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|doctor        = Thirteenth Doctor
|doctor        = Thirteenth Doctor
|companions    = [[Yasmin Khan|Yaz]], [[Ryan Sinclair|Ryan]], [[Graham O'Brien|Graham]], [[K9 Mark V]], [[Dorothy (The Wonderful Doctor of Oz)|Dorothy]]
|companions    = [[Yasmin Khan|Yaz]], [[Ryan Sinclair|Ryan]], [[Graham O'Brien|Graham]], [[K9 Mark V]], [[Dorothy (The Wonderful Doctor of Oz)|Dorothy]]
|enemy          = {{Gomez}}
|enemy          = [[Missy]]
|setting        = [[Los Angeles]], [[15 August]] [[1939]]; [[Land of Fiction]]
|setting        = [[Los Angeles]], [[15 August]] [[1939]]; [[Land of Fiction]]
|writer        = [[Jacqueline Rayner]]
|writer        = Jacqueline Rayner
|publisher      = BBC Children's Books
|publisher      = BBC Children's Books
|release date  = [[10 June (releases)|10 June]] [[2021 (releases)|2021]]
|release date  = 10 June 2021
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|cover          = [[Angelo Rinaldi]]
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|isbn          = ISBN 9781405948005
|isbn          = ISBN 9781405948005
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'''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was the first novel released in the [[Puffin Classics crossovers]] range on [[10 June (releases)|10 June]] [[2021 (releases)|2021]]<ref>https://www.amazon.co.uk/Doctor-Who-Wonderful-Oz/dp/1405948000</ref> by [[BBC Children's Books]]. Written by [[Jacqueline Rayner]], it featured the [[Thirteenth Doctor]], [[Yasmin Khan|Yaz]] and [[Ryan Sinclair|Ryan]], [[Graham O'Brien|Graham]] and [[Missy]]. The novel was firmly rooted in the mythos of [[L. Frank Baum]]'s children's novel, ''[[The Wonderful Wizard of Oz]]''.
'''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was a novel released on [[10 June (releases)|10 June]] [[2021 (releases)|2021]] by [[BBC Children's Books]]. It was written by [[Jacqueline Rayner]] and featured the [[Thirteenth Doctor]], [[Yasmin Khan|Yaz]] and [[Ryan Sinclair|Ryan]], [[Graham O'Brien|Graham]] and {{Gomez}}. The novel was firmly rooted in the mythos of [[Frank L. Baum]]'s children's novel, ''[[The Wonderful Wizard of Oz]]''.


== Publisher's summary ==
== Publisher's summary ==
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* [[Ryan Sinclair]]
* [[Ryan Sinclair]]
* [[Graham O'Brien]]
* [[Graham O'Brien]]
* {{Gomez}}
* [[Missy]]
* [[K9 Mark V]] (2-2)
* [[K9 Mark V]] (2-2)
* "[[Dorothy (The Wonderful Doctor of Oz)|Theodore]]" (Dorothy)
* [[Dorothy (The Wonderful Doctor of Oz)|Dorothy]]
* [[Doorman (The Wonderful Doctor of Oz)|Doorman]]
* [[Doorman (The Wonderful Doctor of Oz)|Doorman]]
* [[L. Frank Baum]]
* [[L. Frank Baum]]
* [[Melinda (The Wonderful Doctor of Oz)|Melinda]]
* [[Melinda (The Wonderful Doctor of Oz)|Melinda]]
* [[Peter (The Wondeful Doctor of Oz)|Peter]]
* [[Peter (The Wonderful Doctor of Oz)|Peter]]
* [[Limited Edition Smiling Shepherdess]] ("Smiley")
* [[Limited Edition Smiling Shepherdess]] ("Smiley")
* [[Limited Edition Shy Shepherdess]]
* [[Limited Edition Shy Shepherdess]]
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* [[Airgron]]s
* [[Airgron]]s


