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|main character=[[Iris Wildthyme]], [[Panda]]
|main character = [[Iris Wildthyme]], [[Panda]]
|featuring=El Jefe
|featuring=El Jefe
|featuring2=Alison (First Meetings)
|featuring2 = Alison (First Meetings)
|setting = [[Hyspero]]
|setting = [[Hyspero]]
|series= [[Iris Wildthyme (series)|Iris Wildthyme]]
|series= [[Iris Wildthyme (series)|Iris Wildthyme]]
|writer=[[Stuart Douglas]]
|writer = Stuart Douglas
|anthology=''[[Iris: Abroad]]''
|anthology = Iris: Abroad (anthology)
|prev=Iris Wildthyme and the Colonic in Space (short story)
|release date = 5 November 2010
|prev = Iris Wildthyme and the Colonic in Space (short story)
|next=The Best Holiday Ever (short story)
|next=The Best Holiday Ever (short story)
|reprint = The Further Adventures of Iris Wildthyme (anthology)
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'''''First Meetings''''' was the tenth story in the anthology ''[[Iris: Abroad]]''. It was written by [[Stuart Douglas]].
'''''First Meetings''''' was the tenth story in the anthology ''[[Iris: Abroad (anthology)|Iris: Abroad]]''. It was written by [[Stuart Douglas]].


== Summary ==
== Summary ==
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* [[Alison (First Meetings)|Alison]]
* [[Alison (First Meetings)|Alison]]


== References ==
== Worldbuilding ==
* Jeff claims he was involved in the crisis "when the [[Monkey God]] threatened to bring anti-matter through into our Universe."
* Jeff claims he was involved in the crisis "when the [[Monkey God]] threatened to bring anti-matter through into our Universe."


== Notes ==
== Notes ==
* Iris pretends to have met El Jefe in [[French Revolution|revolutionary]] [[Paris]]. In ''[[The Scarlet Empress (novel)|The Scarlet Empress]]'' she claims to have have met the [[First Doctor]] in revolutionary Paris.
* Iris pretends to have met El Jefe in [[French Revolution|revolutionary]] [[Paris]]. In ''[[The Scarlet Empress (novel)|The Scarlet Empress]]'' she claims to have have met the [[First Doctor]] in revolutionary Paris.
* ''First Meetings'' was reprinted in [[Obverse Books]]' [[charity publications|charity anthology]] ''A Second Target for Tommy'' as ''When Iris Met Billy''. In this reprinting, several phrases were replaced with more ''Doctor Who''-familiar terms: "[[El Jefe]]" became "[[the Doctor]]" or "[[William Hartnell|Billy]]"; "[[Alison (First Meetings)|Alison]]" became "[[Susan Foreman|Susan]]"; "[[the Clockworks]]" became "[[Gallifrey]]"; "[[Wordship]]s" became "[[TARDIS|timeships]]"; and "the [[Maelstrom]]" became "the [[Time Vortex|Vortex]]".
* ''First Meetings'' was reprinted in [[Obverse Books]]' [[charity publication|charity anthology]] ''A Second Target for Tommy'' as ''When Iris Met Billy''. In this reprinting, several phrases were replaced with more ''Doctor Who''-familiar terms: "[[El Jefe]]" became "[[the Doctor]]" or "[[William Hartnell (in-universe)|Billy]]"; "[[Alison (First Meetings)|Alison]]" became "[[Susan Foreman|Susan]]"; "[[the Clockworks]]" became "[[Gallifrey]]"; "[[Wordship]]s" became "[[TARDIS|timeships]]"; and "[[The Maelstrom]]" became "the [[Time Vortex|Vortex]]".


== Continuity ==
== Continuity ==
* The [[Time Lord|mysterious people]] of [[the Clockworks]] originated in [[pre-universe|the previous universe]], but [[anchoring of the thread|crossed the rapids]] so they could tend their [[Web of Time|Tale Without Meaning]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Christmas on a Rational Planet (novel)|Christmas on a Rational Planet]]'', ''[[The Book of the War (novel)|The Book of the War]]'')
* The [[Time Lord|mysterious people]] of [[the Clockworks]] originated in [[Dark Times|the previous universe]], but [[anchoring of the thread|crossed the rapids]] so they could tend their [[Web of Time|Tale Without Meaning]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Christmas on a Rational Planet (novel)|Christmas on a Rational Planet]]'', ''[[The Book of the War (novel)|The Book of the War]]'')


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[[Category:Iris Wildthyme short stories]]
[[Category:Iris: Abroad short stories]]
[[Category:Iris: Abroad short stories]]
[[Category:Stories set on Hyspero]]
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First Meetings was the tenth story in the anthology Iris: Abroad. It was written by Stuart Douglas.

Summary[[edit] | [edit source]]

Iris Wildthyme recounts her first meeting with El Jefe, a refugee from a powerful race of time-travelling aliens.

Characters[[edit] | [edit source]]

Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • Jeff claims he was involved in the crisis "when the Monkey God threatened to bring anti-matter through into our Universe."

Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]

Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]