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The Blue Angel is an original novel written by Paul Magrs and Jeremy Hoad and based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. It features the Eighth Doctor, Fitz, Compassion and Iris Wildthyme.
Author | Paul Magrs and Jeremy Hoad |
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Series | Doctor Who book: Eighth Doctor Adventures |
Release number | 27 |
Subject | Featuring: Eighth Doctor Fitz, Compassion, Iris Wildthyme |
Publisher | BBC Books |
Publication date | September 1999 |
ISBN | 0-563-55581-5 |
Preceded by | Interference: Book Two |
Followed by | The Taking of Planet 5 |
Notes
editMagrs described the novel as social realist.[1]
The novel has been dramatised by Dr. Piers Britton for a design class at the University of Redlands, California.[2]
The setting and some of the characters from the Obverse Universe featured in the book were re-used by Philip Purser-Hallard in his Doctor Who short story "Cabinet of Changes".
In his review of the novel, Robert Shearman noted the striking similarity between the portrayal of Fitz and the then Conservative Party leader, William Hague. "Despite the plot pyrotechnics," he wrote, "there is a great deal of crossover between this novel, in its portrayal of a bygone England and the Conservative manifesto of the last general election.".[3]
References
edit- ^ McKee, Alan (2006) “Doctor Who, Popular Culture and Politics: An Annotated Interview with Paul Magrs.” M/C Dialogue: conversations in culture and the media.
- ^ "The Iris Wildthyme Pages". Archived from the original on 29 May 2013.
- ^ Shearman, Robert (11 December 1998). "The 'Blue' Angel?". gallifreybase.com.
External links
edit- The Cloister Library - The Blue Angel
- Script of The Blue Angel dramatisation Archived 29 May 2013 at the Wayback Machine
- The Blue Angel title listing at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database