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The '''Iris Wildthyme''' series featured [[Iris Wildthyme]] in audio plays, short stories, novels and novellas.
The '''''Iris Wildthyme'' series''' is a collection of audio and prose stories about the adventures of [[Iris Wildthyme]], often accompanied by her [[companion]] [[Panda]].


In the audio plays (and on the covers of books), Iris was portrayed by (or modelled on) [[Katy Manning]], who first portrayed her in the audio story ''[[Excelis Dawns (audio story)|Excelis Dawns]]''. The audio series was released by [[Big Finish Productions]] under their [[New Worlds]] banner, as was the anthology ''[[Wildthyme on Top (anthology)|Wildthyme on Top]]''. Anthologies of short stories and novellas featuring Iris were published by [[Obverse Books]], and novels by [[Snowbooks Ltd]].
== History ==
The character of Iris was introduced to the [[Doctor Who universe]] in [[Paul Magrs]]' [[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. She later made her audio debut in [[Big Finish Productions]]' ''[[Excelis Dawns (audio story)|Excelis Dawns]]'', where she was portrayed by [[Katy Manning]].


== List of releases ==
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]]. In the audio plays (and on the covers of books), Iris was portrayed by or modelled on [[Katy Manning]], who first portrayed the character in the audio story ''[[Excelis Dawns (audio story)|Excelis Dawns]]''. The audio series was released by [[Big Finish Productions]] under their [[New Worlds]] banner, as was the anthology ''[[Wildthyme on Top (anthology)|Wildthyme on Top]]''. Anthologies of short stories and novellas featuring Iris were published by [[Obverse Books]], and novels by [[Snowbooks Ltd]].
 
