death of one of their friends, Iris and Captain Turner turn sleuth to get to the bottom of things. But just who would want to commit such a beastly crime… and why? Wildthyme is on the case!

## Cast

* Iris Wildthyme - Katy Manning
* Captain Edwin Turner - Geoffrey Breton
* Inspector Greenock - Ian Hallard
* Hilda - Lisa Bowerman
* Lady Fothergill - Tracey Childs
* Chloe - Charlie Hayes
* Mr Cane - Toby Longworth
* Albertson - Scott Handcock

## References

* Rationing lasted from World War II until 1954.
* Iris and Turner saw a performance of *Madame Butterfly* in Milan in 1904.
* Lord and Lady Fothergill are spies selling coded messages to the Russians.

## Notes

* This story was recorded on 14, 15, 16 and 18 January at The Moat Studios.
* This story was released early for subscribers to the Big Finish newsletter.

## Continuity

* Iris would later leave Turner with Chloe in 1945, where they start a relationship. Mr Cane believes they are together, despite this not having happened for Turner yet. (AUDIO: *An Extraterrestrial Werewolf in Belgium*)

## External links

* Official ***Murder at the Abbey - Wildthyme Reloaded*** page at bigfinish.com

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The Lady of Mercia (audio story)

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***The Lady of Mercia*** was the second story in the 2013 Fifth Doctor audio trilogy. This story was set in 1983, making it contemporous with the TV stories of this era.

## Publisher's summary

The TARDIS brings the Doctor, Tegan, Turlough and Nyssa to the University of Frodsham, close to where the warrior queen Æthelfrid fought a desperate and bloody rearguard action against the savage Danes. Over a thousand years later, in 1983, battle is still being raged, with student activists taking on savage funding cuts... and disrupting a conference about Æthelfrid convened by history professor John Bleak.

Meanwhile, over in the Physics Department, Dr Philippa Stone is working night and day on a top-secret project — but can her theoretical time machine really be the solution to the university's problems?

Present and past are about to collide — and the results, as the TARDIS crew is about to discover, will be far from academic!

## Cast

* The Doctor - Peter Davison
* Tegan Jovanka - Janet Fielding
* Vislor Turlough - Mark Strickson
* Nyssa - Sarah Sutton
* Professor John Bleak - Anthony Howell
* Dr Philippa Stone - Abigail Thaw
* Queen Æthelfrid/ Dr Angeline Duchamp - Rachel Atkins
* Princess Ælfwynn/Molly Wright - Catherine Grose
* Arthur Kettleson/Barry - Kieran Bew
* Earl of Wessex/Professor Fester - Stephen Critchlow

## References

* Tegan notes that she and Professor Bleak are both from 1983.

## Notes

* This story was recorded on 7 and 8 January 2013 at The Moat Studios.

## Continuity

* Turlough refers to Dr Sa Yy Findecker. (AUDIO: *The Butcher of Brisbane*)
* Turlough tells Barry that he went to Brendon Public School, not Eton. (TV: *Mawdryn Undead*)

## External links

* Official ***The Lady of Mercia*** page at bigfinish.com
Eleven-Day Empire

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The **Eleven-Day Empire** was the home base of Faction Paradox. The territory was purchased from King George II of England by Grandfather Paradox under the "Gregorian Compact", when that country switched over from the Julian to the Gregorian calendar in 1752, causing eleven days — 2 September through 14 September 1752 — to be "lost" from the month of September. The people's belief that the relevant time had been "lost" was sufficient to power the creation of an alter-time state.

