The Blue Angel is a novel written by Paul Magrs and Jeremy Hoad. Released in 1999, it is the twenty-seventh novel in BBC Books' Eighth Doctor Adventures series and tells of the Doctor travelling to another dimension along with Iris Wildthyme.
Characters[]
- Eighth Doctor
- Fitz Kreiner
- Compassion
- Iris Wildthyme
- King Daedalus - the leader of the City of Glass, made into an elephant
- Icarus - Daedalus' "son", whom he stole from a owl god
- Maddy Sharp - Icarus' adoptive mother
- Belinda - the Nepotist's communications expert
- Garrett - the Nepotist's second-in-command
- John "Forceps" Felixstoe - the Nepotist's surgeon
- Sally - an old friend of the Doctor's and Iris'
- Canine - Iris' talking dog
- Timon - the Nepotist's chief security officer
- Meisha - the empress and high priest of the Ghilligast
- Simaf - Meisha's aide
- Marn - a Glass Man
- The Future Doctor - an alternate incarnation of the Doctor
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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 Daedalus awaits the return of his Angel son and broods over the oncoming war...
Continuity[]
Author's[]
- Big Sue first appeared in the Phoenix Court novel Could It Be Magic? and also appears in the Brenda and Effie novel Never the Bride.
- Nesta first appeared in the Phoenix Court novel Does It Show? and also appears in Could It Be Magic?.
- Valcea (and by extension, the Enclave) also appears in the novel Enter Wildthyme.
In-universe[]
- Sally and Canine next appears in Philip Purser-Hallard's short story Cabinet of Changes.
- Iris Wildthyme previously appeared in Paul Magrs' short story Femme Fatale.
- Plot threads from this novel are picked up in Paul Cornell's novel The Shadows of Avalon.
- The Nepotist is a ship sent by the Galactic Federation.
Sources[]
- Goodreads