Editing Iris Wildthyme (section)

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{{Infobox character
| name        = Iris Wildthyme
| series      = [[Doctor Who]]
| first       = ''Marked for Life''
| last        = Ongoing
| portrayer   = [[Katy Manning]] (voice)
| species     = Humanoid (speculated to be a [[Time Lord]])
| affiliation = None
| home        = Unknown (speculated to be [[Gallifrey]])
| lbl21       = Home era
| data21      = If from Gallifrey, most likely the [[Rassilon|Rassilon Era]]
}}
'''Iris Wildthyme''' is a [[fiction]]al [[Character (arts)|character]] created by writer [[Paul Magrs]], who has appeared in short stories, novels and audio dramas from numerous publishers.<ref>[http://www.starburstmagazine.com%2Fbook-news%2F2072-book-news-paul-magrs-at-starburst Book News] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130705142646/http://www.starburstmagazine.com/book-news/2072-book-news-paul-magrs-at-starburst |date=2013-07-05 }}, Starburst, March 2012</ref><ref>[http://www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/magrs_paul The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction], eds John Clute, David Langford, Peter Nicholls and Graham Sleight</ref>  She is best known from [[Doctor Who spin-offs|spin-off]] media based on the long-running British [[science fiction on television|science fiction television]] series ''[[Doctor Who]]'', where she is sometimes depicted as a renegade [[Time Lord]].<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=Dcz6RlYN3PEC&pg=PA324 "Canonicity Matters" in ''Time and Relative Dissertations in Space: Critical Perspectives on Doctor Who''], Lance Parkin, pp.246, 257, Manchester University Press, 2007</ref>

Her stories are in the [[New Wave (science fiction)|New Wave]] mold, characterised by nonlinear, sometimes [[Stream of consciousness writing|stream of consciousness]] narrative, intertextual references to the rest of ''Doctor Who'' and [[popular culture]], and themes of [[unreliable narrator|unreliable narration]]. She has a playful, mischievous personality, delighting in baiting [[Doctor (Doctor Who)|the Doctor]] and getting into trouble.