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, released 3 June 2002 and 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!

Plot
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Characters

 * Eighth Doctor
 * Fitz Kreiner
 * Anji Kapoor
 * Angel Falls
 * The Masked Weasel
 * Jasper the Cat
 * Squeak (the mouse)
 * Boss Dogg
 * Sheriff of Zanytown
 * Streaky Bacon
 * Whatchamacallit
 * Scrapper Dogg
 * Baby Stork
 * Dirty Duck
 * Green Ghost
 * Gruenwald
 * Grumper
 * Harmony Looker
 * Mike Leader
 * Repugna
 * Sir Percival
 * Thelma Brains

Objects

 * Anji's TARDIS key looks like a Yale key.
 * The Doctor uses a deliberately imagined custard pie gun to rescue Fitz.

People

 * The Doctor has met Mark Twain.
 * Jasper the Cat commits the first murder in Zanytown; he bites Squeak's head off.
 * Angel Falls decides to marry Mr Weasley.
 * Fitz introduces sex to the world, confusing them slightly.

Continuity

 * Fitz tries to introduce himself to Angel as "Fitz Fortune". (PROSE: The Taint, EarthWorld)
 * The morphic planet from PROSE: Grimm Reality is compared to the Crooked World planet.
 * The Doctor only has one heart. (PROSE: The Adventuress of Henrietta Street)
 * Anji recalls EarthWorld. (PROSE: EarthWorld)
 * The Crooked World's original form - populated by blank slates, with no form of their own - may be the same as the world of the "Gods" from Salvation, also written by Steve Lyons.