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Verdigris

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Publisher:

BBC Books

Writer:

Paul Magrs

Release details

Release number:

29

Release date:

3 April 2000

Format:

Paperback Book; 25 Chapters, 288 Pages

ISBN:

ISBN 0-563-55592-0

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Verdigris was the twenty-ninth novel in the BBC Past Doctor Adventures series. It was written by Paul Magrs, released 3 April 2000 and featured the Third Doctor, Jo Grant and Iris Wildthyme.

This was the first full length past Doctor novel to feature Iris Wildthyme. The novel featured Iris' companion Tom, who had previously appeared in the story Entertaining Mr O in the 1998 charity anthology Perfect Timing and would later make many appearances in the Iris Wildthyme series.

Publisher's summary

Jo Grant had no inkling of the ship that revolved in orbit like a discreet, preposterous thought in the mind of someone serene but bonkers.

High above London and its crust of smog, stretched tall above the soapy atmosphere of the Earth, is a ship the size and exact shape of St Pancras railway station.

On board, the Doctor and that mysterious lady adventurer, Iris Wildthyme, are bargaining for their lives with creatures determined to infiltrate the 1970s in the guise of characters from nineteenth-century novels.

Without the help of UNIT, the Doctor and his friends face the daunting task of defeating aliens, marauding robot sheep, the mysterious Children of Destiny and... the being who calls himself Verdigris.

Plot

to be added

Characters

The Meercocks

The Children of Destiny

The Galactic Ambassadors

Worldbuilding

Foods and beverages

The Doctor, Jo, Tom and others drink Chardonnay, whiskey and multiple gin and tonics.
The Doctor prefers lime rather than lemon in his Bombay Sapphire.
The Doctor provides cold roast beef sandwiches with horseradish and gherkins for Jo, Iris, Tom and himself. He later prepares a roast dinner for the four of them.
When the Doctor, Jo, Tom and Iris go for a drive in Bessie, Jo brings a china tea service and cakes.

The Doctor

In the future Iris and Jenny help (a future incarnation of) the Doctor to defeat the Dalek Supreme in the Crystal Mines of Marlion.

Individuals

Verdigris travels to the anti-matter universe and makes Omega aware of the Doctor.
Following her impersonation in the Sisterhood, Iris was time scooped to Gallifrey where she and her other incarnations battled the Zarbi, Voord and Mechanoids in the Death Zone.
Iris met the Brigadier during a conflict in Venice involving the Celaphopods.
Iris has met the Terrible Zodin on Mars.
Jo is trained in lock picking and escapology.
Iris describes her companion Jenny Winterleaf as the "butch dyke traffic warden".
Tom is gay, but has a paranoid moment when he meets his mother and thinks he's destined to impregnate her.

Locations

The Doctor takes Jo to his country house, which is thirty miles from Thisis.
He had also taken Jo to his house in Kent, his flat in London, and a caravan he has in the highlands of Scotland.

Planets

Iris summoned Verdigris from the planet Makorna.
The Doctor and Iris agree that the Nurses of Ionicaiy Six would go to the trouble of kidnapping humans simply to play doctors and nurses.
In Tom's first trip with Iris she took him to the planet Calgoria.

Species

The Meercock homeworld was destroyed by the Valceans.
The Saldisians are hand-bag shaped aliens.

TARDIS

The Doctor wants to steal Iris' TARDIS so that he can escape his exile on Earth.

Notes

Paul Magrs crafts Iris Wildthyme as a sort of "anti-Doctor". She drinks, smokes, and generally kidnaps her companions. Also her companions are more or less opposite to the Doctor's: Jenny, the lesbian traffic warden who "got the runs" as they went through the vortex, and Tom, the black gay guy whom she also kidnapped.
In her diaries, Iris refers to the Third Doctor's era as gentler and more innocent time where "the timelines are intact, causality is unimpeached, and one historical event follows another in strict chronological order," and she wishes she could warn the Doctor of the coming "canon-death," where "everything was altered." Narratively, this is likely a reference to the Third Doctor's death on Dust. (PROSE: Interference - Book Two) Given Magrs' metafictional style, it could also be a commentary on how the style and subjects of Doctor Who stories had changed since Jon Pertwee's televised tenure.
Jo's friend and roommate, Tara, is the character Tara King from The Avengers.

