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|main character = [[Iris Wildthyme]], [[Panda]] | |||
|featuring=El Jefe | |||
|featuring2 = Alison (First Meetings) | |||
writer= | |setting = [[Hyspero]] | ||
|series= [[Iris Wildthyme (series)|Iris Wildthyme]] | |||
|writer = Stuart Douglas | |||
next | |anthology = Iris: Abroad (anthology) | ||
|release date = 5 November 2010 | |||
|prev = Iris Wildthyme and the Colonic in Space (short story) | |||
|next=The Best Holiday Ever (short story) | |||
|reprint = The Further Adventures of Iris Wildthyme (anthology) | |||
}}{{prose stub}} | |||
'''''First Meetings''''' was the tenth story in the anthology ''[[Iris: Abroad (anthology)|Iris: Abroad]]''. It was written by [[Stuart Douglas]]. | |||
==Summary== | == Summary == | ||
Iris Wildthyme recounts her first meeting with El Jefe, a refugee from a powerful race of time-travelling aliens. | |||
==Characters== | == Characters == | ||
*[[Iris Wildthyme]] | * [[Iris Wildthyme]] | ||
*[[ | * [[El Jefe]] | ||
* [[Alison (First Meetings)|Alison]] | |||
== | == Worldbuilding == | ||
* Jeff claims he was involved in the crisis "when the [[Monkey God]] threatened to bring anti-matter through into our Universe." | |||
== | == Notes == | ||
''to | * 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 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 == | ||
* 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]]'') | |||
{{Iris Wildthyme series}} | |||
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[[Category:Iris | [[Category:Iris: Abroad short stories]] | ||
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Latest revision as of 00:25, 22 October 2024
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]]
- Iris pretends to have met El Jefe in revolutionary Paris. In The Scarlet Empress she claims to have have met the First Doctor in revolutionary Paris.
- First Meetings was reprinted in Obverse Books' 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 "Billy"; "Alison" became "Susan"; "the Clockworks" became "Gallifrey"; "Wordships" became "timeships"; and "The Maelstrom" became "the Vortex".
Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]
- The mysterious people of the Clockworks originated in the previous universe, but crossed the rapids so they could tend their Tale Without Meaning. (PROSE: Christmas on a Rational Planet, The Book of the War)
