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
 * Sam Jones
 * Iris Wildthyme
 * The Scarlet Empress
 * The Alligator Man - Gila
 * The Cybernetic Duchess
 * The Bearded Lady - Major Angela
 * The Mock Turtle
 * The Giant Spider
 * The Vizier
 * Cassandra

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.