Continuity

Iris mentions the occasion when the TARDIS fell off a cliff on Peladon. The Doctor says that that has not happened yet in his personal timeline. (TV: The Curse of Peladon)
Iris was on Karn when the Fourth Doctor visited the planet. She was then a member of the Sisterhood of Karn. (TV: The Brain of Morbius)
Iris has an adventure in the Death Zone remarkably similar to the Doctor's. (TV: The Five Doctors)
The Master leaves Earth at the end of this story, having escaped from prison, (TV: The Sea Devils) and aims for Skaro. (TV: Frontier in Space)
At the end of the adventure, Verdigris travels to the anti-matter universe to assist Omega against the Doctor. (TV: The Three Doctors)
Iris recalls her encounters with the Fourth Doctor while he was travelling with Sarah Jane Smith (PROSE: Old Flames) and, later, with "a blonde girl" and "a robot dog". (PROSE: Suitors, Inc.)
Jo recalls being dragged to the future to face the Daleks, (TV: Day of the Daleks) tussling with "fish people", (TV: The Sea Devils) being tied to an altar to be sacrificed to the Devil, (TV: The Dæmons) facing "a malign alien consciousness that disguised itself variously in the form of shop dummies, plastic daffodils and trimphones" (TV: Terror of the Autons) and visiting Atlantis. (TV: The Time Monster)
The Doctor mentions that the Cybermen once had a base on the Moon. (TV: The Moonbase)
The Nepotist is mentioned. (PROSE: The Blue Angel)

