History Franchise / IrisWildthyme

** The ''Iris Wildthyme Of Mars'' story collection has several contradictory types of Martians. The "Green Mars Blues" story has Iris summon Martians from various fictional worlds in order to stimulate the imaginations of human colonists and keep the fictional worlds alive.
** ''The Ninnies On Putney Common'' has Ninnies, Martians with purple skin and rugbyball-shaped heads.

* {{Lunarians}}: The ''Minions of the Moon'' short story had Lunaries, 15 foot tall [[WingedHumanoid Winged Humanoids]].

** ''Iris Wildthyme Of Mars'' has several contradictory types of Martians. The ''Green Mars Blues'' story has Iris summon Martians from various fictional worlds in order to stimulate the imaginations of human colonists and keep the fictional worlds alive.

* {{Lunarians}}: The ''Minions Of The Moon'' short story had Lunaries, 15 foot tall [[WingedHumanoid Winged Humanoids]].

** Paul Magrs created her as a DistaffCounterpart parody of The Doctor. When he started writing ''Franchise/{{Whoniverse}}'' novels, he wrote her in as a Time Lady.

* CastFullOfGay: Two of Iris' companions, Tom and Jenny, are gay. Iris' very first appearance had her as a lesbian, although she definitely also likes men in later regenerations.

* TheAllegedCar: Iris' TARDIS, disguised as the no. 22 bus to Putney Common, is smaller on the inside.

Iris originated in the magic realist ''Phoenix Court'' series of novels by Paul Magrs, who imported the character of Iris Wildthyme into the Franchise/DoctorWhoExpandedUniverse novels wholesale when he started writing those as well. After appearing all over the ''Literature/EighthDoctorAdventures'' series (with a hop over into the ''Literature/PastDoctorAdventures'' for good measure), Iris was subsequently transported into the AudioPlay/BigFinishDoctorWho audios and eventually given her own audio spinoff. Creator/BigFinish deliberately chooses to ignore the massive ContinuitySnarl that would be caused by her appearances in the novels ''and'' the audios as though they were all the same timeline -- [[BreakingTheFourthWall which Iris comments on]]. Her unexplained appearances in all of the above are simply considered part of her charm.

Iris originated in the ''Phoenix Court'' series of novels by Paul Magrs, who imported the character of Iris Wildthyme into the Franchise/DoctorWhoExpandedUniverse novels wholesale when he started writing those as well. After appearing all over the ''Literature/EighthDoctorAdventures'' series (with a hop over into the ''Literature/PastDoctorAdventures'' for good measure), Iris was subsequently transported into the AudioPlay/BigFinishDoctorWho audios and eventually given her own audio spinoff. Creator/BigFinish deliberately chooses to ignore the massive ContinuitySnarl that would be caused by her appearances in the novels ''and'' the audios as though they were all the same timeline -- [[BreakingTheFourthWall which Iris comments on]]. Her unexplained appearances in all of the above are simply considered part of her charm.

Iris originated in a series of non-genre novels by Paul Magrs, who imported the character of Iris Wildthyme into the Franchise/DoctorWhoExpandedUniverse novels wholesale when he started writing those as well. After appearing all over the ''Literature/EighthDoctorAdventures'' series (with a hop over into the ''Literature/PastDoctorAdventures'' for good measure), Iris was subsequently transported into the AudioPlay/BigFinishDoctorWho audios and eventually given her own audio spinoff. Creator/BigFinish deliberately chooses to ignore the massive ContinuitySnarl that would be caused by her appearances in the novels ''and'' the audios as though they were all the same timeline -- [[BreakingTheFourthWall which Iris comments on]]. Her unexplained appearances in all of the above are simply considered part of her charm.

* FanonDiscontinuity: It's mentioned in an InUniverse web forum that a lot of ''The Iris Wildthyme Show'' don't consider the novels canon.

* CultClassic: InUniverse we see a parallel universe where ''The Iris Wildthyme Show'' last one season in the '60s and was mostly hated but had a loyal fanbase decades later.

** The Ninnies from ''The Ninnies On Putney Common'' originated in Paul Mages book, ''The Ninnies'' the previous year.

** A race of OctopoidAliens''Enter Wildthyme'' has a race called Martians or Meercocks resembling the Martians from ''Literature/WarOfTheWorlds''.

* SequelInAnotherMedium: InUniverse ''The Iris Wildthyme Show'' lasted one season but continued with hundreds of TieInNovels.

* SexBot: ''Suitors, Inc.'' has Iris being blackmailed into making the titular company that makes sex robots that look like the Fourth Doctor.

* YouLookFamiliar: In Creator/BigFinish, Iris is played by Creator/KatyManning, who also played companion Jo in ''Series/DoctorWho''. HilarityEnsues in the Creator/BigFinish audio episode [[Recap/BigFinishDoctorWhoCCS5E3FindAndReplace "Find And Replace"]], when the two characters team up.

* OctopidAliens: The Martians/Meercocks are the same as the Martians from ''Literature/WarOfTheWorlds''.

** ''Enter Wildthyme'' has the Martian invasion from ''Literature/WarOfTheWorlds''.

** A Martian stripper from [[Creator/PhilipJoseFarmer Philip José Farmer's]] short story, ''My Sister's Brother''.

** Christmas Visitor who's likely Dropo from ''Film/''SantaClausConquersTheMartians'', or the Alien Super-Being from ''Music/TheFlamingLips'' independent movie, ''Christmas on Mars''.

* CanonWelding: Paul Mages created her as a DistaffCounterpart parody of The Doctor. When he started writing ''Franchise/{{Whoniverse}}'' novels, he wrote her in as a Time Lady.

Iris originated in a series of non-genre novels by Paul Magrs, who imported the character of Iris Wildthyme into the Franchise/DoctorWhoExpandedUniverse novels wholesale when he started writing those as well. After appearing all over the ''Literature/EighthDoctorAdventures'' series, Iris was subsequently transported into the AudioPlay/BigFinishDoctorWho audios and eventually given her own audio spinoff. Creator/BigFinish deliberately chooses to ignore the massive ContinuitySnarl that would be caused by her appearances in the novels ''and'' the audios as though they were all the same timeline -- [[BreakingTheFourthWall which Iris comments on]]. Her unexplained appearances in all of the above are simply considered part of her charm.

The many stories gladly makes use of EasyAmnesia, MultipleChoicePast, BroadStrokes and just plain BlatantLies in regards to their internal continuity. The series in general thrives on RuleOfFunny and, where it touches on ''Series/DoctorWho'' continuities, provides a much LighterAndSofter atmosphere than most of the Franchise/DoctorWhoExpandedUniverse franchise -- albeit with plenty of violence, booze and innuendo.

* FreakyFridayFlip: [[spoiler: This happens to Iris in The Iris Wildthyme Appreciation Society with she unwittingly swaps bodies with an obsessed fan, Wayne Bland III. That's only the beginning.]]