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|publisher2 = Obverse Books | |publisher2 = Obverse Books | ||
|publisher3 = Snowbooks Ltd | |publisher3 = Snowbooks Ltd | ||
|publisher4 = Salt Publishing | |||
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|release date = [[ | |release date = [[August (releases)|August]] [[2005 (releases)|2005]] - | ||
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The '''''Iris Wildthyme'' series''' was a collection of audio and prose stories about the adventures of [[Iris Wildthyme]], often accompanied by her [[companion]] [[Panda]]. | The '''''Iris Wildthyme'' series''' was a collection of audio and prose stories about the adventures of [[Iris Wildthyme]], often accompanied by her [[companion]] [[Panda]]. | ||
== Overview == | == Overview == | ||
[[Paul Magrs]] created the character of Iris Wildthyme for his ''Phoenix Court'' series of novels | [[Paul Magrs]] created the character of Iris Wildthyme for his ''Phoenix Court'' series of novels (predating this, an earlier version of the character appeared in his first published work, ''Patient Iris''). | ||
Iris later made her audio debut in [[Big Finish Productions]]' ''[[Excelis Dawns (audio story)|Excelis Dawns]]'', where she was portrayed by [[Katy Manning]]. Manning would go on to play Iris in all future audio stories, and she would be the basis for illustrations of Iris on the cover of | She was first introduced to the [[Doctor Who universe]] in his [[1998 (releases)|1998]] [[Fourth Doctor]] short story ''[[Old Flames (short story)|Old Flames]]'' before being more fully featured in several novels of [[BBC Books]] [[BBC Eighth Doctor Adventures|Eighth Doctor]] and [[BBC Past Doctor Adventures|Past Doctor]] ranges. | ||
Iris later made her audio debut in [[Big Finish Productions]]' ''[[Excelis Dawns (audio story)|Excelis Dawns]]'', where she was portrayed by [[Katy Manning]]. Manning would go on to play Iris in all future audio stories, and she would be the basis for illustrations of Iris on the cover of most ''Iris Wildthyme'' books. | |||
In [[1 August (releases)|August]] [[2005 (releases)|2005]], Big Finish released the prose anthology ''[[Wildthyme on Top (anthology)|Wildthyme on Top]]'' as part of their [[New Worlds]] label. This was followed a few months later by ''[[Wildthyme at Large (audio story)|Wildthyme at Large]]'', the first ''Iris Wildthyme'' audio story, which notably introduced her companion [[Panda]]. Further anthologies of short stories and novellas featuring Iris were published by [[Obverse Books]], and Paul Magrs wrote further novels featuring Iris and Panda for [[Snowbooks Ltd]]. | In [[1 August (releases)|August]] [[2005 (releases)|2005]], Big Finish released the prose anthology ''[[Wildthyme on Top (anthology)|Wildthyme on Top]]'' as part of their [[New Worlds]] label. This was followed a few months later by ''[[Wildthyme at Large (audio story)|Wildthyme at Large]]'', the first ''Iris Wildthyme'' audio story, which notably introduced her companion [[Panda]]. Further anthologies of short stories and novellas featuring Iris were published by [[Obverse Books]], and Paul Magrs wrote further novels featuring Iris and Panda for [[Snowbooks Ltd]]. | ||
