The Blue Angel (novel)

The Blue Angel was the twenty-seventh BBC Eighth Doctor Adventures. It was written by Paul Magrs and Jeremy Hoad. It was the first novel to feature Compassion as a companion along side Fitz Kreiner and the Eighth Doctor. Blue Angel also featured the second appearance in the EDAs of Iris Wildthyme.

It was named after the Marlene Dietrich film, a trend which begun with Magrs' previous Doctor Who novel The Scarlet Empress.

Publisher's summary
This is a story about Winter...

As the Doctor becomes involved in affairs aboard the Federation Starship Nepotist, his old friend Iris Wildthyme is rescuing old ladies who are being attacked by savage owls in a shopping mall.

And, in a cat's cradle of interdimensional corridors lies the Valcean City of Glass, whose King Dedalus awaits the return of his Angel son and broods over the oncoming war...

Plot
to be added

Characters

 * Eighth Doctor
 * Fitz Kreiner
 * Compassion
 * Iris Wildthyme
 * Sally
 * King Daedalus
 * Belinda
 * Big Sue
 * Canine
 * Emba
 * Garrett
 * Icarus
 * John Felixstoe
 * Maddy Sharp
 * Marn
 * Meisha
 * Simaf
 * Nesta
 * Robert B. Blandish
 * Timon
 * Future Doctor

Individuals

 * Iris asks about Sam Jones.

Planets

 * The Fourth Doctor has visited Valcea.

Species
A number of species live in the Enclave.
 * Sahmbekarts take over the Nepotist
 * A group of Steigertrudes raid Earth's art treasures.
 * The Ghillighast worship lice.
 * An intelligent owl species was charged by a godlike being to guard two eggs.
 * The Glass Men lived in Valcea and were ruled by Daedalus.

TARDIS

 * Iris pretends her TARDIS has a "bookmark" feature to return to a certain point.

Continuity

 * Iris mentions meeting the Eighth Doctor and Sam Jones in Hyspero (PROSE: The Scarlet Empress) and in New York City on 3 June 1968. (PROSE: Femme Fatale)
 * Steigertrudes originate from PROSE: The Scarlet Empress.
 * Daedelus recalls visiting Hyspero. (PROSE: The Scarlet Empress)
 * The results of the Doctor connecting Compassion's receiver through the TARDIS fully come to pass in PROSE: The Shadows of Avalon.
 * The Doctor recalls kissing Grace Holloway in San Francisco on 31 December 1999. (TV: Doctor Who)
 * Daedalus knows that the Doctor once had the chance to avert the creation of the Daleks. (TV: Genesis of the Daleks)