Iris Wildthyme

Iris Wildthyme
Doctor Who character
First appearanceMarked for Life
Last appearanceOngoing
Portrayed byKaty Manning (voice)
In-universe information
SpeciesHumanoid (speculated to be a Time Lord)
AffiliationNone
HomeUnknown (speculated to be Gallifrey)
Home eraIf from Gallifrey, most likely the Rassilon Era

Iris Wildthyme is a fictional character created by writer Paul Magrs, who has appeared in short stories, novels and audio dramas from numerous publishers.[1][2] She is best known from spin-off media based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who, where she is sometimes depicted as a renegade Time Lord.[3]

Her stories are in the New Wave mold, characterised by nonlinear, sometimes stream of consciousness narrative, intertextual references to the rest of Doctor Who and popular culture, and themes of unreliable narration. She has a playful, mischievous personality, delighting in baiting the Doctor and getting into trouble.

  1. ^ Book News Archived 2013-07-05 at the Wayback Machine, Starburst, March 2012
  2. ^ The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction, eds John Clute, David Langford, Peter Nicholls and Graham Sleight
  3. ^ "Canonicity Matters" in Time and Relative Dissertations in Space: Critical Perspectives on Doctor Who, Lance Parkin, pp.246, 257, Manchester University Press, 2007