The "shadow" London of the Eleven-Day Empire was a mishmash of time-zones, with streets, buildings and landmarks taken from periods earlier or later than its eighteenth century foundations. It's possible to walk along a lane which switches from Enlightenment to Victorian to Roman and back again within the stretch of a few yards. This is because the symbolic weight, not the authenticity, is the core of the Empire's London. (PROSE: *The Book of the War*)

Six hundred and thirty Mothers and Fathers of the Faction Paradox sat in the House of Commons found in the Empire's version of London. The speaker's chair was empty, waiting for the return of Grandfather Paradox. (PROSE: *Interference - Book One*)

Russia continued to use the Julian calendar until after the Bolshevik revolution of 1917. By this time the discrepancy between the calendars was thirteen days, providing the source of the Thirteen-Day Republic. (PROSE: *The Book of the War*)

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The Voord

The Voord were a humanoid race of semi-aquatic beings on the planet Marinus. They're notable for having masks that would fuse with the wearer and enable telepathic abilities. Before the Time War, they notably tried to conquer many other semiaquatic planets. When these attempts were thwarted by the Doctor, however, they utilized a WorldShaper beam to accelerate their evolution; the planet transformed from a lush world to an acid desert, and the Voord themselves incorporated more and more cybernetic substitutions in their biology. In time, their planet Marinus became better known as Mondas (COMIC: World Shapers).

However, then the War broke out. According to Gustous R Thripsted's *Genetic Politics Beyond the Thirdzone*, the Faction Paradox plucked Voord from their pre-Cyberman history and repurposed their telepathic masks to beam media signals straight into their biodata. These augmented Voord, called the Remote, were used by the Faction as shock troops on Simia KK98, but the attack failed and the Remote were allowed to live in independent colonies throughout the galaxy. Laura Tobin, later known as the timeship Compassion, was a Remote from the colony Ordifica (PROSE: Interference).

This Faction meddling drove the Voord to ally with the Time Lords. With the aid of the War Doctor, the Voord were able to weaponize the WorldShaper to stop a Dalek invasion of Marinus, attacking them with accelerated evolution. The Cyberman technology evolved to higher and higher forms of development until the Voord Group Mind became highly evolved to incorporate any species. Upon removing themselves from history at the end of the Time War, the Voord recruited a heartbroken Twelfth Doctor to become their leader (COMIC: The Four Doctors). Although their planet Mondas never existed, the "Cybermen" reentered time by breaking down the walls between their bubble universe, the real one, and other parallels, invading the main Doctor's timeline in TV: Army of Ghosts.
House Lolita

**House Lolita** was a Great House so new that it did not exist prior to the War. (*The Book of the War*). As the name suggested, it was Lolita's house. She was its only member. (*The Book of the War*) In the early days of the House, Lolita attempted to recruit her sister. (*Toy Story*)

Allied with Tracolix (*The Book of the War*), and by association with the Sontarans, House Lolita betrayed them both when it destroyed the Eleven-Day Empire. (*The Shadow Play*) Lolita refused to allow any other lifeform to join her house. She claimed that the places were reserved for her future children, who, like her, were timeships. (*In the Year of the Cat*)

By that point, fifty-one years into the War, House Lolita had begun to produce a second generation and its prestige and political power had been so bolstered by its defeat of Faction Paradox that it received approval for the changes the House was making to 18th century history.

Lolita predicted that the final confrontation between House Lolita and the survivors of Faction Paradox would take place in that time period. (*In the Year of the Cat*)
Republica (audio story)

***Republica*** was the first audio story in the series *The Time Travellers*.

## Publisher's summary

The Professor and Ace arrive in present-day London to find the city strangely changed. England is a republic, ruled by an elderly Lord Protector more interested in a mysterious comet than the long-suppressed forces of revolution fomenting in his kingdom.

As political factions vie for power, the travellers become embroiled in the plans of King Charles XIV who stands poised to reclaim the throne. Can they discover who is behind the drastic alteration of history or will the Puritan cause triumph throughout eternity?

## Characters

* The Professor - Sylvester McCoy
* Ace - Sophie Aldred
* Le Compte - John Wadmore
* Devlin - Andrew Fettes
* Somerset - Bryonie Pritchard
* Lambert - Michael Wade
* Charles XIV - George Telfer
* Equerry - John Ainsworth
Crocodile

**Cipactli**, meaning "Crocodile" or "Caiman", was the first day of the Aztec divinatory count of 13 X 20 days (the tonalpohualli), and Cipactonal "Sign of Cipactli" was considered to have been the first diviner. In Aztec cosmology, the crocodile symbolized the earth floating in the primeval waters.
The Aztec rain god Tlaloc was often likened to a crocodile.
The Vanity Box (audio story)

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***The Vanity Box*** was part of the ninety-seventh monthly *Doctor Who* audio release produced by Big Finish Productions. It is the first one part story featuring the Sixth Doctor and Melanie Bush.

