Iris Wildthyme is a favorite Doctor Who character of mine. She never appeared on the television show. She came from the series of books published by BBC Books between 1997 and 2005.
After the show was canceled in 1989, Doctor Who really took on a life of it's own through a series of original novels which were first published through Virgin Books in 1991 and then later through BBC Books. And through those books there were some really unique stories and characters created.
Iris Wildthyme was one of those great characters created by Paul Magrs who continues to create original Doctor Who fiction and audio plays as well as his own series featuring Brenda and Effie.
Paul is probably one of my favorite Doctor Who writers. I thoroughly enjoy his approach to Doctor Who.
Iris is a Timelady from the Doctor's home planet of Gallifrey who travels the universe in a TARDIS which is in the shape of a red doubledecker bus. Which, unlike the Doctor's own TARDIS is actually bigger on the outside than it is on the inside.
Recently I was given the opportunity to create a cover for the upcoming anthology of short stories featuring Iris Wildthyme and some of her closest friends.
The anthology will be available on Obverse Books website, so you can order your copy by clicking on the link below:
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