Iris Wildthyme in popular culture and mythology

Iris Wildthyme was a vastly complex woman, and due to her conflicting and ever changing history, many of aspects of her life had become fictionalised in the 20th century, the 21st century, and beyond.

On occasion, the inhabitants of planets Iris had visited would depict Iris in art, such as the Hysperons, who carved a gigantic and detailed rendition of Iris' likeness into the landscape. (PROSE: Enter Wildthyme)

This was similar to how the Doctor and his enemies also left traces of their actions in the worlds that they visited.

As a real person
Iris Wildthyme was once blackmailed by Binky into setting up Wildthyme Unlimited in England, 1979.

As a multi-platform franchise
Various sources establish that Paul Magrs wrote many Iris Wildthyme novels, circa 21st century, which were inspired by the real Iris Wildthyme (PROSE: Bafflement and Devotion, The Magrs Conundrum!), which included Iris Wildthyme & the Many-Tentacled Menace from the The Continuing Adventures of Iris Wildthyme series. (PROSE: The Magrs Conundrum!)

The book series would later get adapted into a TV show, and a Christmas special called Iris Wildthyme & the Mars Conundrum was aired on on the 24th of December, 2017. (PROSE: The Magrs Conundrum!)

Panda told Iris that a man "who looks a lot like TV's 'Catweazle'" claimed that Iris had become a multi-platform franchise, and although Iris said that she didn't know what he was talking about, Iris listed off various mediums relating to that franchise: Spin-Off Audio Adventures, Original Novelisations, Computer Games, and Comic Strips. (PROSE: From Wildthyme with Love)

In the 42nd century
A future incarnation of Iris Wildthyme wrote an autobiography, Ugg Boots and Catsuits: My Fabulous Life. Due to the popularity, the book was adapted into a TV show, which had tie-in movies, and a line of action figures, including the Twenty-two fourteen bus playset - an action figure playset based off the Celestial Omnibus.

Panda was in the pilot episode, but viewers didn't believe that Iris would've travelled with a "stuffed bear", a combination of this and the fact that Panda refused to sell his image rights, the produces wrote the character Hoppy in as a replacement.

Hoppy was an Australian Kangaroo with a cocked hat. There was plushy based off his likeness, which had voice synthesiser.

The Radio Times a special issue, the Radio Times Iris Wildthyme Centenary Special, which had a picture of the same future incarnation of Iris Wildthyme that wrote the autobiography.

Wayne Bland II, owner of The Iris Wildthyme Appreciation Society, was a massive fan of this franchise, and he began to stalk a previous incarnation of Iris. He once tracked her down on Trull, where he tricked her into swapping their minds with a Anibusian Mind Transferer disguised as a pen, when she signed his copy of the Radio Times.

In Iris' body, Wayne made Iris into a celebrity on Trull. Iris received a lot of fan mail, and Who Iris Did Next a TV documentary about Iris. There were even life-size Iris love dolls. (AUDIO: The Iris Wildthyme Appreciation Society)

Other works
Tom wrote books about his adventures with Iris, which were published by Satan & Satan. (AUDIO: Wildthyme at Large)

John Cleavis once came up with a story about a "strange old aunt" who "happened to own a double-decker bus that [could] travel to [a] magical world". (PROSE: Mad Dogs and Englishmen)

Meta-fiction universes
In one meta-dimension, Iris existed only as a fictional character. (PROSE: Wildthyme Beyond!, AUDIO: Looking for a Friend) The seventeen-episode The Iris Wildthyme Show inspired a cult franchise with CDs, action figures, comics, fan conventions, and over 300 tie-in novels. (PROSE: Wildthyme Beyond!)

In his youth, Arthur Bayer wrote several stories about a woman who travelled through time and space in a double-decker bus with a panda. (AUDIO: Looking for a Friend)

Hyspero
On Hyspero, there was once a twenty-story tall sculpture of Iris Wildthyme's grinning face, which was erected after Iris' first trip to Hyspero. (PROSE: Enter Wildthyme)

Behind the scenes

 * The cover of the Wild Thymes on the 22 anthology depicted Iris Wildthyme signing copies of Wild Thymes on the 22, The Perennial Miss Wildthyme, Iris: Abroad, and Iris Wildthyme of Mars.