## Publisher's summary

*The Vanity Box* (A One-Part Story)

A strange beauty parlour has opened its doors for business in a dowdy Salford terrace circa 1965. Monsieur Coiffure is the talk of the street with his fabulous make-overs. When the Doctor arrives, however, he knows at once that there's been some unnatural titivation going on.

## Cast

* The Doctor - Colin Baker
* Melanie Bush - Bonnie Langford
* Nesta Trubshaw - Diana Flacks
* Winnie - Christine Moore
* Bessy Tiplington / Barmaid - Rachel Laurence
* Monsieur Coiffure / The Wishing Beast - Toby Longworth

## References

* Mel refers to *Ready Steady Go!* and Carnaby Street.
* The Doctor orders a pint of blackcurrant squash with water rather than soda in *The Sailor's End*.
* From the Doctor's dress and manner, Winnie believes that he may have just been released from either prison or a mental asylum.
* The Doctor describes the Vanity Box as an "excessively chintzy establishment."
* While disguised as a "provincial dolly bird," the Doctor tells Monsieur Coiffure that "two Yanks helped me up the statue in Piccadilly Gardens" on VE Night on 8 May 1945.
* The Doctor buys a milk stout for Nesta in *The Sailor's End*.
* Bessy Tiplington was born in 1909.

## Notes

* *The Vanity Box* is only one episode long. The other three episodes on the discs are of *The Wishing Beast*.
* This was the final appearance of Bonnie Langford as Melanie Bush in a Big Finish audio drama until AUDIO: *The Wrong Doctors* in January 2013.

## Continuity

* *The Vanity Box* takes places immediately after the events of AUDIO: *The Wishing Beast*, from the Doctor and Mel's perspective. However, those events have not taken place from the perspective of the Wishing Beast.
* The Doctor previously visited 1965 on three occasions during his first incarnation. (TV: *The Massacre of St Bartholomew's Eve*, *The Daleks' Master Plan*; PROSE: *The Meeting*) He would later do so again during his eighth (PROSE: *The Space Age*) and eleventh incarnations (AUDIO: *Blackout*).
* The Doctor previously disguised himself as a woman on two occasions during his second incarnation (TV: *The Highlanders*; AUDIO: *The Glorious Revolution*) and once during his third incarnation (TV: *The Green Death*).

## External links

* Official ***The Vanity Box*** page at bigfinish.com
* ***The Vanity Box*** at the Doctor Who Reference Guide
* DisContinuity for ***The Vanity Box*** at Tetrapyriarbus - The DisContinuity Guide
Mystery Lady: Episode Seven (audio story)

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***Episode Seven*** was the fourth release in the *Mystery Lady series* written by Paul Magrs and prominently featuring the character of Dodie Golightly originated in the 2013 *Iris Wildthyme* story *The Ninnies on Putney Common*.

## Characters

* Cassandra
* Lady Lucrezia Noggins
* Dodie Golightly
* Timothy Bold
* Sir Oswald Arthur
* Sandra Templeton
* Henry Duke
* Cornelia Lively
* Joyce twins
* Minty
* Edna Spedding
* Barman
* Helen Spedding
* Fox Soames
* Magda Soames

## References

* Ullswater.
* FANG came into existence shortly after the 1914 war.
* Cornelis Lively had channeled Jane Austen, Oscar Wilde, Robert Louis Stephenson and Mary Shelley.
* Fox Soames was a warlock.
The Blue Angel (novel)

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***The Blue Angel*** was the twenty-seventh BBC Eighth Doctor Adventures. It was written by Paul Magrs and Jeremy Hoad. It was the first novel to feature Compassion as a companion along side Fitz Kreiner and the Eighth Doctor. *Blue Angel* also featured the second appearance in the EDAs of Iris Wildthyme.

