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Iris Wildthyme and the Polythene Terror (novel)

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Iris Wildthyme and the Polythene Terror was the first novel published by Obverse Books for their Iris Wildthyme series, released under the banner of The New Adventures of Iris Wildthyme. It was written by Paul Magrs.

Publisher's summary[[edit] | [edit source]]

EXILED by her own mysterious people to Earth in 1976, IRIS WILDTHYME and her best friend PANDA are soon embroiled in a terrifying adventure involving RUBBISH MEN!

The STREETS of London are filled with DEADLY GARBAGE! Government Ministers are going out of their MINDS! TV Professors are proposing crazy ideas! MIDA SLIKE of the Ministry of Incursions and Ontological Wonders (MIAOW!) is called in, and soon her very best people are assembling to investigate the mysteries of THE CHASM…

But how can a Transtemporal Adventuress with a knackered double decker, a furious Panda and an absolutely shocking HANGOVER even begin to cope with what looks like a downright HORRIBLE PALAVER?

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to be added

Characters[[edit] | [edit source]]

Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]

Morgan inherited Fretwell Books from his grandfather, Gordon Fretwell.

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to be added

Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]

The Celestial Omnibus is identical to the number 22 to Putney Common that visited London in 2005. (TV: Rose)

Audiobook[[edit] | [edit source]]

This novel was released as an digital-only audiobook on 25 April 2023 complete and unabridged as part of the Iris Wildthyme and Friends series by Big Finish Productions and read by Katy Manning.

External links[[edit] | [edit source]]

Official Iris Wildthyme and the Polythene Terror page at Obverse Books

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Iris Wildthyme series

Big Finish Productions

Audio

Series 1	Wildthyme at Large • The Devil in Ms. Wildthyme

Series 2	The Sound of Fear • The Land of Wonder • The Two Irises • The Panda Invasion

Iris Wildthyme and the Claws of Santa

Series 3	The Iris Wildthyme Appreciation Society • Iris Rides Out • Midwinter Murders

Series 4	Whatever Happened to Iris Wildthyme? • Iris at the Oche • A Lift in Time

The Worlds of Big Finish	Kronos Vad's History of Earth (Vol. 36,379)

Wildthyme Reloaded	Comeback of the Scorchies • Dark Side • Oracle of the Supermarket • Murder at the Abbey • The Slots of Giza • High Spirits • An Extraterrestrial Werewolf in Belgium • Looking for a Friend

Prose

Wildthyme on Top

Most Horrid • The Sleuth Slayers • Minions of the Moon • Beguine • Blame Iris • Came to Believe • Rough Magic • The Mancunian Candidate • Iris and Irregularity • The Evil Little Mother and the Tragic Old Bat

Snowbooks Ltd

Novels

Enter Wildthyme • Wildthyme Beyond! • From Wildthyme with Love

Short stories

Resurrection Engines

Talented Witches

Obverse Books

Iris Wildthyme and the Celestial Omnibus	A Gamble with Wildthyme • Sovereign • The Unhappy Medium • Future Legend • Battleship Anathema • The Dreadful Flap • And Not a Drop to Drink • Iris Wildthyme y Señor Cientocinco contra Los Monstruos del Fiesta • Why? Because We Like You • The Scarlet Shadow • Only Living Girls

The Panda Book of Horror	Iris Wildthyme and the Unholy Ghost • Framed • Just the Ticket • The Party in Room Four • Party Kill Accelerator! • Apocalypse Slough • The Delightful Bag • Iris Wildthyme's Rainy Day Adventure • The Colour Scheme • Shadow of the Times Before • The Fag Hag from Hell • The Niceness • Channel 666 • Brenda's B&B • The Panda Book of Horror • Untitled

Ms Wildthyme & Friends Investigate	The Found World • The Irredeemable Love • Elementary, My Dear Sheila • The Shape of Things

Iris: Abroad	Annabel Regina • Chicken Fried Banana Republic • The Midnight Washerwomen • The Little Bighorn Casino • How to Play Four-dimensional Chinese Checkers, and Win • Panda on Ice • Couch Potatoes • Riviera Shakedown • Iris Wildthyme and the Colonic in Space • First Meetings • The Best Holiday Ever • The Story Eater • Hospitality

Wildthyme in Purple	The Big Crunch • Frank Reade, Jr.'s Electric Time Canoe • Dance of the Voodoo Valkyries • Iris in Dead Man's Gulch • Her and Allan • Running with Caesars • Amser Gwyllt • The Bronze Door • Flash Rogers Conquers the Universe! • The Web of Terror • The Many Lives of Zorro • Fantômville • The Devil Wears Panda

Lady Stardust	Modern Love • Hang onto Yourself • Slip Away • Low/Profile • Up the Hill Backwards • Cracked Actor

Iris: Fifteen	The Ninnies on Putney Common • Gimme Shelter • Time to Exist • Party Fears Two • God Engine Rhapsody • Project: Wildthyme • Our Tune • The Wildthyme Effect • Ouroboros • In Passing • Iris at the V&A • The Golden Hendecahedron • Samsāra • Iris and the Caliphate • Mix Her Own Adventure • Scream in Blue • Dog Days of Summer

Iris Wildthyme of Mars	Wandering Stars • Lieut. Gullivar Jones: His Bad Weekend • Iris: Chess-Mistress of Mars • Death on the Euphrates • And a Dog to Walk • Talking with Spores • Doomed • The Last Martian • Lilac Mars • City of Dust • The Calamari-Men of Mare Cimmerium • Green Mars Blues

The Perennial Miss Wildthyme	Death of the Author • Right vs Left vs Wrong • Wildthyme and the Wolf • Dolores Smith and the Birthday Bear • The Girl Who Went up in Smoke • Onesies • The Opera of Samhain • A Grove Invisible • Michael Drake • The Midnight Empire • Self Possessed • Closure

A Clockwork Iris	Flasket Brinner and the Clockwork Heart • The Woman Who Sold the Moon • The Story Sorters • Being • Iris and the Dame • Petite Fours, Petite Mort • Panda and the Airship • Rattus Erectus • Tik, Tak. Snick, Snack • Timepeace • Parsley Sage, Rosemary and Wildthyme • Another Clockwork Iris

Wild Thymes on the 22	The Heart Pendulums • Rain and Regency • Iris Wildthyme & the Bush Offensive • Drowned in Moonlight • The Most Faithful Panda in the World • Hillbilly Heavens • The Haberdasher's Tale • The Exploding Somewhat Inevitable • The Brightest Stars in the Demimonde • Starstation to Starstation • The Magrs Conundrum! • Untitled No. 22

Locked In Space	Superunknown • Whatever Happened to Maybe Jane? • The Crazy Old Coot in the Cupboard • I Scrubbed the Crabs That Killed Sheffield • The Uncommon Route

Obverse Sextet	The Mystic Menagerie of Iris Wildthyme

The New Adventures of Iris Wildthyme	Iris Wildthyme and the Polythene Terror • Mother, Maiden, Crone