== Stories ==
=== Prose ===
==== Anthologies ====
{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
|-
|-
! Title || Author || Medium || Publisher || Featuring || Released
! Title || Editor || Publisher || Released
|- class="row-red"
|-
| ''[[Wildthyme on Top (anthology)|Wildthyme on Top]]''
| ''[[Wildthyme on Top (anthology)|Wildthyme on Top]]''
| Various
| [[Paul Magrs]]
| Short story anthology
| [[Big Finish Productions]]
| [[Big Finish Productions]]
| Various
| [[August (releases)|August]] [[2005 (releases)|2005]]
| [[August (releases)|August]] [[2005 (releases)|2005]]
|-
| ''[[Iris Wildthyme and the Celestial Omnibus (anthology)|Iris Wildthyme and the Celestial Omnibus]]''
| rowspan=2|{{il|[[Paul Magrs]] and|[[Stuart Douglas]]}}
| rowspan=10|[[Obverse Books]]
| [[May (releases)|May]] 2009
|-
| ''[[The Panda Book of Horror (anthology)|The Panda Book of Horror]]'' || [[December (releases)|December]] 2009
|-
| ''[[Ms Wildthyme & Friends Investigate (anthology)|Ms Wildthyme & Friends Investigate]]'' || rowspan=3|[[Stuart Douglas]] || [[May (releases)|May]] [[2010 (releases)|2010]]
|-
| ''[[Iris: Abroad (anthology)|Iris: Abroad]]'' || [[November (releases)|November]] 2010
|-
| ''[[Wildthyme in Purple (anthology)|Wildthyme in Purple]]'' || [[November (releases)|November]] 2011
|-
| ''[[Lady Stardust (anthology)|Lady Stardust]]'' || [[Stuart Douglas|Art Critic Panda]] || [[October (releases)|October]] 2012
|-
|''[[Iris: Fifteen (anthology)|Iris: Fifteen]]'' || [[Stuart Douglas]] || [[September (releases)|September]] 2013
|-
| ''[[Iris Wildthyme of Mars (anthology)|Iris Wildthyme of Mars]]'' || [[Philip Purser-Hallard]] || [[September (releases)|September]] [[2014 (releases)|2014]]
|-
| ''[[The Perennial Miss Wildthyme (anthology)|The Perennial Miss Wildthyme]]'' || [[Paul Dale Smith]] || [[September (releases)|September]] 2015
|-
| ''[[A Clockwork Iris (anthology)|A Clockwork Iris]]'' || {{il|[[Stuart Douglas]],|[[George Mann]],|and [[Paul Magrs]]}} || [[10 February (releases)|10 February]] [[2017 (releases)|2017]]
|-
|}
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]]''.
==== Novels ====
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"
|-
! Title || Author || Featuring || Released
|-
| ''[[Enter Wildthyme (novel)|Enter Wildthyme]]''
| rowspan=3|[[Paul Magrs]]
| rowspan=3|[[Panda]]
| [[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
|-
|}
In [[2017 (releases)|2017]], Snowbooks released Magrs' ''[[Fellowship of the Ink (novel)|Fellowship of the Ink]]'', 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.
=== Audio ===
==== Series 1 ====
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Title || Author || Featuring || Released
|-
|-
| ''[[Wildthyme at Large (audio story)|Wildthyme at Large]]''
| ''[[Wildthyme at Large (audio story)|Wildthyme at Large]]''
| [[Paul Magrs]]
| [[Paul Magrs]]
|rowspan=5| Audio
| rowspan=2|[[Tom (Verdigris)|Tom]], [[Panda]]
|rowspan=5| [[Big Finish Productions]]
| [[Tom (Verdigris)|Tom]], [[Panda]]
| [[November (releases)|November]] 2005
| [[November (releases)|November]] 2005
|-
|-
| ''[[The Devil in Ms. Wildthyme (audio story)|The Devil in Ms. Wildthyme]]''
| ''[[The Devil in Ms. Wildthyme (audio story)|The Devil in Ms. Wildthyme]]''
| [[Stephen Cole]]
| [[Stephen Cole]]
| [[Tom (Verdigris)|Tom]], [[Panda]]
| [[December (releases)|December]] 2005
| [[December (releases)|December]] 2005
|-
|}
==== Series 2 ====
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Title || Author || Featuring || Released
|-
|-
| ''[[The Sound of Fear (audio story)|The Sound of Fear]]''
| ''[[The Sound of Fear (audio story)|The Sound of Fear]]''
| [[Mark Michalowski]]
| [[Mark Michalowski]]
| [[Panda]]
| rowspan=4|[[Panda]]
| [[February (releases)|February]] [[2009 (releases)|2009]]
| [[February (releases)|February]] [[2009 (releases)|2009]]
|-
|-
| ''[[The Land of Wonder (audio story)|The Land of Wonder]]''
| ''[[The Land of Wonder (audio story)|The Land of Wonder]]''
| [[Paul Magrs]]
| [[Paul Magrs]]
| [[Panda]]
| [[March (releases)|March]] 2009
| [[March (releases)|March]] 2009
|-
|-
| ''[[The Two Irises (audio story)|The Two Irises]]''
| ''[[The Two Irises (audio story)|The Two Irises]]''
| [[Simon Guerrier]]
| [[Simon Guerrier]]
| [[Panda]]
| [[April (releases)|April]] 2009
| [[April (releases)|April]] 2009
|- class="row-red"
| ''[[Iris Wildthyme and the Celestial Omnibus (anthology)|Iris Wildthyme and the Celestial Omnibus]]''
| Various
| Short story anthology
| [[Obverse Books]]
| Various
| [[May (releases)|May]] 2009
|-
|-
| ''[[The Panda Invasion (audio story)|The Panda Invasion]]''
| ''[[The Panda Invasion (audio story)|The Panda Invasion]]''
| [[Mark Magrs]]
| [[Mark Magrs]]
|rowspan=2| Audio
|rowspan=2|[[Big Finish Productions]]
| [[Panda]]
| [[May (releases)|May]] 2009
| [[May (releases)|May]] 2009
|-
|-
|''[[Iris Wildthyme and the Claws of Santa (audio story)|Iris Wildthyme and the Claws of Santa]]''
|}
| [[Cavan Scott]] & [[Mark Wright]]
A [[Christmas Special]], penned by [[Cavan Scott]] and [[Mark Wright]] and entitled ''[[Iris Wildthyme and the Claws of Santa (audio story)|Iris Wildthyme and the Claws of Santa]]'', was also released in [[November (releases)|November]] 2009, though it wasn't marketed as part of series 2.
| [[Panda]]
 
