The Crooked World (novel)

The Crooked World was the fifty-seventh novel in the BBC Eighth Doctor Adventures series. It was written by Steve Lyons. It featured the Eighth Doctor, Fitz Kreiner and Anji Kapoor.

Publisher's summary
The people of the Crooked World lead an idyllic existence.

Take Streaky Bacon, for example. This jovial farmer wants nothing more from life than a huge blunderbuss, with which he can blast away at his crop-stealing nemesis. And then there's Angel Falls, a racing driver with a string of victories to her name. Sure, her trusted guardian might occasionally put on a mask and menace her for her prize money, but that's just life, right? And for Jasper the cat, nothing could be more pleasant than a nice, long nap in his kitchen -- so long as that darn mouse doesn't jam his tail into the plug socket again.

But somebody is about to shatter all those lives. Somebody is about to change everything -- and it's possible that no one on the Crooked World will ever be happy again.

The Doctor's TARDIS is about to arrive. And when it does... That's all folks!

Characters

 * The Doctor
 * Gets shot at point blank range by a pig called Streaky Bacon.
 * Fitz Kreiner
 * Introduces sex to the naïve Crooked World inhabitants.
 * Anji Kapoor
 * Angel Falls
 * Decides to marry Mr Weasley.
 * Mr Weasley (alias the Masked Weasel)
 * Jasper the Cat
 * Commits the first murder in Zanytown.
 * Squeak (the mouse)
 * Has his head bitten off by Jasper the Cat.
 * Boss Dogg
 * Sheriff of Zanytown
 * Streaky Bacon
 * Shot the Doctor whilst hunting the Whatchamacallit.
 * Whatchamacallit
 * A bit like the 'Road Runner'.
 * Scrapper Dogg
 * Squashed by a 10 ton weight.
 * Is a bit like 'Scrappy Doo'.
 * Baby Stork
 * Dirty Duck
 * Green Ghost
 * Gruenwald
 * Grumper
 * Harmony
 * Masked Weasel
 * Mike
 * Repugna
 * Sir Percival
 * Thelma Brains

Continuity

 * The morphic planet from EDA: Grimm Reality is compared to the Crooked World planet.

Timeline

 * The Crooked World takes place after EDA: The Book of the Still.
 * The Crooked World takes place before TN: Fallen Gods.