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|[[Paul Magrs]] | |[[Paul Magrs]] | ||
|[[Big Finish Productions]] | |[[Big Finish Productions]] | ||
|[[ | |[[20 July (releases)|20 July]] [[2005 (releases)|2005]] | ||
|- | |- | ||
| ''[[Iris Wildthyme and the Celestial Omnibus (anthology)|Iris Wildthyme and the Celestial Omnibus]]'' | | ''[[Iris Wildthyme and the Celestial Omnibus (anthology)|Iris Wildthyme and the Celestial Omnibus]]'' | ||
|[[Paul Magrs]], [[Stuart Douglas]] | |||
|[[Obverse Books]] | |||
|[[May (releases)|May]] [[2009 (releases)|2009]] | |[[May (releases)|May]] [[2009 (releases)|2009]] | ||
|- | |||
|''[[Twelve Stories (anthology)|Twelve Stories]]'' | |||
|Paul Magrs | |||
|[[Salt Publishing]] | |||
|[[November (releases)|November]], 2009 | |||
|- | |- | ||
|''[[The Panda Book of Horror (anthology)|The Panda Book of Horror]]'' | |''[[The Panda Book of Horror (anthology)|The Panda Book of Horror]]'' | ||
|[[Paul Magrs]], [[Stuart Douglas]] | |||
| rowspan="6" |[[Obverse Books]] | |||
|[[December (releases)|December]] 2009 | |[[December (releases)|December]] 2009 | ||
|- | |- | ||
|''[[Ms Wildthyme & Friends Investigate (anthology)|Ms Wildthyme & Friends Investigate]]'' | |''[[Ms Wildthyme & Friends Investigate (anthology)|Ms Wildthyme & Friends Investigate]]'' | ||
|rowspan=3|[[Stuart Douglas]] | | rowspan="3" |[[Stuart Douglas]] | ||
|[[May (releases)|May]] [[2010 (releases)|2010]] | |[[May (releases)|May]] [[2010 (releases)|2010]] | ||
|- | |- | ||
|''[[Iris: Abroad]]'' | |''[[Iris: Abroad (anthology)|Iris: Abroad]]'' | ||
|[[November (releases)|November]] 2010 | |[[November (releases)|November]] 2010 | ||
|- | |- | ||
|''[[Wildthyme in Purple (anthology)|Wildthyme in Purple]]'' | |''[[Wildthyme in Purple (anthology)|Wildthyme in Purple]]'' | ||
|[[November (releases)|November]] [[2011 (releases)|2011]] | |[[November (releases)|November]] [[2011 (releases)|2011]] | ||
|- | |||
|''[[The Occasional Diary of a Transtemporal Adventuress (anthology)|The Occasional Diary of a Transtemporal Adventuress]]'' | |||
| rowspan="1" |[[Paul Magrs]] | |||
|[[April (releases)|April]] [[2012 (releases)|2012]] | |||
|- | |- | ||
|''[[Lady Stardust (anthology)|Lady Stardust]]'' | |''[[Lady Stardust (anthology)|Lady Stardust]]'' | ||
|[[Stuart Douglas|Art Critic Panda]] | |[[Stuart Douglas|Art Critic Panda]] | ||
|[[October (releases)|October]] [[2012 (releases)|2012]] | |[[October (releases)|October]] [[2012 (releases)|2012]] | ||
|- | |||
|''[[Resurrection Engines (anthology)|Resurrection Engines]]'' | |||
|[[Scott Harrison]] | |||
|[[Snowbooks Ltd]] | |||
|[[November (releases)|November]] [[2012 (releases)|2012]] | |||
|- | |||
|''[[The Further Adventures of Iris Wildthyme (anthology)|The Further Adventures of Iris Wildthyme]]'' | |||
|[[Paul Magrs]], [[Stuart Douglas]] | |||
| rowspan="7" |[[Obverse Books]] | |||
|[[August (releases)|August]] [[2013 (releases)|2013]] | |||
|- | |- | ||
|''[[Iris: Fifteen (anthology)|Iris: Fifteen]]'' | |''[[Iris: Fifteen (anthology)|Iris: Fifteen]]'' | ||
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|[[Stewart Sheargold]] | |[[Stewart Sheargold]] | ||
|[[November (releases)|November]] [[2018 (releases)|2018]] | |[[November (releases)|November]] [[2018 (releases)|2018]] | ||
|- | |||