== References ==
== Worldbuilding ==
=== Popular culture ===
=== Popular culture ===
* ''[[It's a Wonderful Life]]'' and ''[[Citizen Kane]]'' are both films that flopped upon their original releases before becoming renowned later on.
* ''[[It's a Wonderful Life]]'' and ''[[Citizen Kane]]'' are both films that flopped upon their original releases before becoming renowned later on.
* Graham suggests watching classic films such as ''[[Frankenstein (film)|Frankenstein]]'' and ''[[King Kong]].'' The Doctor recommends [[James Bond]].
* Graham suggests watching classic films such as ''[[Frankenstein (film)|Frankenstein]]'' and ''[[King Kong]].'' The Doctor recommends [[James Bond]].
* Dorothy thinks the Doctor is like [[Gandalf]], and understands the Wizard of Oz to be like the Fairy Godmother from ''[[Cinderella]].''
* Dorothy thinks the Doctor is like [[Gandalf]], and understands the Wizard of Oz to be like the Fairy Godmother from ''[[Cinderella]].''
* Dorothy has read ''[[Frankenstein]]'', ''[[Alice in Wonderland|Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland]]'', ''[[The Wind in the Willows]]'', The ''[[Adventures of Huckleberry Finn]]'', The ''[[Just So Stories]],'' ''[[The Jungle Book]]''. ''[[Treasure Island]]'', ''[[White Fang]]'', and ''[[The Hobbit]].''
* Dorothy has read ''[[Frankenstein]]'', ''[[Alice in Wonderland|Alice's Adventures in Wonderland]]'', ''[[The Wind in the Willows]]'', The ''[[Adventures of Huckleberry Finn]]'', The ''[[Just So Stories]],'' ''[[The Jungle Book]]'', ''[[Treasure Island]]'', ''[[White Fang]]'', and ''[[The Hobbit]].''
* The Doctor describes Missy as a cross between [[Long John Silver]], [[Shere Khan]], [[Smaug]], and the [[Red Queen]].
* The Doctor describes Missy as a cross between [[Long John Silver]], [[Shere Khan]], [[Smaug]], and the [[Red Queen]].
* Missy mentions fictional characters she defeated to take control of the Land of Fiction, including [[Nosferatu]], [[Long John Silver]], [[James Moriarty|Professor Moriarty]], [[Sweeney Todd]], Mr [[Hyde (Character Assassin)|Hyde]], the [[Minotaur]], [[Yog-Sothoth]] and [[Jemima Puddle-Duck]]. Other fictional characters that appear include [[Moby Dick]], [[Dracula]], the [[Mummy]], Cinderella's Ugly Sisters, and [[Cerberus]]. The Doctor also mentions [[Mowgli]].
* Missy mentions fictional characters she defeated to take control of the Land of Fiction, including [[Nosferatu]], [[Long John Silver]], [[James Moriarty|Professor Moriarty]], [[Sweeney Todd]], [[Henry Jekyll and Edward Hyde|Mr Hyde]], the [[Minotaur]], [[Yog-Sothoth]] and [[Jemima Puddle-Duck]]. Other fictional characters that appear include [[Moby Dick]], [[Dracula]], the [[Mummy]], Cinderella's Ugly Sisters, and [[Cerberus]]. The Doctor also mentions [[Mowgli]].
* Missy mentions [[TikTok]].
* Missy mentions [[TikTok]].
* The Doctor mentions that she can think of “loads” of books “with a library in it”, then asks “How do you feel about orangutans?” This is a reference to the orangutan Librarian of Unseen University, a character in the Discworld novels by Terry Pratchett.


=== Foods and beverages ===
=== Foods and beverages ===
* Graham has packed [[sausage]]s and [[bread]] in his backpack.
* Graham has packed [[sausage]]s and [[bread]] in his backpack.
* Melinda serves Team TARDIS "little pink [[cake]]s" laced with [[pollen pills]].
* Melinda serves Team TARDIS "little pink [[cake]]s" laced with [[pollen pills]].
* The inhabitants of the [[Emerald City]] only eat green foods such as [[pea]]s, [[apple]]s, [[grape]]s, [[Lime (fruit)|lime]]s, [[zucchini]] and [[lima bean]]s.
* The inhabitants of the [[Emerald City]] only eat green foods such as [[pea]]s, [[apple]]s, [[grape]]s, [[Lime (fruit)|limes]], [[zucchini]] and [[lima bean]]s.


=== Individuals ===
=== Individuals ===
* The TARDIS team visited the handprints and footprints of [[Douglas Fairbanks]], [[Charlie Chaplin]] and the [[Marx Brothers]].
* The TARDIS team visited the handprints and footprints of [[Douglas Fairbanks]], [[Charlie Chaplin]] and the [[Marx Brothers]].
* Graham mentions [[Dr Seuss]] and [[Enid Blyton]].  
* Graham mentions [[Dr Seuss]] and [[Enid Blyton]].
* The Doctor mentions [[Roald Dahl]] and [[Beatrix Potter]], and quotes [[Alfred Tennyson]] and [[Arthur C. Clarke]].
* The Doctor mentions [[Roald Dahl]] and [[Beatrix Potter]], and quotes [[Alfred Tennyson]] and [[Arthur C. Clarke]].