| [[November (releases)|November]] 2009
==== Series 3 ====
|- class="row-red"
{| class="wikitable"
| ''[[The Panda Book of Horror (anthology)|The Panda Book of Horror]]''
|-
| Various
! Title || Author || Featuring || Released
|rowspan=3| Short story anthology
|rowspan=3| [[Obverse Books]]
| Various
| [[December (releases)|December]] 2009
|- class="row-red"
| ''[[Ms Wildthyme & Friends Investigate (anthology)|Ms Wildthyme & Friends Investigate]]''
| Various
| Various
| [[May (releases)|May]] [[2010 (releases)|2010]]
|- class="row-red"
| ''[[Iris: Abroad (anthology)|Iris: Abroad]]''
| Various
| Various
| [[November (releases)|November]] 2010
|- class="row-yellow"
| ''[[Enter Wildthyme (novel)|Enter Wildthyme]]''
| [[Paul Magrs]]
| Novel
| [[Snowbooks Ltd]]
| [[Panda]]
| [[January (releases)|January]] [[2011 (releases)|2011]]
|- class="row-red"
| ''[[Wildthyme in Purple (anthology)|Wildthyme in Purple]]''
| Various
| Short story anthology
| [[Obverse Books]]
| Various
| [[November (releases)|November]] 2011
|- class="row-yellow"
| ''[[Wildthyme Beyond! (novel)|Wildthyme Beyond!]]''
| [[Paul Magrs]]
| Novel
| [[Snowbooks Ltd]]
| [[Panda]]
| [[June (releases)|June]] [[2012 (releases)|2012]]
|-
|-
| ''[[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| Audio
| rowspan=3|[[Panda]]
|rowspan=3| [[Big Finish Productions]]
| rowspan=3|[[August (releases)|August]] [[2012 (releases)|2012]]
| [[Panda]]
|rowspan=3| [[August (releases)|August]] 2012
|-
|-
| ''[[Iris Rides Out (audio story)|Iris Rides Out]]''
| ''[[Iris Rides Out (audio story)|Iris Rides Out]]''
| [[Guy Adams]]
| [[Guy Adams]]
| [[Panda]]
|-
|-
| ''[[Midwinter Murders (audio story)|Midwinter Murders]]''
| ''[[Midwinter Murders (audio story)|Midwinter Murders]]''
| [[George Mann]]
| [[George Mann]]
| [[Panda]]
|-
|- class="row-red"
|}
| ''[[Lady Stardust (anthology)|Lady Stardust]]''
 
| Various
==== Series 4 ====
| Short story anthology
{| class="wikitable"
| [[Obverse Books]]
|-
| Various
! Title || Author || Featuring || Released
| [[October (releases)|October]] 2012
|-
|-
|''[[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| Audio
| rowspan=3|[[Panda]]
|rowspan=3| [[Big Finish Productions]]
| rowspan=3|[[August (releases)|August]] [[2013 (releases)|2013]]
| [[Panda]]
|rowspan=3| [[August (releases)|August]] [[2013 (releases)|2013]]
|-
|-
|''[[Iris at the Oche (audio story)|Iris at the Oche]]''
|''[[Iris at the Oche (audio story)|Iris at the Oche]]''
| [[Mark Wright]]
| [[Mark Wright]]
| [[Panda]]
|-
|-
|''[[A Lift in Time (audio story)|A Lift in Time]]''
|''[[A Lift in Time (audio story)|A Lift in Time]]''
| [[David Bailey]]
| [[David Bailey]]
| [[Panda]]
|-
|- class="row-red"
|}
|''[[Iris: Fifteen (anthology)|Iris: Fifteen]]''
 
| Various
==== Worlds of Big Finish ====
| Short story anthology
{{main|The Worlds of Big Finish (audio anthology)}}
| [[Obverse Books]]
The [[May (releases)|May]] [[2015 (releases)|2015]] ''[[The Worlds of Big Finish (audio anthology)|The Worlds of Big Finish]]'' audio anthology featured characters from several of [[Big Finish Productions|Big Finish]]'s audio ranges, including ''Iris Wildthyme''. The story featuring Iris, ''[[Kronos Vad's History of Earth Vol. 36,379 (audio story)|Kronos Vad's History of Earth Vol. 36,379]]'' by [[David Llewellyn]], reintroduced the character of [[Edwin Turner|Captain Turner]], who had not appeared since Iris' ''Doctor Who'' debut in ''[[Old Flames (short story)|Old Flames]]''; he would go on to be Iris' main companion in the Big Finish boxset ''[[Wildthyme Reloaded (audio anthology)|Wildthyme Reloaded]]''.
| Various
 
