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Release number 30 Pages 244 Publisher BBC Books | 3.6/5 Goodreads Publication date April 2000 Originally published April 2000 Page count 244 Preceded by Tomb of Valdemar | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Series Doctor Who book:
Past Doctor Adventures Subject Featuring:
Third Doctor
Jo, Iris Wildthyme, cameos from UNIT and the Master Set in Period between
The Time Monster and The Three Doctors Genres Fiction, Speculative fiction Similar Paul Magrs books, Doctor Who BBC Past Doctors books, Fiction books | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Verdigris is a BBC Books original novel written by Paul Magrs and based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. It features the Third Doctor, Jo Grant and Iris Wildthyme.
Contents
Plot
Orbiting above London is a mysterious ship, a duplicate of the St. Pancras railway station. The Doctor, with the aid of the adventurerer, Iris Wildthyme bargains to stop creatures determined to infiltrate in the guise of characters from nineteenth century novels. The Doctor is cut off from many of his friends and allies.
Continuity
Iris and her companion Tom reappear in the audio adventures Wildthyme at Large and The Devil in Ms Wildthyme, and the anthology Wildthyme on Top.
Iris Wildthyme would later be played in Big Finish audio dramas by Katy Manning, who played Jo Grant in Doctor Who.