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=== Species ===
=== Species ===
* The Doctor mentions the [[Cyberman|Cybermen]] and the [[Stenza]].  
* The Doctor mentions the [[Cyberman|Cybermen]] and the [[Stenza]].
* The TARDIS team encounters multiple alien species introduced by Missy, including [[Chumbley|Chumblies]], [[Cybermat|Cybermats]], [[Cybermen]], and winged [[Ogron]]s called [[Airgron]]s. [[Green]] aliens guarding the [[Emerald City]] include the [[Slitheen family|Slitheen]], [[Rutan]]s, [[Terileptil]]s, [[Sea Devil]]s, [[Monoid]]s, [[Krynoid]]s, [[Silurian]]s, [[Tythonian]], [[Urbankan]]s, [[Fendahl]]een, [[Abzorbalovian]]s, [[Skarasen]], [[Myrka]] and the [[Kroll]].
* The TARDIS team encounters multiple alien species introduced by Missy, including [[Chumbley|Chumblies]], [[Cybermat]]s, [[Cybermen]], and winged [[Ogron]]s called [[Airgron]]s. [[Green]] aliens guarding the [[Emerald City]] include the [[Slitheen family|Slitheen]], [[Rutan]]s, [[Terileptil]]s, [[Sea Devil]]s, [[Monoid]]s, [[Krynoid]]s, [[Silurian]]s, [[Tythonian]], [[Urbankan]]s, [[Fendahl]]een, [[Abzorbalovian]]s, [[Skarasen]], [[Myrka]] and the [[Kroll]].


=== Technology ===
=== Technology ===
* The Doctor plugs a copy of ''The Wonderful Wizard of Oz'' into the TARDIS' console slot.
* The Doctor plugs a copy of ''The Wonderful Wizard of Oz'' into the TARDIS's console slot.
* The Doctor gives Graham a [[yo-yo]].
* The Doctor gives Graham a [[yo-yo]].