|''[[Bafflement & Devotion (anthology)|Bafflement & Devotion: Iris at the Edges]]'' | |||
| | |||
|[[January (releases)|January]] [[2021 (releases)|2021]] | |||
|} | |} | ||
==== Novels ==== | ==== Novels ==== | ||
===== Snowbooks Ltd ===== | |||
From [[2011 (releases)|2011]] to [[2013 (releases)|2013]], [[Snowbooks Ltd]] released a trilogy of Magrs-penned novels about the adventures of Iris and [[Panda]]. | From [[2011 (releases)|2011]] to [[2013 (releases)|2013]], [[Snowbooks Ltd]] released a trilogy of Magrs-penned novels about the adventures of Iris and [[Panda]]. | ||
{| class="wikitable" | {| class="wikitable" | ||
|- | |- | ||
! Title || Author || Featuring || Released | ! Title || Author || Featuring || Released | ||
|- | |- | ||
| ''[[Enter Wildthyme (novel)|Enter Wildthyme]]'' | |''[[Enter Wildthyme (novel)|Enter Wildthyme]]'' | ||
| rowspan=3|[[Paul Magrs]] | | rowspan="3" |[[Paul Magrs]] | ||
| rowspan=3|[[Panda]] | | rowspan="3" |[[Panda]] | ||
| [[January (releases)|January]] [[2011 (releases)|2011]] | |[[January (releases)|January]] [[2011 (releases)|2011]] | ||
|- | |||
|''[[Wildthyme Beyond! (novel)|Wildthyme Beyond!]]'' | |||
|[[June (releases)|June]] [[2012 (releases)|2012]] | |||
|- | |||
|''[[From Wildthyme with Love (novel)|From Wildthyme with Love]]'' | |||
|[[November (releases)|November]] 2013 | |||
|} | |||
===== ''The New Adventures of Iris Wildthyme'' ===== | |||
In [[2019 (releases)|2019]], [[Obverse Books]] released the first instalment in a new series of ''Iris Wildthyme'' novels by Paul Magrs. | |||
{| class="wikitable" | |||
|- | |||
! # || Title || Author || Featuring || Released | |||
|- | |- | ||
| ''[[Wildthyme | |1 | ||
| [[ | |''[[Iris Wildthyme and the Polythene Terror (novel)|Iris Wildthyme and the Polythene Terror]]'' | ||
|[[Paul Magrs]] | |||
| rowspan="2" |[[Panda]] | |||
|[[October (releases)|October]] [[2019 (releases)|2019]] | |||
|- | |- | ||
| ''[[ | |Summer special | ||
| [[ | |''[[Mother, Maiden, Crone (novel)|Mother, Maiden, Crone]]'' | ||
|[[Courtney Milnestein]] | |||
|[[3 May (releases)|3 May]] [[2020 (releases)|2020]] | |||
|} | |} | ||
===== ''Obverse Sextet'' ===== | |||
{{main|Obverse Sextet}} | |||
One ''Iris Wildthyme'' book was published as part of ''[[Obverse Sextet]]'', a series of six novellas released in 2019 to celebrate the 10th anniversary of Obverse Books. | |||
{| class="wikitable" | |||
|- | |||
! Title || Author || Featuring || Released | |||
|- | |||
|''[[The Mystic Menagerie of Iris Wildthyme (novel)|The Mystic Menagerie of Iris Wildthyme]]'' | |||
|[[Nick Campbell]] | |||
|[[Panda]] | |||
|[[October (releases)|October]] [[2019 (releases)|2019]] | |||
|} | |||
The character is also a major character in ''[[Vanishing Tales of the City (novel)|Vanishing Tales of the City]]'', the closing instalment of ''[[Obverse Sextet]]''. | |||
=== Audio === | === Audio === | ||
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|''[[Wildthyme at Large (audio story)|Wildthyme at Large]]'' | |''[[Wildthyme at Large (audio story)|Wildthyme at Large]]'' | ||
|[[Paul Magrs]] | |[[Paul Magrs]] | ||
|rowspan=2|[[ | | rowspan="2" |[[Thomas Daley|Tom]], [[Panda]] | ||
|[[November (releases)|November]] [[2005 (releases)|2005]] | |[[November (releases)|November]] [[2005 (releases)|2005]] | ||
