The Scarlet Empress (novel)

Publisher’s Summary
Arriving on the almost impossibly ancient planet of Hyspero, a world where magic and danger walk hand in hand, the Doctor and Sam are caught up in a bizarre struggle for survival.

Hyspero has been ruled for thousands of years by the Scarlet Empresses, creatures of dangerous powers -- powers that a member of the Doctor’s own race is keen to possess herself: the eccentric time traveller and philanderer known only as Iris Wildthyme.

As the real reasons for Iris’s obsession become clear, the Doctor and Sam must embark on a perilous journey across deserts, mountains, forests and oceans. Both friends and foes are found among spirits, djinns, alligator men and golden bears -- but in a land where the magical is possible, is anything really as it seems?

Characters
The Doctor
 * Can pilot Iris's TARDIS.

Sam Jones
 * Sings ABBA songs with Iris on their road trip.

Iris Wildthyme
 * Iris is in her 'old lady' body.

The Scarlet Empress
 * Also known as: The Glass Sultan, The Queen of Jam

The Alligator Man - Gila

The Cybernetic Duchess

The Bearded Lady - Major Angela
 * Rules over hairless bears.

The Mock Turtle

The Giant Spider

The Vizier

Cassandra
 * The first Scarlet Empress

Continuity

 * This is Iris Wildthyme’s first full novel appearance, she first appeared in Short Trips Old Flames.


 * Iris regenerates into the blonde version next seen in The Blue Angel.