The Golden Hendecahedron (short story)

The Golden Hendecahedron was the twelfth story in the anthology Iris: Fifteen. It was written by Cody Quijano-Schell.

Summary
Visiting a temporal technology lecture, Iris is struck by an energy surge that severs her timeline. This splits her into two identical Irises (the Katy Manning Iris), one of which grows younger, the other growing older. The growing-younger Iris slowly regresses through previous incarnations, the growing-older Iris progresses through possible future incarnations.

Characters

 * Iris Wildthyme
 * Tom
 * Panda
 * Zelopan

Continuity

 * The Golden Hendecahedron is the 11-sided predecessor to the Dodecahedron. (TV: Meglos)
 * References are made to the disastrous research of Allis and Ballis. (AUDIO: The Wormery)
 * Tom mentions that they've recently had a Wizard of Oz themed adventure. (AUDIO: The Devil in Ms. Wildthyme)
 * Zelopan's name in a rough anagram for the Spanish word for cactus (Nopales). Zelophan is a cactus person posing as an Arbolean (similar to the Argolins) and has a reptilian colleague similar to the Foamasi.  He impersonates Iris but reverts to cactus form similar to Meglos.
 * Tom remembers an adventure where he and Jenny were turned into styrofoam, similar to what happens in the Star Trek episode "By Any Other Name" where humans are transformed into cuboctahedral blocks of a chalk-like substance.
 * Iris references Macro-matter Fields, obliquely referencing Macro-mat Field Integrators (Pirate Planet)
 * A member of Sentreal's race is present in the audience (the Dalek's Master Plan)
 * One of Iris's previous selves (Glam Rock Iris) is based on Louise Jameson, with Bowie-esque different colored eyes, one eye made blue by the same type of accident that changed Leela's eye color. This Iris also once lived with the Sisterhood of Karn)
 * The Iris with a long white braid (once mentioned by the Eighth Doctor) is revealed to be a much older version of the Barbarella Iris.
 * Possible future Irises are based on Carol Channing, Phyllis Diller, RuPaul, the puppet Madame (an incarnation of Iris transformed by the mysterious "Gamemaster" who is possibly the Celestial Toymaker)
 * Tom's drag persona is named Eartha Wyndenfire.