External links

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-enemy= [[Verdigris (individual)|Verdigris]]|
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+|enemy= [[Verdigris (Verdigris)|Verdigris]]
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+|setting= [[Thisis]], [[Great Yarmouth]] and [[London]], [[1973]]; [[Wales]], [[1973]]
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-isbn= ISBN 0-563-55592-0 |
+|release date= 3 April 2000
-previous story= [[Tomb of Valdemar]]|
+|format= Paperback Book; 25 Chapters, 288 Pages
-next story= [[Grave Matter]]}}
+|isbn= ISBN 0-563-55592-0
+|prev= Tomb of Valdemar (novel)
+|next= Grave Matter (novel)
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+'''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was the twenty-ninth novel in the [[BBC Past Doctor Adventures]] series. It was written by [[Paul Magrs]], released [[3 April (releases)|3 April]] [[2000 (releases)|2000]] and featured the [[Third Doctor]], [[Jo Grant]] and [[Iris Wildthyme]].
-==Publisher's summary==
+This was the first full length past Doctor novel to feature Iris Wildthyme. The novel featured Iris' companion [[Thomas Daley|Tom]], who had previously appeared in the story ''Entertaining Mr O'' in the 1998 charity anthology ''Perfect Timing'' and would later make many appearances in the [[Iris Wildthyme (series)|''Iris Wildthyme'' series]].
-'''Jo Grant had no inkling of the ship that revolved in orbit like a discreet, preposterous thought in the mind of someone serene but bonkers.'''
-High above London and its crust of smog, stretched tall above the soapy atmosphere of the Earth, is a ship the size and exact shape of St Pancra railway station.
+== Publisher's summary ==
+''[[Jo Grant]] had no inkling of the ship that revolved in orbit like a discreet, preposterous thought in the mind of someone serene but bonkers.''
-On board, the Doctor and that mysterious lady adventurer, Iris Wildthyme, are bargaining for their lives with creatures determined to infiltrate the 1970s in the guise of characters from nineteenth-century novels.
+High above [[London]] and its crust of smog, stretched tall above the soapy atmosphere of the [[Earth]], is a ship the size and exact shape of St Pancras railway station.
-Without the help of UNIT, the Doctor and his friends face the daunting task of defeating aliens, marauding robot sheep, the mysterious Children of Destiny and... the being who calls himself Verdigris.
+On board, the [[Third Doctor|Doctor]] and that mysterious lady adventurer, [[Iris Wildthyme]], are bargaining for their lives with creatures determined to infiltrate the [[1970s]] in the guise of characters from [[19th century|nineteenth-century]] novels.
-==Characters==
+Without the help of [[UNIT]], the Doctor and his friends face the daunting task of defeating aliens, marauding robot sheep, the mysterious [[Children of Destiny]] and... the being who calls himself [[Verdigris (Verdigris)|Verdigris]].
-*[[Third Doctor|The Doctor]]
-**Wants to steal [[Iris Wildthyme's TARDIS|Iris' TARDIS]] so that he can escape his exile on [[Earth |Earth]].
-*[[Jo Grant]]
+== Plot ==
-**Is trained in lock picking and escapology.
+''to be added''
-*[[Iris Wildthyme]]
+== Characters ==
-**Mentions [[Jenny (Verdigris)|Jenny]] her companion the ''"butch dyke traffic warden"''.
+* [[Third Doctor]]
+* [[Jo Grant]]
+* [[Iris Wildthyme]]
+* [[Thomas Daley|Tom]]
+* [[Verdigris (Verdigris)|Verdigris]]
+* {{Delgado|c}}
+* [[Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart|Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart]]
+* [[John Benton|Sergeant Benton]]
+* [[Mike Yates|Captain Mike Yates]]
+* [[Dobbs (Verdigris)|Dobbs]]
+* [[Sally Northspoon]]
-*[[Tom (Verdigris)|Tom]]
+=== The Meercocks ===
-**Has been travelling with Iris for about a month.
+* Mrs [[Bennett (Verdigris)|Bennett]]
-**Tom has a paranoid moment when he meets his mother and thinks he's destined to [[sex|impregnate]] her.
+* [[Bluebeard]]
-**Tom is gay.
+* Miss [[Haversham]]
+* [[Little Red Riding Hood (Verdigris)|Little Red Riding Hood]]
+* [[White Rabbit (Verdigris)|White Rabbit]]
+* [[Wolf (Verdigris)|Wolf]]
-*[[Verdigris (individual)]]
+=== The Children of Destiny ===
-**Kisses Jo whilst wearing a mask which makes him look like the Master.
+* The [[Children of Destiny]]
+* [[Kevin (Verdigris)|Kevin]]
+* [[Marsha (Verdigris)|Marsha]]
+* [[Mary (Verdigris)|Mary]]
+* [[Peter (Verdigris)|Peter]]
+* [[Simon (Verdigris)|Simon]]
-*The [[Children of Destiny]]
+=== The Galactic Ambassadors ===
+* [[Borges]]
+* [[Katra]]
+* [[Saldis]]
+* [[Valcino]]
-==References==
+== Worldbuilding ==
-*Iris mentions the time that [[the Doctor's TARDIS]] fell off a cliff on [[Peladon (planet)|Peladon]].
+=== Foods and beverages ===
-*[[The Master]] makes a cameo at the end, intending to head for [[Skaro]].
+* The Doctor, Jo, Tom and others drink [[Wine#White wine|Chardonnay]], [[whiskey]] and multiple [[gin and tonic]]s.
-*The Doctor takes Jo to his country house which is 30 miles from Thisis.