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* The Doctor believed that [[the Rani]] was behind the evil scheme, due to the presence of tree mines and biological experimentation, and her description as a [[First Rani|woman with dark curls in her hair]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Mark of the Rani (TV story)|The Mark of the Rani]]'')
* The Doctor believed that [[the Rani]] was behind the evil scheme, due to the presence of tree mines and biological experimentation, and her description as a [[First Rani|woman with dark curls in her hair]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Mark of the Rani (TV story)|The Mark of the Rani]]'')
* The Doctor has not seen the Rani since they were "nine hundred and fifty-somethings". ([[TV]]: ''[[Time and the Rani (TV story)|Time and the Rani]]'')
* The Doctor has not seen the Rani since they were "nine hundred and fifty-somethings". ([[TV]]: ''[[Time and the Rani (TV story)|Time and the Rani]]'')
* The Doctor implies to {{Gomez}} that she has met a future [[regeneration]] of her who is once again male, at which Missy is aghast. ([[TV]]: ''[[Spyfall (TV story)|Spyfall]] et al.'')
* The Doctor implies to [[Missy]] that she has met a future [[regeneration]] of her who is once again male, at which Missy is aghast. ([[TV]]: ''[[Spyfall (TV story)|Spyfall]] et al.'')
* Missy says she is no longer a "bit-of-gel-and-beard-wax kind of guy". ([[TV]]: ''[[Terror of the Autons (TV story)|Terror of the Autons]]'' et al.)
* Missy says she is no longer a "bit-of-gel-and-beard-wax kind of guy". ([[TV]]: ''[[Terror of the Autons (TV story)|Terror of the Autons]]'' et al.)
* Missy somewhat jokingly tells the Doctor she "copied" her, in reference to her changing gender. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The Master Plan (comic story)|The Master Plan]]'')
* Missy somewhat jokingly tells the Doctor she "copied" her, in reference to her changing gender. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The Master Plan (comic story)|The Master Plan]]'')
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* The Doctor attempts to get the fictional characters to fade away by believing that they are not real. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Mind Robber (TV story)|The Mind Robber]];'' [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Mystery of the Haunted Cottage]]'')
* The Doctor attempts to get the fictional characters to fade away by believing that they are not real. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Mind Robber (TV story)|The Mind Robber]];'' [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Mystery of the Haunted Cottage]]'')
* [[The Master]] had previously visited the Land of Fiction and destroyed a council of [[19th century]] literary villains who resided there. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Character Assassin (comic story)|Character Assassin]]'')
* [[The Master]] had previously visited the Land of Fiction and destroyed a council of [[19th century]] literary villains who resided there. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Character Assassin (comic story)|Character Assassin]]'')
* Missy has disguised her TARDIS not as a grandfather clock. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Deadly Assassin (TV story)|The Deadly Assassin]]'' et al.) This time she chooses a [[grandmother clock|grand''mother'' clock]].  
* Missy has disguised her TARDIS not as a grandfather clock. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Deadly Assassin (TV story)|The Deadly Assassin]]'' et al.) This time she chooses a [[grandmother clock|grand''mother'' clock]].
* Missy's trap to bring the Doctor into the Land of Fiction was sprung via The Doctor plugging a copy of ''The Wonderful Wizard of Oz'' into the TARDIS' console slot. The Master also entrapped the [[Second Doctor]] and [[Jamie McCrimmon|Jamie]] in a similar way by giving the latter the Necronomicon, which was activated in the TARDIS control room and sent the TARDIS to the [[Archon (The Nameless City)|Archon]] homeworld. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Nameless City (short story)|The Nameless City]]'')
* Missy's trap to bring the Doctor into the Land of Fiction was sprung via the Doctor plugging a copy of ''The Wonderful Wizard of Oz'' into the TARDIS's console slot. The Master also entrapped the [[Second Doctor]] and [[Jamie McCrimmon|Jamie]] in a similar way by giving the latter the Necronomicon, which was activated in the TARDIS control room and sent the TARDIS to the [[Archon (The Nameless City)|Archon]] homeworld. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Nameless City (short story)|The Nameless City]]'')
* Yaz thinks to herself that Team TARDIS has encountered many aliens in [[Sheffield]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Woman Who Fell to Earth (TV story)|The Woman Who Fell to Earth]]'', ''[[Arachnids in the UK (TV story)|Arachnids in the UK]]'', ''[[Resolution (TV story)|Resolution]]'')
* Yaz thinks to herself that Team TARDIS has encountered many aliens in [[Sheffield]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Woman Who Fell to Earth (TV story)|The Woman Who Fell to Earth]]'', ''[[Arachnids in the UK (TV story)|Arachnids in the UK]]'', ''[[Resolution (TV story)|Resolution]]'')


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== Footnotes ==
== Footnotes ==
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{{Missy stories}}
{{Missy stories}}
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You may be looking for The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, the book or The Wizard of Oz, the film.

The Wonderful Doctor of Oz was the first novel released in the Puffin Classics crossovers range on 10 June 2021[1] by BBC Children's Books. Written by Jacqueline Rayner, it featured the Thirteenth Doctor, Yaz and Ryan, Graham and Missy. The novel was firmly rooted in the mythos of L. Frank Baum's children's novel, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz.

Publisher's summary[[edit] | [edit source]]

When a sudden tornado engulfs the TARDIS, the Thirteenth Doctor and her fam find themselves transported to the magical land of Oz. With a damaged TARDIS and an unexpected stowaway from the 1930s, their only hope of getting home is to follow the yellow brick road.

But when an army of scarecrows ambushes them, they quickly realise that everything is not as it should be, and they're thrown into a fight for survival against a mysterious enemy. As each of her companions becomes a shadow of their former selves, only the Doctor is left standing.

Desperate to save her friends, she must embark on a perilous journey to seek help from the mysterious Wizard of Oz - and stop whatever forces are at work before she and her friends are trapped in the fictional world forever.

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  • The Doctor plugs a copy of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz into the TARDIS's console slot.
  • The Doctor gives Graham a yo-yo.

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  • The story features a Cyberman in the role of the Tin Woodman. A fanmade illustration of a Cyberman in the role of the Tin Woodman (by Simon Breeze) had been showcased on the Official Doctor Who Tumblr as early as 22 September 2012.[2] Before that, a Cyberman played the role, along with a K9 model in the role of Toto, in an image of a Doctor Who-themed The Wizard of Oz seen in DWA 47.

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  1. ↑ https://www.amazon.co.uk/Doctor-Who-Wonderful-Oz/dp/1405948000
  2. ↑ https://doctorwho.tumblr.com/post/32092799720/heartoftardis-the-tin-man-by-simonbreeze
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