It's Raining Gin (short story)

It's Raining Gin was the eighteenth short story in The Curse of Fanfic! charity anthology published by Obverse Books, written by Jon Arnold.

The story was an unofficial crossover between The Sooty Show and the Iris Wildthyme series.

Plot
For the latest episode of the The Sooty Show — a special edition that lacks pictures as it would be too expensive to produce despite everyone saving up money all year, as the money has seemingly been lost — Matthew Corbett is taking Sooty, Sweep and Soo to the seaside. They arrive at the bus stop, and Iris Wildthyme and her bus to Putney Common arrive, much to Matthew's displeasure.

Panda flirts with Soo, and they take the bus to travel to Paris for a romantic meal.

After arriving at the seaside in an ordinary bus, the weather turns foul, beginning to rain. The group goes inside a chippy to flee from the downpour, only to realise that a black could has followed them inside, and is raining on them.

Characters

 * Matthew Corbett
 * Dave
 * Mr Tonibello
 * Sooty
 * Sweep
 * Soo
 * Iris Wildthyme
 * Panda
 * Scampi

Language

 * Dave, the producer of The Sooty Show, swore when he said they couldn't afford pictures, but Matthew, upon quoting him, said "bloomin'" instead, to keep it child friendly.

The seaside

 * Matthew wants to go on the big dipper while Sooty wants to go on the ghost train, Sweep is only interested in his lunchtime sausage, and Soo wants to do some sunbathing.

Species

 * Sooty lost his voice to voice eating wombats on Metebelis Four. The wombats store his voice inside the Cacophony of Doom.

People

 * Dave is the producer of The Sooty Show.
 * Mr Tonibello works behind scenes of The Sooty Show.
 * Matthew recalls that last time he met Iris, she was travelling with a human companion.
 * Panda thinks that Soo looks as devine as Catherine Deneuve in The Umbrellas of Cherbourg.

Food and drink

 * Matthew couldn't even make up the lack of pictures in the latest episode with an ice-cream for Sooty, but there weren't any left in the studio.
 * Sweep loves sausages.

Continuity

 * to be added