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===Doctor Who=== Magrs has written several novels, short stories and audio dramas relating to ''[[Doctor Who]]'', many of which also feature his character [[Iris Wildthyme]].<ref name="who">{{cite web |url=http://www.paulmagrs.com/who.php |title=Doctor Who |last=Magrs |first=Paul |work=paulmagrs.com |access-date=24 June 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100413034624/http://www.paulmagrs.com/who.php |archive-date=13 April 2010 }}</ref><ref name="iris">{{cite web |url=http://www.paulmagrs.com/iris.php |title=Iris Wildthyme |last=Magrs |first=Paul |work=paulmagrs.com |access-date=24 June 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100113200730/http://www.paulmagrs.com/iris.php |archive-date=13 January 2010 }}</ref> Iris was initially portrayed as an eccentric and unreliable [[Time Lord|Time Lady]], whose [[TARDIS]] takes the form of a London [[AEC Routemaster]] [[double-decker bus]] (the [[London Buses route 22|route 22]] to [[Putney Common]]), though in a series of short story collections and novels not written for the BBC, the character has been repurposed to remove any copyrighted aspects.<ref name="iris" /> Iris Wildthyme was originally created for Magrs' unpublished first novel, which was named after her; another version of Iris also appears in ''Marked for Life''.<ref name="archivechrono" /><ref name="wildthymebio">{{cite web |url=http://www.iriswildthyme.thiswaydown.org/who.html |title=Iris in the Whoniverse |last=Douglas |first=Stuart |year=2007 |work=The Iris Wildthyme Pages |access-date=24 June 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110518220510/http://www.iriswildthyme.thiswaydown.org/who.html |archive-date=18 May 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The character features in all of Magrs' three contributions to [[BBC Books]]' [[Eighth Doctor Adventures]], in several [[Big Finish Productions]] audio dramas by Magrs and other writers, in a novel series from [[Snowbooks]]<ref>{{cite web |title=About Enter Wildthyme |url=http://www.snowbooks.com/store/products/2014-04-07%2013:18:41%20+0000-EnterWildthyme |publisher=snowbooks |access-date=16 July 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140724135419/http://www.snowbooks.com/store/products/2014-04-07%2013%3A18%3A41%20+0000-EnterWildthyme |archive-date=24 July 2014 }}</ref> and in short story and novella collections published by Big Finish and [[Obverse Books]].<ref name="iris" /> Magrs has also written licensed ''Doctor Who'' fiction without Wildthyme, including the 2007 novel, ''[[Sick Building]]'', (which made the shortlist for the Doncaster Book Award),<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.doncasterbookaward.net/showreview.php?i=111 |title=Sick Building |work=Doncaster Book Award |access-date=24 June 2010}}</ref> a variety of audio plays for Big Finish and the BBC audio series, ''[[Hornets' Nest (Doctor Who)|Hornets' Nest]]'', which marked the first time [[Tom Baker]] had returned to play [[Doctor (Doctor Who)|the Doctor]] in a full-length drama since he left the role in 1981.<ref>{{cite press release |title=Tom Baker returns as the Fourth Doctor in new audio dramas! |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/bbcworldwide/worldwidestories/pressreleases/2009/07_july/hornets_nest.shtml |publisher=[[BBC Worldwide]] |date=29 July 2009 |access-date=24 June 2010}}</ref> After the success of Hornets' Nest, Magrs wrote two sequel series ''[[Demon Quest]]'' (2010) and ''[[Serpent Crest]]'' (2011).
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