| [[September (releases)|September]] 2013
==== Wildthyme Reloaded ====
|- class="row-yellow"
{{main|Wildthyme Reloaded (audio anthology)}}
| ''[[From Wildthyme with Love (novel)|From Wildthyme with Love]]''
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Title || Author || Featuring || Released
|-
|''[[Comeback of the Scorchies (audio story)|Comeback of the Scorchies]]''
| [[James Goss]]
| rowspan=8|[[Edwin Turner]]
| rowspan=8|[[6 August (releases)|6 August]] [[2015 (releases)|2015]]
|-
|''[[Dark Side (audio story)|Dark Side]]''
| [[Nick Campbell]]
|-
|''[[Oracle of the Supermarket (audio story)|Oracle of the Supermarket]]''
| [[Roy Gill]]
|-
|''[[Murder at the Abbey (audio story)|Murder at the Abbey]]''
| [[Mark B. Oliver]]
|-
|''[[The Slots of Giza (audio story)|The Slots of Giza]]''
| [[Hamish Steele]]
|-
|''[[High Spirits (audio story)|High Spirits]]''
| [[Cavan Scott]]
|-
|''[[An Extraterrestrial Werewolf in Belgium (audio story)|An Extraterrestrial Werewolf in Belgium]]''
| [[Scott Handcock]]
|-
|''[[Looking for a Friend (audio story)|Looking for a Friend]]''
| [[Paul Magrs]]
| [[Paul Magrs]]
| Novel
| [[Snowbooks Ltd]]
| [[Panda]]
| [[November (releases)|November]] 2013
|- class="row-red"
| ''[[Iris Wildthyme of Mars (anthology)|Iris Wildthyme of Mars]]''
| Various
| Short story anthology
| [[Obverse Books]]
| Various
| [[September (releases)|September]] [[2014 (releases)|2014]]
|-
| ''[[The Worlds of Big Finish (audio anthology)|The Worlds of Big Finish]]:<br/>[[Kronos Vad's History of Earth Vol. 36,379 (audio story)|Kronos Vad's History of Earth Vol. 36,379]]''
| [[David Llewellyn]]
|rowspan=2| Audio
|rowspan=2| [[Big Finish Productions]]
| [[Edwin Turner|Turner]]
| [[May (releases)|May]] [[2015 (releases)|2015]]
|-
|-
| ''[[Wildthyme Reloaded (audio anthology)|Wildthyme Reloaded]]''
| Various
| [[Edwin Turner|Turner]]
| [[August (releases)|August]] [[2015 (releases)|2015]]
|- class="row-red"
| ''[[The Perennial Miss Wildthyme (anthology)|The Perennial Miss Wildthyme]]''
| Various
|rowspan=2| Short story anthology
|rowspan=2| [[Obverse Books]]
| Various
| [[September (releases)|September]] 2015
|- class="row-red"
| ''[[A Clockwork Iris (anthology)|A Clockwork Iris]]''
| Various
| Various
| [[10 February (releases)|10 February]] [[2017 (releases)|2017]]
|}
|}


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The Iris Wildthyme series is a collection of audio and prose stories about the adventures of Iris Wildthyme, often accompanied by her companion Panda.

History

The character of Iris was introduced to the Doctor Who universe in Paul Magrs' 1998 Fourth Doctor short story Old Flames before being more fully featured in several novels of BBC Books Eighth Doctor and Past Doctor ranges. She later made her audio debut in Big Finish Productions' Excelis Dawns, where she was portrayed by Katy Manning.

In August 2005, Big Finish released the prose anthology Wildthyme on Top as part of their New Worlds label. This was followed a few months later by Wildthyme at Large, the first Iris Wildthyme audio story, which notably introduced her companion Panda. In the audio plays (and on the covers of books), Iris was portrayed by or modelled on Katy Manning, who first portrayed the character in the audio story Excelis Dawns. The audio series was released by Big Finish Productions under their New Worlds banner, as was the anthology Wildthyme on Top. Anthologies of short stories and novellas featuring Iris were published by Obverse Books, and novels by Snowbooks Ltd.

