Iris Wildthyme and the Polythene Terror (novel)

Iris Wildthyme and the Polythene Terror was the first novel published by Obverse Books for their Iris Wildthyme series, released under the banner of The New Adventures of Iris Wildthyme. It was written by Paul Magrs.

Publisher's summary
EXILED by her own mysterious people to Earth in 1976, IRIS WILDTHYME and her best friend PANDA are soon embroiled in a terrifying adventure involving RUBBISH MEN!

The STREETS of London are filled with DEADLY GARBAGE! Government Ministers are going out of their MINDS! TV Professors are proposing crazy ideas! MIDA SLIKE of the Ministry of Incursions and Ontological Wonders (MIAOW!) is called in, and soon her very best people are assembling to investigate the mysteries of THE CHASM…

But how can a Transtemporal Adventuress with a knackered double decker, a furious Panda and an absolutely shocking HANGOVER even begin to cope with what looks like a downright HORRIBLE PALAVER?

Plot
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Characters

 * Iris Wildthyme
 * Panda
 * Mida Slike
 * Tim
 * Morgan
 * Carruthers
 * Vince Cosmos
 * Cheshire Cat
 * Professor Vivian Quisquilia
 * Barbra
 * Henry Cleavis
 * Beatrice Mapp
 * Kristoff Alucard
 * Dodie Golightly

Worldbuilding

 * Morgan inherited Fretwell Books from his grandfather, Gordon Fretwell.

Continuity

 * The Celestial Omnibus is identical to the number 22 to Putney Common that visited London in 2005. (TV: Rose)

Audiobook
This novel was released as an digital-only audiobook on 25 April 2023 complete and unabridged as part of the Iris Wildthyme and Friends series by Big Finish Productions and read by Katy Manning.