|- | |- | ||
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|''[[The Sound of Fear (audio story)|Iris Wildthyme and the Sound of Fear]]'' | |''[[The Sound of Fear (audio story)|Iris Wildthyme and the Sound of Fear]]'' | ||
|[[Mark Michalowski]] | |[[Mark Michalowski]] | ||
|rowspan=4|[[Panda]] | | rowspan="4" |[[Panda]] | ||
|rowspan=4|[[February (releases)|February]] [[2009 (releases)|2009]] | | rowspan="4" |[[February (releases)|February]] [[2009 (releases)|2009]] | ||
|- | |- | ||
|2.2 | |2.2 | ||
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|} | |} | ||
==== Christmas special ==== | |||
{| class="wikitable" | {| class="wikitable" | ||
|- | |- | ||
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|''[[The Iris Wildthyme Appreciation Society (audio story)|The Iris Wildthyme Appreciation Society]]'' | |''[[The Iris Wildthyme Appreciation Society (audio story)|The Iris Wildthyme Appreciation Society]]'' | ||
|[[Cavan Scott]] | |[[Cavan Scott]] | ||
|rowspan=3|[[Panda]] | | rowspan="3" |[[Panda]] | ||
|rowspan=3|[[August (releases)|August]] [[2012 (releases)|2012]] | | rowspan="3" |[[August (releases)|August]] [[2012 (releases)|2012]] | ||
|- | |- | ||
|3.2 | |3.2 | ||
|''[[Iris Rides Out (audio story)|Iris Rides Out]]'' | |''[[Iris Rides Out (audio story)|Iris Rides Out]]'' | ||
|[[ | |[[Guy Adams]] | ||
|- | |- | ||
|3.3 | |3.3 | ||
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|''[[Whatever Happened to Iris Wildthyme? (audio story)|Whatever Happened to Iris Wildthyme?]]'' | |''[[Whatever Happened to Iris Wildthyme? (audio story)|Whatever Happened to Iris Wildthyme?]]'' | ||
|[[Cavan Scott]] & [[Mark Wright]] | |[[Cavan Scott]] & [[Mark Wright]] | ||
|rowspan=3|[[Panda]] | | rowspan="3" |[[Panda]] | ||
|rowspan=3|[[August (releases)|August]] [[2013 (releases)|2013]] | | rowspan="3" |[[August (releases)|August]] [[2013 (releases)|2013]] | ||
|- | |- | ||
|4.2 | |4.2 | ||
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|''[[Comeback of the Scorchies (audio story)|Comeback of the Scorchies]]'' | |''[[Comeback of the Scorchies (audio story)|Comeback of the Scorchies]]'' | ||
|[[James Goss]] | |[[James Goss]] | ||
|rowspan=8|[[Edwin Turner]] | | rowspan="8" |[[Edwin Turner]] | ||
|rowspan=8|[[6 August (releases)|6 August]] [[2015 (releases)|2015]] | | rowspan="8" |[[6 August (releases)|6 August]] [[2015 (releases)|2015]] | ||
|- | |- | ||
|5.2 | |5.2 | ||
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|[[Paul Magrs]] | |[[Paul Magrs]] | ||
|} | |} | ||
==== Iris Wildthyme and Friends ==== | |||
{{main|Iris Wildthyme and Friends (audio series)}} | |||
''[[Iris Wildthyme and Friends (audio series)|Iris Wildthyme and Friends]]'' was a series of audiobook adaptations of ''Iris Wildthyme'' books and other books by [[Paul Magrs]]. It was classed as being part of ''Iris Wildthyme'' by the [[Big Finish Productions|Big Finish]] website. | |||
{| class="wikitable" | |||
! # || Title || Author || Read by || Featuring || Released | |||
|- | |||
|— | |||
|''[[Fellowship of Ink (novel)|Fellowship of Ink]]'' | |||
|rowspan=5|[[Paul Magrs]] | |||
|rowspan=2|[[Louise Jameson]] | |||
|[[Brenda]], [[Cleavis]] | |||
|[[5 May (releases)|5 May]] [[2021 (releases)|2021]] | |||