## Publisher's summary

*This is a story about Winter...*

As the Doctor becomes involved in affairs aboard the Federation Starship *Nepotist*, his old friend Iris Wildthyme is rescuing old ladies who are being attacked by savage owls in a shopping mall.

And, in a cat's cradle of interdimensional corridors lies the Valcean City of Glass, whose King Dedalus awaits the return of his Angel son and broods over the oncoming war...

## Characters

* Eighth Doctor
* Fitz Kreiner
* Compassion
* Iris Wildthyme
* Sally
* King Daedalus
* Belinda
* Big Sue
* Canine
* Emba
* Garrett
* Icarus
* Maddy Sharp
* Marn
* Nesta
* Robert B. Blandish
* Timon
* Future Doctor

## References

### Species

* A group of Steigertrudes raid Earth's art treasures.

### TARDIS

* Iris pretends her TARDIS has a "bookmark" feature to return to a certain point.

## Notes

* Each chapter title mirror's the first few words of the first sentence...giving chapter 25 the chapter title "Iris made Fitz come..."
* *The Blue Angel'*s chapters contains instances of metafiction. The chapters which seem to take place within the Obverse reference fictional events as fiction and ask questions about the link between "reality" and "fiction" within its own fictional universe.
* There are also questions (and/or jokes) about Iris Wildthyme's status as a metafictional character.
* *The Blue Angel* has been adapted into a script (The Blue Angel Adapted by Piers Britton) for use in a university course.

## Continuity

* Iris Wildthyme previously encountered the Eighth Doctor in PROSE: *The Scarlet Empress*, where Iris regenerated into her current form.
* PROSE: *Mad Dogs and Englishmen* is the next appearance of Iris Wildthyme.
* The results of the Doctor connecting Compassion's receiver through the TARDIS fully come to pass in PROSE: *The Shadows of Avalon*.
* The Doctor recalls kissing Grace Holloway in San Francisco on 31 December 1999. (TV: *Doctor Who*)
* Iris mentions meeting the Doctor and Sam Jones in New York City on 3 June 1968. (PROSE: *Femme Fatale*)
* Daedalus knows that the Doctor once had the chance to avert the creation of the Daleks. (TV: *Genesis of the Daleks*)

## External links

* ***The Blue Angel*** at the Doctor Who Reference Guide
* The Discontinuity Guide to: **The Blue Angel** at The Whoniverse
* The Cloister Library: **The Blue Angel**
Fifteen (anthology)

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***Iris: Fifteen*** is an anthology of seventeen short stories celebrating fifteen years of Iris Wildthyme adventures.

## Publisher's summary

A fifteenth anniversary collection of Iris Wildthyme stories, featuring all sorts of Irises in all sorts of adventures – and don’t forget Panda!

## External links

* Iris: Fifteen on Obverse Books website.
City of the Saved

The **City of the Saved** was a metropolis the size of a spiral galaxy located between the end of the Universe and the beginning of the next. The City itself was the timeship Compassion, who had lodged herself between Universes. (*Of the City of the Saved...*)

The only entrance to the City was the Uptime Gate. (*The Book of the War*)

It was inhabited by every single Australopithecine, human, near-human, and humanoid who was ever resurrected after death in an immortal, invulnerable body. Only human beings were resurrected and those that were partially human were treated as second class citizens known as *"collaterals"* who were also forbidden from holding public office.

Whenever history was rewritten by the War between the Great Houses and their Enemy then the City's history was retroactively rewritten with it to include any new human beings or versions of them that were brought into existence by the change. This meant that the population of the City was much larger than anyone else on the outside suspected.

It was constructed by two Secret Architects who were a mystery but many believed the City itself was a goddess that was worshipped under the name of Civitata.