+* The Doctor prefers [[lime (fruit)|lime]] rather than [[lemon]] in his [[Bombay Sapphire]].
-*He had also taken Jo to [[Smithwood Manor|his house in Kent]], his flat in [[London]] and a caravan he has in the highlands of [[Scotland]].
+* The Doctor provides cold roast [[beef]] [[sandwich]]es with [[horseradish]] and [[gherkin]]s for Jo, Iris, Tom and himself. He later prepares a roast dinner for the four of them.
-*Verdigris travels to the [[anti-matter]] universe and makes [[Omega]] aware of the Doctor (there by leading to the Doctor being freed from his exile).
+* When the Doctor, Jo, Tom and Iris go for a drive in Bessie, Jo brings a china [[tea]] service and [[cake]]s.
-*The [[Saldisian]]s are hand-bag shaped aliens.
-*Iris refers to the Doctor travelling with a [[Romana|blonde woman]] and a [[K-9|metal dog]] which has not happened yet for the Doctor.
-*Iris was once a member of the [[Sisterhood of Karn]].
-*Following her impersonation in the Sisterhood Iris was time scooped to [[Gallifrey]] where she and her other incarnations battled the [[Zarbi]], [[Voord]] and [[Mechanoid]]s in the [[Death Zone]].
-*Iris met [[the Brigadier]] during a conflict in [[Venice]] involving the [[Celaphopod]]s.
-*In the future Iris and [[Jenny (Verdigris)|Jenny ]] help (a future incarnation of) the Doctor to defeat the [[Dalek Supreme]] in the Crystal Mines of [[Marlion]].
-*Iris has met the [[Terrible Zodin]] on [[Mars]].
-===[[:Category:Planets|Planets]]===
+=== The Doctor ===
-*Iris summoned Verdigris from the planet [[Makorna]].
+* In the future Iris and Jenny help (a future incarnation of) the Doctor to defeat the [[Dalek Supreme]] in the Crystal Mines of [[Marlion]].
-*The Doctor and Iris agree that the Nurses of [[Ionicaiy Six]] would go to the trouble of kidnapping humans simply to play doctors and nurses.
-*In Tom's first trip with Iris she took him to the planet [[Calgoria]].
-===[[:Category:Foods and beverages|Alcohol]]===
+=== Individuals ===
-*The Doctor, Jo, Tom (and others), drink [[Alcohol#Wine|Chardonay]], [[Alcohol#Spirits, Cocktails and other alcoholic drinks|whiskey]], and multiple [[Alcohol#Spirits, Cocktails and other alcoholic drinks|gin and tonics]]
+* Verdigris travels to the [[anti-matter]] universe and makes [[Omega]] aware of the Doctor.
-*The Doctor prefers [[lime]] rather than [[lemon]] in his Bombay Sapphire Gin.
+* Following her impersonation in the Sisterhood, Iris was time scooped to [[Gallifrey]] where she and her other incarnations battled the [[Zarbi]], [[Voord]] and [[Mechanoid]]s in the [[Death Zone]].
+* Iris met the Brigadier during a conflict in [[Venice]] involving the [[Celaphopod]]s.
+* Iris has met the [[Terrible Zodin]] on [[Mars]].
+* Jo is trained in lock picking and [[escapology]].
+* Iris describes her companion [[Jenny Winterleaf]] as the "[[butch (slang)|butch]] [[lesbian|dyke]] [[traffic warden]]".
+* Tom is [[gay]], but has a paranoid moment when he meets his mother and thinks he's destined to [[sex|impregnate]] her.
-==Notes==
+=== Locations ===
-*Paul Magrs crafts Iris Wildthyme as a sort of 'anti-Doctor', she drinks, smokes, generally kidnaps her companions. Also her companions are more or less opposite to the Doctor's; Jenny the lesbian traffic warden who ''"got the runs"'' as they went through the vortex, then there's Tom the black gay guy whom she also kidnapped.
+* The Doctor takes Jo to [[The Doctor's country house|his country house]], which is thirty miles from [[Thisis]].
-:* Then there's the adventures she had which are similar...but not to the Doctor's.
+* He had also taken Jo to [[Smithwood Manor|his house in Kent]], [[Third Doctor's flat|his flat]] in [[London]], and a [[caravan]] he has in the highlands of [[Scotland]].
-==Continuity==
+=== Planets ===
-*Iris mentions the occasion when the TARDIS fell off a cliff on Peladon. [[DW]]: ''[[The Curse of Peladon]]''. The Doctor says that that hasn't happened yet.
+* Iris summoned Verdigris from the planet [[Makorna]].
-*Iris was on Karn when the Doctor was there. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Brain of Morbius]]'')
+* The Doctor and Iris agree that the Nurses of [[Ionicaiy Six]] would go to the trouble of kidnapping humans simply to play doctors and nurses.
-*Iris has an adventure in the Death Zone remarkably similar to [[DW]]: ''[[The Five Doctors]]''.
+* In Tom's first trip with Iris she took him to the planet [[Calgoria]].
-*The Master leaves Earth at the end of this story having escaped from prison in [[DW]]: '' [[The Sea Devils]]'' and aims for Skaro, which leads to his next appearance in [[DW]]: '' [[Frontier in Space]]''.
-*At the end of the novel Verdigris travels to the anti-matter universe to assist Omega against the Doctor (setting up events for [[DW]]: ''[[The Three Doctors]]).''
-==Timeline==
+=== Species ===
-Placement of this story is complicated given the various references throughout the book.
+* The [[Meercock]] [[homeworld]] was destroyed by the [[Valcea]]ns.