|- | |||
|— | |||
|''[[666 Charing Cross Road (novel)|666 Charing Cross Road]]'' | |||
| | |||
|[[21 May (releases)|21 May]] 2021 | |||
|- | |||
|1 | |||
|''[[Enter Wildthyme (novel)|Enter Wildthyme]]'' | |||
|rowspan=3|[[Katy Manning]] | |||
|rowspan=3|[[Iris Wildthyme]], [[Panda]], [[Simon (Enter Wildthyme)|Simon]], [[Kelly (Enter Wildthyme)|Kelly]] | |||
|[[27 February (releases)|27 February]] [[2023 (releases)|2023]]<ref name="Release Dates">[https://www.bigfinish.com/news/v/news-updates-week-commencing-06-february-2023 Big Finish News Updates]</ref> | |||
|- | |||
|2 | |||
|''[[Wildthyme Beyond! (novel)|Wildthyme Beyond!]]'' | |||
|[[16 March (releases)|16 March]] 2023<ref name="Release Dates"></ref> | |||
|- | |||
|3 | |||
|''[[Iris Wildthyme and the Polythene Terror (novel)|Iris Wildthyme and the Polythene Terror]]'' | |||
|[[25 April (releases)|25 April]] 2023<ref name="Release Dates"></ref> | |||
|} | |||
== Timeline of releases == | |||
{{IW release timeline}} | |||
== Notes == | == Notes == | ||
* Four stories from [[Obverse Books]]' first four ''Iris Wildthyme'' anthologies were later collected in the [[2012 (releases)|2012]] ebook sampler ''[[The Occasional Diary of a Transtemporal Adventuress (anthology)|The Occasional Diary of a Transtemporal Adventuress]]''. | * Four stories from [[Obverse Books]]' first four ''Iris Wildthyme'' anthologies were later collected in the [[2012 (releases)|2012]] ebook sampler ''[[The Occasional Diary of a Transtemporal Adventuress (anthology)|The Occasional Diary of a Transtemporal Adventuress]]''. | ||
* In [[2017 (releases)|2017]], Snowbooks released Magrs' ''[[Fellowship of | * In November 2013, Paul Magrs announced on [[Gallifrey Base]] that he was moving on from ''Iris Wildthyme'', with ''[[From Wildthyme with Love (novel)|From Wildthyme with Love]]'' intended to be his "little farewell tome".<ref>[https://gallifreybase.com/gb/threads/end-of-wildthyme.185802/ Gallifrey Base: End of Wildthyme]</ref> However, Obverse Books continued publishing ''Iris Wildthyme'' anthologies, and in 2015 Big Finish rebooted its ''Iris'' series with the boxset ''[[Wildthyme Reloaded (audio anthology)|Wildthyme Reloaded]]''. | ||
* In [[2017 (releases)|2017]], Snowbooks released Magrs' ''[[Fellowship of Ink (novel)|Fellowship of Ink]]'', a novel which featured several characters and concepts from his [[Eighth Doctor]]-and-[[Iris Wildthyme]] novel ''[[Mad Dogs and Englishmen (novel)|Mad Dogs and Englishmen]]'' but didn't actually include Iris herself. | |||
== External links == | == External links == | ||
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* {{Obverse|product-category/iriswildthyme/}} | * {{Obverse|product-category/iriswildthyme/}} | ||
== Footnotes == | |||
{{reflist}} | |||
{{Iris Wildthyme series}} | {{Iris Wildthyme series}} | ||
{{Spin-offs}} | |||
{{Big Finish}} | |||
[[Category:Iris Wildthyme series]] | |||
[[Category:Audio overviews]] | |||
[[Category:Prose fiction overviews]] | |||
[[fr:Iris Wildthyme (Liste des audio publiés par Big Finish Productions)]] | [[fr:Iris Wildthyme (Liste des audio publiés par Big Finish Productions)]] | ||
[[pt:Iris Wildthyme (série)]] | [[pt:Iris Wildthyme (série)]] | ||
[[Category: | [[Category:Overview pages]] | ||