Mad Dogs and Englishmen (novel)

Publisher’s Summary
‘Grrrrr.’

The greatest book ever written.

Professor Reginald Tyler’s The True History of Planets was a twentieth-century classic; an epic of dwarves and swords and wizardry. And definitely no poodles. Or at least there weren’t when the Doctor read it.

Now it tells the true tale of how the Queen of the poodles was overthrown; it’s been made into a hit movie, and it’s going to cause a bloodbath on the Dog World -- unless the Doctor, Fitz and Anji (and assorted friends) can sort it all out.

The Doctor infiltrates the Smudgelings, Tyler’s elite Cambridge writing set of the early twentieth century; Fitz falls for flamboyant torch singer Brenda Soobie in sixties Las Vegas, and Anji experiences some very special effects in seventies Hollywood. Their intention is to prevent the movie from ever being made. But there is a shadowy figure present in all three time zones who is just as determined to see it completed... so the poodle revolution can begin.

Characters

 * Eighth Doctor
 * Fitz Kreiner
 * Anji Kapoor
 * Iris Wildthyme (alias Brenda Soobie)
 * Reginald Tyler
 * Fritter
 * Char
 * Professor Alid Jag
 * Martha
 * Flossie
 * Noel Coward
 * William Freer
 * John Fuchas
 * Ron Von Arnim
 * Princess Margaret
 * Mida Slike
 * Brewster
 * Cleavis
 * Enid Tyler
 * John Fuchas

Books

 * The True History of Planets was a book about elves and magic, until it was rewritten as a text to support a revolution on Dog World.

The Doctor

 * The Doctor tells Enid that he is from somewhere in the south of Ireland beginning with the letter G.

Earth mammals

 * The Doctor was responsible for the repopulation of Britain by the wild boar in 1987.

Foods and beverages from the real world

 * Freer eats Mock turtle soup.

Individuals

 * Fritter and Char are poodle archivists from the Dog World.
 * John Fuchas starves to death, forgotten about.
 * Ron Von Arnim is just a bit unstable.
 * Princess Margaret is poodle (royal Poodle) from the Dog World
 * Martha has been Brenda Soobie’s (Iris Wildthyme) companion (for over 60 years).

Organisations

 * Mida Slike is an agent of Ministry for Incursions and Ontological Wonders
 * Professor Alid Jag is of an aphid-like species and also an agent of MIAOW, he faked his own death (through pretending to be squashed by the materialising TARDIS).

Time travel

 * Noel Coward has a set of Pinking Shears that allow him to time travel.

Colleges and universities

 * Mida Slike holds a Chair of Bastardisation at the University of Outer Angila.

Continuity

 * The Doctor is surprised to meet others who know him, even after meeting the man with the rosette in EDA: The Adventuress of Henrietta Street.

Timeline

 * This story takes place after EDA: The Adventuress of Henrietta Street
 * This story takes place before EDA: Hope