The character of Iris Wildthyme first appeared in print in the short story Old Flames, a story in the first Short Trips anthology from BBC Books, published in March 1998.
Created by Paul Magrs, Iris is from Gallifrey, like the Doctor, and travels through time and space in a TARDIS which has the outward appearance on a red London bus. The character subsequently turned up in four Doctor Who novels written by Magrs, beginning with The Scarlet Empress in September 1998, and the most recent being Mad Dogs and Englishmen, published in January 2002.
Iris is generally given to telling tall stories — claiming that she was once involved with the Doctor, as well as suggesting that she was the actual participant in many of the Doctor's adventures.
Back on planet Earth, the character has generally been something of devisive figure amongst Doctor Who fans, prompting many an online argument and splitting opinion almost directly down the middle. You either love her or hate her, there's strictly no room for any middle ground...
Iris has also appeared in a number of audio dramas from Big Finish Productions, including some for both the Doctor Who and Bernice Summerfield ranges, and has been voiced on each occasion by ex-Doctor Who actress Katy Manning. She has also been the subject of several short story anthologies, with the first to be published being Wildthyme on Top from Big Finish themselves in 2005. More recently Paul Magrs has put together several new anthologies, along with Stuart Douglas, for Obverse Books.
The next anthology to be published will be The Panda Book of Horror in November 2009, while the same month will see Iris Wildthyme and the Claws of Santa, the latest in the series of audio dramas, being released by Big Finish.
Created by Paul Magrs, Iris is from Gallifrey, like the Doctor, and travels through time and space in a TARDIS which has the outward appearance on a red London bus. The character subsequently turned up in four Doctor Who novels written by Magrs, beginning with The Scarlet Empress in September 1998, and the most recent being Mad Dogs and Englishmen, published in January 2002.
Iris is generally given to telling tall stories — claiming that she was once involved with the Doctor, as well as suggesting that she was the actual participant in many of the Doctor's adventures.
Back on planet Earth, the character has generally been something of devisive figure amongst Doctor Who fans, prompting many an online argument and splitting opinion almost directly down the middle. You either love her or hate her, there's strictly no room for any middle ground...
Iris has also appeared in a number of audio dramas from Big Finish Productions, including some for both the Doctor Who and Bernice Summerfield ranges, and has been voiced on each occasion by ex-Doctor Who actress Katy Manning. She has also been the subject of several short story anthologies, with the first to be published being Wildthyme on Top from Big Finish themselves in 2005. More recently Paul Magrs has put together several new anthologies, along with Stuart Douglas, for Obverse Books.
The next anthology to be published will be The Panda Book of Horror in November 2009, while the same month will see Iris Wildthyme and the Claws of Santa, the latest in the series of audio dramas, being released by Big Finish.
Wildthyme On Top
Edited by Paul Magrs
- UK
- Hardback
- Big Finish Productions
- July 2005
Back Cover Blurb
Iris is an enigma... She's an enigma wrapped in a mystery. With a shapeless, tasteless hat clamped to her head. She's an enigma wrapped in a mystery, with a shapeless, tasteless hat clamped her head and she's puffing on a gold-tipped black Sobranie. And she drives a big red double-decker bus, ostensibly bound for Putney Common.
Except it's not. She's been to Putney Common precisely once, and that was by accident. There she picked up Tom, who is now her best friend. Together they journey through the multiverse: boozing and fighting; righting wrongs and buggering things up again. Here, in their first exciting anthology of ludicrous adventures, they meet monsters, klllers, ambassadors, insect-things, detectives, weirdos, psychics, fiends and sundry perverts.
Iris is an enigma... She's an enigma wrapped in a mystery. With a shapeless, tasteless hat clamped to her head. She's an enigma wrapped in a mystery, with a shapeless, tasteless hat clamped her head and she's puffing on a gold-tipped black Sobranie. And she drives a big red double-decker bus, ostensibly bound for Putney Common.
Except it's not. She's been to Putney Common precisely once, and that was by accident. There she picked up Tom, who is now her best friend. Together they journey through the multiverse: boozing and fighting; righting wrongs and buggering things up again. Here, in their first exciting anthology of ludicrous adventures, they meet monsters, klllers, ambassadors, insect-things, detectives, weirdos, psychics, fiends and sundry perverts.
