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novel name= Verdigris |
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{{Infobox Story SMW
series=[[Doctor Who]] -<br/>[[BBC Past Doctor Adventures]] |
|image= Verdigris.jpg
number= 30 |
|series = [[BBC Past Doctor Adventures]]
doctor=[[Third Doctor]] |
|number= 29
companions= [[Jo Grant]]|
|doctor = Third Doctor
enemy= [[Verdigris (individual)|Verdigris]]|
|companions = [[The Brigadier]], [[John Benton|Benton]], [[Mike Yates|Yates]], [[Jo Grant|Jo]]
year= [[Earth]], [[London]], [[Thisis]], [[1973]]|
|featuring= Iris Wildthyme
writer= [[Paul Magrs]] |
|featuring2= Thomas Daley|Tom
publisher= [[BBC Books]] |
|enemy= [[Verdigris (Verdigris)|Verdigris]]
release date= April [[2000]] |
|setting= [[Thisis]], [[Great Yarmouth]] and [[London]], [[1973]]; [[Wales]], [[1973]]
format= Paperback Book, ? Pages |
|writer= Paul Magrs
isbn= ISBN 0-563-55592-0 |
|publisher= BBC Books
previous story= [[Tomb of Valdemar]]|
|release date= 3 April 2000
next story= [[Grave Matter]]}}
|format= Paperback Book; 25 Chapters, 288 Pages
|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]]
*[[Jo Grant]]
**Is trained in lock picking and escapology.
*[[Iris Wildthyme]]
**Mentions Jenny her companion the ''"butch dyke traffic warden"''.
*[[Tom (Iris's Companion]]
**Has been travelling with Iris for about a month.
**Tom has a paranoid moment when he meets his mother and thinks he's destined to impregnate her.
**Tom is gay.
*[[Verdigris (individual)]]
**Kisses Jo whilst wearing a mask which makes him look like The Master.
*The [[Children of Destiny]]


==References==
== Plot ==
*Iris mentions the time that the Doctor's [[TARDIS]] fell off a cliff on [[Peladon (planet)|Peladon]].
''to be added''
*[[The Master]] makes a cameo at the end, intending to head for [[Skaro]].
*The Doctor takes Jo to his country house which is 30 miles from Thisis.
*He had also taken Jo to [[The Doctor's House|his house in Kent]], his flat in [[London]] and a caravan he has in the highlands of [[Scotland]].
*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).
*The [[Saldisians]] 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 help (a future incarnation of) the Doctor to defeat [[Dalek Supreme]] in the Crystal Mines of [[Marlion]].
*Iris has met the [[Terrible Zodin]] on [[Mars]].


===[[:Category:Planets|Planets]]===
== Characters ==
*Iris summoned Verdigris from the planet [[Makorna]].
* [[Third Doctor]]
*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.
* [[Jo Grant]]
*In Tom's first trip with Iris she took him to the planet [[Calgoria]].
* [[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]]


===[[:Category:Food and Beverages|Alcohol]]===
=== The Meercocks ===
*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]]
* Mrs [[Bennett (Verdigris)|Bennett]]
*The Doctor prefers [[lime]] rather than [[lemon]]) in his Bombay Saphire Gin.
* [[Bluebeard]]
* Miss [[Haversham]]
* [[Little Red Riding Hood (Verdigris)|Little Red Riding Hood]]
* [[White Rabbit (Verdigris)|White Rabbit]]
* [[Wolf (Verdigris)|Wolf]]


==Notes==
=== The Children of Destiny ===
*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 [[Children of Destiny]]
:* Then there's the adventures she had which are similar...but not to the Doctor's.
* [[Kevin (Verdigris)|Kevin]]
* [[Marsha (Verdigris)|Marsha]]
* [[Mary (Verdigris)|Mary]]
* [[Peter (Verdigris)|Peter]]
* [[Simon (Verdigris)|Simon]]


==Continuity==
=== The Galactic Ambassadors ===
*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.
* [[Borges]]
*Iris was on Karn when the Doctor was there. (''[[DW]]:'' [[The Brain of Morbius]])
* [[Katra]]
*Iris has an adventure in the Death Zone remarkably similar to ''[[DW]]:'' [[The Five Doctors]].
* [[Saldis]]
*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]]''.
* [[Valcino]]
*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==
== Worldbuilding ==
Placement of this story is complicated given the various references throughout the book.
=== Foods and beverages ===
:*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 Doctor, Jo, Tom and others drink [[Wine#White wine|Chardonnay]], [[whiskey]] and multiple [[gin and tonic]]s.
:* However, the Master is free and not in prison, so this story ''must'' take place after ''[[DW]]:'' [[The Sea Devils]].
* The Doctor prefers [[lime (fruit)|lime]] rather than [[lemon]] in his [[Bombay Sapphire]].
* 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.
* When the Doctor, Jo, Tom and Iris go for a drive in Bessie, Jo brings a china [[tea]] service and [[cake]]s.


*Verdigris occurs after: ''to be added''
=== The Doctor ===
*Verdigris occurs before: ''[[DW]]:'' [[The Three Doctors]]
* In the future Iris and Jenny help (a future incarnation of) the Doctor to defeat the [[Dalek Supreme]] in the Crystal Mines of [[Marlion]].


==External Links==
=== Individuals ===
* [http://www.drwhoguide.com/whobbk30.htm The Doctor Who Reference Guide detailed synopsis of '''Verdigris''']
* Verdigris travels to the [[anti-matter]] universe and makes [[Omega]] aware of the Doctor.
* [http://www.whoniverse.org/discontinuity/PD30.php Whoniverse Discontinuity Guide entry for '''Verdigris''']
* 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.


{{BBC Past Doctor Adventures Series Box | before = [[Tomb of Valdemar]] | after = [[Grave Matter]]}}
=== Locations ===
* The Doctor takes Jo to [[The Doctor's country house|his country house]], which is thirty miles from [[Thisis]].
* 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]].


[[Category:BBC Past Doctor Adventures]]
=== 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 [[Valcea]]ns.
* The [[Saldisian]]s are hand-bag shaped aliens.
 
=== TARDIS ===
* The Doctor wants to steal [[Celestial Omnibus|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 (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]]''.
 
== 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 (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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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[[edit] | [edit source]]

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[[edit] | [edit source]]

to be added

Characters[[edit] | [edit source]]

The Meercocks[[edit] | [edit source]]

The Children of Destiny[[edit] | [edit source]]

The Galactic Ambassadors[[edit] | [edit source]]

Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]

Foods and beverages[[edit] | [edit source]]

The Doctor[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • 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[[edit] | [edit source]]

Locations[[edit] | [edit source]]

Planets[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • 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[[edit] | [edit source]]

TARDIS[[edit] | [edit source]]

Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • 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[[edit] | [edit source]]

External links[[edit] | [edit source]]

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