Iris Wildthyme, a transdimensional time traveller who journeys universes and histories, drinking gin and having adventures, in a red double decker bus that's... erm... slightly smaller on the inside than it probably should be. She has had companions on her travellers, some of whom still tolerate a visit from the mad old bat, and her current partner in crime is a sentient stuffed panda, called Panda. She might sound like a twisted version of another fictional time traveller, and indeed, was fir More...

Iris Wildthyme is a sort of a fun-house mirror reflection of the Doctor. Like him, she's an eccentric traveller in time and space. However, in so many other respects, she's completely the opposite: bawdy, boozy, and, of course, female. She travels in a Number 22 London double-decker bus, and her faithful companion is a stuffed panda. A walking, talking, stuffed panda.

If you like your Doctor Who fiction smart, silly, camp, and self-referential, you'll love this book. If you don't, yo More...