Short Stories
Most Horrid — Justin Richards
The Sleuth Sayers — Jake Elliot
Minions of the Moon — Philip Purser-Hallard
Beguine — Stephen Cole
Blame Iris — Stewart Sheargold
Came to Believe — Craig Hinton
Rough Magic — Kate Orman
The Mancunian Candidate — Lance Parkin
Iris and Irregularity — Jacqueline Rayner
The Evil Little Mother and the Tragic Old Bat — Jonathan Blum
Most Horrid — Justin Richards
The Sleuth Sayers — Jake Elliot
Minions of the Moon — Philip Purser-Hallard
Beguine — Stephen Cole
Blame Iris — Stewart Sheargold
Came to Believe — Craig Hinton
Rough Magic — Kate Orman
The Mancunian Candidate — Lance Parkin
Iris and Irregularity — Jacqueline Rayner
The Evil Little Mother and the Tragic Old Bat — Jonathan Blum
Notes
- Wildthyme on Top was the first Iris Wildthyme anthology to be published, as well as being the first book in Big Finish's New Worlds series which was intended to explore in more detail some of the characters and situations that had featured in their Doctor Who audio plays. In the event, only three books were to be published — the first two solo Iris audio plays were also released as part of the range.
Iris Wildthyme and the Celestial Omnibus
Edited by Paul Magrs and Stuart Douglas
- UK
- Hardback
- Obverse Books
- April 2009
Back Cover Blurb
Iris is an enigma... She's an enigma wrapped in a mystery. With a shapeless, tasteless hat clamped to her head. She's an enigma wrapped in a mystery, with a shapeless, tasteless hat clamped her head and she's puffing on a gold-tipped black Sobranie. And she drives a big red double-decker bus, ostensibly bound for Putney Common.
Except it's not. She's been to Putney Common precisely once, and that was by accident. There she picked up Tom, who is now her best friend. Together they journey through the multiverse: boozing and fighting; righting wrongs and buggering things up again. Here, in their first exciting anthology of ludicrous adventures, they meet monsters, klllers, ambassadors, insect-things, detectives, weirdos, psychics, fiends and sundry perverts.
Iris is an enigma... She's an enigma wrapped in a mystery. With a shapeless, tasteless hat clamped to her head. She's an enigma wrapped in a mystery, with a shapeless, tasteless hat clamped her head and she's puffing on a gold-tipped black Sobranie. And she drives a big red double-decker bus, ostensibly bound for Putney Common.
Except it's not. She's been to Putney Common precisely once, and that was by accident. There she picked up Tom, who is now her best friend. Together they journey through the multiverse: boozing and fighting; righting wrongs and buggering things up again. Here, in their first exciting anthology of ludicrous adventures, they meet monsters, klllers, ambassadors, insect-things, detectives, weirdos, psychics, fiends and sundry perverts.
Short Stories
A Gamble with Wildthyme — Steve Lyons
Sovereign — Mags L Halliday
The Unhappy Medium — Cavan Scott & Mark Wright
Living Legend — Stuart Douglas
Battleship Anathema — Philip Purser-Hallard
The Dreadful Flap — Paul Magrs
Not a Drop — Steven Wickham
Iris Wildthyme y Señor Cientocinco contra Los Monstruos del Fiesta — Cody Schell
Why? Because We Like You — Jonathan Dennis
The Scarlet Shadow — Stewart Sheargold
Only Living Girls — Steve Cole
A Gamble with Wildthyme — Steve Lyons
Sovereign — Mags L Halliday
The Unhappy Medium — Cavan Scott & Mark Wright
Living Legend — Stuart Douglas
Battleship Anathema — Philip Purser-Hallard
The Dreadful Flap — Paul Magrs
Not a Drop — Steven Wickham
Iris Wildthyme y Señor Cientocinco contra Los Monstruos del Fiesta — Cody Schell
Why? Because We Like You — Jonathan Dennis
The Scarlet Shadow — Stewart Sheargold
Only Living Girls — Steve Cole
Notes
- Iris Wildthyme and the Celestial Omnibus is the first in a series of anthologies from Obverse Books to feature Iris Wildthyme, the time-travelling creation who first appeared in a number of original Doctor Who stories from Paul Magrs in the late 1990s.