The Rump Parliament was Faction Paradox's stronghold within the City. (*Of the City of the Saved...*)

All races but pure humans were marginalised in the city's society, Grandfather Halfling set up House Halfling to campaign for the rights of those who were not quite human. (*The Book of the War*)

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The Shape of Things (novel)

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***The Shape of Things*** was the fourth story in the anthology *Ms Wildthyme and Friends Investigate*. It was written by Stuart Douglas.

## Characters

* Iris Wildthyme
* Panda
* Sherlock Holmes
* John Watson
* Dove Davies

## References

* Faction Paradox reside at the end of the universe.

## Continuity

* Iris mentions Flossie and Fritter, (PROSE: *Mad Dogs and Englishmen*) Captain Turner (PROSE: *Old Flames*) and Tom. (PROSE: *Verdigris*)
* Iris recalls her adventure with Señor 105 in La Ciudad. (PROSE: *Elementary, My Dear Sheila*)

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Mystery Lady: Episode Six (audio story)

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***Episode Six*** was the fourth release in the *Mystery Lady series* written by Paul Magrs and prominently featuring the character of Dodie Golightly originated in the 2013 *Iris Wildthyme* story *The Ninnies on Putney Common*.

## Publisher's summary

After revels, revelations and raucous behaviour, Dodie returns home with Cassandra. Once her sanctuary, her home now seems empty and she feels haunted by the past. Who is the little girl hunched over a small, wooden desk, sobbing over her schoolwork written in a crumpled exercise book. And who is her terrifying tutor? As one of the authors in the Horrible Book, Dodie has a vested interest in getting it right this time…

## Characters

* Cassandra
* Dodie Golightly
* Robot
* Timothy Gold
* Prudence Golightly
* Helen Spedding

## References

* Timothy Bold had been recruited by FANG.
Farewells (anthology)

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***Short Trips: Farewells*** was the sixteenth Short Trips anthology published by Big Finish Productions.

## Publisher's summary

"After all, who knows, if I go down well, I might even make it my farewell performance".

Sometimes it's easy to say goodbye — to a friend, to a way of life, to a lover. Sometimes it's heartbreaking. And sometimes they just won't take the hint.

Say hello to 14 stories of goodbyes, as the Fourth Doctor contemplates his mortality after a funeral; a young man goes to murderous lengths to stop Jo Grant from leaving him; the First Doctor considers his flight from Gallifrey; the Fifth Doctor desperately tries to get rid of an unwanted companion — and more.

## Notes

* *Farewells* was the first *Short Trips* collection published after BBC Books retired the BBC Eighth Doctor Adventures and BBC Past Doctor Adventures book lines at the end of 2005 in favour of focusing on books featuring the current TV Doctors. From there on (and continuing until the line was discontinued in 2009), *Short Trips* become the only source for new, original literary material featuring the first eight incarnations of the Doctor and their companions.

## External links

* Doctor Who Reference Guide - Detailed Synopsis: **Short Trips: Farewells**
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***Possum Kingdom*** was the second story in the Bernice Summerfield anthology *The Vampire Curse*. It was written by Kelly Hale.

## Summary

Bernice Summerfield takes part at a time travel tour to historical events that were connected to Vampires. She wants to investigate mysterious happenings.

## Characters

* Bernice Summerfield
* Tom Wakeen
* Tse-naha
* Nepesht
* Virginia O'Helsing
* Richard Lux de Babineaux
* Sulie Cruz
* Armand Piper Destry
* Lilu
* Mulo
* Professor Ramirez
* Micah
* Captain Boone
* Piffany
* Saul
* Sergeant Curtis Melcamp
* Craw
* Nicos Hibert
* Rasputina Hibert
* Dr Grimaldi

## References

* In the 18th century Armand Piper Destry portrayed the vampire Lestat at the Theatre des Vampires in Paris.
* After 1997, parking the caravans of the V is for Vampire Tour on the Main Street in Sunnydale was no longer allowed.

## Continuity

* Benny says that most vampires come from a pocket universe. (TV: *State of Decay*)

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