Stories

Prose

Anthologies

Title Editor Publisher Released
Wildthyme on Top Paul Magrs Big Finish Productions August 2005
Iris Wildthyme and the Celestial Omnibus
Paul Magrs and
Stuart Douglas
 Obverse Books May 2009
The Panda Book of Horror December 2009
Ms Wildthyme & Friends Investigate Stuart Douglas May 2010
Iris: Abroad November 2010
Wildthyme in Purple November 2011
Lady Stardust Art Critic Panda October 2012
Iris: Fifteen Stuart Douglas September 2013
Iris Wildthyme of Mars Philip Purser-Hallard September 2014
The Perennial Miss Wildthyme Paul Dale Smith September 2015
A Clockwork Iris
Stuart Douglas,
George Mann,
and Paul Magrs
 10 February 2017

Four stories from Obverse Books' first four Iris Wildthyme anthologies were later collected in the 2012 ebook sampler The Occasional Diary of a Transtemporal Adventuress.

Novels

From 2011 to 2013, Snowbooks Ltd released a trilogy of Magrs-penned novels about the adventures of Iris and Panda.

Title Author Featuring Released
Enter Wildthyme Paul Magrs Panda January 2011
Wildthyme Beyond! June 2012
From Wildthyme with Love November 2013

In 2017, Snowbooks released Magrs' Fellowship of the Ink, which featured several characters and concepts from his Eighth Doctor-and-Iris Wildthyme novel Mad Dogs and Englishmen but didn't actually include Iris herself.

Audio

Series 1

Title Author Featuring Released
Wildthyme at Large Paul Magrs Tom, Panda November 2005
The Devil in Ms. Wildthyme Stephen Cole December 2005

Series 2

Title Author Featuring Released
The Sound of Fear Mark Michalowski Panda February 2009
The Land of Wonder Paul Magrs March 2009
The Two Irises Simon Guerrier April 2009
The Panda Invasion Mark Magrs May 2009

A Christmas Special, penned by Cavan Scott and Mark Wright and entitled Iris Wildthyme and the Claws of Santa, was also released in November 2009, though it wasn't marketed as part of series 2.

Series 3

Title Author Featuring Released
The Iris Wildthyme Appreciation Society Cavan Scott Panda August 2012
Iris Rides Out Guy Adams
Midwinter Murders George Mann

Series 4

Title Author Featuring Released
Whatever Happened to Iris Wildthyme? Cavan Scott & Mark Wright Panda August 2013
Iris at the Oche Mark Wright
A Lift in Time David Bailey

Worlds of Big Finish

Main article: The Worlds of Big Finish (audio anthology)

The May 2015 The Worlds of Big Finish audio anthology featured characters from several of Big Finish's audio ranges, including Iris Wildthyme. The story featuring Iris, Kronos Vad's History of Earth Vol. 36,379 by David Llewellyn, reintroduced the character of Captain Turner, who had not appeared since Iris' Doctor Who debut in Old Flames; he would go on to be Iris' main companion in the Big Finish boxset Wildthyme Reloaded.

Wildthyme Reloaded

Main article: Wildthyme Reloaded (audio anthology)
Title Author Featuring Released
Comeback of the Scorchies James Goss Edwin Turner 6 August 2015
Dark Side Nick Campbell
Oracle of the Supermarket Roy Gill
Murder at the Abbey Mark B. Oliver
The Slots of Giza Hamish Steele
High Spirits Cavan Scott
An Extraterrestrial Werewolf in Belgium Scott Handcock
Looking for a Friend Paul Magrs

External links

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Iris Wildthyme series
 
Big Finish Productions
Audio
Series 1
Series 2
Series 3
Series 4
The Worlds
of Big Finish
Wildthyme
Reloaded
Prose
Wildthyme on Top
 
Snowbooks Ltd
Novels
Short stories
Resurrection Engines
 
Obverse Books
Iris Wildthyme and
the Celestial Omnibus
The Panda Book
of Horror
Ms Wildthyme
& Friends Investigate
Iris: Abroad
Wildthyme in Purple
Lady Stardust
Iris: Fifteen
Iris Wildthyme
of Mars
The Perennial
Miss Wildthyme
A Clockwork Iris
Wild Thymes on the 22
Obverse Sextet
The New Adventures
of Iris Wildthyme
 
Others
Doctor Who Magazine
Salt Publishing
Twelve Stories
Arcbeatle Press
Down the Middle
Independently published
Christmassy Tales
BBC Books
Origin Stories
BBC Radio 3
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