-:*Iris mentions when the Doctor's TARDIS fell off the cliff, see continuity), which means in theory this occurs before [[DW]]: ''[[The Curse of Peladon]]''.
+* The [[Saldisian]]s are hand-bag shaped aliens.
-:* However, the Master is free and not in prison, so this story ''must'' take place after [[DW]]: ''[[The Sea Devils]]''.
-*Verdigris occurs after [[DWM]]: ''[[Target Practice]]''
+=== TARDIS ===
-*Verdigris occurs before: [[DW]]: ''[[The Three Doctors]]''
+* The Doctor wants to steal [[Celestial Omnibus|Iris' TARDIS]] so that he can escape his exile on [[Earth]].
-==External links==
+== Notes ==
-*{{dwrefguide|whobbk30.htm|Verdigris}}
+* Paul Magrs crafts Iris Wildthyme as a sort of "anti-Doctor". She drinks, smokes, and generally kidnaps her companions. Also her companions are more or less opposite to the Doctor's: Jenny, the lesbian traffic warden who "got the runs" as they went through the vortex, and Tom, the black [[gay]] guy whom she also kidnapped.
-*{{whoniverse|PD30.php|Verdigris}}
+* In her diaries, Iris refers to the Third Doctor's era as gentler and more innocent time where "the timelines are intact, causality is unimpeached, and one historical event follows another in strict chronological order," and she wishes she could warn the Doctor of the coming "canon-death," where "everything was altered." Narratively, this is likely a reference to the Third Doctor's death on [[Dust (planet)|Dust]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Interference - Book Two (novel)|Interference - Book Two]]'') Given Magrs' metafictional style, it could also be a commentary on how the style and subjects of ''[[Doctor Who]]'' stories had changed since [[Jon Pertwee]]'s televised tenure.
+* Jo's friend and roommate, [[Tara (Verdigris)|Tara]], is the character {{w|Tara King}} from ''[[The Avengers]]''.
-{{BBC Past Doctor Adventures Series Box | before = [[Tomb of Valdemar]] | after = [[Grave Matter]]}}
+== Continuity ==
-[[Category:BBC Past Doctor Adventures]]
+* Iris mentions the occasion when the TARDIS fell off a cliff on [[Peladon]]. The Doctor says that that has not happened yet in his personal timeline. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Curse of Peladon (TV story)|The Curse of Peladon]]'')
+* Iris was on [[Karn]] when the [[Fourth Doctor]] visited the planet. She was then a member of the [[Sisterhood of Karn]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Brain of Morbius (TV story)|The Brain of Morbius]]'')
+* Iris has an adventure in the Death Zone remarkably similar to the Doctor's. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Five Doctors (TV story)|The Five Doctors]]'')
+* The Master leaves Earth at the end of this story, having escaped from prison, ([[TV]]: '' [[The Sea Devils (TV story)|The Sea Devils]]'') and aims for [[Skaro]]. ([[TV]]: '' [[Frontier in Space (TV story)|Frontier in Space]]'')
+* At the end of the adventure, Verdigris travels to the anti-matter universe to assist Omega against the Doctor. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Three Doctors (TV story)|The Three Doctors]]'')
+* Iris recalls her encounters with the Fourth Doctor while he was travelling with [[Sarah Jane Smith]] ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Old Flames (short story)|Old Flames]]'') and, later, with "[[Romana II|a blonde girl]]" and "[[K9 Mark II|a robot dog]]". ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Suitors, Inc. (short story)|Suitors, Inc.]]'')
+* Jo recalls being dragged to the future to face the [[Dalek]]s, ([[TV]]: ''[[Day of the Daleks (TV story)|Day of the Daleks]]'') tussling with "[[Sea Devil|fish people]]", ([[TV]]: ''[[The Sea Devils (TV story)|The Sea Devils]]'') being tied to an altar to be sacrificed to the [[Azal|Devil]], ([[TV]]: ''[[The Dæmons (TV story)|The Dæmons]]'') facing "a [[Nestene Consciousness|malign alien consciousness]] that [[Auton|disguised itself variously in the form of shop dummies, plastic daffodils and trimphones]]" ([[TV]]: ''[[Terror of the Autons (TV story)|Terror of the Autons]]'') and visiting [[Atlantis]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Time Monster (TV story)|The Time Monster]]'')
+* The Doctor mentions that the [[Cyberman|Cybermen]] once had a [[Moonbase (The Moonbase)|base]] on [[the Moon]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Moonbase (TV story)|The Moonbase]]'')
+* The ''[[Nepotist]]'' is mentioned. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Blue Angel (novel)|The Blue Angel]]'')
+== External links ==
+{{dwrefguide|whobbk30.htm|Verdigris}}
+* {{whoniverse|pd30|Verdigris}}
+* [http://mysite.science.uottawa.ca/rsmith43/cloister/verd.htm Cloister Library - Verdigris]
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+{{The Master (TotA) stories}}
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+[[Category:UNIT novels]]
+[[Category:Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart novels]]
+[[Category:Stories set in Wales]]
+[[Category:Stories that crossover with non-DWU series]]

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