Hospitality (short story)
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Hospitality was the thirteenth and final short story in the anthology Iris: Abroad, written by Paul Magrs.
It featured the "lesbian novelist" incarnation of Iris Wildthyme, who is one of Iris Wildthyme's many equally true, first incarnations.
Plot
Raoul is gathering audience members for a TV series he works for, Glamorama, while his partner helps out.
Raoul's partner waits at Cleopatra's Needle, the meeting point for the audience members. A golden double decker bus arrives, and Raoul's partner and the audience climbs aboard.
The bus arrives in an industrial estate in Mile End
Characters
- Raoul's partner
- Raoul
- Raoul's boss
- "Dumpy lady"
- Ellen
- Older man
- Boy
- Presenter
- Eliza
- Iris
- Sabrina
- Tracey
References
- Raoul moans when he has to watch This Morning, as he prefers working behind the scenes.
- Raoul needed aspirin for a tension headache.
- The presenter refers to sanitary pads as "fanny pads".
People
- Raoul is French.
- Raoul's partner knows that Raoul has shagged at least twenty audience members.
- The older man and his boy comment that Paul McGann from the new Doctor Who TV movie is sexy, and they'd want to shag him.
- The presenter looks like a young Roy Castle.
- Eliza is a member of the Lesbian Avengers.
Locations
- Raoul spends Saturday night in Peterborough, going into gay clubs and pubs, looking for people who would be willing to be part of the audience.
- Raoul's partner visits Cleopatra's Needle, overlooking the Thames. She knows that This Morning is moving to here, from Albert Dock In Liverpool.
- Mile End is located in South London.
Food and drink
- Raoul's partner bought a mixed salad from a Greek deli on Charing Cross Road.
Notes
- This incarnation of Iris Wildthyme that features in this story originates from Paul Magrs' Phoenix Court series of novels, which were published without any connections to Doctor Who at the time, meaning these novels are currently out of the scope of this Wiki. This does not mean the incarnation herself is invalid; this Wiki does acknowledge this incarnation in later works, such as PROSE: The Blue Angel.
- Oddly, the main character in the story remains nameless, as it's told from his point of view.
Continuity
- This incarnation of Iris Wildthyme was first mentioned in PROSE: The Blue Angel.
